Zhongyuan Sun

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The academic profession

Publishing, writing and management scholarship as a profession.

Of its 72 readings, 3 are assigned in two or more sources and listed first, with the number of sources beside each (in bold for the core readings, in 4 or more); the 69 listed in only one source are folded under each heading.

Drawn from: Peng (UT Dallas); Zhou (HKU); Cameron (Wharton); Maoret (IESE); Anteby (Boston University); Wan (CUHK); Amit (Wharton); Lu, Li, Park, Yang & Yan (CityU). Full details of the sources are on the reading lists page.

By decade

Before 1950: 0 readings<19501950s: 0 readings1950s1960s: 0 readings1960s1970s: 0 readings1970s1980s: 5 readings1980s1990s: 4 readings1990s2000s: 46 readings462000s2010s: 16 readings2010s2020s: 0 readings2020s
Most date from the 2000s; half were published in 2007 or later.

Also assigned

In 2 to 3 sources.

  1. Colquitt, J. A., & Zapata-Phelan, C. P. (2007). Trends in Theory Building and Theory Testing: A Five-Decade Study of the Academy of Management Journal. Academy of Management Journal, 50(6), 1281–1303. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2007.281658552
  2. Zuckerman, E. (2008). Tips to article-writers.2
  3. Colquitt, J. A., & George, G. (2011). Publishing in AMJ—Part 1: Topic Choice. Academy of Management Journal, 54(3), 432–435. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2011.619659602

