A Guide to Publishing for Academics

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adviCe on business and soCiety ManusCriPts

is that a manuscript may not have effectively included the prior rel-

evant literature in a journal. As pointed out earlier, one consideration

in deciding whether to desk- reject a submission is whether there has

been any conversation on the subject matter in the article and that

judgment is reached by looking at the references.

Additional Matters

A good way to learn how to write better is to review better. A good

and professional review should be developmental (Hempel, 2014),

rather than simply critical. e present author’s approach as a reviewer

is generally to try to identify the strengths and the weaknesses of

the manuscript (however good or bad the manuscript on the whole),

and then to offer con ...