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Amity Global HRM Review ISSN 2250-060X Published since 2011

UGC Listed Journal

Indexed in EBSCO HOST

An International Referred Journal

Aim& Scope of The Journal Amity Global HRM Review

Amity Global HRM Review is an Annual, international, peer-reviewed journal which aims at disseminating knowledge in the field of management and provides a forum for exchange of knowledge among academicians, industry captains and researchers. The Journal encourages original manuscripts, theoretical and empirical papers, case studies, research notes, and review articles The journal publishes articles from areas such as Human resource and Organization Behavior on various subthemes like HRM and Organizational HRM, Strategic HRM, Talent management, Knowledge Management, Managing Cultural diversity & commitment, Human Quality Development, Emotional, Cultural and Spiritual Intelligences ,Design Leadership, Leadership Challenges in an Era of Turbulence, Leadership Ethos, Global Hr Rollouts, Outsourcing and Off shoring, Commitment and employer branding and related areas. All work submitted to the journal go through a double blind reviewing process as per the standard procedure of the journal. AG HRM Review( ISSN2250-060X ) is indexed in EBSCO HOST.

Editorial Objectives

The Amity Global HRM Review is open to all scholars Academician, Students and Research fellows, corporate and activists in the Area of Human Resource and Organization Behavior. Amity Global HRM Review is established for the purpose of fostering academic study and research in the Area of Human Resource and Organization Behavior in contemporary society. The Journal's primary objective is to be one of the leading publications for Academician, Students and Research Fellows and the Corporate in the area of the Human Resource Management and Organization Behavior.

Details of the Topics

  • HRM and the business environment
  • Organizational HRM
  • Strategic HRM
  • Talent management
  • Knowledge Management
  • Managing Cultural diversity & commitment
  • Human Quality Development
  • Emotional, Cultural and Spiritual Intelligences
  • Leadership Challenges in an Era of Turbulence
  • Leadership Ethos
  • Global Hr Rollouts
  • Outsourcing and Off shoring
  • Commitment and employer branding
  • Organizational Innovation
  • Cross cultural Management
  • Corporate Sustainability
  • Change Management
  • Business & Ethics
  • Knowledge Management, Strategy, Systems and Governance
  • Knowledge Lifecycles in Organizations
  • Knowledge Acquisition, Transfer Processes & Reuse in Organizations
  • Transformational Leadership
  • Strategic Management
  • Corporate Social Responsibility

Audience

The Amity Global HRM Review is open to all scholars Academician, Students and Research fellows, Industry Professionals and activists in the Area of Human Resource and Organization Behavior

Amity Global HRM Review

Patron-In-Chief

Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan
Founder President, RBEF Chairman, AKC Group of Companies

Patron

Dr. Atul Chauhan
President RBEF Chancellor, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh

Editor-In-Chief

Prof. (Dr.) Gurinder Singh
Amity Group Vice Chancellor, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh

Senior Editor

Prof. Bhawna Kumar
Vice President - RBEF (Amity Education Group), Amity University, Uttar Pradesh

Editors

Prof. (Dr.) Shikha Kapoor
Amity International Business School, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh

Dr. Shruti Tripathi,
Amity International Business School, Amity University

Chief Advisors

Prof. (Dr.) P. K. Kapoor
Amity International Business School, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh

Dr. Ramanjeet Singh
Director, Amity Directorate of Management & Allied Areas Amity , Uttar Pradesh

Advisory & Editorial Board

Nobuyuki Chikudate
Hiroshima University, Japan
Samir Chatterjee
Curtin University, Australia
Ramkishen S. Rajan
George Mason University, USA
Govind Swaroop Pathak
Indian school of Mines Dhanbad, Jharkhand.
Rajinder S. Aurora
ICFAI Business School, Mumbai
Manoj Kumar
FLAME University, Pune
Victor S. Sohmen
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Michael A. Dutch
Guilford College, USA
Jagbir Singh Kadyan
Swami Shraddhanand College University of Delhi
Yoginder s Verma
Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
Faicel Daly
Albaha University, Saudi Arabia
Neeraj Kumar
Fore School of Management, New Delhi
Anirudh Kumar Tomar
Parivartan Educational Trust, Dehradun
Manoj Patwardhan Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior
Anil Kumar Biswas
The University of Burdwan, West Bengal
Raju Ganesh Sunder
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun
Vasudev Malhotra
Y.M.C.A University of Science and Technology.Faridabad

