Emerald
Leadership & Organization Development Journal
(ISSN 1472-5347)
Aims & scope
Public and private sector organizations face ongoing pressure to streamline activities, foster innovation, improve efficiency and achieve demanding organizational objectives. In this context, the ability of senior managers to understand the culture and dynamics of organizations and to deliver strong leadership during periods of transformation and change, could be the difference between organizational failure and success. The journal explores the practical application of leadership and organization development theory in order to identify its relevance for managerial practice.
Leadership & Organization Development Journal focuses on the interpretation of research and how the results of research may be translated into practice. It addresses a broad range of topics which are relevant to organizations and reflective of societal developments. The journal supports interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches to the study of leadership and organization development and encourages original thinking which will contribute to knowledge and understanding in these areas.
LODJ strongly encourages articles based on empirical work founded on a strong literature base and which provide a basis for theoretical development to advance the field. The journal has no methodological preference: papers on the continuum from quantitative data-based studies to qualitative case studies are equally welcome.
Editorial criteria
All papers accepted into the journal's peer review process will be assessed against the following criteria:
Importance of study and contribution to field
Value and rationale of study
Description of background theory, research, concepts
Links to previous theory and literature
Methodology - validity, appropriateness for study
Results - appropriate presentation, valid analysis and interpretation
Conclusions - limitations of study, implications
Structure - whether logical and organised suitably
Overall clarity of presentation
References -completeness, recency, format
Abstract - quality, format