[…] whenever we propose a solution to a problem, we ought to try as hard as we can to overthrow our solution, rather than defend it. Few of us, unfortunately, practice this precept; but other people, fortunately, will supply the criticism for us if we fail to supply it ourselves. (Popper, Karl R. 2005. The Logic of Scientific Discovery. London and New York: Taylor & Francis, p. xix)
There is perhaps a good reason to focus our attention on what falls under the familiar stream of light projected by the AOM lampshade. If you want, however, to peek at an iconoclastic reception of the debate about the merits and demerits of A-journal list metrics, you may want to consider the following:
Agafonow, A., Perez, M., 2023. Bean-counting research and the mismanagement of knowledge production in business schools. Prometheus. Critical Studies in Innovation 39 (2): 79–100. https://doi.org/10.13169/prometheus.39.2.0079
Available on Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374228925_Bean-counting_Research_and_the_Mismanagement_of_Knowledge_Production_in_Business_Schools
FEATURE AOM ARTICLE:
Aguinis, H., Cummings, C., Ramani, R. S., & Cummings, T. G. 2020. "An A is an A:" The new bottom line for valuing academic research. Academy of Management Perspectives, 34(1): 135-154.
AOM COMMENTARIES:
Bartunek, J. (2020). What do, what did, and what should we do about "A"s? Academy of Management Perspectives, 34(1), 164–169.
Rasheed, A. A., & Priem, R. L. (2020). "An A is an A:" We have met the enemy, and he is us! Academy of Management Perspectives, 34(1), 155–163.
Aguinis, H., Cummings, C., Ramani, R. S., & Cummings, T. G. (2020). "An A is an A:" Design thinking and our desired future. Academy of Management Perspectives, 34(1): 170-172.
MORE OUTSIDE THE AOM LAMPSHADE:
Agafonow, A., Perez, M., 2023. When an A Is NOT an A in Academic Research, or How A-Journal List Metrics Inhibit Exploratory Behaviour in Academia. Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics. https://doi.org/10.1177/02601079231152118
Available on Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369618674_When_an_A_Is_NOT_an_A_in_Academic_Research_or_How_A-Journal_List_Metrics_Inhibit_Exploratory_Behaviour_in_Academia_Forthcoming
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Alejandro Agafonow
Full Professor
ESSCA School of Management
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