Australian Journal of Management
The Australian Journal of Management (AJM) publishes high-quality management research from all major business disciplines that advances theory, informs policy, and addresses complex organisational and societal challenges.
Established in Australia in 1976, AJM upholds a tradition of integrity, pragmatism, and creative problem-solving. We recognise that today’s management problems are global in scope and we welcome contributions from all parts of the world.
AJM invites conceptual, qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method research that meets the standards of the world’s leading journals, with a special emphasis on problem-focused research. Our coverage reflects the breadth of management as articulated through business related disciplines taught, researched, and professionally practiced worldwide including (but not limited to) accounting, economics, finance, information systems, innovation and entrepreneurship, international business, marketing, management, operations and supply chain.
In addition to regular papers, AJM Editorial Initiatives intended to amplify our mission include:
- Special Issues
- Policy-Relevant Research, linking management scholarship to policy outcomes with actionable, evidence-based recommendations.
- Point–Counterpoint, offering informed scholarly debate on enduring managerial issues through contrasting perspectives
- Engaged Problematisation, promoting industry-led problematisation that surface new or understudied real-world managerial challenges and set research agendas for grand societal problems.
What we look for:
- Strong theoretical contribution
- Policy-relevant insights with clear recommendations
- Clear and substantive managerial relevance
- Clear and substantive societal relevance
- Credible research design and traceable empirical work (qualitative and/or quantitative)
- Transparency and methodological rigour and integrity
- Originality
- Clear writing that communicates with broad audiences
To ensure fit with our scope, AJM does not publish:
- Purely descriptive studies
- Descriptive literature reviews (excluding systematic and integrative reviews)
- Context-bound case studies without transferable insight
- Opinion essays lacking robust scholarly grounding
- Political viewpoints/essays and/or politically focused research
- Replications without theoretical extension
- Incremental findings
- Research with no significant contribution to theory and/or practice
- Empirical work lacking methodological transparency
- Research with limited or heavily constrained datasets (unless qualitative)
Submit your best work to AJM and contribute to shaping the future of management research, policy and practice.
For Sage policies on the use of AI for authors, editors and reviewers please see: ChatGPT and Generative AI | SAGE Publications Ltd
If you have any queries you wish to direct to the Editor-in-Chief, please contact Yichelle Zhang (ajm@unsw.edu.au) in the first instance.
All issues of Australian Journal of Management are available online.
Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ajm.
The Australian Journal of Management (AJM) is a global, multidisciplinary outlet for high-quality management scholarship across all major business disciplines including but not limited to accounting, economics, finance, information systems, innovation and entrepreneurship, international business, marketing, management, and operations and supply chain. Founded in Australia, AJM upholds values of integrity, pragmatism, and creative problem-solving, and welcomes submissions from every part of the world. We publish conceptual and empirical research that meets the standards of the world’s leading journals, advancing theory, informing policy, and addressing major managerial and societal challenges.
For Sage policies on the use of AI for authors, editors and reviewers please see: ChatGPT and Generative AI | SAGE Publications Ltd
| Tania Bucic | UNSW Sydney, Australia |
| Muhammad Ali | Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
| Gautam Bose | UNSW Sydney, Australia |
| Jeff Coulton | UNSW Sydney, Australia |
| Chelsea Liu | University of Adelaide, Australia |
| Daniel Samson | University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Sukhbir Sandhu | University of South Australia, Australia |
| Miles Yang | Macquarie University, Australia |
| Stijn Masschelein | University of Western Australia, Australia |
| Yaowen Shan | University of Technology Sydney, Australia |
| Helen Spiropoulos | University of Technology Sydney, Australia |
| Mark Wilson | Australian National University |
| Fara Azmat | Deakin University, Australia |
| Mehran Nejati | Edith Cowan University, Australia |
| Rui Xue | La Trobe University, Australia |
| Philip Gharghori | Monash University, Australia |
| Phong Ngo | Australian National University, Australia |
| Edward Podolski | RMIT, Australia |
| Tom Smith | Macquarie University, Australia |
| Elizabeth Yushu Zhu | University of Queensland , Australia |
| Haisu Zhang | New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA |
| Youqing Fan | Western Sydney University, Australia |
| Mingqiong Mike Zhang | Monash University, Australia |
| Jimi Kim | University of New South Wales, Australia |
| Alison Joubert | University of Adelaide, Australia |
| Jiwan Moon | |
| Ljubomir Pupovac | UNSW, Australia |
| Dean Wilkie | University of Adelaide, Australia |
| Jack Cadeaux | UNSW Sydney, Australia |
| William Ho | The University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Matthew Pepper | University of Wollongong, Australia |
| Zahra Seyedghorban | University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Nik Thompson | Curtin University, Australia |
| Daniela Andrei | Curtin University, Australia |
| David Cheng | Australian National University, Australia |
| Catherine Collins | UNSW Sydney, Australia |
| Helena Nguyen | University of Sydney Business School, Australia |
| Sanjee Perera | University of South Australia, Australia |
| Ashlea Troth | Griffith University, Australia |
| Melissa Wheeler | RMIT, Australia |
| Lingli Luo | Zhejiang University, China |
| Fei Fei Yang | East China Normal University, China |
| Denni Arli | University of Tasmania, Australia |
| Rebecca Bachmann | Macquarie University, Australia |
