The theme of the special issue decolonizing evaluation: towards a fifth paradigm, an initiative International Evaluation academy (IEA), was inspired by concerns that while evaluation reports largely tell stories success, on ground there is minimal change, communities remain impoverished, interventions cause harm to environment and allow happen.

Editor’s note: This editorial is part of a series written by editors and co-authored with a senior executive, thought leader, or scholar from a different field to explore new content areas and grand challenges with the goal of expanding the scope, interestingness, and relevance of the work presented in the Academy of Management Journal. The principle is to use the editorial notes as “stage sett...

Editor’s Note: This editorial by Dr. Peggy Compton, and the three papers in this issue by Drs. Webster, Fishbain, Zacny, and their colleagues, initiate the Opioids, Substance Abuse & Addiction Section of Pain Medicine. Under the leadership of section co-editors Steve Passik, PhD, and Lynn Webster, MD, PhD, and their distinguished colleagues, this section will inform our readership about this cr...

Editor’s note: This editorial is part of a series written by editors and co-authored with a senior executive, thought leader, or scholar from a different field to explore new content areas and grand challenges with the goal of expanding the scope, interestingness, and relevance of the work presented in the Academy of Management Journal. The principle is to use the editorial notes as “stage sett...