Author Guidelines

Editorial Policy of the Journal of Applied Management and Business

1. Editorial focus
2. Open access and publication fees
3. Publication timeline
4. Overview of the review process
5. Formatting your manuscript
6. Submitting your manuscript
7. Authors’ resources

1. Editorial focus
Journal of Applied Management and Business. Challenges for the Knowledge Economy is the official journal of the Institut Bisnis dan Informatika Stikom Surabaya, a group of research scholars that interested in contributing to the evolution of the fields of management and business. The themes of interest for the journal are the following:
- Business management
- Strategic management
- Supply-chain management
- Change management
- Intellectual capital
- Knowledge management
- Human resources management
- Online marketing
- International marketing
- Strategic marketing
- Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurial education
- International business
- Customer relationship management
- Accounting research

The articles we publish are those that contribute to the theoretical development of the field, challenging the conventional wisdom in management and business, or those that present empirical or design based research results in business. Also, we welcome papers that present literature reviews, and papers that bring fresh perspectives on old topics. The four types of articles that the journal accepts, along with the requirements for each specific type, are presented in the appendix 1 about the four types of article. They are not subjected to peer-review, and acceptance is based solely on whether the editors think the opinion is worth airing and the case is cogently made.

2. Open access and publication fees
Journal of Applied Management and Business applies the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license to all manuscripts published. Under the CC BY license, authors retain ownership of the copyright for their article, but authors allow anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy articles in Journal of Applied Management and Business, so long as the original authors and source are cited. No permission is required from the authors or the publishers. Journal of Applied Management and Business does not require fees for publication from its authors, all the publishing costs being supported by the Universitas Dinamika Surabaya.

3. Publication timeline
The Journal of Applied Management and Business is published quarterly according to the following schedule:

Time period Action
June 1 Deadline for submission of manuscripts for first issue
June 30 Publication of second issue
December 1 Deadline for submission of manuscripts for second issue
December 31 Publication of the fourth issue

The editors of the journal accept manuscript submissions all year round, and the deadlines presented in the table represent the final date until which the manuscript has a chance to be published in the forthcoming issue, if accepted by the reviewers with no or minor changes. All the manuscripts received after that date are automatically considered for the following issue. Authors should be aware that, most of the times, a single manuscript passes through two peer-review processes separated by a period necessary for improving the content, which can translate into 3-4 months before obtaining a final answer.

4. Overview of the editorial process
Book reviews and viewpoints are not subject to peer-review, they are assessed by the editorial team in accordance to the description found in Table 1. Grounds for immediate dismissal of a book review/viewpoint are:
a. Improper use of the English language (grammar, syntax, vocabulary).
b. The subject matter is not within the focus of the journal.
c. The manuscript does not present a balanced approach of the subject matter.
d. The manuscript does not have the required word length or the required number of references, if that is the case.
e. The manuscript is not creative or stimulating enough for the readership of the Journal of Applied Management and Business.

The other types of manuscripts (conceptual papers, research articles and literature reviews) go through the double blind peer-review process described below. The article is submitted at the following email address: jamb@stikom.edu. Each submission is acknowledged by one of the members of the editorial team and then the pre-selection begins. At this stage, the members of the editorial team choose to either reject the article directly or to send it to the reviewers for a thorough review. The grounds for immediate dismissal of a manuscript are the following:
a.) The standard of English is not considered to be good enough for publication in the Journal of Applied Management and Business. If English is not the first language of the authors they should make sure the paper is proofread by a professional or a native speaker.
b.) The length of the article is not inside the interval provided above. We accept articles that have a lower or higher word count if they bring an actual contribution to the field (same rule applies to number of authors).
c.) The abstract is not written in accordance with the rules explicitly stated on the journal’s website (See Authors’ Resources).
d.) The data presented in the article are outdated (either the bibliography is not up-to-date or the research materials are too old).
e.) There are not enough references, or the references are too local, too old or too focused on a certain perspective and do not present a balanced, current view of the state of research.

