AUTHOR GUIDELINES

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

Scope, Article Types, and Structure

  • E-Jurnal Manajemen is published monthly and covers human resource, financial, marketing, operations, and strategic management, as well as Islamic business studies and entrepreneurship.
  • Accepted article types are empirical research (quantitative or qualitative) and conceptual studies. Literature reviews must be comprehensive and current, and must include a section presenting the authors’ own analysis and synthesis.
  • Manuscripts must follow the template’s section order: Introduction, Literature Review, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Declaration sections, and References. Main sections are not numbered.

Submission and Article Processing Charges (APC)
Authors are required to submit their manuscripts through the online submission system at OJS. Manuscripts must comply with the journal's prescribed format and author guidelines. Upon submission, authors will receive an email confirmation.

  • Submission Fee: Free of Charge
  • Article Processing Charge (APC): Effective September 2026, the APC is IDR 350,000

Peer Review Policy 
Every submitted manuscript undergoes an initial screening by the editorial team to assess its suitability for the journal's scope and academic standards. Manuscripts that meet the criteria proceed to an anonymous double-blind peer review process. Manuscripts that do not meet the requirements will be rejected at this stage without external review. The final decision—acceptance, revision, or rejection—is made based on the reviewers' evaluations and rests entirely with the Editor-in-Chief.

Review Process:

  1. Submission: Authors upload their manuscripts through the OJS system.
  2. Editorial Screening: The editorial team assesses the manuscript's suitability, originality, and adherence to the journal's quality standards.
  3. Peer Review (Double-Blind): Manuscripts are evaluated anonymously by independent reviewers.
  4. Editorial Decision: The editor makes a decision based on the reviewers' feedback.
  5. Notification to Authors: Authors receive the editorial decision along with reviewers' comments and revision instructions, if applicable 

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Manuscript Format
Manuscripts must be prepared in Microsoft Word format using A4-sized paper, single spacing, and Times New Roman, 12 pt. All tables, figures, and illustrations must be inserted directly into the manuscript.

Manuscript Length
Manuscripts must contain 7,000–8,000 words, excluding the abstract, tables, and references. Manuscripts that do not meet this requirement may be returned for revision before proceeding to the review stage.

Language
Manuscripts must be written in standard academic English in accordance with established language conventions.

Citation Style
References must follow the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th Edition citation style. The use of reference management software, such as Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero, is mandatory to ensure citation consistency and accuracy.

Reproduction Policy
Content may be reproduced for educational purposes, provided that the source is properly acknowledged as E-Jurnal Manajemen and the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Udayana. Copyright is held by the publisher unless otherwise stated.

Data Availability
Authors are encouraged to provide access to the data supporting their findings whenever possible. A data availability statement should be included where relevant.

MANUSCRIPT STRUCTURE

Article Title
Title in English, in capital letters, bold, 14 pt font, no more than 20 words; state the main variables or focus and, where possible, the key finding; avoid abbreviations and the research location unless the location is the substance of the study. The title is written in English

Author Information and Affiliations
Full names without academic titles or positions; family names not abbreviated; names separated by commas. Superscript numbers identify affiliations, not authors. If all authors share one affiliation, omit the numbers and mark only the corresponding author with an asterisk (*). Write institution names in full (no acronyms) and include city, province/state, and country. Author names and affiliations in the OJS metadata must match this page exactly. The ORCID iD is optional: include it only if the author already has one; otherwise delete it.

Abstact
200–250 words, in English only. The abstract is article metadata: do not include citations, references to tables or figures, or undefined abbreviations. Report findings, not discussion.

Keywords
Provide 3–5 standard terms that represent the core concepts, separated by semicolons.

Introduction
Present the Introduction as a coherent narrative, without sub-headings, that leads the reader from the research context to the problem, the current state of knowledge, the research gap and novelty, and the objective. Under the 2026 national journal accreditation guidelines (Petunjuk Teknis Akreditasi Jurnal Ilmiah 2026, item F.4), originality is assessed from three explicit elements in this section: a state-of-the-art review, a statement of novelty or research gap, and a clear research objective.Context and phenomenon: introduce the managerial or business issue and show its importance with current evidence such as data, facts, or trends.

  • Problem statement: identify the specific problem and explain why it matters for theory and practice.
  • State of the art: synthesize the most relevant prior studies, mainly journal articles from the last ten years, to show what is already known; avoid listing studies one by one.
  • Research gap and novelty: state explicitly what is still unknown, inconsistent, or untested and how this study addresses it (e.g., “Previous studies have not…”; “This study contributes by…”).
  • Objective: end the Introduction with a clear objective and, where relevant, research questions (e.g., “This study aims to…”).
  • Length: the Introduction should account for 15–20% of the manuscript.