Editorial Review Board

Chakrabarti, Abhirup
Mc Gill University, Canada
Nidhi Maheshwari
Asia Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi
Mairi Watson
Northampton Business School,TheUniversity of Northampton, UK
Steven Taylor
School of Arts The University of Northampton, UK
Tania Shah
Ansal University, Gurgaon
Lata Singh
IMS, Ghaziabad
Manisha (Dubey) Shukla Bharati
Vidyapeeth's Institute of Management Studies & Research, Navi Mumbai
Rinku Sanjeev
IMS, Ghaziabad
Amit Gangotia
Central University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
Shalini Srivastava
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida
Jaya Bhasin
Central University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
Pragyan Pushpanjali
Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Aditi Sharma
Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
Bhavesh O. Vanparia
Tolani Institute of Management and Studies, Surat Gujrat
Nilesh Thakre
SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai
Suniti Chandiok
BCIPS New Delhi
Sreemoyee Guha Roy
SS College Kolkata

Call for Papers for ‘ Amity Global HRM Review (ISSN2250-060X )’ Indexed in EBSCO a Journal of Amity International Business

Call for Papers

We at Amity University from the past many years are working on the Groundbreaking interdisciplinary research which is relevant to practitioners and policy makers and is of concern for the society at large. Amity Global Human Resource Management Review (ISSN2250-060X ) is the outcome of the same which is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishes Research Papers, Articles, Case study, Book Reviews from areas such as Human resource and Organization Behavior.

Subthemes of Current Issue

  • Strategic HRM
  • Talent management
  • Knowledge Management
  • Managing Cultural diversity & commitment
  • Human Quality Development
  • Emotional, Cultural and Spiritual Intelligences
  • Leadership Challenges in an Era of Turbulence
  • Leadership Ethos
  • Global Hr Rollouts
  • Outsourcing and Off shoring
  • Commitment and Employer branding
  • Organizational Innovation
  • Cross cultural Management
  • Corporate Sustainability
  • Change Management
  • Business & Ethics
  • Knowledge Management, Strategy, Systems and Governance
  • Knowledge Life cycles in Organizations
  • Knowledge Acquisition, Transfer Processes & Reuse in Organizations
  • Transformational Leadership
  • Strategic Management
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Economics of Human Resource
  • Human Resource and Public Policy

Fairness and Review Process

All work submitted to the journal go through a double blind review process as per the standard procedure of the journal. 

Important Dates

  • Last date for submission of Full length paper -31st July 2017
  • Data for communication of Acceptance-14th August 2017

The manuscript guidelines are attached with this mail.

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MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES

ORIGINALITY

  • Paper submitted should be an original and unpublished work. Any paper submitted which is identical or substantially similar to research work already published or under review for another publication will not be considered.
  • A covering letter clearly certifying that the manuscript is original and has neither been published anywhere or is at present being considered for any other publication should accompany the manuscript.

STRUCTURE OF THE MANUSCRIPT

The manuscript should be accompanied by the following:

  • An abstract of 300 words with five key words and JEL classification.
  • The recommended length of the research article should be between 6000-9000 words.
  • Use single quotes throughout. Spellings of words in quotations should not be changed.
  • Use „nineteenth century‟, „1980s‟. Spell out numbers from one to nine, 10 and above to remain in figures. However, for exact measurements use only figures (3 km, 9 per cent not %). Use thousands and millions (e.g., not lakhs and crores).
  • Use of italics and diacriticals should be minimized, but used consistently. Avoid excessive use of italics for emphasis, but use italics for book titles, journal names and foreign words.
  • All files should be submitted as MS-Word document.

MANUSCRIPT TITLE PAGE

Author Details

Following details should be given on the Manuscript Title Page :

  • Full name of each author.
  • Affiliation of each author, including current designation and affiliation, complete postal address, phone number, fax number (if any) and e-mail address at time the research was completed.
  • Where more than one author has contributed to the paper, complete details of the corresponding author including the E-mail address.

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  • Brief professional biography of each author (not more than 100 words).
  • Kindly do not mention the author(s) name, affiliation and any other information inside the manuscript. The affiliated institutions are to be listed directly below the names of the authors. Multiple affiliations should be marked with superscript Arabic numbers, and they should each start on a new line.