Also, if there are clear suspicions of fraud, the article will be rejected without the possibility of being resubmitted. By fraud we understand that portions or the whole text has been published elsewhere, that there are instances of plagiarism or that the data is suspected to have been faked. Each author receives notice of the final decision made by the editorial team which can be of two kinds: a) decision to include the article in the review process or b) decision to reject the article followed by the list of reasons that have led to that decision. Authors whose articles have been rejected for reasons other than fraud can choose to resubmit their work for a second and third time. If after the third try the article is still not considered a good fit for the Journal of Applied Management and Business, then the author is prohibited from resubmitting the work again.
If the article passes this pre-selection then it is sent for peer-review to two or three professionals with experience in the field. This stage lasts between four to six weeks depending on the complexity of the article and the availability of experts in the field. The final decision of the peer-review process can be of three kinds:
a. Rejected – This decision signals that there are major concerns over the quality of the scientific materials presented in the paper and that the reviewers consider there is no chance in improving the article in such a way as to become a suitable candidate for publication in the Journal of Applied Management and Business. Examples of problems that can lead to this type of decision: serious methodological issues, lack of clear contributions to the advancement of the field, lack of ability to interpret the research results in a scientifically fruitful way etc. This decision is accompanied by a list of reasons which have led to the rejection of the article submitted by each reviewer.
b. Rewrite and resubmit – Most of the articles submitted to Journal of Applied Management and Business fall in this category. These are articles which show promise, but they need further work. Thus, each reviewer sends his or her recommendations and the authors are encouraged to rewrite their articles and start the process of submission once again. The articles that are resubmitted will undergo the editorial process from beginning and they will be subjected to peer-review by the same reviewers (if they express their wish to do so) or by different reviewers. An article can be rewritten and resubmitted three times. If by the end of the third try the article is still not considered suitable for publication, the authors will be prohibited from resubmitting their work again.
c. Accepted (with no or minor changes) – This decision signals that the article in its present form, with minor modifications is suitable for publication. The authors received the decision followed by the suggestions of the peer reviewers and their submission, after alterations, will step on to the next stage.

Formatting – Before publication, all articles undergo a formatting stage in which their format is made compatible to the requirements of the Journal of Applied Management and Business. All authors are asked to comply with the requirements before submitting their articles, but all accepted articles still require minor alterations in format and style. Once the editorial team agrees on the final version, a final copy of the article will be sent to the authors for approval and then will be sent to print.

Publication – After formatting, all articles set to be included in the following issue will be sent to print and will also appear online. Journal of Applied Management and Business is published four times a year in the following months: March, June, September and December. The articles should be sent at least one month before the date of publication of the issue.

5. Formatting your manuscript

Book reviews must contain the following information:
• the title of the book
• the authors of the book in "Firstname Lastname" format with an indication at the end if the book is edited -- (eds.)
• the publishing house
• the year of publication
• the ISBN number
• reviewer name and affiliation
If the reviewers find it suitable to use references, these must be provided using the Harvard referencing style. We do not accept the use of endnotes and footnotes.

Viewpoints have no particular structure, they are considered essays, and the author(s) must furnish information related to their institutional affiliation (name, city, country, and email address of the corresponding author), the paper has to have a title, no abstract, and 10-20 references. It may be structured on chapters or not and it can be written in a language more accessible to a wider readership.

Conceptual papers should have the following structure: abstract, introductory chapter, previous research, proposed hypotheses/model, theoretical implications, practical implications, further research, arguments against or limitations, conclusions, references.

Literature reviews and research articles should contain the following: abstract, introductory chapter, previous research, research methodology, results and discussion and conclusions.

Tables should be self-contained and complement, but not duplicate, information contained in the text. Column headings have to be clear and brief and present the units of measurement in parentheses. If the table contains data that has not been generated by the author’s own research, then the source must be cited as in text below the table and also in the reference section. Any abbreviations used in the column heads or rows must be explained as a note below the table.

Figures represent both drawings and pictures. Their titles have to be self-explanatory and should contain the definitions of any symbols used and all abbreviations and units of measurement should be explained so that the figure and its legend are understandable without reference to the text.

Attention! Authors’ summary
All authors submitting their manuscripts to Journal of Applied Management and Business have to accompany their work with an Authors’ summary which is a text of 150-200 words written in the first-person voice that stands as a non-technical summary of the work presented by the author. The point of the summary is to appeal to a wider audience including practitioners, students and people interested in particular scientific developments and thus it has to place the results of the manuscript in a broader context by presenting the significance or possible implications of the work in a simple and objective manner. Authors should refrain from using complex terminology or acronyms whenever possible. The summaries will be used to increase the visibility of the articles published in Journal of Applied Management and Business and they will appear on the social media page of the journal.

Referencing
Journal of Applied Management and Business uses the Harvard Referencing System. For more information please check the appendix 2 about examples about writing the references.

6. Submitting your manuscript
Articles submitted to Journal of Applied Management and Business should be original and unpublished, and not under evaluation for publication in another journal/book. We do not accept extended and revised versions of conference papers or papers previously published in other languages. The submitted manuscripts must be fully integrated within the focus of the Journal of Applied Management and Business. If authors require any kind of guidance in establishing whether their work falls within the interests of the journal, they are most kindly invited to contact the editorial team at the following address: jamb@dinamika.ac.id by sending an outline of their article or the abstract, before sending the entire manuscript. Pleace you can down old Article template.

