Positioning papers for publication

There is continuing interest in how to write and publish papers in top management journals. Some authors have focused on how the content of papers affects their publication – are they creative and interesting, with well-defined constructs, clear boundary conditions and provocative implications? Others have focused on how theories and results are presented in a paper – is the paper written clearly, is its macrostructure logical and is its style consistent with a particular journal? Yet other authors have focused on the processes that scholars have used to develop influential bodies of work. Taken as a whole, this work – whether focused on content, presentation or process – has generated important insights into writing and publishing papers in top management journals.