PAPER CLASSIFICATION

Categorize your paper on the Title Page , under one of these classifications:

  • Research paper
  • Viewpoint
  • Conceptual paper
  • Case study
  • Literature review
  • General review
  • Doctoral Dissertations

HEADINGS

The heading should follow the APA style. There are 5 heading levels in APA. Regardless of the number of levels, always use the headings in order, beginning with level 1. The example of the format of each level is as follows:

Level Format
1 Centered, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Headings The paragraph begins below indented like a regular paragraph
2 Left-aligned, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading The paragraph begins below indented like a regular paragraph
3 Indented, boldface, lowercase heading with a period. Begin body text after the period.
4 Indented, boldface, italicized, lowercase heading with a period. Begin body text after the period.
5 Indented, italicized, lowercase heading with a period. Begin body text after the period.
  • If the first word can stand alone, the second word should be capitalized. Here are some examples of headings: “A Comparison of UK and India‟s Advertising

Self-Regulation Systems”, “The Use and Non-use of e-Print Archives for the Dissemination of Scientific Information”, “A User-Friendly and Extendable Data Distribution System” and “Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis”.

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FONT AND FORMAT

  • All manuscripts should be submitted in Word format, with 1.5 line spacing, 12-point font, font type Times New Roman and 1-inch margins on all sides.

FIGURES, TABLES AND EXHIBITS

  • Each Figure, Table, or Exhibit should be given on a separate sheet. Figures, Tables and Exhibits are to be separately numbered, titled and attached at the end of the text serially. The position of the Figure, Table, or Exhibit should be indicated in the text on a separate line with the words "Table 1 about here".

TABLES

  • NUMBERS
  • All tables should be sequentially numbered with Arabic numerals.
  • If the manuscript includes an appendix with tables, identify them with capital letters and Arabic numerals (e.g. Table A1, Table B2).
  • TITLES
  • The title of the table should be clear, concise and self-explanatory. For e.g., an appropriate title would be “Variables for Studying the Determinants of Employee Satisfaction” instead of “Variables of the Study”
  • When appropriate, you may use the title to explain an abbreviation parenthetically. For e.g., Comparison of Median Income of Adopted Children (AC) v. Foster Children (FC)
  • HEADINGS
  • Keep the headings clear and brief.
  • Every column in the table should have a column heading
  • REPORTING DATA
  • All values should be indicated in million or billion.
  • Numerals should be expressed to a consistent number of decimal places.
  • All the abbreviations and special symbols should be explained.
  • If the table or its data are from another source, the source should be properly cited.

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FORMAT

  • Tables should be given on a separate sheet.
  • The entire table should be single spaced including title, headings and notes.
  • The table should be referred in the text. The text should explain what the reader should look for when using the table or figure.
  • The tables can be either coloured or black and white.
  • Abbreviations, terminology, probability level values must be consistent across tables and figures in the same article.
  • Likewise, formats, titles, and headings must be consistent. Do not repeat the same data in different tables.

FIGURES AND GRAPHS

  • Tables and graphs should be submitted in their original Word/Excel format. PowerPoint slides and screen grabs should be avoided where possible.
  • Number all the figures consecutively with Arabic numerals.
  • Mention all figures in the text.
  • Avoid overuse of special effects like 3D effects, shading and layered text.
  • One-column figures must be between 2 and 3.25 inches wide (5 to 8.45 cm).
  • Two-column figures must be between 4.25 and 6.875 inches wide (10.6 to 17.5 cm).
  • The height of figures should not exceed the top and bottom margins.
  • The text in a figure should be in Times New Roman.
  • The font size must be between eight and twelve point
  • Use circles and squares to distinguish curves on a line graph (at the same font size as the other labels).
  • For figures, include the figure number and a title with a legend and caption.

These elements appear below the visual display. For the figure number, type Figure X . Then type the title of the figure in sentence case. Follow the title with a legend that explains the symbols in the figure and a caption that explains the figure. For e.g., Figure 1 . Corporate Social Responsibility Index. This figure illustrates the corporate social responsibility scores of IT firms in India.

  • Captions serve as a brief, but complete, explanation and as a title. For example , “ Figure 4 . Population” is insufficient, whereas “ Figure 4 . Population of Tribal Races, Indian Subcontinent (1980)” is better.
  • Graphs should always include a legend that explains the symbols, abbreviations, and terminology used in the figure.
  • These terms must be consistent with those used in the text and in other figures.
  • The lettering in the legend should be of the same type and size as that used in the figure.

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FOOTNOTES AND ENDNOTES

Use of footnotes and endnotes should be minimum.

REFERENCES

  • References should be complete in all respects, with authors‟ surnames arranged alphabetically following conventional citation styles.
  • Authors are requested to follow the APA style.

