AUTHOR PERCEPTIONS OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EDITOR BEHAVIORS IN THE MANUSCRIPT REVIEW PROCESS

Despite the central role that editors play in the publication process, little empirical research has systematically examined the behavior of journal editors. The purpose of this paper is to address this gap by investigating two main issues: (I) the identification of distinct beha viors that constitute positive and negative editor conduct, and (2) th e identification and examination of any independent dimensions underly ing these editor behaviors. Data generated from focus group interviews and the extant literature on the publication process were used to dev elop a mail survey to collect author perceptions of editor behavior. E xploratory factor analysis results based on data from 111 researchers in the organizational sciences suggest that author perceptions of edit or behavior can be represented by five dimensions: consideration of au thors, decision making, ethics, thoroughness, and editorial interventi on.