Journals

Journals 




 

General Organizational Studies

  • Academy of Management Annals (Academy of Management)
    Annals publishes bold reviews that challenge assumptions, inspire discussion, and shape future research in management.
  • Academy of Management Collections (Academy of Management)
    Academy of Management Collections curate, distribute, and evaluate thematic peer-reviewed research from the AOM journals, featuring integrative summaries and reflections by authors and experts.
  • Academy of Management Discoveries (Academy of Management)
    Academy of Management Discoveries publishes pioneering empirical exploratory research in management, emphasizing underexplored phenomena, novel contexts, and challenging existing theories, while fostering an inquisitive voice and rigorous methodology.
  • Academy of Management Journal (Academy of Management)
    The Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) publishes empirical research that advances management theory and practice, welcoming diverse methodologies and emphasizing strong empirical and theoretical contributions with relevance to management practice.
  • Academy of Management Learning & Education (Academy of Management)
    AMLE's mission is to enhance management learning and education through the publication of theory, research, reviews,
    critiques, and resources focusing on management teaching processes, institutional environments, and business school administration.

  • Academy of Management Perspectives (Academy of Management)

    AMP's mission is to enlighten prospective "thought leaders" with evidence-based approaches, bridging scholarly research and practice to influence management practice and policy.

  • Academy of Management Review (Academy of Management)

    AMR aims to publish theoretical insights advancing the understanding of management and organizations, requiring submissions to extend theory through testable knowledge-based claims, synthesizing existing ideas or initiating new theoretical inquiries.

  • Academy of Management Insights (Academy of Management)

    Insights, an online magazine by the Academy of Management, delivers actionable evidence from peer-reviewed research to managers and business leaders globally, facilitating organizational improvement, career advancement, and knowledge enhancement through succinct summaries, infographics, and videos.

  • Academy of Management Proceedings (Academy of Management)

    Proceedings offers abstracts of all papers and symposia presented at the AOM Annual Meeting, alongside 6-page condensed versions of selected Best Papers for potential future journal submission.

  • Organization Studies (Sage Journals)
    Organization Studies (OS), in collaboration with EGOS, is a globally influential journal fostering multidisciplinary, innovative research on organizations and organizing, exploring their societal impact and promoting engagement across diverse paradigms and disciplines.
  • Organization Science (Sage Journals)
    Organization Science publishes interdisciplinary research exploring diverse aspects of organizations, including processes, structures, technologies, and human behavior, embracing multiple theoretical perspectives across various fields such as organizational behavior, sociology, economics, and cognitive science.
  • Management Science (Informs PubsOnLine)
    Management Science is a scholarly journal with an analytical focus on scientific research on the theory and practice of management.
  • Strategic Management Journal (Wiley)

    The Strategic Management Journal aims to publish top-tier research relevant to strategic management, embracing diverse topics, perspectives, and methodologies to engage scholars in the field.

  • Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior (Academy of Management)

    The Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, launched in March 2014, is devoted to publishing reviews of the I/O Psychology and HRM/OB literature.

  • Research Policy (ScienceDirect)

    Research Policy (RP) scrutinizes the interplay between innovation, technology, and research with economic, social, political, and organizational dynamics, aiming for findings with policy or management implications.

  • The Leadership Quarterly (ScienceDirect)
    An International Journal of Political, Social and Behavioral Science. The Leadership Quarterly is a social-science journal dedicated to advancing our understanding of leadership as a phenomenon, how to study it, as well as its practical implications.

  • Public Administration Review (Wiley)

    Public Administration Review (PAR), a leading bi-monthly journal for 75 years, serves as a vital resource for both academics and practitioners in public administration, offering insightful articles, trend analysis, decision-making support, and expert book reviews.

  • Journal of Applied Psychology (Academy of Management)

    The Journal of Applied Psychology publishes original research advancing understanding of cognitive, motivational, affective, and behavioral phenomena in work and organizational settings, excluding clinical and experimental psychology.

