Academy of Management Learning and Education


Academy of Management Learning and Education is an academic journal sponsored by the Academy of Management. It covers management-related teaching, learning, and the management of business education. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2022 impact factor of 4.8.

Editors

The founding editor-in-chief was Roy Lewicki. The following editor was James R. Bailey. J. Ben Arbaugh was the third editor. Kenneth G. Brown finished his term in December 2014. The fifth editor was Christine Quinn Trank. She finished her term in December 2017. The current editor is William M. Foster. Current editor-in-chief is Paul Hibbert.

Controversy

The journal generated a great deal of controversy by publishing several articles by scholars like Jeffery Pfeffer, Henry Mintzberg, and Sumantra Ghoshal, that were critical of the efficacy of MBA education. Other controversial publications include a critique of journal rankings and a critique of self-assessments as an assessment for learning.