Issue Information ‐ Notes for Contributors

• Published date: 01 September 2019
• Date: 01 September 2019
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12383

The Journal of Management Studies was established in 1963 to publish original, innovative, and high-

quality papers that advance conceptual and empirical knowledge and address practice in the area of

management.

By ‘advance conceptual and empirical knowledge’ we mean that papers should aim to develop strong

theoretical and/or empirical insights that increase our understanding of behaviour both in organ-

isa- tions and of organisations in their environments. The Journal attaches no priority to either the

subjects of study or the methodological approach adopted so long as they are theoretically grounded.

Our ultimate criterion of a paper’s acceptability is that it significantly contributes to the development

of coherent bodies of knowledge, so that an informed reader is likely to learn something new from it.

By ‘address practice’ we mean that papers should enable practitioners or those who teach practitioners,

to gain insight into management and organization. We emphasize that the lessons for practice need to

be grounded in rigorous theoretical and empirical research.

Pre-Submission English Language Editing

Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscript professionally

edited before submission to improve the English. A list of independent suppliers of editing services can

be found at http://wileyeditingservices.com/en/. All services are paid for and arranged by the author,

and use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference forpublication.

Preparation of Manuscripts

Contributors should submit their manuscripts by e-mail to business.jms@durham.ac.uk.

All manuscripts must be accompanied by a letter which indicates briefly why the article is suitable for

publication in the Journal of Management Studies and attests that the article has not been previously

published or is under review elsewhere.

All manuscripts submitted to the Journal must be prepared according to the following guidelines:

1. Manuscripts must be double-spaced throughout (this includes Notes and References) with generous

margins. They should be sent in Microsoft Word format.

2. Papers should be carefully crafted and succinctly presented. Papers submitted to the Journal are

usually between 7,000 and 11,000 words. The allowable length of a paper is at the Editor’s discretion,

however, papers submitted with a length exceeding 15,000 words may be returned to the author(s) for

reduction before they will be considered by the Editors. The word count includes tables, figures and

references.

3. To permit anonymity, the author’s names should not appear in the manuscript. Instead, a cover

page giving the title of the article and full identifying information (name, address, telephone and fax

numbers and e-mail addresses) must be attached. The title of the manuscript should be on the first page

of the paper along with the abstract and keywords. Language within the text that suggests the author’s

identity should be avoided. In addition, the manuscript ‘Properties’ should be erased prior to submis-

sion. Any identifying information from ‘Track Changes’ should also be removed.

4. The cover page should be followed by an informative abstract of no more than 150 words

double- spaced. A list of 4–6 keywords, in alphabetical order should be provided below the abstract.

Keywords should express the precise content of the manuscript as they are used for indexingpurposes.

5. Footnotes should not be used. Endnotes should be provided on a separate page immediately

follow- ing the text under the heading NOTES. Endnotes should offer significant comment, not merely

cite references. They should be kept to a minimum.

6. Authors must provide high quality artwork for all illustrations. Poor definition reproductions are not

suitable. Tables and figures should be numbered separately. Tables use Roman numerals and figures

use Arabic numerals (Table I, Table II . . . ; Figure 1, Figure 2 . . .). Each table and figure should be

given a title and should be presented on a separate page at the end of the manuscript.

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