The Southern Management Association (SMA) is proud to present a comprehensive multi-part paper development workshop aimed at facilitating the publication (i.e., “pub”) of high-quality theory testing and replication studies in the Journal of Management Scientific Reports (JOMSR).
The 3rd Annual “Guided JOMSR ‘Pub’ Crawl” will guide participants through every step of the process from developing a research question (Part 1) to working with an assigned “Scholarly Barback” to assist with study refinement (Part 2) to presenting proposed studies (Part 3) and, ultimately, designing, conducting, analyzing, and writing a complete manuscript to be submitted to JOMSR.
Overarching Theme: Understudied Contexts in Management Research
The goal of this year’s Pub Crawl is to advance management and organization scholarship by examining the extent to which existing theories are confirmed, refined, or challenged when applied to contexts that have received relatively limited scholarly attention. This may also include studies that replicate published research conducted in mainstream contexts in less-studied ones.
Two Contextual Emphases
First Emphasis: African Contexts
Submissions in this category should be aligned with, and will potentially be considered for, the Africa Context Special Issue.
Special issue call for papers will soon be posted on the JOMSR website.
Second Emphasis: Other Understudied Contexts
- Regions in the Global South outside of Africa and China
- Non-Western organizational forms (e.g., market collectives, tribal organizations)
- Informal or hybrid economies
- Stigmatized industries (e.g., adult entertainment, cannabis industry)
- Underrepresented populations (indigenous people; refugee/migrant workers; formerly incarcerated people)
Information Sessions
Additional details surrounding this year’s Pub Crawl will be provided during information sessions:
