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Reviewer Topic Codes

        Code Keyword Name

1    Theoretical Perspectives

1   1  Agency theory
1   2  Attribution theory
1   3  Behavioral Decision Theory
1   4  Chaos theory
1   5  Complexity theory
1   6  Control theory
1   7  Critical theory
1   8  Cultural anthropology
1   9  Cybernetics theory
1   10 Ecological economics
1   11 Equity theory
1   12 Exchange theory
1   13 Expectancy theory
1   14 Feminist theory
1   15 Game theory
1   16 Goal-setting theory
1   17 Human capital theory
1   18 Image theory
1   19 Impression management theory
1   20 Industry-structure economics
1   21 Institutional theory
1   22 Interactionist theory
1   23 International trade theory
1   24 Leadership theories
1   25 Learned helplessness
1   26 Microeconomic theory
1   27 Network theory
1   28 Open systems theory
1   29 Organizational/institutional economics
1   30 Person-environment fit theory/person-organization fit theory
1   31 Philosophy of science and/or sociology of knowledge
1   32 Population ecology theory
1   33 Post-modern/ post-structuralist theory
1   34 Power/politics
1   35 Prospect theory
1   36 Psychoanalytic theory
1   37 Reinforcement theory
1   38 Relative deprivation theory
1   39 Resource dependence theory
1   40 Resource based view
1   41 Rhetorical theory
1   42 Role stress theory
1   43 Schema theory
1   44 Signaling theory
1   45 Social capital theory
1   46 Social categorization theory
1   47 Social cognition theory
1   48 Social exchange theory
1   49 Social learning theory
1   50 Social information processing theory
1   51 Social construction of organizational phenomena
1   52 Social identity theory
1   53 Status congruence theory
1   54 Strategic contingencies theory
1   55 Structural contigency theory
1   56 Structuration theory
1   57 Symbolic interactionism
1   58 Theories of sustainable development
1   59 Trait theory
1   60 Transaction costs theory
1   61 Other
                

2 62   Research Methods

2 62.1   Qualitative Orientation
2 62.1.1 Ethnography
2 62.1.2 Case
2 62.1.3 Participant Observation
2 52.1.4 Text/content analysis
2 62.1.5 Other
2 62.2   Quantitative Orientation
2 62.2.1 Archival
2 62.2.2 Survey
2 62.2.3 Lab experiment
2 62.2.4 Field experiment
2 62.2.5 Action research
2 62.2.6 Other
2 62.3   Research Design
2 62.3.1 Cross-sectional
2 62.3.2 Longitudinal
2 62.3.3 Panel/Pooled
2 62.4   Analysis
2 62.4.1 Structural equation modeling
2 62.4.2 Meta-analysis
2 62.4.3 Multi-level (e.j., HLM, WABA, RCM)
2 62.4.4 Event studies
2 62.4.5 Network analysis
2 62.4.6 Traditional
2 62.4.7 Other
                

3   Topic Areas


3 63     Management History
3 64     Management education and development
3 65     Organizational behavior
3 65.1 Individual Level of Analysis
3 65.1.1 Attitudes/beliefs/ values
3 65.1.2 Decision making
3 65.1.3 Emotions & mood (e.g. stress, anger)
3 65.1.4 Cognition and perception
3 65.1.5 Perceptual issues
3 65.1.6 Justice/fairness
3 65.1.7 Person-Organization/Person-Environment fit
3 65.1.8 Motivation
3 65.1.9 Behavior
3 65.1.9.1 Absenteeism
3 65.1.9.2 Deviance/counter productive behaviors
3 65.1.9.3 Turnover
3 65.1.9.4 Impression management
3 65.1.9.5 Whistleblowing
3 65.1.9.6 Organizational citizenship behavior
3 65.2 Group Level of Analysis
3 65.2.1 Group/team emergent states
3 65.2.1.1 Cohesion
3 65.2.1.2 Collective efficacy
3 65.2.1.3 Empowerment
3 65.2.1.4 Potency
3 65.2.1.5 Psychological saftey
3 65.2.1.6 Trust
3 65.2.2 Group/team characterisitics
3 65.2.2.1 Composition/diversity
3 65.2.2.2 Size
3 65.2.2.3 Structure
3 65.2.2.4 Norms
3 65.2.2.5 Tasks (e.g. design, interdependence, complexity)
3 65.2.2.6 Virtual
3 65.2.3 Group/team processes
3 65.2.3.1 Boundary Management
3 65.2.3.2 Conflict management
3 65.2.3.3 Communication
3 65.2.3.4 Coordination
3 65.2.3.5 Decision making
3 65.2.3.6 Formation & socialization
3 65.2.3.7 Motivation
3 65.2.3.8 Information processing
3 65.2.3.9 Intergroup relations
3 65.2.3.10 Leadership
3 65.2.3.11 Social Networks
3 65.2.3.12 Strategy formulation
3 66     Business Policy and Strategy
3 66.1 Strategic Management Process
3 66.1.1 Competitive Surveilance/ intelligence
3 66.1.2 Knowledge Management
3 66.1.3 Plannings systems
3 66.1.4 Strategic change processes
3 66.1.5 Strategic control and reward systems
3 66.1.6 Strategic decision making
3 66.1.7 Strategy implementation
3 66.1.8 Strategic vision/mission/goals
3 66.2 Upper Echelons/ Corporate Governance
3 66.2.1 Board of Directors
3 66.2.2 CEO decision making
3 66.2.3 CEO/TMT decision making
3 66.2.4 CEO/TMT networks
3 66.2.5 Compensation
3 66.2.6 Executive succession
3 66.2.7 Reputation
3 66.2.8 Stakeholders
3 66.2.9 Stockholders/investors
3 66.2.10 Strategic leadership
3 66.2.11 TMT Composition and Dynamics
3 66.3 Corporate Strategy
3 66.3.1 Corporate core competences
3 66.3.2 Corporate diversification (e.g. portfolio, product, geographic)
3 66.3.3 Corporate restructuring
3 66.3.4 Merger/Acquisition strategy and implemenation
3 66.3.5 Multidivisional structures
3 66.3.6 Multinational strategy
3 66.3.7 Political strategies/government relations
3 66.3.8 Vertical integration, contracting, make vs. buy
3 66.4 Cooperative Strategy
3 66.4.1 Alliance formation
3 66.4.2 Alliance networks
3 66.4.3 Managing strategic alliances
3 66.5 Business and Competitive Strategy
3 66.5.1 Business-level strategy
3 66.5.2 Industry structure analysis
3 66.5.3 Intra-industry structure/groups
3 66.5.4 Competitive dynamics
3 66.5.6 Competitor intelligence
3 66.5.7 Functional strategies
3 66.5.8 Business-level resources/capabilities
3 67     Managerial Consultation
3 68     Production and Operations Management
3 68.1 Capacity Planning
3 68.2 Computer-based production and information systems
3 68.3 Facility layout and location
3 68.4 International Operations Management
3 68.5 Process technologies
3 68.6 Production and inventory control
3 68.7 Operations strategy
3 68.8 Quality management
3 68.9 Scheduling
3 68.1 Supply chain management
3 69     Organization and Management Theory
3 69.1 Adaptation/Change
3 69.2 Alliances/Inter-organizational Linkages
3 69.3 Cognition
3 69.4 Conflict-control
3 69.5 Corporate Governance/Boards
3 69.6 Culture
3 69.7 Decision-making
3 69.8 Design/Structure
3 69.9 Ecology (Organizational and Population)
3 69.1 Embeddedness
3 69.11 Environmental components (conceptualizing and assessing)
3 69.12 Identity
3 69.13 Information processing and Interpretive systems
3 69.14 Innovation/Technology
3 69.15 Interorganizational fields
3 69.16 Knowledge Management
3 69.17 Labor markets and mobility
3 69.18 Organizational Learning
3 69.19 Networks
3 69.20 Organizational Demography
3 69.21 Organizational Effectiveness
3 69.22 Organizational life cycle
3 69.23 Path Dependence
3 69.24 Power/politics
3 69.25 Reputation
3 69.26 Reward and Incentive systems
3 69.27 Restructuring/downsizing
3 69.28 Risk
3 69.29 Stakeholders
3 69.30 Top management teams
3 69.31 Trust
3 70     Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations
3 70.1 Recruitment, planning, & forecasting
3 70.2 External staffing (selection, placement, & socialization)
3 70.3 Internal staffing (careers, promotion, succession planning)
3 70.4 Downsizing & layoffs
3 70.5 Diversity management
3 70.6 Training and development
3 70.7 Performance evaluation & management
3 70.8 International & cross-cultural HR management
3 70.9 Employees rights & legislation
3 70.10 Health & safety
3 70.11 Strategic HRM (division & organizational level)
3 70.12 Unionization/collective bargaining/labor relations
3 70.13 HR information systems
3 70.14 Work-related attitudes & behaviors (e.g. satifaction, absenteeism, & turnover)
3 71     Social Issues in Management
3 71.1 Corporate corruption
3 71.2 Corporate governance
3 71.3 Corporate political action/strategy
3 71.4 Corporate social responsibility
3 71.5 Ecology and ecological issues
3 71.6 Ethics and codes of conduct
3 71.7 Stakeholder issues
3 71.8 Crisis and issue management
3 72     International Management
3 72.1 Market entry strategies
3 72.1.1 Determinants of entry mode
3 72.1.2 International alliances and networks
3 72.1.3 International joint ventures
3 72.1.4 Cross-border mergers and acquisitions
3 72.2 Managing functions globally
3 72.2.1 International sourcing
3 72.2.2 Global supply chain management
3 72.2.3 International HR
3 72.2.4 Global teams
3 72.2.5 International R &D
3 72.2.6 Global marketing
3 72.2.7 Global innovation and new product development
3 72.3 Managing the Multinational Enterprise
3 72.3.1 MNE structure and processes
3 72.3.2 Intergration-responsiveness issues
3 72.3.3 Organizational learning in MNEs
3 72.3.4 Headquarters-subsidiary relationships
3 72.3.5 Knowledge management and transfer
3 72.3.6 Corporate governance
3 72.3.7 Top management teams
3 72.4 Comparative management
3 72.4.1 Cross-cultural management
3 72.4.2 Entrepreneurship across countries
3 72.4.3 National business practices/systems
3 72.5 Policy environment
3 72.5.1 Political risk analysis
3 72.5.2 MNE -stakeholder relations, including government relations
3 72.5.3 Emerging economies
3 72.5.4 Privatization/deregulation of industries
3 72.5.5 MNE impact on host countries
3 72.5.6 Intellectual property rights
3 72.5.7 Location, clusters, and national competitiveness
3 73     Organizational Development and Change
3 73.1 Narrative and discourse analytic studies of change
3 73.2 Organizational diagnosis-intervention-outcomes (Organizational Development)
3 73.3 Political dynamics
3 73.4 Resistance to change
3 73.5 Role of change agents
3 73.6 Creation/testing of Theories and Models of Change
3 74     Organizational Communication and Information Systems
3 74.1 Communication and information research methodology
3 74.2 Verbal, nonverbal, and electronic communication
3 74.3 Vertical, horizontal, and diagonal communication
3 74.4 Inter-group and intra-group communication
3 74.5 Communication networks
3 74.6 Organizational adoption of communication and information technology
3 74.7 Communication and information strategy and policy
3 74.8 Communication and organizational culture
3 74.9 Interpersonal communication
3 74.10 Managing information technology services
3 74.11 Virtual teams, virtual work, and virtual organizations
3 74.12 Managing information systems professionals
3 74.13 E-communications
3 74.14 Information systems development
3 74.15 Electronic value systems, value chains, and value webs
3 74.16 Knowledge work, knowledge workers, and knowledge networks
3 74.17 IT infrastructure and/or governance of IT services
3 74.18 E-Business, e-commerce, and e-markets
3 75     Health Care Administration
3 76     Public Sector Management
3 77     Careers
3 77.1 Career changes and transitions
3 77.2 Global and cross-cultural careers
3 77.3 Social changes and careers
3 77.4 Organizational career systems
3 77.5 Individual career planning and placement
3 77.6 Internal labor market structures
3 77.7 Careers over the working life-span
3 77.8 Mentoring
3 77.9 Diversity and careers
3 78     Gender and Diversity in Organizations
3 79     Entrepreneurship
3 79.1 Founder characteristics
3 79.2 Family enterprises
3 79.3 New venture strategies
3 79.4 International entrepreneurship
3 79.5 Initial public offerings (IPOs)
3 79.6 Venture capital
3 79.7 Corporate entrepreneurship
3 Governance
3 79.8 Organizational life cycle (e.g. birth, survival, growth, death)
3 80     Technology and Innovation Management
3 80.1 Strategic Management of Technology
3 80.2 Innovation Processes
3 80.3 Innovation Diffusion/Implementation/Use of Technologies
3 80.4 Technology Development Trajectories
3 80.5 Intellectual Capital
3 80.6 Product Development Strategies
3 80.7 Management of Technical Projects
3 80.8 Behaviors and Characteristics of Technical Professionals
3 80.9 Technology Forecasting and Policies
3 80.10 Information Technology
3 80.11 Effects of New Technologies on Organizational Forms
3 80.12 Integration of New Technology into the Organization
3 81     Conflict Management
3 81.1 Justice/injustice
3 81.2 Negotiation
3 81.3 Power/politics
3 81.4 Third party intervention
3 82     Managerial and Organizational Cognition
3 82.1 Attention
3 82.2 Attribution
3 82.3 Decision-making
3 82.4 Ideology
3 82.5 Information Processing
3 82.6 Learning
3 82.7 Memory
3 82.8 Mental Representations and Images
3 82.9 Perceptual and Interpretive Processes
3 82.10 Social Construction of organizational phenomena
3 82.11 Use of symbols
3 83     Critical Management Studies
3 84     Management Spirituality and Religion
3 85     Organizations and the Natural Environment