APA Reference Examples

Book with one author

  • Owen, J. (2003). Management Stripped Bare. (1 st ). India: Kogan Page
  • In text citation: (Owen, 2003) or Owen (2003) explains…..

Book with two authors

  • Johnston, M. W., & Marshall, G. W. (2009). Sales Force Management (9 th ).New York: McGraw-Hill Companies.
  • In text citation: (Johnston & Marshall, 2009) or Johnston and Marshall (2009) said…
  • When paraphrasing in text, use and, not &.

Book with three to five authors

  • Morgan, C. T., King, R. A., Weisz, J. R., & Schopler, J. (1993). Introduction to Psychology (7 th ). New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill
  • In text citation: (Morgan, King, Weisz & Schopler, 1993) then (Morgan et al., 1993) analyze…..

Book or report by a corporate author e.g. organisation, association, government department

  • UNDP India (2010). Environmental Finance (WWF India 2010)
  • In text citation: (UNDP, 2010). Some group authors may be abbreviated in subsequent citations if they are readily recognizable.

Book chapter in edited book

  • Lawrence, J. A., & Dodds, A. E. (2003). Goal-Directed Activities and Life-Span Development. In J. Valsiner & K. Connolly (Eds.), Handbook of

Developmental Psychology (pp. 517-533). London, England: Sage

Publications.

  • In text citation: (Lawrence & Dodds, 2003) or Lawrence and Dodds (2003) found....

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Conference paper online

  • Charumathi, B., & Kota, H.B. (2011, May). What Determines the Corporate Usage of Foreign Exchange Derivatives? – Evidence from India. Paper presented in the Annual International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Economics Research, Singapore. Retrieved from http://dl4.globalstf.org/?wpsc-product=what-determines-the-corporate-usage-of-foreign-exchange-derivatives-evidence-from-India
  • In text citation: (Charumathi & Kota, 2011) or According to Charumathi and

Kota (2011)…

Course handout/Lecture notes

  • Sharma, L. (2013). Lecture 3: ASB205-07A [PowerPoint slides]. Noida, India: Amity University
  • In text citation : (Sharma, 2013)

Film

  • Amin, S. (Director). (2007). Chak De! India [Motion Picture]. India: Yash Raj Films
  • In text citation: (Amin, 2007)

Journal article – academic/scholarly (electronic version) with DOI

  • Scott, K.L., Zagenczyk, T. J., Schippers, M., Purvis, R. L., & Cruz, K. S. (2014). Co-worker Exclusion and Employee Outcomes: An Investigation of the Moderating Roles of Perceived Organizational and Social Support. Journal of Management Studies, 51 (8), 1235-1363. DOI: 10.1111/joms.12099
  • (Scott, Zagenczyk, Schippers, Purvis & Cruz, 2014), then subsequently if 3-5 authors (Scott et al., 2014) studied…..

Journal article – academic/scholarly (electronic version) with no DOI

  • Harrison, B., & Papa, R. (2005). The Development of an Indigenous Knowledge Program in a New Zealand Maori-language Immersion School. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 36(1), 57-72. Retrieved from ProQuest Education Journals database.

Researchers: Give the URL of the journal homepage. e.g., Retrieved from http://ucpressjournals.com/journal.asp?j=aeq

  • In text citation: (Harrison & Papa, 2005) or Harrison and Papa (2005) recommend ...

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Journal article - academic/scholarly (print version)

  • Hossain, M. A. (2008). The Extent of Disclosure in Annual Reports of Banking Companies: The Case of India. European Journal of Scientific Research , 23(4), 659-680.
  • In text citation: (Hossain, 2008) or Hossain (2008) studies…..
  • Chalmers, K., & Godfrey, J. M. (2004). Reputation Costs: The Impetus for Voluntary Derivative Financial Instruments Reporting. Accounting, Organizations & Society , 29(2), 95-125.
  • In text citation: (Chalmers & Godfrey, 2004) or Chalmers and Godfrey (2004) found…..

Journal article - academic/scholarly (Internet only – no print version)

  • Hassan, M. S., & Saleh, N. M. (2007). Determinants of Financial Instruments Disclosure Quality Among Listed Firms in Malaysia. Retrieved from http://ssrn.com/abstract=1157788 on 09.03.2014.
  • In text citation: (Hassan & Saleh, 2007) or Hassan and Saleh (2007) analyze…..
  • Snell, D., & Hodgetts, D. (n.d.). The Psychology of Heavy Metal Communities and White Supremacy. Te Kura Kete Aronui, 1. Retrieved from http://www.waikato.ac.nz/wfass/tkka

For html version only, cite the paragraph number in text

  • In-text citation: (Snell & Hodgetts, n.d.) or Snell and Hodgetts (n.d.) suggest

“...” (para. 3)

Magazine article – popular/trade/general interest

  • Sen, S. (2014, August 17). Why Facebook COO Continues her Love Affair with India. Business Today, 364(1), 19.

