Editorial: A Fond Farewell to the Irish Journal of Management

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This paper considers the future of management and organisation research in Ireland in the context of the final issue of the Irish Journal of Management after five decades of publication. The Irish Journal of Management has provided a platform for Irish-based scholarship and scholarship on business and management in the Irish context while also embracing international contributions. Its demise coincides with a shift within Irish business schools towards internationalisation and a focus on publication in higher impact outlets, driven in no small part by research funding reforms, the drive for international accreditation, and global academic league tables. While this has greatly enhanced the profile of Irish business schools internationally, it has also arguably reduced the emphasis on Ireland as a research context. This raises some concern in that it privileges universal, theory-driven contributions to the detriment of more contextual insights. In this paper, we call for renewed attention to Irish-specific phenomena, including indigenous firms, and multinational subsidiaries. In so doing, we align with calls for greater more responsible research that values both the local and global. We illustrate the importance of contextualised research before concluding by outlining considerations for Irish management scholarship in a post-Irish Journal of Management era.

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This paper begins by considering the challenges and opportunities facing academy-owned, not-for-profit journals. The paper goes on to reflect on the mission, ambition and purpose of academy-owned journals by presenting a case study of the relationship between the Irish Academy of Management (IAM) and the Irish Journal of Management ( IJM ), tracking the journey over nearly three decades, from 1996 to 2025. Drawing on a celebratory session of the IJM at the IAM Conference 2025, where the evolution of both the academy and journal was discussed, this paper captures the origins of the IAM as remembered by its founders. Supplemented by historical documents and insights from IJM editors and past Chairs of the IAM, this paper chronicles the road travelled through the academy and journal relationship, from the initial discussions that led to the evolution of the IJM , and through to the present day. As IJM publishes its final edition in 2025, this paper concludes by reflecting on the future for academy-owned journals in a rapidly changing publication landscape.

British Journal of Healthcare AssistantsVol. 11, No. 5 Health MattersiCare: the role and potential value of digital technology in HCA curricula—an educational debate?Catherine Hayes, Yitka NH GrahamCatherine HayesSearch for more papers by this author, Yitka NH GrahamSearch for more papers by this authorCatherine Hayes; Yitka NH GrahamPublished Online:11 May 2017https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2017.11.5.252AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View article References Cameron M, Ray R, Sabesan S (2015) Remote supervision of medical training via videoconference in northern Australia: a qualitative study of the perspectives of supervisors and trainees. BMJ Open 5(3): 1–10 Crossref, Google ScholarCavendish C (2013). The Cavendish review: an independent review into healthcare assistants and support workers in the NHS and social care settings. http://tinyurl.com/m3zr7pe (accessed 11 April 2017) Google ScholarCowman, MC, McCarthy, A. M. (2016) The impact of demographic and situational factors on training transfer in a healthcare setting. Irish Journal of Management 35(2), 129–142. Crossref, Google ScholarFrancis R (2013) Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry: Executive Summary. http://tinyurl.com/p2ebw82 (accessed 11 April 2017) Google ScholarGraham YNH, Hayes C, Mahawar et al. (2017) Ascertaining the place of social media and technology for bariatric patient support: what do allied health practitioners think? Obes Surg (2017). doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-016-2527-z Crossref, Google ScholarHarrington L (2016) Going digital: what does it really mean for nursing? AACN Adv Crit Care 27(4): 358–61 Crossref, Google ScholarImison C, Castle-Clarke S, Watson R, Edwards N, Nuffield Trust (2016) Delivering the benefits of digital healthcare. http://tinyurl.com/kbrjvb8 (accessed 20 April 2017) Google ScholarJohnston B, Boyle L, MacArthur E, Manion BF (2013) The role of technology and digital gaming in nurse education. Nurs Stand 27(28): 35–8 Crossref, Google ScholarMurray B, O'Neil M (2016) Nurses role in delivering the message: the value of health promotion and patient education in the self-care management of adults with asthma. J Nurs Care 5(351): 2167–8 Google ScholarNápoles AM, Appelle N, Kalkhoran S et al. (2016) Perceptions of clinicians and staff about the use of digital technology in primary care: qualitative interviews prior to implementation of a computer-facilitated 5As intervention. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 16:44. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-016-0284-5 Crossref, Google ScholarStevens DJ, Jackson JA, Howes N et al. (2014) Obesity surgery smartphone apps: a review. Obesity Surgery 24(1): 32–6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-013-1010-3 Crossref, Google ScholarTsiotakis P, Jimoyiannis A (2016) Critical factors towards analysing teachers' presence in on-line learning communities. Internet and Higher Education 28: 45–58 Crossref, Google ScholarWellde PT, Miller LA (2016) There's an app for that! New directions using social media in patient education and support. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs 30(3): 198–203. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/JPN.0000000000000177 Crossref, Google ScholarWild D, Kydd A, Szczepura A (2016) Implementing digital skills training in care homes: a literature review. Nurs Older People 28(4): 26–9. doi: https://doi.org/10.7748/nop.28.4.26.s22 Crossref, Google Scholar FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails 2 May 2017Volume 11Issue 5ISSN (print): 1753-1586ISSN (online): 2052-4420 Metrics History Published online 11 May 2017 Published in print 2 May 2017 Information© MA Healthcare LimitedPDF download

