Journal of Management (journal-of-management-en)

Journal positioning

Journal of Management (JOM), published by SAGE, is a broad, top-tier outlet for management and organizational research and a member of the FT50. It spans the full management field — organizational behavior, human resource management, strategy, entrepreneurship, and organizational theory — and is known for publishing strong empirical studies as well as high-impact meta-analyses and reviews. JOM rewards a clear theoretical contribution backed by rigorous, well-identified empirics; it is broad in topic but demanding in execution. The audience is management scholars across subfields, so the contribution should travel beyond a single specialty.

This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the SAGE / JOM site and the submission system.

When to trigger

• The author names Journal of Management / JOM (the SAGE FT50 management outlet) as the venue.
• A broad management or OB empirical paper, or a meta-analysis/review, needs a high-impact generalist home.
• A paper near AMJ's bar but slightly less theory-forward, or a rigorous meta-analysis, needs the right outlet.
• The author needs JOM's desk-reject risks and a credible academy-of-management-journal / journal-of-management-studies / human-resource-management alternative list.

Scope & topic fit