We are delighted to welcome Professor Alexandra Beauregard, Birkbeck, University of London, UK, and Professor Ashish Malik, Queen’s University Belfast, UK, as incoming Co-Editors-in-Chief of the International Journal of Management Reviews (IJMR), joining Professor Joaquin Alegre and Professor Jamie Callahan. Both Alexandra and Ashish bring editorial experience and Reviews expertise, having published Review articles themselves. Alexandra joins us from most recently serving as Associate Editor for Work, Employment, and Society. You may remember Ashish from his role as Associate Editor for the Methodology section of IJMR for the past year.
Speaking on her appointment, Professor Beauregard said, “I’m delighted to join IJMR as an Editor-in-Chief and I look forward to working with the rest of the team and the wider BAM family over the coming years. IJMR’s unique positioning as an interdisciplinary review journal providing strong conceptual contributions means it has always been an important resource for me as a scholar, and I feel privileged to be in a position to help shepherd the journal through the next stage in its development.”
Speaking on his appointment, Professor Malik said, “I am super excited to join a wonderful team at IJMR, especially having served as an Associate Editor since 2023. I look forward to co-promoting and managing the journal and taking it to its next stage. Going forward, I will seek innovative ways to attract the best knowledge and scholarship and make IJMR the first choice for conceptual and theoretical research.”
Professor Emma Parry, Chair of BAM said, “I am delighted to welcome Alexandra and Ashish as the new Editors-in-Chief of IJMR. They bring with them a wealth of experience and enthusiasm that will ensure that IJMR has a bright future.”
In hearing confirmation of their appointments, Professor Callahan said, “I'm really looking forward to working with both Alexandra and Ashish. They have jumped in with both feet, ready to start straight away, to fill the big shoes that Marian Izsatt-White left for them!” In turn, Professor Alegre said, “Both, Alexandra and Ashish, have a remarkable profile for IJMR. I am delighted to work with them moving the journal forward”.
T. Alexandra Beauregard is a Professor of Organisational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London and Oslo New University College. Her research interests are centred on the work–life interface, flexible working arrangements and workforce diversity and inclusion, with a particular focus on gender identity and gender equality. She has published widely on these topics in outlets such as Human Relations, Human Resource Management, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, and British Journal of Management. A former editor at Work, Employment and Society, Alexandra has been guest editor for special issues of Human Resource Management, Journal, International Journal of Human Resource Management, European Management Review and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal. She currently serves as an editorial board member for Journal of Organizational Behavior, British Journal of Management, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal.
Ashish Malik is a Professor of Human Resource Management at Queen's Business School, Queen's University of Belfast, UK, where he also serves as the Director of The William J. Clinton Leadership Institute, the Executive Education arm of the school. Ashish has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, 10 books, and 22 book chapters, and his research has attracted over AU$ 2.8 million in grant funding from 15 internal and external grant schemes. Ashish’s research has been accepted/published in several ABDC A*, CABS 4*/4 and FT-50 ranked journals, such as Human Resource Management (US) (ABDC Rank A* and FT-50), Human Resource Management Journal (ABDC A/ABS4*), British Journal of Management (ABDC A/CABS 4), Harvard Business Review (FT-50), MIT Sloan Management Review (FT-50), Industrial Marketing Management (ABDC A*), Journal of Business Ethics (FT-50) and several ABDC and CABS A and 3-ranked journals such as, International Journal of Human Resource Management (ABDC A), Health Care Management Review, International Journal of Manpower, Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Organizational Dynamics, Personnel Review and Journal of International Management, among others. Ashish also holds several editorial appointments, including serving as the Associate Editor of the Human Resource Management Journal (ABS4*/ABDC A), the Journal of Business Research (ABDC A) and is on Editorial Boards of Human Resource Management Review (ABDC A), Journal of Service Theory and Practice (ABDC A), and Journal of Knowledge Management (ABDC A). In 2022 and 2023, Ashish also featured on the Stanford List among the top 2% most widely cited scientists in his discipline.