Research Guides: DBA: Doctor of Business Administration: Business Research

Top DBA Resources

The following databases are recommended for business administration research. More can be found on the Business Administration Databases page. Additional databases can also be found alphabetically on our Databases by Name page.

Business Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Includes indexing and full-text articles in all areas of business. Cross-references over 600,000 corporate names with industries and countries, and provides SIC and NAICS codes for over 190,000 subject terms.
Business Source Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and full text covering scholarly business journals on management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more.
EBSCO Databases This link opens in a new window
Menu of databases provided through EBSCO Publishing. Learn how to use EBSCO's language options!
Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK) This link opens in a new window
Full text of over 7,000 research journals.
Human Resources Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Index to articles from 1975 to the present in all areas of human resources management, employee assistance, and organizational behavior.
Mergent Market Atlas This link opens in a new window
Business and financial information for investment research. Includes both public and private company information.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Provides statistics, forecasts, and reports for 170 industries, and over 150 countries around the globe. The data is gathered from over 22,500 sources, including studies, scientific journals, official communications, trade reports, books, and other relevant statistical publications. You can find ‘Source’ and ‘More Information’ in the information boxes next to a specific statistic.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
Doctoral dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day and offering full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text.
Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center (OhioLINK) This link opens in a new window
Online theses and dissertations from Ohio graduate students.
Open Access Theses and Dissertations This link opens in a new window
Information about and links to freely-available full-text to almost almost 3.5 million graduate theses and dissertations from over 1,100 colleges, universities, and research institutions.
Open Dissertations This link opens in a new window
Open access database providing both historic and contemporary dissertations and theses. Includes content of the American Doctoral Dissertations database, which provides more than 153,000 theses and dissertations from 1902 to the present, as well as additional dissertation information provided by colleges and universities from around the world. Includes links to full-text from free platforms where available.
WorldCat Dissertations and Theses This link opens in a new window
Catalog of dissertations, theses and published material based on theses, worldwide.

The following journals will be helpful in the completion of projects and assignments. They are mandatory resources for many DBA projects and assignments. To find more journals, use the Journal Finder. For additional help contact any librarian.

The Academy of Management Journal
Original articles and research notes that develop, test or advance management theory and practice.
Academy of Management Learning & Education
Features a wide range of materials devoted to management education in colleges and universities, and all organizations that formally foster learning about management.
Academy of Management Review
Articles selected through reviews, syntheses, applications and critiques focused on organizational and management theory.
Group Decision and Negotiation
Decision Science and Management theory.
Harvard Business Review
Written for upper level management. Presents analysis of management problems and helpful commentary on advanced thinking and practice in all fields of management and administration.
Ivey Business Journal
Geared towards professionals in the business sector, with articles and interviews about several facets of the business world including strategy, human resources, information technology, marketing and other topics.
Journal of Business
Provides news and analysis of business education.
McKinsey Quarterly
Features articles pertaining to the world of business, including management theory, marketing, purchasing, and other areas.
Performance Improvement
Addresses improving human performance through a wide range of techniques, including incentives and feedback, effective management, performance aids, organizational development, job design and instruction.
Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance
Articles that address practical legal issues prevalent in the worlds of business and finance.
Strategic Management Journal
Original material concerned with all aspects of strategic management, book reviews, communications, editorial comments and invited papers on practices and developments in strategic management; forum for advancing strategic management theory and practice.
Thunderbird International Business Review
Aims at advancement and dissemination of research in the field of international business. Its main target audience includes academicians and executives in business and government.

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Academic & Professional Organizations

Professional and trade organizations set standards of professional competence, maintain professional standards, lobby for legal issues related to professional services, and develop codes of ethical conduct.

The Academy of Management
The Academy of Management (the Academy; AOM) is a leading professional association for scholars dedicated to creating and disseminating knowledge about management and organizations.
The American Society of Training and Development
The world's largest professional association dedicated to the training and development field.
The Association of MBAs
The only professional membership association for MBA and DBA students and graduates, accredited business schools, and MBA employers.
The Center for Creative Leadership
The Center for Creative Leadership offers an exclusive focus on leadership education and research.
The International Association for Business and Society
A scholarly organization dedicated to the study of the relationships between business, government and society.
Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society
The Organizational Behavior Teaching Society enhances the quality and promotes the importance of teaching and learning across the management disciplines with a focus on the dynamics within and at the interface of individuals, groups, organizations, and cultures.
Strategic Management Society
Focuses on the development and dissemination of insights on the strategic management process, as well as on fostering contacts and interchange around the world.