Mission and purpose
The Journal of Critical Incidents does not publish long cases. JCI's focus is on brief incidents that tell about real situation in a real organization. The incident tells a story about an event, an experience, a blunder, or a success. Unlike a long case, the incident does not provide historical detail or how the situation developed. Rather, it provides a snapshot that stimulates student use of their knowledge to arrive at a course of action or analysis.
Critical incidents can be based on either field work or library research. The maximum length of the Critical incidents is seven single-spaced pages. See the Style Guide for layout and submission requirements.
A Teaching Note must be submitted with the critical incident. The quality of the teaching note is a central factor in review and acceptance process. Teaching notes are note published in JCI. They are archived by the Society for Case Research and are available for purchase by adopters of published Critical Incidents. Copies of the Teaching Note is provided free of charge to the author[s] and members of their personal, promotion, and tenure committees.
The first step in the JCI publication process is to present a draft of the Critical Incident in the Case Research Track at the Annual MBAA International meeting. Critical Incidents received feedback from session discussants. After the MBAA presentation, authors may elect to submit the Critical Incident to the JCI Editor. Submissions are double-blind peer reviewed.
The Journal of Critical Incidents is listed in Cabels and is published annually in October.
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Joy Benson, Editor University of Wisconsin - River Falls 124 South Hall 410 S. Third St. River Falls, WI 54022-5013 (715) 425-3335 e-mail |
Sally Dresdow, Associate Editor College of Management University of Wisconsin - Stout 267 Tech Wing Menomonie, WI 54751 |
For additional information, visit our Web site ( www.sfcr.org ) or contact the Editor directly.