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Archival data on over 15,000 contributors to 33 management journals ar
e used to examine productivity differences among scholars in different
areas of management. The results suggest that a fragmented publicatio
n network offers specialists from different areas dissimilar publicati
on opportunities and experiences, and may contribute to varying levels
of publication productivity among authors. The implications of our re
sults for future research and faculty evaluation processes are explore
d.