  • Information & Management (ScienceDirect)

    Information & Management serves researchers in the information systems field and managers, professionals, administrators and senior executives of organizations which design, implement and manage.

  • Journal of Information Technology (Sage Journals)

    The Journal of Information Technology (JIT) is a top-ranked journal, focused on new research addressing information, management, and communications technologies as applied to the digital worlds of business, government and non-governmental enterprises

  • Human Relations (Sage Journals)

    Human Relations has had a long tradition of bringing social science disciplines together in order to understand the character and complexity of human problems. We publish incisive investigations from an international network of leading scholars in management, psychology, sociology, politics, anthropology and economics.

  • Administrative Science Quarterly (Sage Journals)

    Administrative Science Quarterly, affiliated with Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management, pioneers organizational studies with top-tier publications featuring theoretical and empirical advancements, interdisciplinary research, and insightful book reviews.

  • Journal of Management Studies (Wiley)

    Journal of Management Studies, a globally esteemed multidisciplinary journal, fosters excellence in management research through innovative empirical and conceptual contributions spanning organization theory, human resource management, strategy, international business, entrepreneurship, innovation, and critical management studies, embracing diverse methodological approaches and philosophical perspectives.

ODC Studies

  • Journal of Change Management (Taylor & Francis)
    Journal of Change Management focuses on advancing organizational theory and practice, particularly in change management and leadership processes, aiming to redefine conventions and address contemporary organizational and societal transitions through the study of collective leadership in practice.
  • The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science (Sage Journals)
    The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science (JABS) disseminates cutting-edge theory and research on change processes in groups, organizations, and systems, fostering academic-practitioner collaborations and informing professionals, researchers, educators, organizational change practitioners, and policymakers on evidence-based practices for positive societal change.
  • Journal of Organizational Change Management (Emerald)
    JOCM explores alternative change philosophies and interdisciplinary approaches, emphasizing qualitative analyses and critical perspectives.
  • Leadership & Organization Development Journal (Emerald)

    Leadership & Organization Development Journal bridges research and practice, exploring diverse topics relevant to organizations and society, advocating interdisciplinary approaches to leadership and organization development for advancing knowledge and understanding.

  • Research in Organizational Change and Development (Emerald)
  • Development and Change (Wiley)

    Development and Change, a leading interdisciplinary journal, publishes unconventional articles on a wide range of development issues, fostering critical analysis and discussion.

  • Strategic Change (Wiley)

    The Organization Development Journal (OD Journal) is a peer-reviewed publication addressing various topics in organizational development, change management, and leadership for professionals, published triannually since 1983.

  • Implementation Science (Springer)
    Implementation Science publishes research relevant to the scientific study of methods to promote the uptake of research findings into routine healthcare in clinical, organizational, or policy contexts.
  • Organization Development Journal (The Organization Development Institute)

    The Organization Development Journal (OD Journal) is a peer-reviewed publication addressing various topics in organizational development, change management, and leadership for professionals, published triannually since 1983.

  • Systemic Practice and Action Research (Springer)

    Systemic Practice and Action Research is a journal dedicated to critical systems thinking and its applications, with an emphasis on understanding modern societal complexities.

  • Action Research (Sage Journals)
    Action Research is an interdisciplinary journal fostering the theory and practice of action research as a relevant alternative to traditional social science models, featuring articles on projects, methodology, and quality considerations.

Practitioner Studies

General Organizational Studies

Publication Publisher
Description
Academy of Management
Annals

Academy of Management

The mission of Annals is to publish up-to-date, in-depth and integrative reviews of research advances in management. Often called “reviews with an attitude,” Annals papers summarize and/or challenge established assumptions and concepts, pinpoint problems and factual errors, inspire discussions, and illuminate possible avenues for further study. Reviews published in Annals move above and beyond descriptions of the field – they motivate conceptual integration and set agendas for future research

