About AD-Minister

AD-Minister is a Colombian academic journal that is interdisciplinary, biannual, and peer-reviewed, specializing in management and organizational studies. Since 2002, the journal has embodied the spirit of the School of Management at Universidad EAFIT, intending to promote theoretical and empirical debates in the field of management. We consider original and unpublished articles that provide relevant contributions in international business, marketing, entrepreneurship, public accounting, innovation, and critical management studies. The journal embraces a wide range of methodological approaches, including qualitative, quantitative, field-based, and mixed methods, among others.

AD-Minister publishes four types of articles: original empirical research and literature reviews, perspective articles, teaching cases, and pedagogical innovation papers. We welcome submissions from authors around the world and encourage prospective authors to develop research in the context of emerging economies and markets, representative of the Global South. To this end, we ensure that all published works meet high standards of quality, originality, and ethics, guaranteeing the methodological rigor, academic relevance, and scientific integrity of each contribution. We receive manuscripts on a rolling basis throughout the year; submissions must comply with the author’s guidelines.

 

What constitutes a research contribution for AD-minister?

For AD-Minister, an academic contribution entails providing a clear advancement in the understanding of phenomena, debates, concepts, relationships, or problems relevant to the field. Contributions may take different forms. They may involve developing, extending, refining, challenging, or integrating existing theory; proposing new concepts or analytical frameworks; offering empirical evidence that sheds new light on organizational phenomena; clarifying tensions or gaps in academic conversations; or opening new research agendas with theoretical and practical implications. In all cases, the manuscript must clearly demonstrate what it adds to existing knowledge and why this contribution is relevant to a specialized academic audience.

AD-Minister values work that critically engages with the literature, explicitly articulates the relationship between theory, evidence, and practice, and addresses contemporary organizational phenomena with conceptual, methodological, and analytical rigor. The journal particularly values research situated in Latin American contexts, emerging economies, settings of institutional transformation, and Global South realities, provided these contexts are approached as sources of ideas, categories, questions, and contributions relevant to the international development of the field. The absence of a clear and well-articulated contribution may lead to an unfavorable editorial decision at the preliminary evaluation stage.

 

Editorial Mission

AD-Minister seeks to contribute to the international development of management and organizational studies through the publication of rigorous, original, and conceptually relevant research. We promote contemporary academic debates on organizations, firms, and business, with particular interest in research developed from Latin America, emerging economies, and Global South contexts. We recognize that Latin American and Global South organizational contexts do not merely constitute empirical settings for theoretical application, but rather spaces from which concepts, categories, and debates may emerge that can contribute to the development of organizational and management theory. The journal favors research that explicitly articulates the relationship between theory, evidence, and practice, and that develops contributions capable of engaging with international academic conversations.

 

Who is AD-Minister intended for?

AD-Minister is intended for an academic community interested in understanding, analyzing, and transforming organizational, business, and social dynamics from critical, conceptual, and contemporary perspectives within the field of management. The journal seeks to contribute to international academic discussions through research relevant to the current challenges faced by organizations, with particular attention to Latin America and the Global South. The journal is especially directed toward:

• Researchers and professors in management and organizational studies.
• Scholars interested in contemporary debates in management.
• Master’s and doctoral students in management and related fields.
• Professors at business schools and faculties of management.
• Authors developing conceptual and empirical contributions in management.
• Readers interested in critical and emerging perspectives on management, organizations, and society in Latin America and the Global South.
• Professors, researchers, and readers interested in teaching cases and pedagogical innovations in management and education.
• Public policy makers and decision-makers in organizational and contextual studies from Latin America and the Global South.

 

Editorial fit Criteria

AD-Minister prioritizes manuscripts that:

• Engage with contemporary debates in management and organizational studies.
• Articulate clear conceptual and theoretical implications.
• Connect empirical evidence with relevant theoretical discussions.
• Demonstrate conceptual, methodological, and analytical rigor.
• Contribute to international academic conversations in management and business.
• Develop relevant contributions grounded in Latin American contexts, emerging economies, and Global South realities.

Thematic relevance constitutes only one of the editorial evaluation criteria. The decision to send a manuscript for external review also considers the level of academic contribution, the clarity of the argument, the methodological robustness, and the manuscript’s potential contribution to the field.