11197: Research Grounded in African Experiences: The Process and Practice of Publishing

Sunday, July 27, 2025

09:00 - 12:00 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: MR173

Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: International,Research,Diversity
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/k96bX3

Organizer(s)

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Codou Samba

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, United States
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Baniyelme D. Zoogah

DeGroote School of Business, McMaster U., Canada
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William Degbey

U. of Vaasa, Finland
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Mira Slavova

Warwick Business School, United Kingdom

Speaker(s)

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Cynthia E. Devers

Virginia Tech, United States
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Brian Silverman

U. of Toronto, Canada
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Marc Gruber

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
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Robert Nason

McGill U. - Desautels Faculty of Management, Canada
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Sharon Alvarez

U. of Pittsburgh, United States
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Andrew Charman

-, South Africa

The objective of this PDW is to offer insights for publishing rigorous and impactful research grounded in African experiences. It will consist of interactive sessions that engage scholars and editors across AOM who are (or may be) interested in Africa-based research. We will have two sequential panels, and we kindly apply for a 180-minute slot at the AOM Annual Meeting 2025 for this PDW. At the end of the PDW session, we will have time for Q&A with all panel participants to reflect on the publication process. The objective of the first panel is to offer insights into publishing rigorous and impactful Africa-based Management and Organization research. It consists of journal editors Cindy Devers (Journal of Management), Marc Gruber (Academy of Management Journal), Lamar Pierce (Organization Science) and Brian Silverman (Strategic Management Journal). They will discuss how journals’ publication processes and editorial practices engage with research drawing on African experiences, as well as from a variety of content areas and methodologies. In Part 2, Robert Nason, the author of the forthcoming AMR Far from Void: Informal Institutions and Growth in the Informal Economy will briefly walk us through their journey from submission to acceptance. Then, Sharon Alvarez, the action editor of this paper, will share her perspectives on the review process from the AMR review team’s side, as well as reflect on how this paper is distinct or like others she knows based on her considerable editorial and publishing experience.