Academy of Management 
Collections

Academy of Management
Academy of Management Collections are thematic groups of peer-reviewed research drawn from the AOM journal portfolio. Organized by different content channels and accompanied by an integrative summary, Collections will feature the curation, distribution, and evaluation of scholarly management content. In addition, Collections will highlight scholarly findings across the original works including reflections by the authors and/or subject matter experts.
Academy of Management
Discoveries
Academy of Management
The mission of Academy of Management Discoveries (AMD) is to be the premier journal of empirical exploratory research in the areas of management and organizations. What distinguishes AMD is that we publish: articles motivated by research questions that address compelling and underexplored phenomena, novel or unusual contexts, and that reveal empirical patterns that cannot be explained by existing theory; articles written with a different, more inquisitive voice and that include an open discussion of the research journey; articles that present clear and compelling discoveries: empirical findings that challenge existing assumptions while opening new theoretical paths or that otherwise promote future, “down-the-road,” theorizing; and we do not publish: articles that test hypotheses or are deductively framed in their empiricism; articles that are motivated solely by theoretical argument rather than by exploration of phenomenon or context. Articles at AMD employ rigorous state-of-the-art methods and display strong and persuasive evidence. We present these empirical discoveries in innovative and accessible ways.
Academy of Management
Journal
Academy of Management
The mission of Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) is to publish empirical research that tests, extends, or builds management theory and contributes to management practice. All empirical methods including, but not limited to, qualitative, quantitative, field, laboratory, meta-analytic, and mixed methods are welcome. To be published in AMJ, the research must make strong empirical and theoretical contributions and the manuscript should highlight the relevance of those contributions to management practice. Authors should strive to produce original, insightful, interesting, important, and theoretically bold research that demonstrates a significant "value-added" contribution to the field's understanding of an issue or topic.
Academy of Management
Learning & Education
Academy of Management
The mission of Academy of Management Learning & Education (AMLE) is to contribute to management learning and education by publishing theory, empirical research, reviews, critiques, and resources that address the processes of management teaching and the learning that results from it. Additionally, AMLE publishes work that addresses important issues in the institutional environment and administration of business schools and their stakeholders. The journal’s emphasis is on the study of management learning and education in all types of settings—schools and universities as well as businesses and public and non-profit organizations.
Academy of Management
Perspectives
Academy of Management
The mission of Academy of Management Perspectives (AMP) is to inform current and future “thought leaders” who, through their leadership, teaching, consulting, and/or other professional activities have the potential to influence management practice and policy. These include educators and their students, business writers, consultants, executives, policy makers, and other practitioners seeking innovative, evidence-based approaches for addressing timely and important management issues. AMP publishes papers that bridge scholarly research and practice that are based on research evidence. This evidence can be quantitative or qualitative, focusing on one study, or summarizing the results of several studies in a particular line of research. AMP will not publish opinion pieces. Articles should strive to explicate a set of findings in a manner that focuses on implications for policy and practice, rather than on implications for theory. Articles might include practitioner or policy-oriented reviews of empirical studies, descriptive articles that advance our understanding of management practices or strategic approaches, and articles describing the practice and/or policy implications of evidence-based work.
Academy of Management
Review
Academy of Management
The mission of Academy of Management Review (AMR) is to publish theoretical insights that advance our understanding of management and organizations. Submissions to AMR must extend theory in ways that develop testable knowledge-based claims. To do this, researchers can develop new management and organization theory, significantly challenge or clarify existing theory, synthesize recent advances and ideas into fresh, if not entirely new theory, or initiate a search for new theory by identifying and delineating a novel theoretical problem. The contributions of AMR articles often are grounded in "normal science disciplines" of economics, psychology, sociology, or social psychology as well as nontraditional perspectives, such as the humanities.
Academy of Management
Insights
Academy of Management
Insights is an online magazine for managers and business leaders published by the Academy of Management. Insights brings the best academic research findings to managers and business leaders worldwide. Our get-right-to-the-point format transforms peer-reviewed management research from the world’s top scholars into actionable evidence for the workplace. With easy-to-read summaries of AOM journal articles and engaging infographics and videos, managers and business leaders can: improve their organizations; help their colleagues; advance their careers; boost their knowledge.
Academy of Management
Proceedings
Academy of Management
Academy of Management Proceedings (Proceedings) is an online publication that includes abstracts of all papers and symposia presented at the AOM Annual Meeting. It also includes 6-page abridged versions of the Best Papers accepted for inclusion in the program (approximately 10%). Papers published in the Proceedings are abridged so that the full length paper may be submitted for future journal publication.
Organization Studies Sage Journals
