Management Research and Practice publishes papers that are addressed to the theory, research and practice relating to management. All papers relating to this area are welcomed.
Manuscripts should be written in English. The text should be carefully checked for typing errors, English grammar, spelling, and punctuation, etc.
The manuscripts must be prepared electronically in Microsoft Word format, using the rules specified in Manuscript preparation and Manuscript style sections and should be submitted by e-mail to the address: ManagementResearchAndPractice@gmail.com (not to the publisher email, because the publisher handles many journals). Please send the content of the manuscript in a single file (with author names, tables, figures, etc.). The figures and tables should be placed at their places. The Reference section should be formated as specified in the Manuscript style section. The submissions that do not respect these things will be desk rejected.
After submission all articles are evaluated by the Editorial Office team. In an effort to streamline the reviewing process, some articles may be immediately desk rejected, if they are considered to be out of the journal's scope or otherwise unfit for consideration. Articles which pass the initial evaluation will be sent out for external review. In 2-3 days, the authors will receive an acknowledgement of status of their article (if the article was sent for review or was desk rejected). If the author doesn't receive a response in 3 working days, this means that something happened and the submission hasn't been received.
Following the brief editorial review to determinate the manuscript’s appropriateness for MRP, each manuscript will be blind reviewed by two reviewers. The review process will take approximately 3 months. The reviewers will evaluate the submitted papers against the following checkpoints:
Attached is the structure of the review form (click here to download).
The submission of a manuscript for publication in the journal implies that it has not been published nor is being considered for publication elsewhere. The manuscript has to be approved by all authors and by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out.
If accepted, the content of the article will not be published elsewhere in any language without the written consent of the copyright-holder.
There is no publication fee.
Manuscripts should be written in English, following the style specified in the Manuscript style section. We kindly ask the authors whose first language is not English to ensure that their paper is correctly written in a professional English language.
The length of the manuscript should not exceed 20 pages, including figures, tables, references. Please don't use appendices.
The manuscript content should be structured into clearly defined and numbered sections. Use Word styles to indicate different levels of headings.
The structure of the research proposal submitted to the journal should be the following:
The manuscript title should have up to 70 characters. The title of the proposal should be clear, attractive, and reflect the essence of the research work.
Please, provide the names, surnames, affiliations and emails of all authors. The first name of the authors should be written using uppercase/capital letters..
The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions, in around 250 words. References and abbreviations should be avoided.
The Abstract should be followed by no more than five keywords for indexing purposes. The keywords should be separated by semicolon (;). Only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible.
The introduction is the first section of a research paper and should provide readers with the background information needed to understand the context surrounding the research topic. The introduction should contain:
The literature review should provide an objective, concise, critical summary of the research literature, in order to establish the author's position in the existing field of research. A good literature review doesn’t just summarize sources. It analyzes, synthesizes, and critically evaluates to give a clear picture of the state of knowledge on the subject.
The Research methodology section paper outlines how the research has been conducted. It covers various steps such as collecting data, statistical analysis, observing participants, and other procedures involved in the research process.
Results should be clear and concise. In the discussion part compare the obtained results with those from other studies, explain how your results extend the findings of previous studies.
The Conclusions section contains the most important findings from the research process and their scientific value and originality supported by solid arguments. There is no need to repeat the ideas presented and explained in the text of the paper.
If research was funded by an organization or a project, please write an acknowledgment. The acknowledgement should pe placed at the end of the article, before the references.
References should appear in a separate section at the end of the manuscript, listed in alphabetical order by the names of authors and should only include works cited in the text. The references should be listed in APA style ( https://apastyle.apa.org/about-apa-style). For details, please see the Manuscript style section.
The journal offers access to the contents in the open access system on the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
For the preparation of the manuscript a Word template should be used. To download the template click here.
The figures and tables should be placed at their places.
All references mentioned in the Reference section should be cited in the text, and vice versa.
