The
African Journal of Business Management (AJBM)
is an open access journal
that
publish research analysis and inquiry into issues of
importance to the business community. Articles in AJBM
examine emerging trends and concerns in the areas of
general management, business law, business ethics and
corporate social responsibility, marketing theory and applications, business
finance and investment, general business research,
business and economics education, production/operations
management, organizational behavior and theory,
strategic management policy, social issues and public
policy, management organization, statistics and
econometrics, personnel and industrial relations,
technology and innovation, case studies and management
information systems. The goal of AJBM is to broaden the
knowledge of business professionals and academicians by
promoting free access and providing valuable insight to
business-related information, research and ideas. AJBM
is a weekly publication and all articles are
peer-reviewed
The
African Journal of Business Management
is published weekly (one volume per year) by
Academic Journals.
Electronic submission of manuscripts is strongly encouraged, provided that the
text, tables, and figures are included in a single
Microsoft Word file (preferably in Arial font).
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Article Types
Three
types of manuscripts may be submitted:
Regular articles:
These should describe new and carefully confirmed
findings, and research methods should be given in
sufficient detail for others to verify the work. The
length of a full paper should be the minimum required to
describe and interpret the work clearly.
Short Communications: A Short Communication is suitable for recording the results
of complete small investigations or giving details of
new models, innovative methods or techniques. The style
of main sections need not conform to that of full-length
papers. Short communications are 2 to 4 printed pages
(about 6 to 12 manuscript pages) in length.
Reviews:
Submissions of reviews and perspectives covering topics
of current interest are welcome and encouraged. Reviews
should be concise and no longer than 4-6 printed pages
(about 12 to 18 manuscript pages). Reviews manuscripts
are also peer-reviewed.
Review
Process
All
manuscripts are reviewed by an Editor and members of the
Editorial Board or qualified external reviewers.
Authors cannot nominate reviewers. Only reviewers
randomly selected from our database with specialization
in the subject area will be contacted to evaluate the
manuscripts. The process will be blind review.
Decisions will be made as rapidly as possible, and the
journal strives to return reviewers’ comments to authors
within a short period of time. The Editorial board will re-review
manuscripts that are accepted pending revision. It is
the goal of the AJBM to publish manuscripts shortly after submission.
Regular
articles
All
portions of the manuscript must be typed double-spaced
and all pages numbered starting from the title page.
The Title should be a brief phrase describing the
contents of the paper. The Title Page should include the
authors' full names and affiliations, the name of the
corresponding author along with phone, fax and E-mail
information. Present addresses of authors should appear
as a footnote.
The
Abstract should be informative and completely
self-explanatory, briefly present the topic, scope of the work, significant data, and point
out major findings and conclusions. The Abstract should
be 100 to 200 words in length. Complete sentences,
active verbs, and the third person should be used, and
the abstract should be written in the past tense.
Standard nomenclature should be used and abbreviations
should be avoided. No literature should be cited.
Following the abstract, about 3 to 10 key words
that will provide indexing references should be
listed.
A list
of non-standard Abbreviations should be added. In
general, non-standard abbreviations should be used only
when the full term is very long and used often. Each
abbreviation should be spelled out and introduced in
parentheses the first time it is used in the text.
The
Introduction should provide a clear statement of the
problem, the relevant literature on the subject, and the
proposed approach or solution. It should be
understandable to colleagues from a broad range of
disciplines.
Materials and methods
should
be complete enough to allow possible replication of the
research. However, only truly new research methods
should be described in detail; previously published
methods should be cited, and important modifications of
published methods should be mentioned briefly.
Capitalize trade names and include the manufacturer's
name and address. Subheadings should be used. Methods in
general use need not be described in detail.
Results
should
be presented with clarity and precision. The results
should be written in the past tense when describing
author's findings. Previously published findings should
be written in the present tense. Results should be
explained, but largely without referring to the
literature. Discussion, speculation and detailed
interpretation of data should not be included in the
Results but should be put into the Discussion section.
The
Discussion should interpret the findings in view of
the results obtained in this and in past studies on the
topic. State the conclusions in a few sentences at the
end of the paper. The Results and Discussion sections
can include subheadings, and when appropriate, both
sections can be combined.
The Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc
should be brief.
