Author Guidelines

·      Manuscripts must be written in clear and correct English or Arabic. Authors are strongly encouraged to have their manuscripts professionally proofread before submission. Manuscripts with poor language quality may be returned or rejected without review. The journal reserves the right to perform required language editing on accepted manuscripts.

Manuscript Preparation

  • Manuscripts should be written in a single-column format, 1.5- spaced lines, 2.5 cm margins, a standard font type (preferably Times New Roman for English articles or Simplified Arabic for Arabic articles) and size (14 for titles and headings; 12 for text). Manuscript pages should be numbered.
  • For manuscripts submitted in Arabic, the manuscript should not exceed (30) pages including references, or approximately 10,000 words. For manuscripts submitted in English, the wordcount should be between 5,000 - 8,000 words.
  • The sections should be arranged in the following order: Title Page, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgments (Optional), Data Availability, Funding, References, Table (s) with caption(s) (on individual pages), Figures, Figure captions (as a list). Tables and Figures could be submitted with the manuscript file and placed after the text. Only the first letters of words in the Title, Headings and Subheadings are capitalized. Headings and Subheadings should be in bold fonts.
  • Title Page: Includes the title of the manuscript (it should be concise and informative), authors’ names with first names, middle initials and surnames (e.g., Hani R. Alyemeni) and affiliations. The affiliation should comprise the department, institution, city and country. At least one author must be designated with an asterisk (*) as the person to whom correspondence should be addressed and his complete mailing address and e-mail address should also be included. The corresponding author is requested to provide his Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) ID and the ORCIDs of all co-authors in the title page, as possible.
  • Abstract: A one-paragraph abstract not exceeding 200 words is required, which should be written in a structured manner and with particular care to highlight the objective, methodology used, results and major findings. Authors submitting manuscripts are required to provide the following metadata in both the language of the manuscript and its counterpart. For manuscripts written in English, the title, author names and affiliations, abstract, and keywords must also be submitted in Arabic. Conversely, for manuscripts written in Arabic, the title, author names and affiliations, abstract, and keywords must also be submitted in English.
  • Keywords: After the abstract, a list of 3-7 keywords, that accurately represent the manuscript's content, should be provided for indexing.
  • Introduction: It should outline the problem statement, theoretical foundations, research background, objectives, questions or hypotheses. The last part of the introduction should clearly state the objective of the manuscript.
  • Literature Review: It provides a systematic analysis of prior studies relevant to the current research. It evaluates the strengths and limitations of previous work, establishing the rationale for how the present study aims to refine or advance the field. It also presents the theoretical framework, fundamental concepts, and principles necessary for addressing the research problem.
  • Methodology: It provides enough details for the research plan, clear descriptions and explanations of the sampling procedures, data collection tools and methods, sample demographics, descriptive statistics, models, variables, and calculations employed.
  • Results: This section should present the study's findings in Tables and Figures in addition to some complimentary data in the text.
  • Discussion: It should be concise and focusing on interpretation of the main findings and their comparison with the prior studies without repetition of the same results. This section should address the research questions or hypotheses presented in the introduction. The limitations and/or strengths of the current study can also be discussed.
  • Conclusion: This section should be a brief account of the major results of the current study and can indicate any suggestions for future research.
  • Acknowledgments (Optional): This section should be used to thank individuals who provided intellectual or technical contributions but do not meet authorship criteria. Organizations that supplied facilities, equipment, or other support necessary for the research should also be acknowledged.
  • Data Availability: A Data Availability Statement is required for all manuscripts. Authors must clearly indicate whether the data supporting their findings are publicly available. If the data are openly accessible, authors should provide the repository name and a persistent identifier (e.g., DOI). If the data cannot be made publicly available due to data sensitivity or other considerations, and can only be provided by the corresponding author upon request, the following statement should be used: "The data are not publicly available due to [specify reason, e.g., ethical or privacy concerns] and are available from the corresponding author upon request." If no new data were created or analyzed in the study, the following statement should be used: "No data were created or analyzed in this study."
  • Funding: All sources of financial support for the research must be clearly disclosed in the manuscript, including grant numbers and the funder's role. If no funding was received, include the statement: "This research received no external funding."
  • References: All references cited in the text of the manuscript must be included in the reference list, and vice versa. The reference list should not contain unpublished results or personal communications. Authors are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of all references.

Preparing and Formatting References 

  • The American Psychological Association (APA) Style is used.
  • In-text reference style: All citations must follow the (author, year) format, which includes the author's surname(s) and the year of publication. Single author: (Surname, Year), two authors: (Surname1 and Surname2, Year), three or more authors: (First Author's Surname et al., Year).
  • Reference list style: At the end of the manuscript, references should be arranged alphabetically without numbering. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, etc., placed immediately after the year of publication. The style of documentation should conform to the following examples:

Reference to a journal article:

Hussain, S., Hussain, I., Nasir, M. I., & Munaf, S. (2024). Bridging education and industry for enhanced corporate competency and economic development. Journal of Management Practices, Humanities and Social Sciences, 8(4), 40-50.

Reference to a book:

Burt, R. S. (2005). Brokerage and closure: An introduction to social capital. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Reference to a chapter in a book:

Leung, K., & Ang, S. (2009). Culture, organizations, and institutions: An integrative review. In Bhagat, R.S., & Steers, R. M. (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of culture, organizations, and work (pp. 23-45). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Reference to unpublished thesis:

Zaragoza, K. (2005). A moral psychology of blame [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Princeton, New Jersey, USA: Princeton University.

Tables

  • Submit tables as editable texts, not as static images.
  • Cite each table sequentially in the main text.
  • All Tables should be numbered using Arabic numerals in the order they appear in the text.
  • Include a descriptive caption with each table.
  • Place any explanatory notes directly beneath the table.

Figures

  • Cite each Figure sequentially in the main text.
  • All figures (including diagrams, charts, and photographs) must be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, in the order they are cited in the text.
  • Provide a caption for each Figure.
  • Figures should be supplied as JPEG, TIFF, PNG or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) files for figures that have been drawn in Word.
  • Figures should be in a high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size).

Revised Manuscript Submission

Authors may be required to revise their manuscripts based on reviewers' comments. When a revised manuscript is submitted, you must include a point- by-point response to the reviewers' comments. You also must submit a clean version of the revised manuscript and a track changes version showing all changes made during revision.

Accepted Manuscripts

Upon acceptance of the manuscript for publication, it will not be published until the corresponding author submits a written declaration confirming that the work is original, has not been published previously, is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and that all authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

Proofs

Upon receiving the first proofs of the manuscript, the corresponding author is responsible for submitting any necessary corrections to the journal within one week. The purpose of the proofs is to verify the accuracy of the typesetting, confirm the completeness and correctness of the text, tables, and figures, and identify any errors introduced during the conversion process. Only minor corrections are acceptable at this stage; major alterations are not permitted. Any corrections needed after publication will be addressed through formal errata, corrigenda, or retractions, as appropriate.