Making a Difference Through Quality Manuscript Review

Abstract

In the world of practice, we recognize the importance of providing meaningful or helpful feedback on individual performance.The same is true in the world of scholarship.How we advance our knowledge in the field of human resource development (HRD) depends on many things, among which is high-quality research.Our ability to provide constructive feedback on our fellow researchers' scholarship is essential for us, not just as a reviewer but also as a writer.With good feedback, we are better positioned to make improvement.This editorial serves two purposes: (a) to provide an opportunity for scholars to engage in a deep and critical reflection on our own practice as a reviewer, and (b) to provide some guidelines for constructing an effective review.It is hoped that this editorial will provide you with a reference tool and, more importantly, prompt your actions toward self-improvement.In the reminder of this editorial, I will address three questions related to peer reviews: Why, What, and How. Why the Quality of a Review Matters So Much?To answer this question, we need to first address why review is needed in the first place.As academicians, we may identify as a teacher or a researcher or both, depending on our job specifications.However, to survive and thrive in the scholarly world, we are expected to engage in an ongoing process of knowledge generation.And to do so, we need to build a capacity to conduct robust research.This requires us to have a deep understanding of quality criteria first and foremost so that we can produce meaningful work.However, meaningful research will only be meaningful when it is disseminated to the larger community; in this sense, your ultimate identity as an academician is as a professional writer.Just imagine: tons of evidence is produced through research each year but never gets shared publicly.If that is the case, no matter how thought-provoking or ground-breaking your research might be, it will make little or no impact.So, as scholars, one of our essential obligations is to publish what we research-not just write about it but disseminate it to society at large.To achieve this goal requires us to produce good writing; to produce good writing requires us to know how we are doing currently and how we can improve for the future-this is where review comes into play.Just like children long for their parents' approval, and students long for teachers' feedback, academic writers long for feedback that will help them become more successful in writing and publishing.In this sense, offering your review services is an integral part of academic work.

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