Tables
should
be kept to a minimum and be designed to be as simple as
possible. Tables are to be typed double-spaced
throughout, including headings and footnotes. Each table
should be on a separate page, numbered consecutively in
Arabic numerals and supplied with a heading and a
legend. Tables should be self-explanatory without
reference to the text. The details of the research
methods should preferably be described in the legend
instead of in the text. The same data should not be
presented in both table and graph form or repeated in
the text.
Figure legends
should
be typed in numerical order on a separate sheet.
Graphics should be prepared using applications capable
of generating high resolution GIF, TIFF, JPEG or
PowerPoint before pasting in the Microsoft Word
manuscript file. Tables should be prepared in Microsoft
Word. Use Arabic numerals to designate figures and upper
case letters for their parts (Figure 1). Begin each
legend with a title and include sufficient description
so that the figure is understandable without reading the
text of the manuscript. Information given in legends
should not be repeated in the text.
References:
In the
text, a reference identified by means of an author’s
name should be followed by the date of the reference in
parentheses. When there are more than two authors, only
the first author’s name should be mentioned, followed by
‘et al’. In the event that an author cited has had two
or more works published during the same year, the
reference, both in the text and in the reference list,
should be identified by a lower case letter like ‘a’ and
‘b’ after the date to distinguish the works.
Examples:
Smith
(2000), Wang et al. (2003), (Kelebeni, 1983), (Singh and
Chandra, 1992), (Chege, 1998; Bill, 1987a,b; Cohen,
1993, 1995), (Bauer et al., 2001)
References should be listed at the end of the paper in
alphabetical order. Articles in preparation or articles
submitted for publication, unpublished observations,
personal communications, etc. should not be included in
the reference list but should only be mentioned in the
article text (e.g., A. Kingori, University of Nairobi,
Kenya, personal communication). Journal names are
abbreviated according to Chemical Abstracts. Authors are
fully responsible for the accuracy of the references.
Examples:
Papadogonas TA (2007). The financial performance of
large and small firms: evidence from Greece. Int. J.
Financ. Serv. Manage. 2(1/2): 14 – 20.
Mihiotis AN, Konidaris NF (2007). Internal auditing: an
essential tool for adding value and improving the
operations of financial institutions and
organizations. Int. J. Financ. Serv. Manage. 2(1/2):
75 – 81.
Gurau C
(2006). Multi-channel banking in Romania: a comparative
study of the strategic approach adopted by domestic and
foreign banks Afr. J. Financ. Servic. Manage. 1(4): 381
– 399.
Yoon
CY, Leem CS (2004).Development of an evaluation system of
personal e-business competency and maturity levels Int.
J. Electron. Bus. 2(4): 404 – 437.
Short
Communications
Short
Communications are limited to a maximum of two figures
and one table. They should present a complete study that
is more limited in scope than is found in full-length
papers. The items of manuscript preparation listed above
apply to Short Communications with the following
differences: (1) Abstracts are limited to 100 words; (2)
instead of a separate Materials and Methods section,
research methods may be incorporated into Figure Legends
and Table footnotes; (3) Results and Discussion should
be combined into a single section.
Proofs
and Reprints:
Electronic proofs will be sent (e-mail attachment) to
the corresponding author as a PDF file. Page proofs are
considered to be the final version of the manuscript.
With the exception of typographical or minor clerical
errors, no changes will be made in the manuscript at the
proof stage. Because AJBM will be published online
without access restrictions, authors will have
electronic access to the full text (PDF) of the
article. Authors can download the PDF file from which
they can print unlimited copies of their articles.
Copyright:
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work
described has not been published before (except in the
form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture,
or thesis) that it is not under consideration for
publication elsewhere; that if and when the manuscript
is accepted for publication, the authors agree to
automatic transfer of the copyright to the publisher.
Also, we wish to state that authors are responsible for
the content of their manuscript as the African Journal
of Business Management will not held liable for any
breach of copyright issues by any author.
Fees
and Charges:
Authors
are charged a $550 handling fee. Publication of an
article in the African Journal of Business Management is
not contingent upon the author's ability to pay the
charges. Neither is acceptance to pay the handling fee a
guarantee that the paper will be accepted for
publication. Handling fee is accepted only after a
manuscript has been reviewed and accepted for
publication. Authors may still request (in advance) that
the editorial office waive some of the handling fee
under special circumstances.
