Publishing in top journals-A never-ending fad?

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-224

  Macdonald, Stuart ^a   Kam, Jacqueline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fad; Management studies; Publishing; Top journals

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349217142     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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