Editorial, Volume 42 Issue 2: Introducing Issue 42(2) of the <i>Irish Journal of Management</i>

Occupational segregation of women is a major reflection of the generalized segregation that characterizes all aspects of Western social life. It is the visible sign of a massive institutional substructure on which we are most likely to founder unless we are able to find a way around it. Two of the papers in this section deal with macrosociological segregation patterns that link different institutional sectors of society: Safilios-Rothschild addresses the question of sex segregation in the articulation between the institutions of the family and the occupational world; Gates explicates the ways in which the legal institutions buttress the segregation of the domestic and occupational domains. The Laws paper, operating on a different level of analysis, looks at different theoretical approaches to women's segregated involvement in the labor force.

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Business education and research in Ireland are currently flourishing and scholars in Ireland punch above their weight in the international research literature – ironically the main reason for the demise of the Irish Journal of Management. But the road to the strong performance of the business academy in Ireland is both long and winding, stretching back to before the foundation of the state and reflecting change in the Irish economy and in the education priorities of Irish society. This paper examines the history of business and management education and research in Ireland and the emergence and development of the Journal of Irish Business and Administrative Research, the precursor to the Irish Journal of Management. The paper offers some thoughts on current challenges and threats and considers whether the internationalisation of research scholarship might sound the death knell for detailed research on business and management in Ireland.

This paper reflects on the development of management research in Ireland through the lens of the Irish Journal of Management and its evolving editorial practices. Drawing on conversations with past editors, it explores how the role of the editor has changed since the journal’s inception, alongside broader shifts in the publishing landscape. The paper is informed by an online panel discussion held with previous editors and additional contributions from editors unable to attend the live session. Rather than providing a chronological account, the discussion is woven into a set of reflections on editorial leadership, the challenges and opportunities of academic publishing, and the journal’s contribution to the management research community in Ireland over time.

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This paper analyses the progress made in the field of strategic management over the past three decades. One approach to analysing a discipline’s trajectory is to explore its exemplary research. We review the papers awarded the Dan and Mary Lou Schendel, Strategic Management Society (SMS) Best Paper Award of the Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) since 1993, to demonstrate the emergence of strategic management as a specific discipline with a distinct view of how firms generate competitive advantage. Our paper interprets the development of the discipline from its market-based and structural roots to attempts to decipher the ‘black box’ of the organisation in analysing capabilities, particularly dynamic capabilities, and resources. Our study shows how the conceptual breakthroughs of the exemplary papers are further developed by the field through theory testing and extension using increasingly sophisticated methodologies published by journals such as Irish Journal Of Management (IJM). Our review of both journals highlights that despite increasing market, social and cultural instability since these seminal papers were first conceived, their lessons are still relevant and increasingly critical to both theory and practice in establishing the future trajectory for strategic management and a framework for organisations to compete.