2007 1383 amount of"deinstitutionalization, "as predicted by practice of personnel selection: How practitioners McGrath, is no bad thing. But almost none of us benefit from recent development in meta-analysis will benefit if the entire system of business schools Academy of Management Perspectives, 21(3) as the center of business education becomes deinstitutionalized March, J. G. 2005. Parochialism in the evolution of a As we celebrate AMrs first 50 years, I can think research community: The case of organization stud- of no better mission for this and other management ies. Management and Organization Review, 1 journals than continually exploring what can be done to enhance the signific cance. rea McGrath, R. G. 2007. No longer a stepchild: How the pact of management research. As the relatively new management field can come into its own Academy discipline of positive psychology has demon- of Management Journal, 50: 1365-137 strated, there is far richer and more lasting satisfac Osterman, P. 2007. Comment on Le. Oh, Shaffer, and tion to be gained from having a positive impact on Schmidt. Academy of Management Perspectives, peoples'lives than from merely attaining fame or 21(3):16-18. status(Seligman, 2002). Please join with our com Pfeffer, J. 2007. A modest proposal: How we might mentators in"becoming the change you want to change the process and product of managerial re see. "In so doing, you will help to insure a brighter search. Academy of Management Journal, 50 and more satisfying future for management aca- 1334-1345 demics, real-world managers, and management re- Rosenberg, W,& Anna, D. 1995. Evidence-based medi- search. Here's to the next 50 years ne: An approach to clinical problem-solving. 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Please join with our com￾mentators in “becoming the change you want to see.” In so doing, you will help to insure a brighter and more satisfying future for management aca￾demics, real-world managers, and management re￾search. Here’s to the next 50 years! REFERENCES Agarwal, R., & Hoetker, G. 2007. A Faustian bargain? The growth of management and its relationship with re￾lated disciplines. Academy of Management Jour￾nal, 50: 1304 –1322. Bartunek, J. M. 2007. Academic-practitioner collabora￾tion need not require joint or relevant research: To￾ward a relational scholarship of integration. Acad￾emy of Management Journal, 50: 1323–1333. Bartunek, J. M., Rynes, S. L., & Ireland, R. D. 2006. What makes management research interesting, and why does it matter? Academy of Management Journal, 49: 9 –15. Daft, R. L. & Lewin, A. Y. In press. Academic journal evolution, idea migration, and relevance: Implica￾tions for OS. Organization Science. Dutton, J. E. 2003. 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Rynes (sara-rynes@uiowa.edu) is the John F. Murray Professor of Management and Organizations at the Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa. Her research interests are in the areas of staffing, compensa￾tion and reward, management education, and the re￾search-practice gap. She received her doctorate in indus￾trial relations from the University of Wisconsin– Madison. 2007 Rynes 1383