Passing on the Editor's Flag
Abstract
Passing on the Editor's Flag SAGE Publications, Inc.1982DOI: 10.1177/105256298200700401 David L. Bradford Craig C. Lundberg On Leaving as Editor It is obviously with mixed feelings that I end my term as editor of EXCHANGE. On the one hand, the release time will permit me to turn to other projects that have been set aside. But on the other hand, I will miss developing the journal and working with authors. Seeing articles develop from their first submission to the final version has been one of the most rewarding aspects of this role. I am struck (and disturbed) with how constraining the professional socialization has been for most of us. We feel we have to write in the third person (because that represents "scientific objec- tivity") even though it takes the life out of an article. We believe that we have only something valid to say if there is empirical quantitative data (or a long list of references) which completely ignores the fact that in our experience in the classroom we are carefully collecting data of a rich and complex form. Finally, we believe that sophisticated analysis can come only from statistical techniques which ignores our own analytical powers. Thus