Full date is used for weekly magazines; month and year for monthly magazines

  • In text citation: (Sen, 2014) or Sen (2014) defends ...

Newspaper article – (Print version )

  • Das, S. (2015, March 3). Bengaluru-based Molbio Develops India's First Swine Flu Diagnostic Kit . The Economic Times, p. 3.
  • Include p. or pp. before the page number – for newspapers only, not magazines
  • In text citation: (Das, 2015) finds…..

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Newspaper article (Database like Newztext Plus) (also see Library referencing webpage for Internet version)

  • Cumming, G. (2003, April 5). Cough that Shook the World. The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved from Newztext Plus database.
  • In text citation: (Cumming, 2003) opines…..

Newspaper article with no author

  • Budget 2015 Evokes Mixed Response from Global Rating Agencies. (2015, March 1). The Economic Times, p. 1.

Article title comes first .

  • In the text , abbreviate title and use double quotation marks

Personal Communication (letters, telephone conversations, emails, interviews)

  • No reference list entry as the information is not recoverable
  • (H. Singh, personal communication, March 19, 2014)

Thesis – Institutional or personal webpage

  • Dewstow, R. A. (2006). Using the Internet to Enhance Teaching at the University of Waikato (Master‟s thesis, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New

Zealand).Retrieved from http://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/handle/10289/2241

  • (Dewstow, 2006) or Dewstow (2006) identified ...

Webpages (When multiple webpages are referenced, reference the homepage)

  • The Education System in India (2011). Retrieved from https://www.gnu.org/education/edu-system-india.html
  • Author (could be organisation), date (either date of publication or latest update),document title, date retrieved if contents are likely to change, URL (GNU Operating System, 2011)

In text references

Direct quotation – use quotation marks around the quote and include page numbers

  • Chalmers and Godfrey (2000) point out “a high level of non-compliance of derivative disclosure among Australian firms” (p. 165).

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  • Alternatively, “a high level of non-compliance of derivative disclosure is prevalent among Australian firms (Chalmers & Godfrey, 2000, p. 165)

Indirect quotation/paraphrasing – no quotation marks

  • Australian firms show a high level of non-compliance of derivative disclosures (Chalmers & Godfrey, 2000)

Citations from a secondary source

  • As Hall (1977) asserts, “culture also defines boundaries of different groups”

(as cited in Samovar & Porter, 1997, p. 14).

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPT

  • Manuscripts may not have been published previously or be under review with another journal.
  • The author(s) should submit a soft copy of the manuscript in MS Word to Editor-in-Chief, Amity Global HRM Review (AGHR) at aghr@amity.edu, which will be duly acknowledged.
  • Paper submissions can be made any time throughout the year.
  • Submission deadlines: September 15 for December issue and March 15 for June issue.

PEER REVIEW POLICY

The Amity Global HRM Review (AGHR) adheres to an accelerated and rigorous double-blind reviewing policy in which the identity of both the reviewer and author are concealed from each other. Each manuscript is reviewed by four referees. All manuscripts are reviewed as quickly as possible, and an editorial decision is generally reached within 8-10 weeks of submission.

The submitted manuscripts will be assessed by reviewers with domain knowledge of the submission‟s main research area, and by at least one reviewer who comes from a discipline outside the author‟s own field.

All manuscripts are assessed initially by the Editors and only those papers will be sent for outside review that meet the methodological and editorial standards of the journal and fit within the aims and scope of the journal. Manuscripts rejected prior to outside review may be resubmitted accompanied by a letter detailing how the initial reasons for rejection have been overcome.

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The reviewers' recommendations determine whether a manuscript will be

  • Accepted
  • Accepted subject to minor changes
  • Accepted subject to resubmission with significant changes

For manuscripts which require changes, the same reviewers will be used to ensure that the quality of the revised manuscript is acceptable.

Multiple Authors : In case of multiple authors, the "corresponding author" will be responsible for the collection and provision of the copyright form from each author after acceptance.

