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• Be conceptual papers, quantitative or qualitative empirical manuscripts, or literature reviews;
• Be focused on a topic relevant to our professional community, such as management learning, management education and/or the business of business schools;
• Consider prior literature, incorporate relevant theoretical perspectives, and offer a meaningful contribution to theoretical debate;
• Have practical as well as theoretical implications;
• Stay within 40 pages in length, double-spaced, inclusive of all figures, tables, and references (references may be single-spaced). Qualitative manuscripts with extensive rich data may be slightly longer.

• Be provocative manuscripts about topics relevant to our professional community, such as management learning, management education and/or the business of business schools;
• Be original commentaries or critiques, rather than narrative accounts of an author’s experiences with specific instructional technologies, techniques, courses, or program creation;
• Provide meaningful theoretical insights and propose how to address the opportunities and/or shortcomings identified in the provocation;
• Be up to 35 pages in length, double-spaced, inclusive of all figures, tables, and references (references may be single-spaced).

Authors should be familiar with the following guidelines on how to develop essays for AMLE.

Recommended reading:

• Russ Vince and Paul Hibbert, 2018. “From the AMLE Editorial Team: Disciplined Provocation: Writing Essays for AMLE.”
• Dirk Lindebaum, 2023. In Hibbert, P., Caza, A., Coraiola, D.M., et al. “Why Be an Editor?”

Authors are encouraged to explore ideas for essays with the section editor before submitting a full manuscript:

Bill Harley, Associate Editor

• Be invited by the Editor, and not unsolicited;
• Focus on timely and important issues for our professional community;
• Bring a diversity of scholars with different perspectives and points of view;
• Be structured as a conversation among authors, comprising several short essays that engage with and respond to one another;
• Be up to 40 pages in length, double-spaced, inclusive of all figures, tables, and references (references may be single-spaced).

We welcome suggestions for Dialogue topics, although decisions regarding which topics to pursue, how to structure the conversation, and whom to invite to participate remain at the discretion of the editorial team.

Rafael Alcadipani, Associate Editor

• Be written by prominent scholars or practitioners;
• Be specifically invited by the Editor, and not unsolicited;
• Be submitted within 6 months, once commissioned by the Editor

Suggestions of individuals who have made significant contributions to management learning and education may be sent to:

Diego M. Coraiola, Editor

• Focus on materials that can be used by management educators, practitioners, and researchers;
• Include resources drawn from across the disciplines.

Readers interested in writing reviews and those who have suggestions of materials for review should:

• Double-check their resource has not been previously reviewed in AMLE;
• Submit directly to the AMLE site at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amle;
• For more information, contact [email protected].

The objective of the Books and Resource Review (B&RR) section of AMLE is to provide our readers with insightful and informative reviews of a diverse array of resources. Remember that we aim to publish thoughtful critiques of resources, not simply summaries of those works. Reviews should also establish a clear link with ongoing debates within AMLE, and serve as an inspiration for further theoretical/empirical work that can improve practice.

We define the term “resources” broadly – such that we are interested in reviews of not only books but a range of resources relevant to AMLE in the 21st century–software, hardware, websites, podcasts, technology, training programs, experiential exercises, simulations, and other tools that may assist management educators and practitioners in developing their knowledge, skills, and awareness are all potential resources for review. We also welcome proposals for resource review collections (a set of separate but related reviews on resources on a similar topic). Additionally, the current editorial board has made a strategic decision to include reviews of resources drawn from outside the AMLE domain, as long as the relevance to AMLE is made very clear. As a result, we are particularly interested in reviews of applicable resources drawn from across other disciplines (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Education, Journalism, Humanities, Law, Medicine & Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences).

Although the editors will initiate the review of both popular and classic media, we encourage editorial board members, and indeed Academy of Management members, to recommend specific reviews that AMLE should undertake. It should be stressed that AMLE will strive to address the range of interests represented by all divisions and interest groups of the Academy. In addition, we will strive to represent alternative, unique, and emerging viewpoints from across the disciplines and around the globe, both in the selection of resources and the selection of reviewers.

What follows is a recommended format for the reviews. We encourage you to follow this but also to consider whether an alternative approach might be appropriate given the nature of the resource and of the review undertaken. If an alternative approach is preferred, please contact the B&RR section editor, Anastacia Mamabolo, at [email protected], before beginning the review. Please use the phrase AMLE Book and Resource Reviews in the subject line. All reviews should be submitted to AMLE using the Manuscript Central portal.