Writing Rules | Journal of Management Archive

Submitted articles must be prepared using the template file found in the author guidelines section. All writing rules adopted by the Journal of Management Archive (JoMA) are preset in the template file. Therefore, an attempt has been made to offer authors a practical article preparation process.

JoMA adopts the writing and citation rules recommended by the American Psychological Association (APA) in all publication processes. Accordingly, APA 7 rules, the latest version of the relevant publication guide, must be taken into account in all manuscripts sent to JoMA.

General Layout

Submitted articles must be in Microsoft Word file type.
Submitted articles can be prepared in English or Turkish.
Submitted articles must have titles and abstracts in English and Turkish. However, for manuscripts prepared in Turkish, an extended English summary is required after acceptance.
Submitted articles must contain at least 4000 and a maximum of 10000 words.
Each margin should be 2cm.
The main title of the article should be written in 16 font size, bold, centered and the first letters in capital letters.
Abstract titles should be written in bold, centered, and with the first letters in capital letters. Article titles should be given in both languages immediately above these titles. This section, including keywords, should be written in 10-point font, single-spaced.
Starting from the introduction part, the text should be written justified, with 12 points, Times New Roman type, and 1.15 line spacing. Additionally, paragraph spacing should be 6pt before and after, and the carriage return indent should be 0.5 cm from the left.
All headings should be numbered (e.g. 1., 1.2., 1.2.1.), only the bibliography heading should be unnumbered.
In the bibliography, the bottom line of each work should start with a 0.5 cm indent from the left.

Title Page, Abstract, and Keywords

The article title should clearly cover the content of the study and be short and concise.
The name and surname, title, institutional information, country name, ORCID number, and e-mail addresses of the author(s) must be included.
The corresponding author must be stated.
The abstract must be exactly 200 words (±10). The number of words is not required in the abstract written in the second language. However, it is important that the two summaries are on the same line.
It should be written in a structured summary style (background, aim, method, findings, conclusion).
At least 3 and at most 5 keywords should be written.
Abstract and keywords should be in 10 font size and single line spacing.

Text

Starting from the introduction part, the text should be written justified, with 12 points, Times New Roman type, and 1.15 line spacing.
Paragraph spacing should be 6pt before and after, and the carriage return indent should be 0.5 cm from the left.
Why the study was written, its importance, contribution, and main purpose should be expressed.
While writing the introduction, the CARS model suggested by Swales (2014) can preferably be taken into account. This approach recommends considering the introduction in three stages. Accordingly, first of all, a report should be made in the form of establishing a territory based on what is known, establishing a niche based on what is unknown, and expressing the research question (occupying a niche) by explaining why filling this gap is important (e.g. Swales, 2014).

Title Layout

First level headings are centered, bold, the first letters of the words are capitalized, and the rest are written in lowercase. The text continues from the new paragraph.
Second level headings are written left-aligned, bold, the first letters of the words are capitalized, the rest are written in lowercase. The text continues from the new paragraph.
Third level headings are written left-aligned, bold, italic, the first letters of the words are capitalized, the rest are lowercase. The text continues from the new paragraph.
Fourth level headings should be left-aligned, indented (0.5 cm), bold, the first letters of the words should be capitalized, and the rest should be lowercase. A period (.) is placed at the end of the title. The text continues on the same line.
Fifth level headings should be left-aligned, indented (0.5 cm), bold, italic, the first letters of the words should be capitalized, the rest should be lowercase. A period (.) is placed at the end of the title. The text continues on the same line.

Tables and Figures

Tables and figures should not be uploaded as visual files; they should be prepared in a Word file.
All headings, contents, and notes of tables and figures should be in 10-point font and single-line spacing.
Table and figure contents should be set to 0pt before and after.
Titles should be placed above the tables and figures.
Vertical borders and internal horizontal borders should not be used in table displays.
References should be given with in-text citations under the table or figure.
The meaning of each abbreviation or symbol used in tables and figures should be explained with notes at the bottom. These notes should be reported below the table as general notes, specific notes, and probability notes, respectively.

In-Text Citations

In-text citations should be made in two types: parenthetical citation and narrative citation.

Example parenthetical citation: (Yılmaz & Kaya, 2023)

Example narrative citation: Yılmaz and Kaya (2023)

Some details that should be taken into consideration when displaying in-text citations according to APA's current rules are presented below.

