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On Commissioning Editors
- Journal of Scholarly Publishing
- University of Toronto Press
- Volume 37, Number 4, July 2006
- pp. 237-250
- 10.1353/scp.2006.0015
- Article
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This article suggests that publishers tend to apply a KSA (knowledge–skills– attitude) model to the recruitment and development of commissioning editors. It proposes in place of this an ODASK model (O for orientation and D for disposition) and considers what types of orientations and dispositions make for commercial success.