Further readings

69 more, listed in one source
  1. Dess, G. G., & Beard, D. W. (1984). Dimensions of Organizational Task Environments. Administrative Science Quarterly, 29(1), 52. https://doi.org/10.2307/2393080
  2. Astley, W. G. (1985). Administrative Science as Socially Constructed Truth. Administrative Science Quarterly, 30(4), 497. https://doi.org/10.2307/2392694
  3. Becker, H. S. (1986). Terrorized by the Literature. In Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article (pp. 135–149). The University of Chicago Press.
  4. Becker, H. S. (1986). Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article. University of Chicago Press.
  5. Locke, L., Spirduso, W., & Silverman, S. (1987). Proposals That Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertation and Grant Proposal (4th ed.).
  6. Lamott, A. (1995). Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. First Anchor Books.
  7. Cummings, L. L., & Frost, P. (1995). Publishing in the Organizational Sciences. Sage Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452240466
  8. Booth, Colomb, & Williams (1995). The Craft of Research. University of Chicago Press.
  9. Varadarajan, P. R. (1996). From the Editor: Reflections on Research and Publishing. Journal of Marketing, 60(4), 3–6. https://doi.org/10.1177/002224299606000402
  10. Strunk, White, & Angell (2000). The Elements of Style (4th ed.). Longman.
  11. Harzing, A. (2002). Are our referencing errors undermining our scholarship and credibility? The case of expatriate failure rates. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 23(1), 127–148. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.125
  12. Donaldson, L. (2002). Damned by Our Own Theories: Contradictions Between Theories and Management Education. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 1(1), 96–106. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2002.7373701
  13. Steward, D. (2002). Getting Published: Reflections of an Old Editor. Journal of Marketing.
  14. University of Chicago Press Staff (2003). The Chicago Manual of Style. University of Chicago Press.
  15. Bem, D. J. (2003). Writing the empirical journal article. In J. M. Darley, M. P. Zanna, & H. L. Roediger III (Eds.), The Complete Academic: A Practical Guide for the Beginning Social Scientist (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association.
  16. Bass, F. M. (2004). A New Product Growth for Model Consumer Durables. Management Science, 50(12_supplement), 1825–1832. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1040.0264
  17. Baldridge, D. C., Floyd, S. W., & Markóczy, L. (2004). Are managers from Mars and academicians from venus? Toward an understanding of the relationship between academic quality and practical relevance. Strategic Management Journal, 25(11), 1063–1074. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.406
  18. Feldman, D. C. (2004). The Devil is in the Details: Converting Good Research into Publishable Articles. Journal of Management, 30(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jm.2003.09.001
  19. Frickel, S., & Gross, N. (2005). A General Theory of Scientific/Intellectual Movements. American Sociological Review, 70(2), 204–232. https://doi.org/10.1177/000312240507000202
  20. Smith, K. G., & Hitt, M. A. (2005). Epilogue Learning How To Develop Theory From The Masters. In Smith & Hitt (Eds.), Great Minds in Management (pp. 572–588). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199276813.003.0026
  21. Starbuck, W. H. (2005). How Much Better Are the Most-Prestigious Journals? The Statistics of Academic Publication. Organization Science, 16(2), 180–200. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1040.0107
  22. Bennis, W. G., & O'Toole, J. (2005). How business schools lost their way. Harvard Business Review.
  23. Peng, M. W. (2005). Notes on research strategy. PowerPoint.
  24. Miller, C. C., Glick, W. H., & Cardinal, L. B. (2005). The allocation of prestigious positions in organizational science: accumulative advantage, sponsored mobility, and contest mobility. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 26(5), 489–516. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.325
  25. DeAngelo, H., DeAngelo, L., & Zimmerman, J. L. (2005). What's Really Wrong with U.S. Business Schools? Working paper, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.766404
  26. Meyer, K. E. (2006). Asian management research needs more self-confidence. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 23(2), 119–137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-006-7160-2
  27. Van de Ven, A. H., & Johnson, P. E. (2006). Knowledge for theory and practice. Academy of Management Review.
  28. Rynes, S. L. (2006). Making the Most of the Review Process: Lessons From Award-Winning Authors. Academy of Management Journal, 49(2), 189–190. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2006.20786041
  29. Peng, M. W., & Zhou, J. Q. (2006). Most cited articles and authors in global strategy research. Journal of International Management, 12(4), 490–508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2006.04.001
  30. Kirkman, B. (2006). Tips for publishing in, reviewing for, and serving AMJ. PowerPoint.
  31. Agarwal, R., & Hoetker, G. (2007). A Faustian Bargain? The Growth of Management and Its Relationship with Related Disciplines. Academy of Management Journal, 50(6), 1304–1322. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2007.28165901
  32. Pfeffer, J. (2007). A Modest Proposal: How We might change the Process and Product of Managerial Research. Academy of Management Journal, 50(6), 1334–1345. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2007.28166117
  33. Tsui, A. S. (2007). From Homogenization to Pluralism: International Management Research in the Academy and Beyond. Academy of Management Journal, 50(6), 1353–1364. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2007.28166121
  34. Siggelkow, N. (2007). Persuasion With Case Studies. Academy of Management Journal, 50(1), 20–24. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2007.24160882
  35. Macdonald, S., & Kam, J. (2007). Ring a Ring o’ Roses: Quality Journals and Gamesmanship in Management Studies. Journal of Management Studies, 44(4), 640–655. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00704.x
  36. Mitchell, T. R. (2007). The Academic Life: Realistic Changes Needed for Business School Students and Faculty. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 6(2), 236–251. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2007.25223462