For studies with three or more authors, the abbreviation ‘et al.’ should be used, including the first citation.
Alphabetical order should be used when making multiple in-text citations.

(Ada, 2019; Derin, 2007; Şahin, 2009).

Only author and year information should be given, no page information should be given.

(Ada, 2019).

If there is a direct quote from a text, the relevant part should be enclosed in quotation marks, and the page number should be shown along with the author and year information.

“……..” (Ada, 2019, p. 14).

The ampersand symbol '&' should be used instead of the conjunction 'and' (except for narrative reference).

(Ada & Derin, 2019).

Ada and Derin (2019)

Literal notations should be included for different works of the same author published in the same year.

(Ada, 2019a; Ada, 2019b).

When making in-text citations for authors with the same surname, the initials of the relevant authors' names should be added.

(J. M. Taylor & Neimeyer, 2015; T. Taylor, 2014).

Non-historical works should be stated as n.d.

(Turkish Language Association, n.d.).

in in-text references. Suffixes such as should not be included.

Sidney C. Smith, Jr → (Smith, 2005).

When giving in-text references to different information, parentheses should not be used within parentheses, and they should be displayed side by side, separated by semicolons.

(e.g., falsely balanced news coverage; Koehler, 2016).

Reference

All references cited in the article should be added to the bibliography.
Only works cited in the text should be added to the bibliography.
The bibliography title should be centered, with the first letters capitalized and bold. Starting from the next line, the studies should be listed alphabetically according to surname-year.
In the bibliography, the bottom line of each work should start with a 0.5 cm indent from the left.
According to APA 7 rules, the latest version of the American Psychological Association publication guide, publisher location information is no longer provided in the display of book-type works, and digital object identifier (DOI) numbers are presented as clickable links in a uniform source addressing (URL) format. For detailed information, you can refer to the American Psychological Association website (American Psychological Association, n.d.).

Sample notations for the bibliography are presented below.

Article

Çavuş, M. F., & Develi, A. (2022). Entropik örgüt iklimi, örgütsel umursamazlık ve iş tatmini: Kavramlar ve ölçme araçları. Örgütsel Davranış Çalışmaları Dergisi, 2(2), 110-123.

Develi, A., Pekkan, N. Ü., Gökçen-Kapusuz, A. & Çavuş, M. F. (2022). The mediator role of personal growth initiative in the effect of career satisfaction on task and contextual performance. Organizational Psychology, 12(4), 86-102.

Article with DOI number

Develi, A., & Çavuş, M. F. (2021). Çalışma yeterliliği kavramı: Kuramsal temeller ve ölçüm yöntemi. İş ve İnsan Dergisi, 8(1), 123-137. https://doi.org/10.18394/iid.822693

Develi, A., Pekkan, N. Ü., & Çavuş, M. F. (2022). Social intelligence at work and its implication for organizational identification: A sectoral comparison. Independent Journal of Management & Production, 13(1), 364-383. https://doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i1.1555

Online-first article

Develi, A., & Çavuş, M. F. (2023). Validity and reliability of Work Ability Index in Turkish context: Inter-level, direct, and indirect relations with job satisfaction and task performance. Experimental Aging Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073X.2023.2250226

Meta analysis study

*Mazzetti, G., Robledo, E., Vignoli, M., Topa, G., Guglielmi, D., & Schaufeli, W. B. (2021). Work engagement: A meta-analysis using the Job Demands-Resources model. Psychological Reports, 126(3), 1069-1107. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941211051988

Book

Koçel, T. (2013). İşletme yöneticiliği: Yönetim ve organizasyon, organizasyonlarda davranış, klasik, modern, çağdaş ve güncel yaklaşımlar (14. baskı). Beta.

Robbins, S. P. & Judge, T. A. (2021). Organizational behavior (Updated eighteenth edition). Pearson.

Book with DOI number

Oldcorn, R. (1996). Management (3rd ed.). Red Globe Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13195-2

Edited book

Yıldız H., & Okan T. (Eds.). (2019). Örgütlerde güç ve politika. Beta.

Chapter in an edited book

Develi, A. (2022). Stratejik karar verme. İçinde E. Irk (Ed.), Stratejiye dair seçki yazılar II (ss. 39-51). Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.