Organization Studies (OS), published in collaboration with the European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS), is a global, peer-reviewed journal that promotes the understanding of organizations, organizing and the organized, and the societal relevance of that understanding. OS prompts engagement with organizations and organizing as psychological, social, economic, cultural, political, historical and philosophical phenomena, and is the leading journal in the development of relevant and impactful knowledge of how organizations and organizing shape and are shaped by societies. OS welcomes innovative, high-quality research from all paradigms and disciplines that advance organization research. It promotes multidisciplinarity through research that engages across disciplinary boundaries; it invites all social science methodologies and methods that provide insights into organizations, organizing and the organized in and between societies. It encourages studies that reflect on the broader implications of their results.
Organization Science Informs PubsOnLine
Organization Science publishes fundamental research about organizations and their processes, structures, technologies, identities, forms, and people. Our research portfolio includes papers grounded in a range of fields and disciplines that include organizational behavior and theory, psychology, sociology, economics, political science, strategic management, information systems, innovation, entrepreneurship, and cognitive science. Papers can focus on different levels of analysis, including human behavior, teams and groups, networks, and the organizations themselves. We are receptive to a broad range of theoretical perspectives and particularly appreciate papers that connect them.
Management Science Informs PubsOnLine Management Science is a scholarly journal with an analytical focus on scientific research on the theory and practice of management.
Strategic Management Journal Wiley
The Strategic Management Journal seeks to publish the highest quality research with questions, evidence and conclusions that are relevant to strategic management and engaging to strategic management scholars. We receive manuscripts with a diverse mix of topics, framings, and methods, and our acceptances reflect this diversity.
Annual Review of Organizational Psychology
and Organizational Behavior
Annual Reviews
The Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, launched in March 2014, is devoted to publishing reviews of the I/O Psychology and HRM/OB literature.
Research Policy ScienceDirect
Research Policy (RP) articles examine empirically and theoretically the interaction between innovation, technology or research, on the one hand, and economic, social, political and organizational processes, on the other. All RP papers are expected to yield findings that have implications for policy or management.
The Leadership Quarterly ScienceDirect
An International Journal of Political, Social and Behavioral Science. The Leadership Quarterly is a social-science journal dedicated to advancing our understanding of leadership as a phenomenon, how to study it, as well as its practical implications.
Public Administration Review Wiley
Public Administration Review (PAR), a bi-monthly professional journal, has been the premier journal in the field of public administration research, theory, and practice for 75 years. It is published for the American Society for Public Administration,TM/SM and is the only journal in public administration that serves both academics and practitioners interested in the public sector and public sector management. Articles identify and analyze current trends, provide a factual basis for decision making, stimulate discussion, and make the leading literature in the field available in an easily accessible format. With articles on a wide range of topics and expert book reviews, PAR is exciting to read and an indispensable resource.
Journal of Applied Psychology APA
The Journal of Applied Psychology emphasizes the publication of original investigations that contribute new knowledge and understanding to fields of applied psychology (other than clinical and applied experimental or human factors, which are more appropriate for other APA journals). The journal primarily considers empirical and theoretical investigations that enhance understanding of cognitive, motivational, affective, and behavioral psychological phenomena in work and organizational settings, broadly defined.
Information & Management ScienceDirect
The International Journal of Information Systems Theories and Applications. Information & Management serves researchers in the information systems field and managers, professionals, administrators and senior executives of organizations which design, implement and manage.
Journal of Information Technology Sage Journals
The Journal of Information Technology (JIT) is a top-ranked journal, focused on new research addressing information, management, and communications technologies as applied to the digital worlds of business, government and non-governmental enterprises
Human Relations Sage Journals
Human Relations has had a long tradition of bringing social science disciplines together in order to understand the character and complexity of human problems. We publish incisive investigations from an international network of leading scholars in management, psychology, sociology, politics, anthropology and economics.
Administrative Science Quarterly Sage Journals
Administrative Science Quarterly, owned and managed by the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, has been at the cutting edge of organizational studies since the field began. This top-tier journal regularly publishes the best theoretical and empirical papers based on dissertations and on the evolving and new work of more established scholars, as well as interdisciplinary work in organizational theory, and informative book reviews.
Journal of Management Studies Wiley
Journal of Management Studies is a globally respected, multidisciplinary business and management journal with a long-established history of excellence in management research. We publish innovative empirical and conceptual articles which advance the fields of management and organization, welcoming contributions relevant to organization theory, organizational behaviour, human resource management, strategy, international business, entrepreneurship, innovation and critical management studies. We have an inclusive ethos and open to a wide range of methodological approaches and philosophical underpinnings.