7. Authors’ resources
Guidelines for choosing the title and the keywords:
The title needs to be short (8-10 words) and contain the most important keywords of the article and illustrate the research questions rather than the research methodology. Authors should avoid superfluous words such as “A study of…�, “An analysis of…�.

Guidelines for writing the abstract:
Make use of all the 250 words allocated for the abstract section and present as many details as possible to convince scholars to read the article. The abstract should be structured as follows: a) a brief introduction into the topic of the paper; b) an overview of the current state of the scientific literature on the topic; c) a presentation of research methodology and research questions; c) presentation of main results and the implications for the field; d) highlights of the contribution brought by the paper to the field of studies.
 
Appendix 1. The Four Types of Manuscripts

	Types of manuscripts
	Perspectives			Articles
	Conceptual  papers	Book reviews	Viewpoints	Literature reviews	Research
Description	These papers will not be based on research but will develop and provide arguments in favor of certain hypotheses. These articles extend current thought in a new direction, pose new questions, or propose a new paradigm. The criteria against which the manuscripts will be assessed are: creativity, coherence, logical argumentation and the degree to which they can inspire other research.	Anybook related to management and marketing can be subject to a book review, but we encourage authors  to focus either on new releases or older publications that are relevant for contemporary matters. We do not accept reviews of “self-helpâ€� or “how toâ€� books. Reviews should present a characterization of the central theme of the book a description of the structure and contents of the book (avoid summarizing the book).	These papers may address virtually any important topic in management and business which is of current interest and stimulates a thought-provoking discussion. We welcome the presentation of new hypothesis and controversial views. Viewpoints follow the structure of essays, without chapters or abstract.	These papers provide a synthesis of a topic within management or business. We invite narrative reviews, quantitative systematic reviews (meta- analyses) and qualitative systematic reviews. The purpose of a literature review is to objectively report the current knowledge on a topic and base this summary onpreviously published research.	These papers present the findings of qualitative or quantitative original research.
Word count	3,000 – 5,000	500 - 1,000	2,000 - 4,000	5,000-7,000	6,000-8,000
Pages	15 - 30	20-Oct	10 - 20	30-Oct	30-Oct
Authors	2	1	2	3	4
Abstract required	yes	no	no	yes	yes
Peer-review	yes	no*	no*	yes	yes

Appendix 2. The Examples of Writing References

Book
Elements of the citation
Author(s) of book – family name and initials Year of publication, Title of book – italicized, Edition, Publisher, Place of publication.

Reference type	In-text examples	Reference list example	EndNote and RefWorks (which reference type?)
Single author	Sophisticated searching techniques are important in finding information (Berkman 1994) OR Berkman (1994, p. 25) claimed that … OR Berkman (1994, pp. 30-35) agrees that …	Berkman, RI 1994, Find It fast: how to uncover expert information on any subject, Harper Perennial, New York.	Book
2 authors	… from an engineering perspective (Cengel & Boles 1994) OR Cengel and Boles (1994) found …	Cengel, YA & Boles, MA 1994, Thermodynamics: an engineering approach, 2nd edn, McGraw Hill, London.	Book
3 authors	… as previously demonstrated (Reid, Parsons & Green)	Reid, DH, Parsons, MB & Green, CW 1989, Staff management in human services: behavioral research and application, Charles C. Thomas, Springfield.	Book
4 or more	… neck pain caused by whiplash (Jull et al. 2008). OR Jull et al. (2008) have argued …	Jull, G, Sterling, M, Fallah, D, Treleaven, J & O'Leary, S 2008, Whiplash headache and neck pain: research-based directions for physical therapies, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.	Book
No author	… already mentioned (Be, know, do: leadership the Army way 2004). OR In Be, know, do: leadership the Army way (2004) there is an interesting example …	Be, know, do: leadership the Army way 2004, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco. Insert alphabetically into the Reference List.	Book

 

