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Author Guidelines

TYPES OF MANUSCRIPT

The journal accepts original research articles. An original research article presents original empirical or conceptual findings that have not been published anywhere before. Details, particularly about the research methods, the description of the results, and/or discussions/conclusions are required to make sure that the readers (and referees) have sufficient information to comprehend and benefit from the work. The articles may not contain persuasive arguments justifying policy recommendations or act as a decision-making tool for target audiences.

LANGUAGE

The manuscript must be written in good academic Bahasa or English. Spelling follows Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia or Websters International Dictionary. To ensure an anonymous review, authors should not identify themselves directly or indirectly in their papers. Single authors should not use the word we. Authors for whom English is not their native language are encouraged to have their paper checked for grammar and clarity before submission.

ARTICLE LENGTH

The article should be between 25-35 pages. The allowable length of the manuscript is at the editor’s discretion; however, manuscripts that have pages count that is less than or exceeds the preferred number may be returned to the author(s) for revision before the manuscript is considered by the editors. The pages count includes tables, figures, and references.

FORMAT

The manuscripts should be typed in A4 (21cm x 29,7cm) with margin: top 3cm, bottom 3cm, right 3cm, and left 3.5cm, 12-point Times New Roman font and must be 1.5-spaced, except indented quotations. The manuscript must be saved as a word file. All pages, including tables, appendices, and references, should be page numbered. Spell out numbers from one to ten, except when used in tables and lists, and when used with mathematical, statistical, scientific or technical units and quantities, such as distances, weights, and measures. For instance, four days; 5 kilometers; 25 years. All others numbers are expressed numerically. It is generally required that numbers be in the written form. Percentage and Decimal Fraction, for a non-technical purpose, use percent in the text; for a technical purpose, use % symbol. Authors are encouraged to use the EXERO template which can be downloaded here

EQUATIONS

Equations should be numerically numbered consecutively in parentheses with aligning right margin, and it can use either the same font (Times New Roman) or the formula font.

QUESTIONNAIRES AND EXPERIMENTAL INSTRUMENTS

Manuscripts reporting on field surveys or experiments should include questionnaires, cases, interview plans or other instruments used in the study.

TITLE PAGE

A title page should include articles title, name (s) of the author(s) and affiliation(s), the abstract, and keywords.

ARTICLE TITLE

The title of the article should be concise, informative and describe the articles content. Write the title using simple and straightforward language that can offer the readers a glimpse of the content with their first glance. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

AUTHOR’S NAME AND AFFILIATIONS

Provide the full name of each author, and the affiliations of each author at the time the research was completed. Where more than one author has contributed to the article, please provide detailed information on the corresponding author. The detailed information about the author will be placed on ABOUT THE AUTHORS page.

ABSTRACT

The abstract should stand alone, meaning that there is no citation in the abstract. The abstract should concisely inform the reader of the manuscripts purpose, its research methods, its findings, and its contributions in 100-200 words. The abstract should be relatively nontechnical, yet clear enough for an informed reader to understand the manuscripts contribution. The manuscript’s title, but neither the author’s name nor other identification designations, should appear on the abstract’s page.

KEYWORDS

Keywords are an important part of abstract writing. Authors should select a maximum of five keywords that are specific and reflect what is essential about the article. Keywords and the article classification should be provided right after the abstract. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.

MAIN ARTICLE

Manuscripts submitted to this journal should have the main headings:

1). Introduction;

2). Literature Review;

3). Research Method;

4). Result and Discussion;

5). Conclusion (include Implication/Limitation and Suggestion) and

6). Reference.

Authors may use some flexible terms for the subheadings following the main heading. Authors are encouraged to use EXERO: Journal of Research in Business and Economics manuscript template.

INTRODUCTION

What is the purpose of the study? Why are you conducting the study? The main section of the article should start with an introductory section which provides more details about the papers purpose, motivation, research methods and findings. The introduction should be relatively nontechnical, yet clear enough for an informed reader to understand the manuscripts contribuion.

The introduction in the manuscript is important to demonstrate the motives of the research. It analyzes the empirical, theoretical and methodological issues in order to contribute to the extant literature. This introduction will be linked with the following parts, most noticeably the literature review.

Explaining the problems formulation should cover the following points: (1) Problem recognition and its significance; (2) clear identification of the problem and the appropriate research questions; (3) coverage of problems complexity; and (4) well-defined objectives.

LITERATURE REVIEW

The second part, Literature Review investigates the gap that will be exposed and solved. The flow of all the ideas is required to be clear, linked, well-crafted and well developed. It serves as the source of the researchs question and especially the base or the hypotheses that respond to the research objective.

RESEARCH METHOD

The third part of the manuscript, Research Method typically has the following sub-sections: Sampling (a description of the target population, the research context, and units of analysis; the sampling itself; and the respondents profiles); data collection; and measures (or alternatively, measurements).

The research methodology should cover the following points: (1) A concise explanation of the research methodology is prevalent; (2) reasons to choose particular methods are well described; (3) research design is accurate; (4) the sample design is appropriate; (5) data collection processes are proper; and (6) data analysis methods are relevant and state-of-the-art.

RESULT AND DISCUSSION

The author needs to report the results in sufficient detail so that the reader can see which statistical analysis was conducted and why, and later to justify the conclusions.

CONCLUSION

In this section, the author presents brief conclusions from the results of the research with suggestions for other researchers or general readers. A conclusion may cover the main points of the paper, but do not replicate the abstract in the conclusion.

The author must present any major flaws and limitations of the study, which could reduce the validity of the writing, thus raising questions from the readers (whether, or in what way), the limits in the study may have affected the results and conclusions. Limitations require a critical judgment and interpretation of the impact of their research. The author should provide the answer to the question: Is this a problem caused by an error, or in the method selected, or the validity, or something else?

