An empirical assessment of the perceived relevance and quality of POM‐related journals by academicians
Tóm tắt
As in other fields, promotion and tenure decisions of academicians in POM are very closely related to their publication achievements. Such achievements are generally measured by where academicians publish rather than just what they publish. Therefore, the perceived quality or image of POM journals is important to the faculty and researchers in this field. Not surprisingly, several previous studies have attempted to rank order journals belonging to related fields such as accounting, finance, economics and management. Unfortunately, for POM journals, there exist little published data accepted and shared by all in this respect.
The primary objectives of the study are to establish the perceived relevancy and quality ratings of 20 selected journals that are frequently used to disseminate POM‐related research work. The results are based on a questionnaire survey of those Decision Sciences Institute members who listed POM as their primary area of interest (DSI code N).
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The results provide some evidence of an apparent incongruity between the notions of journal relevancy and journal quality, as perceived by the respondents. Some journals that received high quality ratings were found only moderately relevant to POM research. On the other hand, some journals received poor quality ratings but were rated highly for relevancy. The opinions of the associate and full professors, as well as those with better publication associations with the included journals, were found strikingly similar to those of the entire sample surveyed.
Some discrepancy was evident as to what the respondents and their administrative evaluators think are the top journals. The faculty evaluators tend to consider