Dear Colleagues,

To acknowledge all those who have generously dedicated their time and effort to review manuscripts submitted to Administrative Sciences, on behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Isabel-María García-Sánchez, we plan to create the Administrative Sciences 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award. We dedicate this award to those who have exhibited dedication, professionalism, and timeliness when reviewing manuscripts. Anonymous peer reviewing helps ensure the quality and integrity of scholarly communication. The Administrative Sciences Editorial Office is extremely grateful to reviewers for the time and energy that they have dedicated to peer reviews.

Who are the eligibility for the “Administrative Sciences 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award”?

All reviewers for Administrative Sciences in 2020 will be considered automatically.

What are the evaluation standards?

The number, quality and speed of reviews will be taken into consideration.

What will the winner receive?

There will be one awardee in 2020, and she/he will receive

• An electronic certificate;
• 500 Swiss Francs (CHF);
• A free publication after peer-review before 28 February 2022.

When will the winner be announced?

The winner will be announced on the journal website by the end of January 2021.

How do you ensure you have a chance to win?

For those of you who are experts and have not yet reviewed papers for Administrative Sciences but would like to, you can easily register as a reviewer at https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the 2019 Administrative Sciences Best Paper Awards, who were chosen by a selection committee.

The following papers, in no particular order, have won the 2019 Administrative Sciences Best Paper Awards:

Can Servant Leaders Fuel the Leadership Fire? The Relationship between Servant Leadership and Followers’ Leadership Avoidance
Adm. Sci. 2017, 7(1), 6; doi: 10.3390/admsci7010006
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/7/1/6

The Functions of a Servant Leader
Adm. Sci. 2017, 7(1), 5; doi: 10.3390/admsci7010005
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/7/1/5

The two winners will receive a certificate and an offer to publish a paper free of charge in Administrative Sciences in 2020, after peer review and processing. Each winner will additionally receive a bonus of 350 CHF.

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Best Paper Awards. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our authors for your continued support of Administrative Sciences.

Kind regards,

Administrative Sciences Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

The Administrative Sciences Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy given by reviewers in checking manuscripts submitted to Administrative Sciences. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

The following referee has been selected to receive Administrative Sciences 2019 Outstanding Reviewer Award for the quantity, timeliness, and quality of her reviews in 2019.

She will receive a certificate and 500 CHF.

Administrative Sciences Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2019 Administrative Sciences Young Investigator Award is Dr. Michael C. Withers.

Dr. Michael C. Withers is an Associate Professor of management and the Gina and Anthony Bahr (’91) Professor in Business in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in strategic management from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University in 2011. His research interests include corporate governance, director selection and mobility, and the management of resource dependencies through the board of directors. Dr. Withers has produced impactful top-quality work at a prolific pace in many international journals. His work has accrued almost 2300 citations (Google Scholar).

As the awardee, Dr. Michael C. Withers will receive an honorarium of 1000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge without a fixed deadline in Administrative Sciences after peer-review, and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent nominations.

Prof. Dr. Dirk Van Dierendonck

Editor-in-Chief, Administrative Sciences

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we are pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Administrative Sciences Travel Awards, which have been granted to the following:

Katherina Kuschel, a Post-Doctoral fellow from Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, will attend the 8th International Conference of Work and Family, July 1–2, 2019, in Barcelona, Spain, to present her following paper: “The new me at home and in my business”: The role of gender-sensitive entrepreneurial training.

Virginia Fani, a PhD Student from University of Florence. Her work will be presented at the Winter Simulation Conference 2019, USA, December 8–11, 2019.

With such high-quality applications for the awards, this was a difficult decision, and we would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. We congratulate the winners for their accomplishments.

Prof. Dr. Dirk van Dierendonck
Editor-in-Chief

Administrative Sciences aims to advance and communicate knowledge concerning management theory and practice both in public administration and in for-profit organizations; it encourages submissions that build on interdisciplinary research in related fields, such as business, economics, sociology, physiology, communication theory, or artificial intelligence, and their implications in management, organizations, and society.

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