| Marzena Baker | University of Sydney, Australia |
| Sarah Bankins | Macquarie University, Australia |
| Timothy Bednall | Swinburne University, Australia |
| Yuqiang Cao | Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China |
| Jamie Carlson | University of Newcastle, Australia |
| Nasima Mohamed Hoosen Carrim | University of Pretoria, South Africa |
| Charlene Chen | Macquarie University, Australia |
| Wei Chen | University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
| Wai Fong Chua | The University of Sydney Business School, Australia |
| Conor Clune | University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
| Andrew Dhaenens | RMIT, Australia |
| Michelle Evans | University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Ben Fahiminia | Sydney University, Australia |
| Limin Fu | Monash University, Australia |
| Patrick Garcia | Macquarie University, Australia |
| Elliroma Gardiner | Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
| Elizabeth George | University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| Mirit Grabarski | Lakehead University, Canada |
| Mariano (Pitosh) Heyden | Monash University, Australia |
| Mohammad Hossain | RMIT University |
| Ali Muhammad | La Trobe University, Australia |
| Denise Jepsen | Macquarie University, Australia |
| Mark Jones | University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Helen Kang | University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
| Maria Kaya | Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
| Eunice Khoo | Australian National University, Australia |
| Hannah Kunst | Sydney University, Australia |
| Arian Kunzelmann | Edith Cowan University, Australia |
| Huong Le | Central Queensland University Melbourne, Australia |
| Linan Lei | Zhejiang University, China |
| Candy (Ying) Lu | Macquarie University |
| Meiting Lu | Macquarie University, Australia |
| Nanfeng (Ben) Luo | Renmin University of China, China |
| Chao Ma | Australian National University, Australia |
| Pengcheng Ma | Renming University of China, China |
| Mazlan Maskor | Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
| Richard Morris | UNSW Sydney, Australia |
| Paula Mowbray | Griffith University, Australia |
| Antony Mullins | Curtin University, Australia |
| Alka Nand | Monash University, Australia |
| Andreas Ortmann | University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
| Terry Pan | Macquarie University, Australia |
| David Pitt | University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Mahan Poorhosseinzadeh | Edith Cowan University, Australia |
| Dewan Rahman | University of Queensland, Australia |
| Soniya Rijal | University of Sydney, Australia |
| Christiaan Roell | University of New South Wales, Australia |
| Gavin Schwarz | University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
| Tom Scott | Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand |
| Peter Shi | Macquarie University, Australia |
| Stephen L Taylor | University of Technology, Sydney, Australia |
| Xiaocong Tian | Shandong University, China |
| Jarrod Vassalo | University of Sydney, Australia |
| Jianrong Wang | East China Normal University, China |
| Karyn Wang | University of Sydney, Australia |
| Liwen Wang | Shenzhen University, China |
| Sue Wright | University of Technology Sydney, Australia |
| Matthew Xerri | Griffith University, Australia |
| Hongmin (Jess) Yan | Griffith University, Australia |
| Forough Zarea | Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
| Nate Zettna | Sydney University, Australia |
| Lijuan (Lily) Zhang | Australian National University, Australia |
| Zhijing Zhu | Nottingham University Ningbo, China |
| Frederik Anseel | UNSW Sydney, Australia |
| Ray Ball | University of Chicago, USA |
| Philip Brown | The University of Western Australia, Australia |
| George Foster | Stanford University, USA |
| Wayne R Guay | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| John H. Roberts | UNSW Sydney, Australia |
| Karin Sanders | UNSW Sydney, Australia |
| Baljit K. Sidhu | University of Sydney, Australia |
| Richard G Sloan | University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| Mark Uncles | UNSW Sydney, Australia |
| Ross L Watts | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA |
| Robert E. Wood | University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Philip Yetton | UNSW Sydney, Australia |
| Stephen Zeff | Rice University, USA |
This Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics
This Journal recommends that authors follow the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals formulated by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
Please read the guidelines below then visit the Journal’s submission site http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ajm to upload your manuscript. Before uploading your manuscript, please review the following manuscript checklist: Australian Journal of Management’s submissions checklist. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.
Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of Australian Journal of Management will be reviewed.
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal.
As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you.
- What do we publish?
1.1 Aims & Scope
1.2 Article types
1.3 Writing your paper - Editorial policies
2.1 Peer review policy
2.2 Authorship
2.3 Acknowledgements
2.4 Funding
2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
2.6 Research ethics and patient consent
2.7 Clinical trials
2.8 Reporting guidelines
2.9 Data - Publishing policies
3.1 Publication ethics
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
3.3 Open access and author archiving - Preparing your manuscript
4.1 Formatting
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
4.3 Supplementary material
4.4 Reference style
4.5 English language editing services - Submitting your manuscript
5.1 ORCID
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
5.3 Permissions - On acceptance and publication
6.1 SAGE Production
6.2 Online First publication
6.3 Access to your published article
6.4 Promoting your article - Further information
Before submitting your manuscript to Australian Journal of Management, please ensure you have read the Aims & Scope.