Multiple works
by the same author … geology of Queensland’s national parks
(Willmott 2004, 2006). Willmott, WF 2004, Rocks and landscapes of the national
parks of southern Queensland, Geological Society of Australia, Queensland Division, Brisbane.
Willmott, WF 2006, Rocks and landscapes of the national
parks of central Queensland, Geological Society of Australia, Queensland Division, Brisbane.
Order chronologically from in the reference list. Book
Multiple works
by the same author, published in the same year … geographically speaking (Dawkins 1996a,
1996b) Dawkins, R 1996a, Climbing Mount Improbable, Viking,
London.
Dawkins, R 1996b, River out of Eden, Phoenix, London.
Order alphabetically by title in the reference list. Book
Two or more
works by different authors … rock formations (Dawkins 1996; Willmott
2004) Dawkins, R 1996, Climbing Mount Improbable, Viking,
London.
Willmott, WF 2004, Rocks and landscapes of the national
parks of southern Queensland, Geological Society of Australia, Queensland Division, Brisbane. Book
Book by an
organisation or institution … in the case of an institution (Australian
Government Publishing Service 1987) Australian Government Publishing Service 1987,
Commonwealth printing and publishing manual, 2nd edn, A.G.P.S., Canberra. Book
Different
Editions … the meaning of educational research (Pring
2004) Pring, R 2004, Philosophy of educational research, 2nd edn,
Continuum, London.
The edition statement is placed after the title of the work. This is not necessary for a first edition. Book
Edited book … some findings (ed. Sjostrand 1993)
OR
… optics defined (eds Pike & Sarkar 1986) Sjostrand, S (ed.) 1993, Institutional change: theory and
empirical findings, M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, N.Y.
Pike, ER & Sarkar, S (eds) 1986, Frontiers in quantum optics,
Adam Hilger, Bristol. Edited book

Chapter in a book
Elements of the citation
Author(s) of chapter – family name and initials Year of publication, ‘Title of chapter – in single quotation marks’, in Editor(s) of book (eds), Title of book –italicised, Edition, Publisher, Place of publication, Page numbers.

Reference type In-text examples Reference list example EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Chapter in an
edited book Bernstein (1995) explained intelligent traffic
flows. Bernstein, D 1995, ‘Transportation planning’, in WF Chen
(ed.), The civil engineering handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 231-61. Book section

Conference paper
Elements of the citation
Author(s) of paper – family name and initials Year of publication, ‘Title of paper – in single quotation marks’, Title of published proceedings which may include place held and date(s) – italicised, Publisher, Place of Publication, Page number(s), (viewed date-in-full, URL – if accessed electronically).

Reference type In-text examples Reference list example EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Published
conference paper Bourassa (1999) emphasised … Bourassa, S 1999, ‘Effects of child care on young children’,
Proceedings of the third annual meeting of the International Society for Child Psychology, International Society for Child Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 44-6. Conference
proceeding
Unpublished
conference paper … estimating partner change (Bowden and
Fairley 1996) Bowden, FJ & Fairley, CK 1996, ‘Endemic STDs in the
Northern Territory: estimations of effective rates of partner change’, paper presented to the scientific meeting of the Royal Australian College of Physicians, Darwin, 24-25 June. Conference paper

Journal Article
Elements of the citation
Author(s) of journal article – family name and initials Year of publication, ‘Title of journal article – in single quotation marks’, Title of journal – italicised, Volume, Issue or number, Page number(s), (viewed date-in-full, URL – if accessed electronically).

Reference type In-text examples Reference list example EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Journal articles Huffman (1996) expanded on the theory …
OR … uses for whey protein (Huffman 1996). Huffman, LM 1996, ‘Processing whey protein for use as a food ingredient’, Food Technology, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 49-52. Journal article
Electronic
journal article with page numbers … changes in resource management (Daniel
2009) Daniel, TT 2009, 'Learning from simpler times', Risk
Management, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 40-44, viewed 30 January
2009, <http://proquest.umi.com/>.
For an article retrieved from a database, it is sufficient to give the URL of the database site. Electronic article
in EndNote Journal article with Electronic type chosen in Refworks.
Electronic
journal article without page numbers … the discipline of art history (Donahue-Wallace
& Chanda 2005) Donahue-Wallace, K & Chanda, J 2005, 'A case study in
integrating the best practices of face-to-face art history and online teaching', Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer-Enhanced Learning, vol. 7, no. 1, viewed 30
January 2009,
<http://imej.wfu.edu/articles/2005/1/01/index.asp>.
Electronic article
in EndNote Journal article with Electronic type chosen in Refworks.

Thesis
Elements of the citation
Author of thesis – family name and initials Year of preparation of thesis, ‘Title of thesis – in single quotation marks’, Award, Institution issuing degree, Location of institution.

