Dear John, good morning. Thank you for your frank comments.
Moreover, I can say you that I served the Journal for two years as review editor and I can assure that the blind review process is rigorous. Then a few well reputed Italian colleagues that I know in person are associated editors of the Journal.
Then, you will find that my co-editors are well reputed international scholars that work in well reputed university.
Obviously, you are fully legitimated to think that asking money to publish a paper is not ethical. But, we are not obliging anyone to submit a paper and we decided to invite all the readers of the post to look for all practical info related to the Journal and to read the call for papers on the Journal website, so they may be aware that is a open journal and that a fee is required to publish a work.
Finally, if you want to discuss about the social issues related to international academia, I will be very happy to discuss with you about the role of gatekeepers played by business schools, high ranked university and mainstream journals, and to share with you my personal and humble opinion that if you have the money to study at an Ivy League University or at a top tier Business School and then to teach in a top ranked university you will have more funds, intellectual and physical resources, human resources etc and it will be easier for you to publish in a top ranked journal. I am not saying that top universities are not really the top, I have the maximum respect and admiration for these Institutions and for the colleagues working for them, but I want only to argue that if you live in the far frontier of the scientific realm, it is more difficult for you to conquer the peak.
Since I teach in a small private university in Rome, Frontiers in Psychology gives me the opportunity to give visibility to my ideas and research (and of those of my extraordinary co-editors), to try very honestly and humbly to launch a collective research (in the form of research topic), that in my modest opinion makes sense, and to get a little bit of visibility, that could hopefully give me the opportunity in the next future to submit my works to mainstream journals.
Thank you for appreciating the concept of the research topic. I hope we have the opportunity to collaborate in some projects in the next future, obviously for not open source journals :-).
Best Regards
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Fabrizio Maimone PhD
Lecturer
LUMSA University
Rome [Italy]
Email:
f.maimone@lumsa.it;
ejccm.editor@gmail.com; Research gate profile:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fabrizio_Maimone; LinkedIn Profile:
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-24-2018 22:40
From: John Hulpke
Subject: Call for papers, special issue on Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Dimensions of Creativity in the Workplace
Hi, sounds interesting! But I think you and your co-editors have an obligation to clearly state upfront that there is a submission fee of USD2,950 or whatever and that all the "Frontiers In . . . " series of journals are categorized by some as "Predatory Journals." I tend to agree with that assessment. But interesting topic. Wish you were putting this together for a more reputable or solid journal. Thanks, John F Hulpke, University College Dublin, teaching in Singapore
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Apologies for crossposting.
Dear all, I am very glad to announce the launch of the Research Topic (Special Issue) on "Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Dimensions of Creativity in the Workplace", issued by Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Communication.
The special issue of the Journal is (guest) edited by Prof. Marta Sinclair, from Griffith University, Australia, Prof. Lisa Min Tang, from University of Applied Management, Germany, and me.
The Research Topic aims to shed light on the influence of culture on creativity in the workplace. The concept of creativity at work is generally associated with the generation of novel ideas and outcomes that are consistent with the achievement of one or few goals. Creativity does not exist in vacuum. It relies on culture to take its form in terms of how it is perceived, expressed or evaluated. Organizational creativity may be influenced by multiple factors. It is also an adaptive/transformation process that drives organizational change. Although effects of culture on individuals' creativity, teams, organizations and institutions have started attracting more attention, research in this respect is sporadic and does not reflect the global nature of today's business.
It is plausible to argue that the relationship between culture and creativity in the workplace, which has widely been recognized as a critical issue, seems to be still overlooked. There is an emerging need to provide systematic and accurate frameworks on the cross-cultural and intercultural dimensions of creativity in the workplace.
This Research Topic aims to fill this gap by profiling the current conceptual and empirical research on two main levels: 1. The relationship between cultural diversity and organizational creativity; 2. The role of intercultural relationships in facilitating or obstructing creativity in the workplace.
Don't hesitate to contact me for any question or info you may need.
Best Regards
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Fabrizio Maimone PhD
Lecturer
LUMSA University
Rome [Italy]
Email: f.maimone@lumsa.it; ejccm.editor@gmail.com; Research gate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fabrizio_Maimone; LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabriziomaimone/
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