(IJCM)
Aims and Scope
The aim of IJCM is to promote the understanding of managers and organizations within and across nations. It is an interdisciplinary journal directed toward academicians, policy makers, and practitioners in business and non-profit organizations.
IJCM is a blind-refereed quarterly journal that publishes empirical, conceptual, and review papers of exceptional quality that contribute to and enrich management thinking and practices. Emphasis is given to papers that address controversial topics and which have a sound theoretical base and/or practical applications. All papers submitted should be original and not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Format
Manuscripts submitted for publication as articles should not exceed 25 doubled spaced, typewritten pages, including tables and figures. Four copies should be sent to:
Professor Abbas J. Ali
International Journal of Commerce and Management
P.O. Box 1659
Indiana, PA 15705
Book review material should be sent to R. David Ramsey at Southeastern Louisiana University, Box 282, University Station, Hammond, Louisiana 70402-0282. The style guidelines of the publication manual of the American Psychological Association should be used. The first page of the manuscript should include the title of the paper, the author(s)' name(s), and their affiliations, addresses, and phone and fax numbers. Author's name should not appear in body of the paper, except where appropriate in citations and references.
The second page of the manuscript should contain only the title and an abstract of the article (not to exceed 100 words). The abstract should be a review of the paper and not a repetition of the conclusion. The text of the article should begin on the third page.
References In the Text:
References to published literature should appear at the appropriate point in the text by giving author's last name and year of publication (e.g., Schaupp, 1978). References should be listed at the end of the paper. Below are some examples:
Furnham, A. (1984). Work values and beliefs in Britain. Journal of Occupational Behavior, 1, 281-291.
Jasim, A. (1987). Mohammed: Al-haqiqaha al-kubra [Mohammed: The greatest truth]. Beirut: Daral-Andalus.
Quinn, J. (1988). Son corporation. In James Quinn, Henry Mintzberg, and Robert James (Eds.), The strategy process. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 725749.