WELCOME TO THE ROARING TWENTIES (AGAIN)

Emerging from a decade rocked by global warfare and a pandemic, the 1920s were an era of dramatic social, technological and economic change worldwide. Women enjoyed newfound freedoms (including the right for many to vote), the Jazz Age commenced, technology improved communication and transportation on a mass consumerist scale, and the economy boomed. It was a decade of breaks with tradition and modernity for the masses, in which no frills practicality, combined with the emergence of celebrity as an aspirational mirror on life, gave a sense of freedom and possibility. It also saw the advent of commercial aeroplane travel and a consequent broadening of cultural horizons.

It is easy to make comparisons between the Roaring Twenties of the 20th century and today as the world looks to recover from decades of war in the Middle East and arguably one of the worst pandemics in modern history. Once again, technology—and particularly digital technology—has played a vital role in shaping new expectations and as societies seek to ‘build back better’ we are looking at significant breaks with tradition. Ironically, air travel may be an element of daily life that is slow to (re)emerge this time around as we continue to battle with the aftershocks of Covid-19. As with the 1920s, the nostalgic buzz and excitement associated with the emergent post-Covid era camouflages many of the accompanying challenges that we now face, both in society and in academia.

IJMR, first launched in March 1999, is also entering its twenties. For most of us, this is a period in our lives of increasing maturity, a developing sense of who and what we are, with a growing confidence to pursue our goals with determination and purpose. As a new editorial team, we feel the same sense of maturity and purpose in our stewardship of this leading journal. Entering what is thus an important period both for the journal and for the management research community more widely, the Roaring Twenties of our own era, we are collectively facing a number of considerable challenges which have the potential to change the publishing landscape for some time to come.

The first of these challenges relates to the changing work environment we find ourselves in as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. This global crisis has impacted the way we do research, and with this, opportunities to publish in high-impact journals. On the back of this, and with virtual working likely to become a routine part of our lives even post-lockdown, the question arises as to what it means to be ‘global’ and how, as an international journal, we can ensure that our reach truly encompasses research and readers from around the world. The second challenge relates to the arrival of Open Access publishing, and the likely knock-on effect this will have on research processes, policies and practices within business and management. There are some genuine affordances of Open Access that the academic community should actively embrace, but there are also some challenges that we need to address. Finally, as we face the challenges of a changing work environment and the advent of Open Access, we need to ensure that past successes and an excellent track record as a leading management reviews journal are not only maintained, but also enhanced in the face of a changing environment.

This editorial will explore these challenges and offer our strategy for finding opportunity for success. As Editors-in-Chief, our emphasis will be on expanding the reach of the journal to international audiences, enhancing the journal's relevance by staying on the cutting edge of management trends, and amplifying the journal's reputation by leveraging our metrics without losing sight of our focus on fundamentals. Focusing our efforts on reach, relevance and reputation, we look forward to the opportunities ahead in our own Roaring Twenties.

中文翻译：

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面向未来的 IJMR 作为领先的管理期刊：影响力、相关性和声誉

欢迎来到咆哮的二十年代（再次）

1920 年代经历了饱受全球战争和流行病影响的十年，是全球社会、技术和经济发生巨大变化的时代。女性享有新的自由（包括许多人的投票权），爵士时代开始，技术以大众消费主义的规模改善了通信和交通，经济蓬勃发展。对于大众来说，这是与传统和现代决裂的十年，其中没有多余的实用性，再加上名人作为生活的理想镜子的出现，给人一种自由和可能性的感觉。它还见证了商业飞机旅行的出现以及随之而来的文化视野的拓宽。

很容易将 20 世纪的咆哮 20 年代与今天进行比较，因为世界希望从几十年的中东战争中恢复过来，而中东可以说是现代历史上最严重的流行病之一。再一次，技术——尤其是数字技术——在塑造新的期望方面发挥了至关重要的作用，随着社会寻求“重建得更好”，我们正在寻找与传统的重大突破。具有讽刺意味的是，随着我们继续与 Covid-19 的余震作斗争，这次航空旅行可能是日常生活中缓慢（重新）出现的一个元素。与 1920 年代一样，与新兴的后 Covid 时代相关的怀旧嗡嗡声和兴奋掩盖了我们现在在社会和学术界面临的许多随之而来的挑战。

于 1999 年 3 月首次推出的IJMR也进入了二十年代。对于我们大多数人来说，这是我们生活中日益成熟的时期，对我们是谁和我们是谁的意识不断增强，越来越有信心坚定地和有目的地追求我们的目标。作为一个新的编辑团队，我们在管理这本领先期刊时感受到了同样的成熟感和使命感。进入对期刊和更广泛的管理研究界而言的重要时期，即我们自己时代的咆哮的二十年代，我们共同面临着许多相当大的挑战，这些挑战有可能在一段时间内改变出版格局来。

这些挑战中的第一个与 Covid-19 大流行导致我们所处的不断变化的工作环境有关。这场全球危机影响了我们的研究方式，从而影响了在高影响力期刊上发表文章的机会。在此背景下，即使在封锁后，虚拟工作也可能成为我们生活的常规部分，问题是“全球化”意味着什么，以及作为国际期刊，我们如何确保我们的覆盖范围真正涵盖了来自世界各地的研究和读者。第二个挑战与开放获取出版的到来有关，以及这可能对业务和管理中的研究过程、政策和实践产生的连锁反应。学术界应该积极接受开放获取的一些真正的启示，但我们也需要应对一些挑战。最后，当我们面临不断变化的工作环境和开放获取的出现的挑战时，我们需要确保过去的成功和作为领先的管理评论期刊的卓越记录不仅得以保持，而且在面对变化的环境。

本社论将探讨这些挑战，并提供我们寻找成功机会的策略。作为编辑，总编辑，我们的重点将放在扩大范围期刊国际受众，提高期刊的相关性由停留在管理发展趋势的前沿，并放大该杂志的声誉通过利用我们的衡量标准，而不会失去视线我们专注于基本面。我们将努力集中在影响力、相关性和声誉上，我们期待在我们自己的咆哮的二十年代看到未来的机会。