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The adolescence of Asia management research: APJM, 1997–2006

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In this article we reflect on the adolescent years of Asia management research published in the Asia Pacific Journal of Management (APJM) by reviewing work published in the past 10 years (1997–2006). We report that during the last decade, APJM has published 223 research articles, written by 373 different authors, who are affiliated with 203 different institutions. Our discussion of the future of Asia management research is guided by Kuhn’s (Kuhn, T. S. The structure of scientific revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962) perspective on the nonlinear progression of science. We argue that as a growing community, Asia management research is finding its “identity” and establishing its presence in the larger worldwide management research community. Following our analysis, we conclude that the growth of Asia management research—as captured by APJM publications—throughout its “adolescent” years has set forth a challenging and exciting path for the future.

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Notes

  1. Following Ang (1997) and Gallagher (2006), we have excluded book reviews, editorials, and commentary items from our analysis.

  2. Anne-Wil Harzing’s Publish or Perish software (available at http://www.harzing.com) was used to retrieve and analyze citations from Google Scholar on April 16, 2007.

  3. While this number may seem small, when compared to a journal of similar stature such as the Australian Journal of Management (AJM), we find 1407 citations according to Google Scholar for articles published between 1983 and 2006. Additionally, Gallagher (1996) reports a total of 673 citations collected from Web of Science in his 30-year (1976–2005) review of AJM.

  4. This is especially noteworthy when we compare author affiliations of the first 14 years of APJM, where the majority of authors were associated with institutions in either the US or Singapore.

  5. Each paper is read by at least two members of our team. If there are disagreements, we have discussed and resolved these issues during our meetings.

  6. Each paper is read by at least two members of our team. If there are disagreements, we have discussed and resolved these issues during our meetings.

  7. While APJM has drastically decreased the number of finance papers published, Gallagher (2006) finds that the Australian Journal of Management increased its publication of finance articles from 40% in 2001 to over 50% in 2005.

  8. Although some scholars view guanxi as a unique anomaly, not just a similar phenomenon in other context, we have followed Peng (2005) and incorporated guanxi as part of the social network perspective.

  9. Quer et al.’s (2007) classification of topics find JV partnerships/strategic alliances to make up the largest percentage of papers (23.9%) which seems consistent with our results.

  10. Kuhn defines an anomaly as a violation of the “paradigm-induced expectations that govern normal science” (1962: 52–53). Anomalies are detected through empirical analyses and have formed the basis for most discoveries in the natural sciences. For example, the American Economic Association’s Journal of Economic Perspectives devotes a regular column to “anomalies”, defined as phenomenon that “implausible assumptions are necessary to explain it within the paradigm” (Rabin & Thaler, 2001).

  11. We have Hume’s (2000/1739) “Guillotine” (cut-off) and Weber’s (1949) doctrine of Wertfreiheit (freedom from value) on how humans can rationally analyze. Weber insisted that Wertungsdiskussionen (discussions on values) are not only possible, but also of the great utility. Such discussions can take the form of (1) examining the internal consistency of value premises from which divergent normative judgments are derived; (2) deducing the implications of those value premises in the light of the practical circumstances to which they are applied; and (3) tracing the factual consequences of alternative ways of realizing normative judgments.

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All authors contributed equally. We thank Mike Peng (Editor-in-Chief) for his encouragement and advice. This work was completed when Yu-Shan Su was a Fulbright visiting scholar at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). She thanks the Fulbright Association and the Taiwanese Ministry of Education for partially funding this work.

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Pleggenkuhle-Miles, E.G., Aroul, R.R., Sun, S.L. et al. The adolescence of Asia management research: APJM, 1997–2006. Asia Pacific J Manage 24, 467–489 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-007-9058-z

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