TY  - BOOK
AU  - Khatri,Naresh
AU  - Varma, Arup 
AU  - Budhwar,  Pawan 
TI  - Commonly observed shortcomings in manuscripts submitted to management journals
KW  - Common shortcomings in manuscripts
KW  - Management journals
KW  - Writing journal articles
KW  - Research publication process
KW  - Journal review process
KW  - Doctoral students
KW  - New faculty
N2  - We outline commonly noticed shortcomings and ways to overcome them in the manuscripts submitted by new management researchers, such as doctoral students and junior faculty. The usual pitfalls in manuscripts submitted to business and management journals include poor writing and presentation, lack of integration, lack of significance, poor research design, and scanty description of methods, untidy presentation of results, and inadequate and sloppy discussion and implication sections. Borrowing from our experiences and the writings of the editors of top tier management journals, we offer guidelines for crafting clear and persuasive manuscripts. We provide suggestions for developing each section of the manuscript: topic choice, abstract, introduction, theory and grounding of hypotheses, research design, methods and results, discussion and implications
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