The impact of perceptions of journal quality on business and management communication academics
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Authors
Rogers, Priscilla S.
Campbell, Nittaya
Louhiala-Salminen, Leena
Rentz, Kathy
Suchan, Jim
Subjects
business and management communication journal rankings
journal quality criteria
citations
promotion and tenure
journal quality criteria
citations
promotion and tenure
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Date of Issue
2007-10
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Association for Business Communication
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Abstract
This commentary describes and critiques criteria that, according to results from an Association for Business Communication (ABC) member survey, are having an impact on quality judgments about our journals. ABC members rank the Journal of Business Communication and Business Communication Quarterly, as top research and pedaogical jounals in business/managment communications, a finding corroborated by a larger study of acadmics in business and technical communication. However, the growing importance of citation counts and journal rankings currently disadavantages our journals, presenting us with professional obligation and personal dilemmas in relation to them. The authors' purpose is to raise awareness of the various determinants of perceptions of journal quality, to explore the communal views of ABC members on this issue, and to seek ways of enhancing the value of business/management communication research in the academic marketplace.
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Article
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The article of record as published may be found at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021943607306138
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Graduate School of Business & Public Policy (GSBPP)
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Citation
Journal of Business Communication, v.14, no.4 (October 2007), pp.403-426
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.