One consequence of the quest for academic legitimacy amidst business school faculty is what one observer called a "relentless quest for status." Academics in all fields gain status by publishing articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, particularly the top four or five outlets in the field that really count. Status also stems from those self-same articles being cited in other articles, to show 'impact' or 'influence' on other academics.
In my own field of management, status comes from being recognized as a contributor to a base discipline, such as sociology, economics, or psychology. It's not about making a contribution to management thinking, with its unique emphasis on the jobs of - you guessed it - real managers. As Rakesh Khurana observed in a 2007 article in the Academy of Management Journal: "...many of the disciplined-trained scholars joining business school faculties were not intrinsically interested in business...Few [younger faculty members] were motivated in their research by a desire to examine the real problems that managers faced..." To read the entire post, click here.
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