Editorial

Management Research, particularly in reputed b-schools, is now in for serious scrutiny and criticism. The quantum of quality, original research is far below the satisfactory level, in our country. This affects the quality of research journal, seriously. When small time journal publisher-editors are now rushing for the easy mode of e-journals, traditional print-versions of research-journals are getting lesser support and patronage. Mushrooming of e-journals might have helped many young scholars, but that has not uplifted the sagging record of research publication/contribution from India. We have hardly a dozen of trusted management research journals in India, which come out unfailingly with regular periodicity. In spite of plans and budgets, many b-schools (and research organisations) fail to publish their journals regularly. This happens even with Government-run b-schools. Money or manpower may not be in any deficit there. Perhaps, after the expected reason of "vacuum of quality research", trust-deficit could be the other avoidable reason; possibly at every quarter.