It is the official journal of the British Academy of Management[1] and is published by Wiley-Blackwell.

[2] The journal covers "empirical, conceptual and methodological articles across the full range of business and management disciplines".

[3] It publishes occasional special issues on a particular theme.

Review papers are directed to its sister journal, the International Journal of Management Reviews, also published by the British Academy of Management.

The early history of the journal has been outlined by its second editor-in-chief Gerard P.