Editorial

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Bowden, Bradley
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2019
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Although the Journal of Management History has no formal association with the Academy of Management, it is nevertheless the case that the intellectual and institutional associations are close and long lasting. Since the journal was revived in its current form by David Lamond, each of the journal’s Editors – David, Shawn Carraher and myself – have served as Chair of the AOM’s Management History Division, as did Patrick Murphy who served as acting Editor for a period in 2015. All of JMH’s Associate Editors are active in the MHD. James Wilson is the current Chair. Andrew Cardow is the current Program Chair. JMH also provides on an annual basis one of the most prestigious awards for the MHD’s best papers. It is thus fitting that the first article in this edition commemorates the contribution of Carolyn R. Dexter, a key figure in the history of the AOM; a figure whose contribution is recognised through the award each year of the Carolyn Dexter award to the paper deemed to be the best international-themed piece submitted to the AOM’s Annual Meeting (I was fortunate to be a finalist in 2011). It is thus extremely fitting that the first paper in this first edition of 2019 is a work that explores the unique contribution of Dexter to the AOM and to the cause of academia and female advancement more broadly. Entitled “Carolyn Dexter’s Legacies: a broader perspective on faculty work productivity and impact”, this pioneering work by Silvia Monserrat and Claire Simmers notes that Dexter – who worked as an academic at Pennsylvania State University for 30 years prior to her death in 1999 – was not someone who would probably be gauged as “academically productive” by most university administrators in today’s environment. Across her long career, Dexter published only four journal articles – in 1977, 1985, 1988 and 1991. A poor publisher, Dexter’s contribution was in areas little valued today – teaching and professional service. As Monserrat and Simmers record, Dexter was President of both the Eastern Academy of Management and the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management. Within the AOM, she was largely responsible for the establishment of the International Program Committee and the transformation of what had been a USA-centric organisation into the current globally oriented body. Dexter’s influence was, in short, profound.

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Journal of Management History

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25

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1

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Marketing

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Management

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ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

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Bowden, B, Editorial, Journal of Management History, 2019, 25 (1), pp. 2-8

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