Open Access Journals
Vision 2030 Initiative: Partnership with Elsevier
As the premier global platform for management scholarship, AOM is committed to advancing the science of organizations by delivering innovative content, fostering inclusive communities, and expanding access for faculty worldwide—amplifying its global impact and reinforcing its leadership in research and teaching through a focus on relevance, equity, and reach.
As a mechanism to support the Vision 2030 content initiative, the AOM Board of Governors approved a publishing partnership with Elsevier to prepare for a future aligning with our Vision 2030 content and community initiatives. Specifically, this collaboration aims to broaden our journal content scope and enhance author opportunities in Open Access publishing.
AOM’s Two New Open Access Journals and Inaugural Editors
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Zhike Lei
Tazeeb Rajwani
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Inside Organizations
Inside Organizations (AMIO) aims to enhance the understanding of management practices and theories at the individual, small group, and team levels within organizations. The journal seeks to provide a platform for empirical research, theoretical development, and interdisciplinary dialogue informed by social and cognitive psychology. By fostering innovative ideas and critical discussions, the journal aspires to contribute to the practical application of management science in everyday organizational settings.
Inside Organizations focuses on research and practice including groups, team culture and climate, intergroup relations, communication systems, organization identity and change processes, as examples of potential topics. It is a platform for empirical research using many types of methods, theories at any stage of development, and critical work that opens up new discussions. In each case, it welcomes innovations and thoughtful provocations that bring new thinking to the complex landscape of work life inside organizations.
Organizations and Their Environments
Organizations and Their Environments (AMOE) aims to advance the understanding of management research and practice by disseminating peer-reviewed research openly and freely. Providing authors with the opportunity to immediately influence practice and research, content is made available quickly and to a broad audience. The open-access journal is part of the Academy of Management’s portfolio of publications and within its editorial umbrella.
Organizations and Their Environments focuses on business units, firms, industries, sectors, institutions, and populations of organizations. It is a platform for empirical research using many types of methods, theories at any stage of development, and critical work that opens new discussions. In each case, it welcomes innovations and thoughtful provocations that bring new thinking to the complex organizational landscape.
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Zhike Lei
Zhike Lei is a Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at the IMD Business School in Switzerland. Her research is interdisciplinary and addresses how organizations, teams, and employees cope with errors, failures, and crisis and learn from them. She is particularly interested in psychological safety, team adaptation, and the nature of system dynamics in management research. Her work has been published in a variety of outlets, including Academy of Management Annals, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Health Affairs, Academic Medicine, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Academy of Management Discoveries, and Harvard Business Review. Her research on team adaptation and team reflexivity, in collaboration with hospital surgical teams, aviation pilots, and manufacturing engineers, has been recognized by the Best Paper Awards from various academic journals. Zhike has also won prestigious awards and grants to study patient safety, error management, and team processes, including those from the European Commission’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Peter Curtius Foundation, and the Juran Center for Leadership in Quality. She has served on the editorial review boards for Academy of Management Review and Academy of Management Discoveries and was a Guest Editor of the AMD special issue on errors in organizations.
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Tazeeb Rajwani
Tazeeb S. Rajwani is Professor of International Business and Strategy at University of Surrey. His research focuses mainly on corporate political activity, nonmarket strategy, sustainability and CSR. He has published articles in leading journals such as Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Management Studies, Global Strategy Journal, Journal of World Business, Strategic Organization, Groups & Organizations Management, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Management, International Business Review, among others. His research has been reported in the press, including the BBC, The Times, Irish Times, Forbes and Financial Times. His research has also informed the UK government on their Net Zero policy for 2050. He has published a highly acclaimed book contracted by Oxford University Press on “Aligning for Advantage: Competitive Strategies for the Political and Social Arenas” and a companion on “Nonmarket strategy” with Routledge press. He serves as Editor-in-Chief for Multinational Business Review, Associate Editor for Academy of Management Perspectives, Consulting Editor for Journal of International Management, editorial board member of the Journal of International Business Studies, Global Strategy Journal, British Journal of Management, Long Range Planning and Journal of World Business. He has a PhD from Imperial College London and has previously worked for KPMG in Corporate Finance.
Open Access Value Statement
These journals are dedicated to an inclusive editorial approach, welcoming and supporting authors from diverse backgrounds and sectors who may have much to contribute, but whose research and practice approaches may not fit neatly into the traditional academic journal model.
Open Access plays a crucial role in creating a collaborative, inclusive, and transparent research environment where high-quality knowledge can be freely shared and expanded upon. Each submission should be assessed solely on its scholarly merit. Publishing an article as Open Access means it will be freely available online immediately upon publication, enhancing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research—without compromising quality, integrity, or value.
Coming Soon:
- Full Editorial Team Listing(s)
- Journal From the Editors (FTE) paper
- Submission Center opening
- Journal Sessions at the Annual Meeting
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