ODC Studies

Publication Publisher
Description
Journal of Change Management

Taylor & Francis

Journal of Change Management: Reframing Leadership and Organizational Practice aims to make a difference at the very frontier of organizational theory and practice development with a particular focus on change management and leadership as processes rather than as roles alone. Its intention is to contribute to the development of new conventions in addressing contemporary organizational and societal transitions and challenges. As a case in point, we wish to facilitate the study of agency through collective leadership in practice rather than in the traits and skills of formal agents and leaders.

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Sage Journals
The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science (JABS) brings to scholars and professionals the latest theory and research on processes and techniques of change in groups, organizations and larger systems, and academic-practitioner collaborations. The journal also informs professionals and organizations on issues in group, organizational and system dynamics. Specifically, these interests are directed toward four related audiences: Organizational and behavioral researchers and educators studying processes and techniques of organizational and social change; Organizational change professionals in a variety of disciplines and sectors who want to base their practice on evidence-based knowledge; Organization staff professionals who seek to learn more about the processes of change; Policymakers who apply behavioural science knowledge and practice to promote positive societal change.
Journal of Organizational Change Management Emerald
Journal of Organizational Change Management (JOCM) provides alternative philosophies for organizational change and development. It encourages the exploration of philosophies including critical theory, postmodernism and poststructuralism and is interested in qualitative analyses of change, discourse and change practices. The journal encourages interdisciplinary approaches such as organization and ecology, consumption and production and rhetorics and theatrics of change and development.
Leadership & Organization Development Journal Emerald
Leadership & Organization Development Journal focuses on the interpretation of research and how the results of research may be translated into practice. It addresses a broad range of topics which are relevant to organizations and reflective of societal developments. The journal supports interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches to the study of leadership and organization development and encourages original thinking which will contribute to knowledge and understanding in these areas.
Research in Organizational Change and Development Emerald
Development and Change Wiley
One of the leading international journals in the field of development studies and social change, Development and Change now appears six times a year, including the Development and Change Forum issue. Truly interdisciplinary in character, it includes contributions from all the social sciences and all intellectual persuasions concerned with development. With its history of publishing unconventional and challenging articles, the journal covers a broad range of topics in a mix of regular and special theme issues. Development and Change is devoted to the critical analysis and discussion of the complete spectrum of development issues.
Strategic Change Wiley
Strategic Change is a global journal dedicated to the study of the management and organization of strategic change. Articles are focused on the decision-making of change, but generalized in the different disciplines which can speak to this phenomenon. We support entrepreneurs, new businesses, and those who provide services to them.
Implementation Science Springer
Implementation Science publishes research relevant to the scientific study of methods to promote the uptake of research findings into routine healthcare in clinical, organizational, or policy contexts.
Organization Development Journal The Organization Development Institute
The Organization Development Journal, or OD Journal, is a peer-reviewed journal that was first published in 1983 and has an international audience of scholars and practitioners. Article topics cover a range of issues in organizational development, change management, organizational effectiveness, change leadership, and any other OD-related issue that provides insights to experienced professionals. The OD Journal is published three times a year.
Systemic Practice and Action Research Springer
Systemic Practice and Action Research is a journal dedicated to critical systems thinking and its applications, with an emphasis on understanding modern societal complexities.
Action Research Sage Journals
Action Research is an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal, which is a forum for the development of the theory and practice of action research. The aim of the journal is to offer a viable alternative to dominant 'disinterested' models of social science, one that is relevant to people in the conduct of their lives, their organizations and their communities. The journal publishes quality articles on accounts of action research projects, explorations in the philosophy and methodology of action research, and considerations of the nature of quality in action research practice.

Practitioner Studies

Publication Publisher
Description
AI Practitioner

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

AI Practitioner is designed to highlight examples, case studies and research on strength-based approaches to change with special emphasis on Appreciative Inquiry. AI is about the search for the best in people, their organisations and the relevant world around them. At its broadest, Appreciative Inquiry involves the systematic discovery of what gives ‘life’ to a person, a system, an organisation,  a community when it is most alive, most effective and most constructively capable of supporting the triple bottom line of people, planet and profits.
Harvard Business Review HBR
Harvard Business Review Press publishes the best thinking in the areas of business strategy, general management, technology, leadership, human resources, and innovation. Intelligent business readers turn to us for answers to the questions they face every day, and for the guidance and debate that will have a profound impact on their lives — both personally and professionally.
Organizational Dynamics ScienceDirect
Organizational Dynamics' domain is primarily organizational behavior and development and secondarily, HRM and strategic management. The objective is to link leading-edge thought and research with management practice. Organizational Dynamics publishes articles that embody both theoretical and practical content, showing how research findings can help deal more effectively with the dynamics of organizational life.
Organization Development Review TAMARA
A valuable resource for any organizational development professional, OD Network’s exclusive Organization Development Review (formerly the OD Practitioner) arms you with valuable industry trends and insights featuring leaders and members of our association and beyond. This quarterly journal combines theory and practice to ensure that your clients get the benefit of your expertise, backed by the latest peer-reviewed research.

Method Studies

Publication Publisher
Description
Organizational Research Methods

Sage Journals

Organizational Research Methods (ORM) was established to bring relevant methodological developments to researchers working in organizational sciences. ORM’s goal is to enhance the use of current and new methodologies to advance theory and research practice. Articles should be understandable to readers with background knowledge consistent with methodological and statistical training provided in contemporary organizational sciences doctoral programs. Text should be written in ways that help make material accessible. For instance, highly technical material should be relegated to appendices, and example data and computer code should be included when relevant. Authors should also clearly articulate how the contribution has the potential to advance organizational theory and research practice.
Qualitative Inquiry Sage Journals
Qualitative Inquiry provides an interdisciplinary forum for qualitative methodology and related issues in the human sciences. With Qualitative Inquiry you have access to lively dialogues, current research and the latest developments in qualitative methodology.
Organizational DynamicsJournal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B: Statistical Methodology Oxford
The Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B (Statistical Methodology) has a long tradition of publishing work that is at the leading edge of methodological development, with a strong emphasis on relevance to statistical practice. Included are papers on study design, statistical models, methods of analysis and the theory that underlies them - almost invariably motivated or illustrated by real examples. Series B aims to disseminate work which is innovative, insightful and likely to have a substantial impact on the way that data are collected and analysed; within these parameters the journal's scope is broad, embracing for example relevant work in applied probability, computational methods and the foundations of statistics. Methodological papers read before the Society at its Ordinary Meetings, organized regularly by the Research Section of the Society, are published in Series B with full discussion and authors' response.
Psychological Methods APA Psychological Methods is devoted to the development and dissemination of methods for collecting, analyzing, understanding, and interpreting psychological data. Its purpose is the dissemination of innovations in research design, measurement, methodology, and quantitative and qualitative analysis to the psychological community; its further purpose is to promote effective communication about related substantive and methodological issues.