Bridging the transatlantic publishing gap: How North American reviewers evaluate European idiographic research

Lars Bengtsson, Ulf Elg and Jan-Inge Lind

Scandinavian Journal of Management, 1997, vol. 13, issue 4, 473-492

Abstract: To a large extent there exists a gap between European and American management research reflecting the differences between nomothetic and idiographic research approaches. The paper investigates the logic used by North American reviewers when evaluating European papers based on an idiographic case study approach. Our analysis enables us to uncover the criteria used by North American reviewers and to relate them to the criteria suggested for idiographic research. We also discuss the role of writing style and structure in the North American reviewers' assessment of idiographic papers. Based on our analysis we make suggestions to editors, reviewers, and authors of idiographic papers, in order to enhance the probability for publication of idiographic, qualitative and processual research and thus to bridge the transatlantic gap.

Keywords: Idiographic; nomothetic; case; studies; evaluation; theory; development; journal; publication; reviewing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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