The Australian Journal of Management publishes original research. Articles should typically be around 8,000 words, but longer articles may be accepted if the length is relevant to the contribution. They must be original work and not have been submitted for publication elsewhere.
The SAGE Author Gateway has some general advice and on how to get published, plus links to further resources.
1.3.1 Make your article discoverable
When writing up your paper, think about how you can make it discoverable. The title, keywords and abstract are key to ensuring readers find your article through search engines such as Google. For information and guidance on how best to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords, have a look at this page on the Gateway: How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online
The Australian Journal of Management operates a strictly anonymous peer review process in which the reviewer’s name is withheld from the author and, the author’s name from the reviewer. Each manuscript is reviewed by two referees.
All parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article should be listed as authors. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. A student is usually listed as principal author on any multiple-authored publication that substantially derives from the student’s dissertation or thesis.
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, or a department chair who provided only general support.
Any acknowledgements should appear first at the end of your article prior to your Declaration of Conflicting Interests (if applicable), any notes and your References.
Australian Journal of Management requires all authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading. Please visit the Funding Acknowledgements page on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway to confirm the format of the acknowledgment text in the event of funding, or state that: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
Australian Journal of Management encourages authors to include a declaration of any conflicting interests and recommends you review the good practice guidelines on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway.
SAGE is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the SAGE Author Gateway.
3.1.1 Plagiarism
Australian Journal of Management and SAGE take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action.
3.1.2 Prior publication
If material has been previously published it is not generally acceptable for publication in a SAGE journal. However, there are certain circumstances where previously published material can be considered for publication. Please refer to the guidance on the SAGE Author Gateway or if in doubt, contact the Editor at the address given below.
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
Before publication, SAGE requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. SAGE’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is an exclusive licence agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants SAGE the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than SAGE. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the society. For more information please visit the SAGE Author Gateway.
3.3 Open access and author archiving
Australian Journal of Management offers optional open access publishing via the SAGE Choice programme. For more information please visit the SAGE Choice website. For information on funding body compliance, and depositing your article in repositories, please visit SAGE Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway.
4. Preparing your manuscript for submission
The preferred format for your manuscript is Word. LaTeX files are also accepted. Word and (La)Tex templates are available on the Manuscript Submission Guidelines page of our Author Gateway.
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format, please visit SAGE’s Manuscript Submission Guidelines.
Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from SAGE after receipt of your accepted article.
This journal is able to host additional materials online (e.g. datasets, podcasts, videos, images etc) alongside the full-text of the article. For more information please refer to our guidelines on submitting supplementary files.
Australian Journal of Management adheres to the SAGE Harvard reference style. View the SAGE Harvard guidelines to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style.
If you use EndNote to manage references, you can download the SAGE Harvard EndNote output file.
4.5 English language editing services
Authors seeking assistance with English language editing, translation, or figure and manuscript formatting to fit the journal’s specifications should consider using SAGE Language Services. Visit SAGE Language Services on our Journal Author Gateway for further information.
Australian Journal of Management is hosted on SAGE Track, a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne™ Manuscripts. Visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ajm to login and submit your article online.
IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created. For further guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne Online Help.
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review process SAGE is a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities ensuring that their work is recognised.
We encourage all authors to add their ORCIDs to their SAGE Track accounts and include their ORCIDs as part of the submission process. If you don’t already have one you can create one here.
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
You will be asked to provide contact details and academic affiliations for all co-authors via the submission system and identify who is to be the corresponding author. These details must match what appears on your manuscript. At this stage please ensure you have included all the required statements and declarations and uploaded any additional supplementary files (including reporting guidelines where relevant).
Please also ensure that you have obtained any necessary permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please see the Copyright and Permissions page on the SAGE Author Gateway.
6. On acceptance and publication
Your SAGE Production Editor will keep you informed as to your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be sent by PDF to the corresponding author and should be returned promptly. Authors are reminded to check their proofs carefully to confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence and contact details are correct, and that Funding and Conflict of Interest statements, if any, are accurate. Please note that if there are any changes to the author list at this stage all authors will be required to complete and sign a form authorising the change.
Online First allows final articles (completed and approved articles awaiting assignment to a future issue) to be published online prior to their inclusion in a journal issue, which significantly reduces the lead time between submission and publication. Visit the SAGE Journals help page for more details, including how to cite Online First articles.
6.3 Access to your published article
SAGE provides authors with online access to their final article.
Publication is not the end of the process! You can help disseminate your paper and ensure it is as widely read and cited as possible. The SAGE Author Gateway has numerous resources to help you promote your work. Visit the Promote Your Article page on the Gateway for tips and advice. In addition, SAGE is partnered with Kudos, a free service that allows authors to explain, enrich, share, and measure the impact of their article. Find out how to maximise your article’s impact with Kudos.
Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to the Australian Journal of Management editorial office as follows:
The Editor
The Australian Journal of Management
UNSW Business School
UNSW Sydney
SYDNEY NSW 2052
Australia
Telephone +61 2 9931 9312
Fax +61 2 9931 9519
Email: sussanen@unsw.edu.au