Editorial

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/cjas.1431
• Published date: 01 March 2017
• Date: 01 March 2017

Editorial

I am very grateful to the Administrative Sciences Asso-

ciation of Canada for selecting me as the new Editor-in-chief

of the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences (CJAS).

It is with humility and hope that I walk in the shoes of all the

great scholars who preceded me starting with the founding

editor, Dr. Ronald J. Burke (York), who successfully

launched the journal 35 years ago, to Dr. V.V. Baba who

brought the quality, inf‌luence, and impact of CJAS to new

heights. Thanks to their efforts, the CJAS is today an interna-

tional journal that is increasingly cited, and distributed all

over the world and. I am also very happy to work with John

Wiley & Sons, which is one of the best publishing houses in

the world.

During the next f‌ive years, I am hoping to continue this

growth and build on their accomplishments. While the jour-

nal will continue to showcase the remarkable contributions

to knowledge of Canadian scholars from all the disciplines

in the administrative sciences, I welcome high quality man-

uscripts from international scholars especially on issues rel-

evant to all administrative sciences researchers. Since CJAS

is a multidisciplinary journal, I welcome submissions deal-

ing with emerging content areas such as the new digital

world (e.g. online commerce, digital divide, and the use

of new information technologies), the roles of online com-

munities and social media in an increasingly globalized

world, the development of the Internet of things, the use

of big data analytics, the implications of the new sharing

economy, and so on.

To conclude, I would like to thank Dr. V. V. Baba and

Melissa Corey, the Managing Editor, for a very thorough

and smooth transition, and for their remarkable efforts on be-

half of the journal. I look forward to working with Norma

Paradis, who is the new Managing Editor of CJAS. I am also

very grateful to all the great scholars who have accepted my

invitation to serve the journal as Associate Editors. Finally, I

am sure you will enjoy reading all the articles published in

this f‌irst issue of 2017.

Michel Laroche

Editor-in-Chief

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Revue canadienne des sciences de l’administration

34: 5 (2017)

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