Reference type In-text examples Reference list example EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Thesis Exelby (1997) described the process …
OR
… processing gold (Exelby 1997) Exelby, HRA 1997, ‘Aspects of gold and mineral liberation’,
PhD thesis, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
The title is not italicised and is placed in quotation marks. Thesis

Report
Elements of the citation
Author(s) of report – (person or organisation) Year of Publication, Title of report - italicised, Report number (if available), Publisher/ Institution, Place of publication, (viewed date-in-full, URL - if accessed electronically).

Reference type In-text examples Reference list example EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Print report … in Queensland waterways (Mortimer & Cox
1999) Mortimer, M. & Cox, M 1999, Contaminants in mud crabs and
sediments from the Maroochy River, Environment technical report no. 25, Queensland Department of the Environment, Brisbane. Report
Electronic report … young children’s schooling (Rathbun, West &
Hausken 2003) Rathbun, AH, West, J & Hausken, EG 2003, Young children's
access to computers in the home and at school in 1999 and
2000, NCES-2003-036, National Center for Education
Statistics, Washington, DC, viewed 4 November 2003,
<http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/2003036.pdf>.

 

Newspaper and magazine article
Elements of the citation
Author(s) of article – family name and initials Year of publication, ‘Title of article – in single quotation marks’, Title of newspaper – italicised, Day month, Page number(s).

Reference type In-text examples Reference list example EndNote and
RefWorks
(which reference
type?)
Newspaper
article (print) ... as seen in the move to privatise the railway
(Simpson 1997) Simpson, L 1997, ‘Tasmania’s railway goes private’,
Australian Financial Review, 13 October, p. 10. Newspaper article
Newspaper
article (web) … government has been blamed for the water
shortage (Porteous 2007). Porteous, C 2007, ‘Rudd blamed for drought’, Courier Mail, 15
August, p. 17, viewed 27 February 2009,
<http://global.factiva.com/>.
For an article retrieved from a database, it is sufficient to give the URL of the database site.

Web page
Elements of the citation
Author(s) of page – (person or organisation) Year (page created or revised), Title of page - italicised, description of document (if applicable), name of the sponsor of the page (if applicable), viewed date-in-full, URL.

Reference type In-text examples Reference list example EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Web page with
author … this agreement (Albanese 2009) Albanese, A 2009, Fairer compensation for air travellers,
media release, 29 January, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, viewed 30 January 2009,
<http://www.minister.infrastructure.gov.au/aa/releases/2009/ January/AA007_2009.htm>.
Web page

 

Web page with
corporate or organisational author … in this subject guide (University of Queensland
Library 2009) University of Queensland Library 2009, Mechanical
engineering subject guide, University of Queensland Library, viewed 6 February 2009,
<http://www.library.uq.edu.au/findits/findit.php?title= Mechanical+Engineering>. Web page
Web page with no
date of publication … it has been argued that emotional intelligence
is a combination of competencies (Bliss n.d.) Bliss, SE n.d., The effect of emotional intelligence on a modern
organizational leader’s ability to make effective decisions, viewed 10 February 2008, <http://eqi.org/mgtpaper.htm>.
Web page

Patent
Elements of the citation
Author(s) of patent – family name and initials Year of issue, Title of patent- italicised, Number of patent including country of issue.

Reference type In-text examples Reference list example EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Patent … gas insulated transmission systems (Cookson
1985) Cookson, AH 1985, Particle trap for compressed gas insulated
transmission systems, US Patent 4554399. Patent

Standard
Elements of the citation
Corporate body issuing standard Year of publication, Title of standard- italicised, Number of standard including identifier of issuing country or body,
Publisher of standard, Place of publication.

Reference type In-text examples Reference list example EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Standard … steels are classified (International Organization
for Standardization 1982) International Organization for Standardization 1982, Steels -
classification - part 1: classification of steels into unalloyed and alloy steels based on chemical composition, ISO 4948-
1:1982, International Organization for Standardization, Geneva. Standard

Map
Elements of the citation
Issuing body Year of publication, Title of map – italicised, Series (if available), Publisher, Place of publication.

Reference type In-text examples Reference list example EndNote and
RefWorks (which reference type?)
Map … reading this map (Department of Mines and
Energy, Queensland 1996) Department of Mines and Energy, Queensland 1996,
Dotswood, Australia 1:100 000 geological series, sheet 8158, Department of Mines and Energy, Queensland, Brisbane. Map

Personal communication
Elements of the citation
Information obtained by interview, telephone call, letter or email should be documented in the text, but should NOT be included in the list of References.

 

Reference type In-text examples Reference list example EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Personal
communication When interviewed on 15 June 1995, Dr Peter
Jones explained that … OR
This was later verbally confirmed (P Jones 1995, pers. comm., 15 June). Do not include in the Reference List Personal
communication