The Australian Journal of Management is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes research in accounting, applied economics, finance, industrial relations, political science, psychology, statistics, and other disciplines, provided the application is to management, as well as research in areas such as marketing, corporate strategy, operations management, organisation development, decision analysis, and other problem-focused paradigms. In the Australian Research Council's Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative 2010 quality rating AJM is ranked as a tier A journal.
Background
The Australian Journal of Management was founded at the fledgling Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) in 1976. The foundation editor was Ray Ball, followed by Chris Adam, John Conybeare, the late Vic Taylor, Phillip Yetton, John Roberts, and Robert Marks.
- Editor-in-Chief: Balijit Sidhu
- Publication frequency: 3 times a year
- Publisher: SAGE Publications
- Impact factor: 0.469
E. Yetton Prize
The E. Yetton Prize was inaugurated in December 1994 to celebrate the article published in the journal in the previous year that is of exceptional quality and is likely to have a substantial impact in the field of management research. The Australian Journal of Management has just awarded The E. Yetton Prize for the Best Paper in the Australian Journal of Management for 2009/2010, jointly to the following two papers:
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Heaney, R., F. D. Foster, S. Gregor, T. O’Neill and R. Wood, 2010, “Are two heads better than one? An experiment with novice share traders” published in Volume 35 (2): 119-142
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Schultz, E.L., D.T. Tan and K.D. Walsh, 2010, “Endogeneity and the corporate governance - performance relation”, published in Volume 35(2): 145-163.
The prize of $1000 per paper will be shared by the individual authors, who will also receive a certificate.