  37. Hambrick, D. C. (2007). The Field of Management's Devotion to Theory: Too Much of a Good Thing? Academy of Management Journal, 50(6), 1346–1352. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2007.28166119
  38. Leung, K. (2007). The Glory and Tyranny of Citation Impact: An East Asian Perspective. Academy of Management Journal, 50(3), 510–513. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2007.25525592
  39. Ericsson, K. A., Prietula, M. J., & Cokely, E. (2007). The making of an expert. Harvard Business Review.
  40. Judge, T. A., Cable, D. M., Colbert, A. E., & Rynes, S. L. (2007). What Causes a Management Article to be Cited—Article, Author, or Journal? Academy of Management Journal, 50(3), 491–506. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2007.25525577
  41. Vermeulen, F. (2007). “I Shall Not Remain Insignificant”: Adding a Second Loop to Matter More. Academy of Management Journal, 50(4), 754–761. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2007.26279167
  42. Zammuto, R. F. (2008). Accreditation and the Globalization of Business. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 7(2), 256–268. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2008.32712623
  43. Tjosvold, D. (2008). Constructive Controversy for Management Education: Developing Committed, Open-Minded Researchers. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 7(1), 73–85. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2008.31413864
  44. Rindova, V. (2008). Editor's Comments: Publishing Theory When You are New to the Game. Academy of Management Review, 33(2), 300–303. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2008.31193160
  45. Daft, R. L., & Lewin, A. Y. (2008). Perspective—Rigor and Relevance in Organization Studies: Idea Migration and Academic Journal Evolution. Organization Science, 19(1), 177–183. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1070.0346
  46. Dess, G. G., & Markoczy, L. (2008). Rather than searching for the silver bullet, use rubber bullets: A view on the research-practice gap. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 44(2), 57–62. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-493x.2008.00055.x
  47. Mudambi, R., Peng, M. W., & Weng, D. H. (2008). Research rankings of Asia Pacific business schools: Global versus local knowledge strategies. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 25(2), 171–188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-008-9086-3
  48. Podsakoff, P. M., MacKenzie, S. B., Podsakoff, N. P., & Bachrach, D. G. (2008). Scholarly Influence in the Field of Management: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Determinants of University and Author Impact in the Management Literature in the Past Quarter Century. Journal of Management, 34(4), 641–720. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206308319533
  49. Belcher, W. L. (2009). Advancing your argument. In Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success (pp. 67–98). Sage.
  50. Worrell, D. L. (2009). Assessing Business Scholarship: The Difficulties in Moving Beyond the Rigor-Relevance Paradigm Trap. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 8(1), 127–130. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2009.37012187
  51. Zahra, S. A., & Newey, L. R. (2009). Maximizing the Impact of Organization Science: Theory‐Building at the Intersection of Disciplines and/or Fields. Journal of Management Studies, 46(6), 1059–1075. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00848.x
  52. Lee, T. W. (2009). The Management Professor. Academy of Management Review, 34(2), 196–199. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2009.36982610
  53. Markóczy, L., & Deeds, D. L. (2009). Theory Building at the Intersection: Recipe for Impact or Road to Nowhere? Journal of Management Studies, 46(6), 1076–1088. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00849.x
  54. Certo, S. T., Sirmon, D. G., & Brymer, R. A. (2010). Competition and Scholarly Productivity in Management: Investigating Changes in Scholarship from 1988 to 2008. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 9(4), 591–606. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2010.56659878
  55. Peng, M. W., & Dess, G. G. (2010). In the Spirit of Scholarship. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 9(2), 282–298. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2010.51428549
  56. Arbaugh, J. B. (2010). Introduction: And Now for Something Completely Different—Business School Envy? Academy of Management Learning & Education, 9(2), 280–281. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.9.2.zqr280
  57. Peng, M. W. (2010). Research streams. www.mikepeng.com (Curriculum Vita).
  58. Walsh, J. P. (2011). Embracing the sacred in our secular scholarly world. Academy of Management Review, 36(2), 215–234. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2011.59330756
  59. Turco, C. (2011). Notes on a doctoral student exercise in deconstructing scholarly work. Unpublished document.
  60. Bono, J. E., & McNamara, G. (2011). Publishing in AMJ—Part 2: Research Design. Academy of Management Journal, 54(4), 657–660. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2011.64869103
  61. Sparrowe, R. T., & Mayer, K. J. (2011). Publishing in AMJ—Part 4: Grounding Hypotheses. Academy of Management Journal, 54(6), 1098–1102. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2011.4001
  62. Ragins, B. (2012). Editor's Comments: Reflections on the Craft of Clear Writing. Academy of Management Review, 37(4), 493–501. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2012.0165
  63. Geletkanycz, M., & Tepper, B. J. (2012). Publishing in AMJ–Part 6: Discussing the Implications. Academy of Management Journal, 55(2), 256–260. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2012.4002
  64. Zhang, Y., & Shaw, J. D. (2012). Publishing in AMJ—Part 5: Crafting the Methods and Results. Academy of Management Journal, 55(1), 8–12. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2012.4001
  65. Ashford, S. J. (2013). Having Scholarly Impact: The Art of Hitting Academic Home Runs. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 12(4), 623–633. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2013.0090
  66. Foss, S. K., & Waters, W. (2015). Destination Dissertation: A Traveler’s Guide to a Done Dissertation. Rowman & Littlefield. https://doi.org/10.5040/9798216405313
  67. Kelsky, K. (2015). The Professor Is In: The Guide to Turning your PhD into a Job.
  68. Peng, M. W. (2019). Global competition and diffusion of the “A” list. Frontiers of Business Research in China, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s11782-019-0058-x
  69. Zuckerman, E. W. (n.d.). On Genre: A Few More Tips to Article-Writers.