Historical Roots and Future Directions: New Challenges for Management Learning
回顾了《管理学习》期刊从面向应用研究的行业出版物发展为国际学术期刊的历程，指出其学术化成功的同时导致了实践导向研究的相对减少，并呼吁兼顾严谨性与实践可及性的研究。
This article explores the development of Management Learning from nascent publication for a trade association focusing on applied research to an esteemed international and learned journal. Since the mid 1970s editors and contributors have dedicated themselves to the publication of scholarly, theoretical and critical approaches. They have achieved considerable success. On the whole a much more scholarly approach has been developed in understanding management learning and has helped to legitimize it as an acceptable and appropriate field of study. Conversely there have been costs associated with this mission. We reveal a relative decline of practical, user led and collaborative research papers and contributions directly addressing the concerns of executive education and development, particularly in terms of design, delivery and evaluation. The article concludes with a plea for rigorous, scholarly contributions that are also contextual and accessible to practitioners.