Literature Review
Present the theories, concepts, and empirical studies that underpin the study.

  • Theories and concepts: define the key constructs and explain the theory or theories that frame the research problem.
  • Previous studies: compare relevant findings, highlight agreements, contradictions, and limitations, and rely mainly on recent primary sources. Seminal works may support the theoretical foundation but should not be the main basis for the research gap or for comparing findings.
  • Hypotheses (if applicable): derive each hypothesis from theory and prior evidence, cite the supporting studies, and number hypotheses consistently (H1, H2, …).
  • Conceptual framework: present a numbered figure showing the proposed relationships and refer to it in the text. Qualitative or exploratory studies may present an analytical lens or propositions instead of hypotheses.

Methods
Describe the research procedures in enough detail for readers to evaluate the study and, where possible, replicate it.

  • Research design and setting: state the approach, design, research context, period, and unit of analysis, and justify their suitability.
  • Population and sample: define the population, sampling technique, inclusion criteria, sample size and its basis, and respondent profile; for qualitative studies, explain how informant adequacy or saturation was judged.
  • Data collection: identify data sources, instruments, and procedures (questionnaires, interviews, focus groups, observation, or secondary data and their selection criteria).
  • Measurement: define each variable or construct with its indicators, response scale, and source; explain any adaptation of instruments.
  • Validity, reliability, or trustworthiness: report only the checks actually performed (e.g., validity and reliability tests, common-method bias; or triangulation, member checking, and audit trail).
  • Analytical technique: specify the statistical tests or models, software and version (e.g., SmartPLS 4, SPSS 29, NVivo 14), decision criteria or significance levels, and qualitative analysis steps.
  • Research ethics: describe how informed consent, anonymity, and data confidentiality were ensured; report the ethical clearance details in the Ethics Statement section.

Results
Report the findings objectively and in the same order as the objectives, research questions, hypotheses, or themes. Interpretation belongs in the Discussion.

  • Quantitative studies: report descriptive statistics, measurement-model results where relevant, and the main test results (coefficients, t or F values, exact p-values, R², effect sizes or confidence intervals), and state whether each hypothesis is supported.
  • Qualitative studies: present themes supported by short, anonymized quotations attributed to informant codes (e.g., I-01).
  • Tables and figures: refer to each one in the text before it appears and do not repeat every number in the narrative.

Discussion
Interpret the findings in relation to the objectives, hypotheses, theory, and previous studies. The accreditation guidelines (item F.5) give the highest score to articles that combine sound methods, a clear description of key findings, in-depth interpretation, and critical comparison with other researchers.

  • Meaning of the findings: explain why and how the results occurred, rather than restating them.
  • Comparison with prior research: compare the results critically with relevant studies, preferably from the last ten years, and state whether they confirm, extend, or contradict earlier findings and theory.
  • Implications: discuss theoretical and managerial or policy relevance, keeping every claim consistent with the evidence and design.
  • Unexpected results: address unexpected or conflicting results and plausible alternative explanations; avoid causal claims the design cannot support.

Conclusion
Answer each research objective or hypothesis concisely and highlight the new or important findings, based on the results (item F.6). Do not introduce new data, citations, or further discussion, and avoid general statements beyond the evidence.

  • Theoretical contribution: state what the study adds to theory or existing knowledge and the scope of that contribution.
  • Managerial implications: give specific, feasible recommendations for managers, organizations, or policymakers that follow from the findings.
  • Limitations and future research: explain the main limitations, how they affect interpretation, and focused directions for further research.

Author Contributions
Describe what each author contributed, preferably using CRediT roles (e.g., Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Investigation, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Supervision). Only individuals who made a substantial contribution may be listed as authors.

Funding Statement
State whether the research received financial support; if so, give the full name of the funder and the grant number. If not, declare this explicitly.

Conflict of Interest
Disclose any financial, professional, or personal relationship that could influence, or appear to influence, the research or its publication, or state that none exists.

Ethics Statement
For research involving human participants (surveys, interviews, focus groups, experiments), state the name of the ethics committee and the number and year of the ethical clearance document. For low- or negligible-risk research (e.g., anonymous surveys of adults), a self-declaration by the authors of compliance with research ethics may be provided instead, subject to approval by the reviewers and/or editors. Articles that omit this information may lower the journal’s accreditation score (Juknis 2026, H.2).

Data Availability Statement
Explain how the data, instruments, or other materials supporting the findings can be accessed, or why access is restricted (e.g., participant confidentiality or company data agreements).