REFERENCE

In this section, author (s) must list all the reference documents cited in the text. In writing the reference, the author(s) are recommended to use reference management tools, such as Mendeley. The citation and reference list should follow the American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style (6th edition). Otherwise, please follow the format of the sample references and citations as shown in this guide.

Authors are encouraged to cite manuscripts mainly from primary source publications (journals) from the last ten years. In addition, authors should avoid excessively referencing their own work (self-citation).

A basic format to list the reference documents as follows:

  1. The reference list is arranged in alphabetical order by the authors last names
  2. If there is more than one work by the same author, order them by publication date, oldest to newest.
  3. If there is no author the title moves to that position and the entry is alphabetized by the first significant word, excluding words such as A or The. If the title is long, it may be shortened when citing in the text.
  4. The first line of the reference list entry is left-hand justified, while all subsequent lines are consistently indented.
  5. Use and instead of & when listing multiple authors of a source.
  6. Capitalize only the first word of the title and of the subtitle, if there is one, plus any proper names i. e. only those words that would normally be capitalized.
  7. Italicize the title of the book, the title of the journal/serial and the title of the web document.
  8. Do not create separate lists for each type of information source.

Some example of the reference list

Journal

Karlan, D. S., & Zinman, J. (2012). List randomization for sensitive behavior: An application for measuring use of loan proceeds. Journal of Development Economics, 98(1), 71-75.

Gabbett, T., Jenkins, D., & Abernethy, B. (2010). Physical collisions and injury during professional rugby league skills training. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 13(6), 578-583. doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2010.03.007

Conference Paper/Proceeding

Williams, J., & Seary, K. (2010). Bridging the divide: Scaffolding the learning experiences of the mature age student. In J. Terrell (Ed.), Making the links: Learning, teaching and high quality student outcomes. Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the New Zealand Association of Bridging Educators (pp. 104-116). Wellington, New Zealand.

MacColl, F., Ker, I., Huband, A., Veith, G., & Taylor, J. (2009, November 12-13). Minimising pedestrian-cyclist conflict on paths. Paper presented at the Seventh New Zealand Cycling Conference, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://cyclingconf.org.nz/system/files/NZCyclingConf09_2A_MacColl_ PedCycleConflicts.pdf

Dissertation

Mann, D. L. (2010).Vision and expertise for interceptive actions in sport(Doctoral dissertation, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia). Retrieved from http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/44704

Books

Collier, A. (2008).The world of tourism and travel. Rosedale, New Zealand: Pearson Education New Zealand.

Airey, D. (2010).Logo design love: A guide to creating iconic brand identities. Berkeley, CA: New Riders.

Whitney, E., & Rolfes, S. (2011).Understanding nutrition(12thed.). Australia: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

Book Chapter

Palmer, F. (2007). Treaty principles and Maori sport: Contemporary issues. In C. Collins & S. Jackson (Eds.), Sport in Aotearoa/New Zealand society (2nd ed., pp. 307-334). South Melbourne, Australia: Thomson.

Newspaper

Matthews, L. (2011, November 23). Foodbanks urge public to give generously. Manawatu Standard, p. 4.

Little blue penguins homeward bound. (2011, November 23). Manawatu Standard, p. 5.

Rogers, C. (2011, November 26). Smartphone could replace wallets. The Dominion Post. Retrieved from http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/6038621/Smartphone-could-replace-wallets

Act (statute/legislation)

Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992. (2013, December 16). Retrieved from http://www.legislation.govt.nz

Internet

Ministry of Health. (2014). Ebola: Information for the public. Retrieved from http://www.health.govt.nz/your-health/conditions-and-treatments/diseases-and-illnesses/ebola-information-public

CITATION IN TEXT

PARAPHRASE

Even though you have reproduced someone’s idea in your own words (i.e. paraphrase), you still need to cite where the original information or idea came from.

When citing in the text within your manuscript, the general guideline is to use the author’s last name, with comma, followed by the year of publication in a parenthesis; for example, (Handoyo, 2015); with two authors: (Handoyo & Smith, 2014); two manuscript by one author: (Handoyo, 1992, 2015).

To avoid ambiguity, do not use P, pp, or page before the page number but use a colon (:) for example: (Andoyo, 1991: 121).

If there is more than one reference written by the same author and in the same issue, use suffix a, b, and so forth after the year in a citation; example: (Andoyo, 1991a) or (Andoyo, 1991a; Hutabarat 1992b).

If an authors name is mentioned in a text, it is unnecessary to be mentioned it again in your reference, example: Andoyo and Smith (2014:121) said ..."

If a work has three, four, or five authors, cite all the authors the first time and from then on include only the last name of the first author followed by the words et al. (et al. is Latin for and others); example: First time cited (MacColl, Ker, Huband, Veith & Taylor, 2009). Second and subsequent citations: (MacColl et al., 2009).

A quotation that refers to institutional work should use either an acronym or abbreviation; example: (Komite SAK-IAI, PSAK28, 1997); (WHO, 2010).

DIRECT QUOTE

Authors should avoid direct quotations in their manuscripts to avoid plagiarism. Quoting directly from a work should only be done in order to emphasize or stress a point in your text.

When using a quote, it must be copied exactly as written in the original work including any punctuation or incorrect spelling. A direct quote of fewer than 40 words is displayed in quotation marks, whereas, the quotations with more than 40 words are displayed as block quotations. When using a quote, include the authors last name, the year of publication and page number/s where the quotation appears.

Footnote

Footnotes cannot be used as references. They should only be used for broad information that may distract the reading continuity if included in the text. Footnotes should be typed single-spaced and numerically numbered with an Arabic superscript numeric and should be placed at the end of the text.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
 

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