Swales, J. (2014). Create a research space (CARS) model of research introductions. In E. Wardle & D. Downs (Eds.), Writing about writing: A college reader (2nd ed., pp. 12-15). Bedford/St. Martin’s.

Translated book

Porter, M. E. (2013). Rekabet stratejisi: Sektör ve rakip analizi teknikleri (G. Ulubilgen, Çev.; 3. baskı), Aura Yayınevi. (Orijinal çalışma 1980 yılında yayımlanmıştır).

Thesis

Develi, A. (2020). Çalışma yeterliliği, iş tatmini ve görev performansı ilişkisini belirlemeye yönelik bir araştırma [Yayımlanmamış doktora tezi]. Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi.

Proceeding

Develi, A., & Çavuş, M. F. (2021). Çalışma yeterliliği (work ability): Algılanan stres ve stresle başa çıkma üzerindeki rolü. İçinde H. Kapu (Ed.), 29. Ulusal Yönetim ve Organizasyon Kongresi Bildiriler Kitabı (ss. 145-150). Kafkas Üniversitesi.

Dictionary

Türk Dil Kurumu. (t.y.). Yönetim. İçinde Güncel Türkçe sözlük. 2 Mayıs 2024 tarihinde https://sozluk.gov.tr adresinden alındı.

Web page

American Psychological Association. (t.y.). Popular Style Guidelines. In APA style. Retrieved May 5, 2024, from https://apastyle.apa.org

Extended Summary

For studies prepared in Turkish, an extended English summary must be prepared.
The extended summary is expected to be a full page (around 600 words).
A structured abstract format should be used in extended summary writing, just like in abstract writing.
This part should be written in 12 point font, 1.15 line spacing, and 6pt before and after.
Extended English summary can be written after the article is accepted.

Disclosure Statements

Ethics statement: "This article has been prepared in accordance with the rules of scientific research and publication ethics."

Conflict declaration: The author(s) acknowledge that there is no conflict of interest on their part or other parties in the study.

Contribution rate declaration: The contribution rate of the first and second authors is 70% and 30%, respectively.

Ethics committee approval: In research requiring ethics committee permission, information about the permission (committee name, date, and issue number) should be included in the method section and in the disclosure statements section on the last page of the article. Example notation: “For this research, the necessary permission was obtained from the Ethics Committee of …………………… University, ……………………... with the decision numbered …/…/202… and dated… ”

If the study does not require ethics committee permission, the reason for this should be stated here. Example notation: “Since this study was conducted only with secondary data/literature review, it does not require ethics committee approval.”

Consent form information: In the case report-type studies, information about the signed informed consent form should be included in the method section and in the disclosure statements section on the last page of the article. Example representation: “Signed informed consent forms were obtained from all individuals participating in the study.”

Support information: The study did not receive support from any organization (if support was received, information such as the name of the relevant organization and/or project and the support number should be provided here).

Acknowledgments: Optionally, acknowledgments can be expressed here.

Check List

Submission must be made via the Make a Submission section on the journal website.
The submitted article was prepared using the template file provided in the Author Guidelines section and edited according to the writing rules.
The submitted article has not been published before and has not been submitted to any publication for evaluation.
If the submitted article was presented as a proceeding at a scientific event or was derived from a graduate thesis, this is stated as a footnote in the article title.
If the submitted article requires ethics committee approval, the relevant document must be uploaded during the article submission process.
The plagiarism report of the submitted article must be uploaded during the article submission process (upper limit for similarity: 20%, upper limit for similarity from a single source: 3%).
The copyright transfer form of the submitted article must be scanned and uploaded with a wet signature.
If the submitted article is prepared in Turkish, it should be included in the extended English summary, which is prepared as a full page (around 600 words on average)
The submitted article contains at least 4000 and a maximum of 10000 words.
The submitted article is in Microsoft Word file format.

About Ethics Committee Permission

In research requiring ethics committee permission, information about the permission (committee name, date, and issue number) should be included in the method section and in the disclosure statements section on the last page of the article. Example representation:

For this research, the necessary permission was received from the Ethics Committee of …………………… University, ……………………... with the decision dated …/…/202… and numbered….

In the case report-type studies, information about the signed informed consent form should be included in the method section and in the disclosure statements section on the last page of the article. Example representation:

Signed informed consent forms were obtained from all individuals participating in the study.