Please read the Instructions for Author before
submitting your manuscript. The manuscript files should
be given the surname of the first author.
Submit manuscripts as e-mail attachment to the Editorial Office at: jabmseditor@gmail.com or editor@jabms.net. A manuscript number will be mailed to the
corresponding author same day or within 72 hours.
Journal of Applied Business and Management Studies will
only accept manuscripts submitted as e-mail attachments.
1.
As a guide, articles should be between 3000 and 8000
words in length.
2.
A title of not more than twelve words
should be provided.
3.
A brief autobiographical note should be
supplied including:
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Full name
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Affiliation
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E-mail address
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Full international contact details
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Brief professional biography.
NB This information should be provided on a
separate sheet and authors should not be identified
anywhere else in the article.
Authors must supply a structured abstract set
out under 4-7 sub-headings (see our "Introduction
for writing an abstract" guide for
practical help and guidance):
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Purpose (mandatory)
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Design/methodology/approach (mandatory)
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Findings (mandatory)
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Research limitations/implications (if applicable)
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Practical implications (if applicable)
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Social implications (if applicable)
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Originality/value (mandatory).
Maximum is 250 words in total.
Please provide up to six keywords which
encapsulate the principal topics of the paper.
Categorize your paper under one of these classifications:
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Research paper
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Viewpoint
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Technical paper
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Conceptual paper
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Case study
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Literature review
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General review.
Headings must be short, with a clear indication
of the distinction between the hierarchies of headings.
The preferred format is for headings to be presented in
bold format, with consecutive numbering. All Figures (charts,
diagrams and line drawings), Plates (photographic
images) and Tables should be included as part of the
manuscript. They should not be submitted as graphic
elements. Supply succinct and clear captions for all
tables, figures and plates. Ensure that any superscripts
or asterisks are shown next to the relevant items and
have corresponding explanations displayed as footnotes
to the table, figure or plate. They should be of clear
quality, in black and white and numbered consecutively
with arabic numerals.
References to other publications must be in the American
Psychological Association (2001)
style and carefully checked for completeness, accuracy and consistency. For
more information, please visit: http://www.apastyle.org. You should cite publications
in the text: (Adams, 2006) using the author's surname or
(Adams & Brown, 2006) citing both names of two, or
(Adams et al., 2006), when there are three
or more authors. At the end of the paper a reference
list in alphabetical order should be supplied:
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For books: Surname, A. A., & Surname, B. B. (Eds.).
(Year). Title of work: Subtitle. Place of
publication: Publisher.
e.g. Matthews, J.
(1999). The art of childhood and adolescence:
The construction of meaning. London: Falmer
Press.
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For books (no author): Title of work.
(Year). Place of publication: Publisher.
e.g. The
Blackwell dictionary of cognitive psychology.
(1991). Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
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For books (no date): Surname, A. A., &
Surname, B. B. (Eds.). (Year). Title of work:
Subtitle. (Volume No.). Place of publication:
Publisher.
e.g. Mandl, H., & Jones, A. (Eds.). (n.d.). Learning and
instruction: European research in an international
context. (Vol. 2). Oxford, UK: Pergamon.
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For journals: Surname, A.A. (year). Title of article. Journal
Name, volume (number), pages.
e.g. Foo, P., & Kelso, J. A. (2001). Goal directed
meaning connects perception and specification. Behavioral
and Brain Sciences, 24(2), 222 – 223.
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For published conference proceedings: Surname, A.A.
(year, month). Title of paper. In Title of published
proceeding, place (page
numbers). Place of publication: Publisher.
Surname, Initials (Ed.), e.g. Rowling, L. (1993,
September). Schools and grief: How does Australia
compare to the United States. In Wandarna coowar:
Hidden grief: Proceedings of the 8th National Conference
of the National Association for Loss and Grief
(Australia), Yeppoon, Queensland (pp. 196-201).
Turramurra, NSW: National Association for Loss and
Grief.
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For encyclopedia entries (with no author or editor): Title of entry.
(year). In Title of Encyclopedia (edition,
volume, pages). Place of publication: Publisher.
e.g. Mental disorders and their treatment.
(1987). In The new encyclopaedia Britannica (5th
ed., Vol. 23, pp. 956-975). Chicago: Encyclopaedia
Britannica
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For newspaper articles (authored): Surname,
A.A. (year, month date). Article title, Newspaper,
pages.
e.g. Kissane, K. (1998, September 5). Kiss or kill: Who
is the victim when a battered woman kills? The
Age: Extra, p. 6.
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For electronic sources: Article Author, A. A.,
& Article Author, B. B. (Year). Title of article
[Version if appropriate]. Title of Journal,
volume number(issue number), inclusive page or
paragraph numbers. Retrieved month day, year, from Web
address.
e.g. Bond, L., Carlin, J. B., Thomas, L., Rubin, K.,
& Patton, G. (2001). Does bullying cause emotional
problems? A prospective study of young teenagers
[Electronic version]. BMJ, 323, 480-484.
Retrieved November 21, 2001, from http://www.bmj.com.
Standalone URLs, i.e. without an author or date, should
be included either within parentheses within the main
text, or preferably set as a note (roman numeral within
square brackets within text followed by the full URL
address at the end of the paper).
Proofs
and Reprints: Electronic
proofs will be sent (e-mail attachment) to the
corresponding author as a PDF file. Page proofs
are considered to be the final version of the
manuscript. With the exception of typographical or minor
clerical errors, no changes will be made in the
manuscript at the proof stage. Because JABMS will
be published online without access restrictions, authors
will have electronic access to the full text (PDF) of
the article. Authors can download the PDF file from
which they can print unlimited copies of their articles.
Copyright: Submission
of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not
been published before (except in the form of an abstract
or as part of a published lecture, or thesis) that it is
not under consideration for publication elsewhere; that
if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication,
the authors agree to automatic transfer of the copyright
to the publisher.
