Harry Potter in the Academy: Reviewing and Our Own Cloak of Invisibility

摘要

As Journal of Management Education (JME) editors, the critically important work of reviewing is never far from our minds. During our post-Academy of Management meeting debrief conversations, it again has taken a forefront position. Each of us heard more than one Program Chair in Vancouver lament how difficult it continues to be to get solid reviews; one divisional Chair noted that, although submissions had increased about 30%, the reviewer corps had slightly decreased in numbers despite repeated entreaties to that division's community. Our editorial team, too, has noted increasing difficulty in wrangling the terrific reviews that JME authors have enjoyed for 40 years. We think it is important to address what might be going on throughout our discipline and perhaps elsewhere in academe as well.