Permission should be obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet)
Citations
Citations in the text should be identified as follows: Johnson (1962) or (Johnson 1962); if four or more authors, Smith et al. (1992)
References
References should appear in a separate section at the end of the manuscript, listed in alphabetical order by names of authors and should only include works cited in the text. The references should be listed in APA style. For details, please see the link: https://apastyle.apa.org/about-apa-style.
Don't use the abbreviated names of the journals.
Examples (APA):
Book with one author:
Sheril, R. D. (1956). The terrifying future: Contemplating color television. San Diego: Halstead.
Book by two authors or more
Smith, J., & Peter, Q. (1992). Hairball: An intensive peek behind the surface of an enigma. Hamilton, ON: McMaster University Press.
Article in an edited book
Mcdonalds, A. (1993). Practical methods for the apprehension and sustained containment of supernatural entities. In G. L. Yeager (Ed.), Paranormal and occult studies: Case studies in application (pp. 42–64). London: OtherWorld Books.
Article in a journal paginated separately
Crackton, P. (1987). The Loonie: God's long-awaited gift to colourful pocket change? Canadian Change, 64(7), 34–37.
Article in a journal with continuous pagination
Rottweiler, F. T., & Beauchemin, J. L. (1987). Detroit and Narnia: Two foes on the brink of destruction. Canadian/American Studies Journal, 54, 66-146.
Article in a weekly magazine
VHenry, W. A., III. (1990, April 9). Making the grade in today's schools. Time, 135, 28–31.
Article in a newspaper
Wrong, M. (2005, August 17). "Never Gonna Give You Up" says Mayor. Toronto Sol, p. 4.
Government document
Revenue Canada. (2001). Advanced gouging: Manual for employees (MP 65–347/1124). Ottawa: Minister of Immigration and Revenue.
Internet article based on a print source (With exact formatting of original)
Marlowe, P., Spade, S., & Chan, C. (2001). Detective work and the benefits of colour versus black and white [Electronic version]. Journal of Pointless Research, 11, 123–124.
Internet article based on a print source (Formatting differs from original)
Marlowe, P., Spade, S., & Chan, C. (2001). Detective work and the benefits of colour versus black and white. Journal of Pointless Research, 11, 123–124. Retrieved October 25, 2007, from http://www.pointlessjournal.com/colour_vs_black_and_white.html
Article in an Internet-only journal
Blofeld, E. S. (1994, March 1). Expressing oneself through Persian cats and modern architecture. Felines & Felons, 4, Article 0046g. Retrieved October 3, 1999, from http://journals.f+f.org/spectre/vblofeld-0046g.html
Article in an Internet-only newsletter
Paradise, S., Moriarty, D., Marx, C., Lee, O. B., Hassel, E., et al. (1957, July). Portrayals of fictional characters in reality-based popular writing: Project update. Off the Beaten Path, 7 (3). Retrieved October 3, 1999, from http://www.newsletter.offthebeatenpath.news/otr/complaints.html
Stand-alone Internet document, no author identified, no date
What I did today. (n.d.). Retrieved August 21, 2002, from http://www.cc.mystory.life/blog/didtoday.html [Fictional entry.]
Document available on university program or department website
Rogers, B. (2078). Faster-than-light travel: What we've learned in the first twenty years. Retrieved August 24, 2007, from Mars University, Institute for Martian Studies Web site, http://www.eg.spacecentraltoday.mars/university/dept.html [Fictional entry.]
Book on CD
Nix, G. (2002). Lirael, Daughter of the Clayr [CD]. New York: Random House/Listening Library.
Figures and Tables
All figures and tables should be in good quality, sharp, noise-free, and easy-to-read.
Figures and tables should be numbered consecutively using Arab numbers with a brief caption. All figures and tables should be cited in the body of the article. The font used in table and figures should be Arial Narrow.
Before publication, authors of accepted manuscripts must sign a Copyright Agreement Form.
To download the copyright form click here.