Submissions

Author Guidelines

Thank you for considering E-Jurnal Manajemen (e-ISSN 2302-8912) for your work. Please read these guidelines carefully and prepare your manuscript with the official article template before submitting. Manuscripts that do not follow the guidelines may be returned to the authors before review.

1. Scope and Article Types

• The journal is published monthly and covers human resource management, financial management, marketing management, strategic management, operations management, change management, knowledge management, talent management, Islamic business studies, digital and international business, entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, and capital markets.
• We publish original empirical research (quantitative or qualitative). Literature reviews must be comprehensive and current, and must include a section containing the authors' own analysis and synthesis.
• Submissions must be original and must not be under review elsewhere.

2. How to Submit

1. Prepare the manuscript with the article template (Microsoft Word).
2. Submit online through our OJS: https://ejournal1.unud.ac.id/index.php/manajemen.
3. Upload together with the manuscript: (a) a Turnitin similarity report and (b) a completed Copyright Transfer Agreement for Publishing (CTAP) form. Submissions without both documents will not be processed.
4. Author names and affiliations entered in the OJS metadata must match the manuscript exactly. Postal address and telephone number of the corresponding author are entered in the OJS metadata only.

3. Review Process and Research Integrity

• All manuscripts undergo editorial screening and double-blind peer review. Do not name reviewers or editors in the acknowledgments.
• Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism (including self-plagiarism), improper authorship, and duplicate submission may lead to rejection or retraction.
• Only individuals who made a substantial contribution may be listed as authors.

4. Language

• Write the entire manuscript in English, including the title, abstract, keywords, headings, tables, figures, and references.
• Use American/British spelling consistently and follow APA 7th edition conventions.
• Use standard management/business academic terminology, define abbreviations at first use, and have the manuscript proofread before submission.

5. Manuscript Length and Layout

• Length: 7,000–8,000 words, excluding the abstract, tables, and references (about 15–20 pages in the template).
• Page: A4 (21 × 29.7 cm), single column, margins of 2.5 cm on all sides; header and footer 1.25 cm from the edge.
• Text: Times New Roman, single line spacing, justified body text with a 1 cm first-line indent, and no blank lines between paragraphs.
• Font sizes: title 14 pt bold capitals; author names 12 pt bold; affiliations, corresponding author, and article information 9 pt; abstract, keywords, and JEL codes 10 pt; DOI line 8 pt; main headings 12 pt bold capitals (not numbered); body text, table titles, figure captions, and references 12 pt; table contents 10–11 pt; source notes 10 pt.

6. Manuscript Structure

Follow the section order of the template: Title, Authors and Affiliations, Abstract and Keywords, Introduction, Literature Review, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, the declaration sections, and References.

Title

English, capital letters, bold, 14 pt, 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.

Authors and Affiliations

Give full names without academic titles or positions, and do not abbreviate family names. Use superscript numbers to 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 department, faculty, city, province/state, and country. The corresponding author's e-mail address is required; an ORCID iD is optional.

Abstract and Keywords

• English only, structured, 200–250 words: Background, Purpose, Design/methodology/approach, Findings, Conclusion, and Originality/value.
• Do not include citations, references to tables or figures, or undefined abbreviations. Report findings, not discussion.
• 3–5 keywords separated by semicolons. A JEL classification is optional.

Introduction

Write 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. The Introduction should account for 15–20% of the manuscript and should include:

• Context and problem: the managerial or business issue, supported by current evidence, and why it matters for theory and practice.
• State of the art: a synthesis of the most relevant prior studies, mainly journal articles from the last ten years (do not list studies one by one).
• Research gap and novelty: what is still unknown, inconsistent, or untested and how this study addresses it.
• Objective: a clear objective and, where relevant, research questions.

Literature Review

• Define the key constructs and explain the theory or theories that frame the research problem.
• Compare relevant findings, highlighting 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.
• Derive each hypothesis from theory and prior evidence, and number them consistently (H1, H2, …).
• Present the conceptual framework as a numbered figure. Qualitative or exploratory studies may present an analytical lens or propositions instead of hypotheses.

