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Publish or Perish: Academic Life in
American Business Schools
Caucus
Academy of Management 2007 Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA
Monday, August 6, 2007, 2:30-3:50 p.m.,
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 106A
Colleagues,
Alan N. Miller (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) and Mark de Rond
(Cambridge University) have organized this Caucus to provide an opportunity
for Academy members to reflect on, discuss, and debate the pressure to
publish which has increased dramatically at many American and European
business schools. Given the pervasiveness of the publish or perish ethos,
we expect a lively and instructive discussion among the participants. The
following questions will provide a platform for discussion: (1) Is it
appropriate to pressure faculty to publish? (2) If there were no pressure
to publish, would faculty publish less? (3) Does pressure to publish impede
faculty from doing creative research? (4) Does pressure to publish impede
faculty from using methodologies that do not conform to dominant research
paradigms? (5) Does pressure to publish detract from teaching? (6) What are
the consequences of the pressure to publish on faculty research
productivity, job satisfaction, and job related stress? (7) How frequently,
if at all, do faculty at business schools with strong publish or perish
traditions feel pressure to compromise their ideals and/or integrity so as
to publish manuscripts? (8) What role should publications in peer reviewed
journals play in recruitment, tenure, and promotion of business school
faculty?
If time permits in your schedule, please join us.
With sincere thanks,
Alan N. Miller, Ph.D.
Professor of Management
College of Business
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Parkway
Box 456009
Las Vegas, NV 89154-6009
Email:
alan.miller@unlv.edu
Phone: (702) 895-3814
Mark de Rond, Ph.D.
University Senior Lecturer in Strategy
Judge Business School
Cambridge University
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1AG
United Kingdom
Email:
m.derond@jbs.cam.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 1223 764135