1. University of Washington, Tacoma ON PUBLISHING Thomas William Lee Foster School of Business University of Washington, Seattle July 9, 2015

2. FRAMING PhD (1984) & at U Washington (fall, 1983) PhD (1984) & at U Washington (fall, 1983) Married (1989), tenured (1990), son (1991), career blossomed in the 1990s Married (1989), tenured (1990), son (1991), career blossomed in the 1990s AMJ (Associate Editor, 1998-2002; Editor, 2002-2004) AMJ (Associate Editor, 1998-2002; Editor, 2002-2004) AOM Officer (2004-2009; President, 2007-08) AOM Officer (2004-2009; President, 2007-08) Tumor (2004) Tumor (2004) Associate Dean for Faculty (since 2004) Associate Dean for Faculty (since 2004) Comment from the current Dean, University of Tennessee B-School in 2012 Comment from the current Dean, University of Tennessee B-School in 2012

3. TODAY  Informal, Please Ask Questions  “EMBA-Style” & Conversational  Personal view, though likely relevant to other institutions  STORIES: China, Spain & Tennessee  Big to Small, But All Important

4. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?  Dissertation as Center of Universe  Five/Ten A-Level Publications  Balance with Teaching  “Hobby Topics”  Ed Locke (goal setting fame) and Barry Staw (escalation of commitment fame) stories  Tom Lee Example Pre-tenure Pre-tenure Immediate post-tenure Immediate post-tenure “Late” career “Late” career

5. INCREMENTAL VERSUS BIG RESEARCH ISSUES  Incremental Research (a.k.a., “gap filling or lacuna”) Common Belief: Safer, “Easier to Publish” but “Easier to be Trite” Common Belief: Safer, “Easier to Publish” but “Easier to be Trite”  Angelo DeNisi Story (from about 1996)  My Current Belief on Publishing in the “Top Tier”  Suggestion for When You Have Some Extra Time

6. Big Research  Thomas Kuhn’s Revolutionary Science  Mini Paradigms & Mini Paradigm Shifts  Dominate Versus Part of the Debate  Risky  Harder to Publish  Hard to Identify Issue  “Famous Person Says So”

7. PROGRAMMATIC RESEARCH  Fred Fiedler: “Minimum of 3 Focused A Level Publications”  Set-up Papers: Lower Tier & Book Chapters Less Important Issues (but not always so) Less Important Issues (but not always so) Very Detailed Issues Very Detailed Issues “Important to Whom?” “Important to Whom?” Tom Lee Examples Tom Lee Examples

8. WHAT IF THE “#@*$%”’S ARE WRONG?  Alternative A-Level Journals (wisdom obtained from Dan Ilgen, former editor of OBHDP, all around brilliant person & very nice human being)  Drop to a Lower Tier  Costs & Benefits  Two Stories of My Doctoral Students

9. MANUSCRIPT ITSELF  Journal or Discipline’s Norms Qualitative Versus Quantitative Studies Qualitative Versus Quantitative Studies Micro Versus Macro (Within AOM) Micro Versus Macro (Within AOM) Psych Vs. Soc Vs. Econ (Across AOM) Psych Vs. Soc Vs. Econ (Across AOM) Examples: Theory vs. Interesting Question, Methodological Description, Analytical Strategy, “contribution to theory” Examples: Theory vs. Interesting Question, Methodological Description, Analytical Strategy, “contribution to theory”

10. Clarity is in the Eye of the Beholder  Simple is good (bias towards parsimony).  Complicate as needed  Rick Mowday (organizational commitment fame, former AMJ Editor & former AOM President) story  Examples Hierarchical OLS regression v. path analysis Hierarchical OLS regression v. path analysis Repeated measures v. SEM v. HLM Repeated measures v. SEM v. HLM EFA v. CFA EFA v. CFA

11. Qualitative Research as EFA (time permitting)  Been making this point since 1999  Trend to Ignore Richness & Depth  Trend to Ignore Dynamic & Context  Trend to fit a formula  Worrisome

12. Recall Set-Up  Use Appendices Potential Book Chapter Potential Book Chapter Potential Method Paper Potential Method Paper Potential Scale Paper Potential Scale Paper  Discussion Suggest Next Important Study Suggest Next Important Study Articulate Value Added of Next Study Articulate Value Added of Next Study

13. MECHANICAL PROCESSES AT MANY MANAGEMENT JOURNALS  At AMJ, J of Applied Psychology  Merit Based Promotion of Reviewers  Selection of Reviewers  Role of Associate Editors: now akin to what editors used to do  (Selection of AOM Editors)

14. RECOMMENDATIONS  Ad hoc review as often as possible  Join one major board  Join a secondary board as time permits  Guest edit SRF or STF  Get serious peer reviews (recall Angelo DeNisi story; we JUST made the same mistake in 2015)

15. MEGA POINTS  Although not a sure thing, good ideas usually prevail.  Help good ideas as much as possible  REMEMBER: have fun and have a good life along the way

16. THANK YOU  GO FORWARD AND DO GOOD THINGS