The Journal of Management continues to attract strong scholarship, citation patterns, and excellent review articles. The 2009 Impact Factors are out and JOM garnered a 4.429 which is up from 2008.  Please continue to submit, review, and read with JOM in mind. The ongoing partnership with Sage, Inc. has recently been extended by SMA which means only good things for JOM. We thank Sage for its ongoing support of our Best Paper Award.

Journal of Management Best Paper Award Winners
Award sponsored by Sage Publications, Inc.
2010

The authors of the following five papers were all recognized for their high impact contribution to JOM with plaques at the JOM Editorial Board Meeting held during the Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Montreal, Canada.  In addition, Russell Cropanzano (University of Arizona) and Marie Mitchell (University of Georgia) were awarded a $1,500 cash prize after being selected as the paper with the highest quality and impact of any article published in 2005 by a JOM Award Selection Committee.

Alvarez, S. A., & Barney, J. B.  (2005).  How do entrepreneurs organize firms under conditions of uncertainty?  Journal of Management, 31, 776-793.

Cropanzano, R., & Mitchell, M. S.  (2005).  Social exchange theory:  An interdisciplinary review.  Journal of Management, 31, 874-900. 

Ferris, G.R., Treadway, D.C., Kolodinsky, R.W., Hochwarter, W. A., Kacmar, C. J., Douglas, C., & Frink, D.D.  (2005).  Development and validation of the political skill inventory.  Journal of Management, 31, 126-152.

Kirkman, B. L., & Mathieu, J. E. (2005).  The dimensions and antecedents of team virtuality.  Journal of Management, 31, 700-718.

Van der Vegt, G. S., & Van de Vilert, E. (2005).  Effects of perceived skill dissimilarity and task interdependence on helping in work teams.  Journal of Management, 31, 73-89. 

Talya Bauer, JOM Editor