Methods

Describe the procedures in enough detail for readers to evaluate and, where possible, replicate the study:

• research design, setting, period, and unit of analysis;
• population, sampling technique, inclusion criteria, sample size and its basis, and respondent profile (for qualitative studies, how informant adequacy or saturation was judged);
• data sources, instruments, and procedures;
• measurement of each variable or construct, with indicators, response scale, and source;
• validity, reliability, or trustworthiness checks actually performed;
• analytical technique, software and version, and decision criteria or significance levels;
• research ethics (informed consent, anonymity, confidentiality).

Results

Report the findings objectively and in the same order as the objectives, research questions, hypotheses, or themes. Interpretation belongs in the Discussion. For quantitative studies, report descriptive statistics, measurement-model results where relevant, and the main test results (coefficients, t or F values, exact p-values, R², and effect sizes or confidence intervals), and state whether each hypothesis is supported. For qualitative studies, present themes supported by short, anonymized quotations attributed to informant codes (e.g., I-01). Refer to each table and figure in the text and do not repeat every number in the narrative.

Discussion

Interpret the findings in relation to the objectives, hypotheses, theory, and previous studies. Explain why and how the results occurred, compare them critically with recent studies (stating whether they confirm, extend, or contradict earlier findings), discuss theoretical and managerial or policy implications, and address unexpected results. Avoid causal claims the design cannot support.

Conclusion

Answer each research objective or hypothesis concisely and highlight the new or important findings. Do not introduce new data, citations, or further discussion. State the theoretical contribution, give specific and feasible managerial implications, and explain the limitations and directions for future research.

7. Declarations (required)

• Author Contributions: describe each author's contribution, preferably using CRediT roles.
• Funding Statement: name the funder and grant number, or state that there was no external funding.
• Conflict of Interest: disclose any relationship that could influence the research, or state that none exists.
• Ethics Statement: mandatory for research involving human participants. State the name of the ethics committee and the number and year of the ethical clearance. For low- or negligible-risk research (e.g., anonymous surveys of adults), a self-declaration of compliance with research ethics may be provided instead, subject to approval by the reviewers and/or editors. For studies using only public secondary data, state that no human participants were involved.
• Data Availability Statement: explain how the data and materials can be accessed, or why access is restricted.
• Declaration of Artificial Intelligence Use: state whether AI tools were used. 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 who supported the study but do not qualify as authors.

8. Tables

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

9. 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 it, left-aligned, in 12 pt regular type with the label in bold (e.g., 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.”

10. 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.

11. Citations and References (APA 7th edition)

• In-text: one author (Smith, 2022); two authors (Smith & Lee, 2022); three or more authors (Smith et al., 2022). Direct quotations include the page number (Smith, 2022, p. 15). Several sources in one citation are ordered alphabetically and separated by semicolons.
• Insert citations with Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote; do not type them manually, so that citations and the reference list match exactly.
• Minimum number: at least 20 references from scholarly journal articles.
• 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: alphabetical by the first author's surname, 1.27 cm hanging indent, journal titles and volume numbers in italics, and DOIs as URLs (https://doi.org/…) without spaces.
• Integrity: cite the original work, not secondary citations (“Author A in Author B”), and keep self-citations relevant and limited.

Reference examples

Akbas, F., Markov, S., Subasi, M., & Weisbrod, E. (2018). Determinants and consequences of information processing delay: Evidence from the Thomson Reuters Institutional Brokers' Estimate System. Journal of Financial Economics, 127(2), 366–388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2017.11.005

Brealey, R. A., Myers, S. C., & Allen, F. (2017). Principles of corporate finance (12th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the thesis or dissertation [Master's thesis or Doctoral dissertation, Name of University]. Repository Name. URL

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of the paper. In Proceedings of the Name of Conference (pp. xx–xx). Publisher. https://doi.org/xxxxx

12. Contact

For questions about submission, please contact the editorial office through the details listed on the journal website.

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• Article Submission Guidelines (Word)

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