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Authors Guidelines
To submit a manuscript, first make sure you have a
Word file from which the title page and all author-identifying references have
been removed. Acknowledgements of others’ help in preparing the paper for
submission should be included in the letter to the editor that is featured as
part of the web-based submission process.
In order to facilitate processing of submissions,
please make sure that:
There is nothing in your file that identifies the
authors.
Your entire submission (including references) is
double-spaced in 12-pitch or larger font with margins of one inch or more.
Your submission contains few and only necessary
footnotes or endnotes.
Any hypotheses are explicitly identified as such.
Constructs and variables are identified in words,
not abbreviations.
Content and length of manuscripts
Constructs and variables are identified in words,
not abbreviations.
1. The Editor welcomes original articles which fall
within the aims and scope of the Journal, and which are as concise as the
subject matter and research method permit.
2. The manuscripts language should be English and
where possible the text should be restricted to around 5000 to 6000 words.
3. The first page of the text should begin with the
title only, without the author's name, and an abstract of no more than 150
words. Plus a list of at most five key words, suitable for indexing and
abstracting services. This abstract should summarize the whole paper and not the
conclusions alone.
4. Manuscripts should be typed double-spaced.
5. Submission of a paper or research note implies
that it contains original work which has not been published previously, and that
is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
6. Copyright in all accepted contributions to the
Journal will be vested in the University of Tehran.
Mode of submission
7. All manuscripts should be submitted
electronically via the IJMS online electronic editorial office, Manuscript
Central, at: http://qc.ut.ac.ir
Preparation of manuscripts
8. A cover page should give the title of the
manuscript, the author's name, position and institutional affiliation, together
with an address for correspondence; in the case of co-authors, names and
affiliations and addresses should be clearly indicated. Correspondence will be
sent to the first-named author unless otherwise specified. In order to enable
the publisher to do everything to ensure prompt publication, the full postal and
email addresses should be given for the author who will check the proofs, along
with the telephone, telex and telefax numbers where possible. Any
acknowledgements desired should also be placed on the cover page.
To assure anonymous review, authors should not
identify themselves, directly or indirectly, in the text following the cover
page.
9. Figures, tables and footnotes should be Placed
With in the Text Where it is in the dod. should be reasonably interpretable
without reference to the text. Footnotes should be avoided if possible; where
they are used they should be numbered consecutively with superscript Arabic
numerals.
10. With regard to manuscripts which refer to
questionnaires or other research instruments which are not fully reproduced in
the text, the author may also submit a copy of the complete research instrument.
Where research instruments are not fully reproduced, a note must be inserted on
the cover page indicating the address from which the complete instrument is
available.
11. Hypotheses should normally be presented in the
positive rather than the null form, so that each hypothesis states the result
that is expected if the prior theoretical development is supported by the
empirical evidence. However, where a null result provides support for a
theoretical position or where no prior expectation exists, the null form is
appropriate. Care should be taken to state clearly how standard statistical
tests were applied (e.g. one- or two-tailed). Where possible, statistical
significance should be stated to the nearest percentage point (e.g. p < 0.04)
rather than at conventional levels of significance.
12. Literature citations should be made in a
uniform style in text and footnotes, and follow the Harvard System with (Name,
Date) in the text and an alphabetical list of references at the end of the
manuscript. Please use the IJMS style for formatting your reference list:
Article in journal:
Michel, J. G. and D. C. Hambrick (1992).
'Diversification posture and top management team characteristics', Academy of
Management Journal, 35, pp.9-37.
Book:
Neter, J. M. H. Kutner, C. J. Nachtsheim and W.
Wasserman (1996). Applied Linear Regression Models. Irwin Press, Illinois.
Chapter in book:
O'Reilly, C., R. Snyder and J. Boothe (1993).
'Effects of executive team demography on organizational change'. In: G. Humber
and W. Glick (eds.), Organizational Change and Redesign: Ideas and Insights for
Improving Performance, pp. 147-175. New York: Oxford.
Works by the same author should be listed in order
of publication. Where reference is made to more than one work published by the
same author in a single year, a suffix, a, b, etc. should follow the date, thus:
(Smith, 1989b). If an author's name is mentioned in the text, it need not be
repeated in the citation, thus 'Hopwood (1989, p. 5) claims that...'
13. Please include a short author biography of
50-75 words to accompany the article.
Further Information
14. It is the author's responsibility to obtain and
supply with the manuscript permission to quote material from copyrighted
sources.
15. No manuscript or figures will be returned
unless a request for return is made when the manuscript is submitted.
16. An electronic offprint of each published paper
and one copy of the journal issue in which it appears will be provided free of
charge.
Additional copies may be purchased from the
following website: http://qc.ut.ac.ir
Research Notes
17. Short notes are invited outlining recent
developments or innovations with which the author has been associated. Such
developments would include organizational innovations, new management
techniques, brief research results, the results of replications of research
studies and new approaches to management education and development. These may,
where appropriate, include a contact point for further information.
Book Reviews
18. Books for review should be sent to Professor
Jandaghi, Management Faculty, Tehran University Qom College,
Professor@qc.ut.ac.ir
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