Declaration of Artificial Intelligence Use
State whether any AI tools, including generative AI or AI-assisted writing and analysis tools, were used in preparing the manuscript. If so, name the tool and version, the purpose, and the sections concerned. AI cannot be listed as an author, must not be used to create or alter data, results, or references, and does not replace the authors’ scientific judgment; the authors remain fully responsible for the content.

Acknowledgments (Optional)
Thank people or institutions that supported the study but do not qualify as authors. Do not name reviewers or editors, to protect the double-blind review process.

References

  • Use a reference manager (Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote) with the APA 7th edition style so that citations and the reference list match exactly.
  • Minimum number: at least 20 references from scholarly journal articles (this also satisfies the accreditation minimum of 15 references per article).
  • Primary and recent sources: at least 80% should be primary sources (journal articles, proceedings, theses or dissertations, research monographs) and at least 80% should be published within the last ten years.
  • Format: list references alphabetically by the first author’s surname with a 1.27 cm hanging indent; italicize journal titles and volume numbers; give DOIs as URLs (https://doi.org/…) without spaces.
  • Integrity: cite the original work instead of secondary citations (“Author A in Author B”) and keep self-citations relevant and limited.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Tables

  • Number tables consecutively in order of first mention and cite each in the text; place each table as close as possible after its first citation.
  • Put the table title above the table, centered, in 12 pt regular (non-italic) type on a single line, with the label in bold: “Table 1. Profile of Informants.”
  • Tables span the full text width (aligned with both margins) and use horizontal rules only (no vertical lines); table contents may be set in 10–11 pt. Put notes and the source at the bottom left of the table. Use decimal points (e.g., 3.25).
  • If a table runs over a page, repeat the header row and write “(continued).”

Figures, Graphs, and Conceptual Frameworks

  • Number figures consecutively and cite each in the text (e.g., “Figure 1 shows…”), not by position (“above” or “below”).
  • Center the figure. Put the caption below the figure, left-aligned, in 12 pt regular (non-italic) type, with the label in bold: “Figure 1. Conceptual Framework.” The source goes on the next line, also left-aligned.
  • Supply sharp images of at least 300 dpi with legible labels and legends; colors must remain distinguishable when printed in grayscale. Credit and obtain permission for reused material; for original figures write “Source: Authors’ illustration.”

Equations and Statistical Notation

  • Create equations with an equation editor, align them to the left, number them consecutively with Arabic numerals in parentheses at the right margin, and define every symbol directly below the equation.
  • Italicize statistical symbols (p, t, F, R², SD) and report exact p-values to three decimals, except p < .001.

In-Text Citations (APA 7th Edition)

  • One author: (Smith, 2022) or Smith (2022). Two authors: (Smith & Lee, 2022) or Smith and Lee (2022). Three or more authors: (Smith et al., 2022).
  • Direct quotations include the page number, e.g., (Smith, 2022, p. 15). Several sources in one citation are ordered alphabetically and separated by semicolons: (Lee, 2021; Smith, 2022).
  • Insert citations with Mendeley Cite, Zotero, or EndNote; do not type them manually.

Language

  • Write the entire manuscript in English, including the title, abstract, keywords, headings, tables, figures, and references, using American spelling consistently (e.g., analyze, behavior, organization), following APA 7th edition conventions.
  • Use standard management terminology consistently, define abbreviations at first use, and have the manuscript proofread before submission.

Page Layout and Typography

  • A4 paper (21 × 29.7 cm), single column, margins of 2.5 cm on all four sides; header and footer 1.25 cm from the edge.
  • Times New Roman throughout, single line spacing, justified body text with a 1 cm first-line indent, and no blank lines between paragraphs.
  • Sizes: title 14 pt bold capitals; author names 12 pt bold; affiliations and corresponding author 9 pt; article information 9 pt; abstract, keywords, and JEL codes 10 pt; DOI line 8 pt; main headings 12 pt bold capitals; body text, table titles, figure captions, and references 12 pt; table contents 10–11 pt; source notes 10 pt.
  • Length: 7,000–8,000 words, excluding the abstract, tables, and references (about 15–20 pages in this template). Manuscripts outside this range may be returned to the authors before review.

Plagiarism Check and Supporting Documents
To ensure academic integrity, every manuscript submission must include a Turnitin similarity report. Authors are also required to upload a completed Copyright Transfer Agreement for Publishing (CTAP) form.

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION PROCEDURES

  1. Download the Journal Template
  2. Create an account in the ejournal1 system
  3. Log in to your account
  4. Start a New Submission