COPYRIGHT

Articles, papers or cases submitted for publication should be original and should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time. Authors submitting articles/papers/cases for publication warrant that the work is not an infringement of any existing copyright, infringement of proprietary right, invasion of privacy, or libel and will indemnify, defend, and hold Amity Global HRM Review (AGHR) or sponsor(s) harmless from any damages, expenses, and costs against any breach of such warranty. For ease of dissemination and to ensure proper policing of use, papers/articles/cases and contributions become the legal copyright of the AGHR unless otherwise agreed in writing.

RESEARCH FUNDING

Authors must declare all sources of external research funding in their paper and a statement to this effect should appear in the Acknowledgements section. Authors should describe the role of the funder or financial sponsor in the entire research process, from study design to submission.

ACCURACY OF CONTENT

Contributions, whether published pseudonymously or not, are accepted on the strict understanding that the author is responsible for the accuracy of all opinion, technical comment, factual report, data, figures, illustrations and photographs. Publications does not necessarily imply that these are the opinions of the Editorial Board, Editors or the Publisher, nor does the Board, Editors or Publisher accept any liability for the accuracy of such comment, report and other technical and factual information. The Publisher will, however, strive to ensure that all opinion, comments, reports, data,

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figures, illustrations and photographs are accurate, insofar as it is within its abilities to do so.

PROOFS

Editorial Board will email the proofs as PDF attachments to only the first (or nominated) author of a multi-authored manuscript. Please correct your proofs within the time period indicated and return your corrected proofs via email. Please make no revisions to the final, edited text, except where the editor has requested clarification.

ACCURACY OF REPRODUCTION

All reasonable efforts are made to ensure accurate reproduction of text, photographs and illustrations. The Publisher does not accept responsibility for mistakes, be they editorial or typographical, nor for consequences resulting from them.

The Publisher reserves the right to edit, abridge or omit material submitted for publication.

PUBLICATION CHARGES

Submission fee

There is no submission fee for Amity Global HRM Review (AGHR)

Page charges

There are no page charges for Amity Global HRM Review (AGHR)

  • On receipt of the manuscript, the basic structure of the paper should be checked, as per the framework of the journal.
  • The Editor-in-Chief should check for Plagiarism. A zero tolerance policy for plagiarism should be adopted.
  • If the Editor-in-Chief is not satisfied with the above two points, manuscript may be returned.
  • If Editor-in-Chief is satisfied with the above criteria, manuscript will be accepted for peer review and will be sent to 2 reviewers (Reviewer 1 & 2) as per the area of the manuscript. Manuscript will be sent to another reviewer (Reviewer 3: English faculty) who will check the grammatical part of the manuscript. All the manuscripts will be definitely sent to Reviewer 3. If Reviewers 1 & 2 give similar comments (positive or negative), than the manuscript will not go to the Reviewer 4.
  • But when Reviewers 1 & 2 give opposite comments, than manuscript will be sent to Reviewer 4.
  • Based on the comments of the Reviewer 1, 2, 3 & 4, manuscript will be rejected or moved to the next stage.
  • Based on the comments of the Reviewers, author(s) will be asked to revise the manuscript.
  • Revised manuscript will be sent to the same reviewers who had earlier reviewed it.
  • Based on their comments, manuscript will be either rejected or accepted for publication.
  • Once accepted for publication, Editorial Board may decide the publication of the manuscript in a specific issue.

MANUSCRIPT REVIEW FORM

Manuscript Title:

Manuscript ID:

Reviewer:

(The Reviewer’s identity remain anonymous to authors)

  • Rankings

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Appropriateness for the journal

Contribution to existing knowledge

Adequacy of literature review

Quality of research methodology

Adequacy of data analysis

Contributions to the literature

Legitimacy of the conclusions

Practical Significance

Managerial Significance

Impact upon society

Organization of the manuscript

Quality of the communication

  • Overall Evaluation
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Outstanding

Definitely publishable

Probably publishable

Marginally publishable

Un-publishable

  • Recommendations for Review
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Manuscript requires routine editing only

Manuscript requires minor revisions from author(s)

Manuscript requires major revisions from author(s)

Manuscript is un-publishable

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Accept

Accept after specified revision

Reject

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Contact Details:

Chief Editor –Prof. (Dr.) Gurinder Singh

Editors-

Dr. Shikha Kapoor

Mail id skapoor2@amity.edu

Dr. Shruti Tripathi

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AMITY GLOBAL BUSINESS REVIEW

AIM & SCOPE

Amity Global Business Review is a Annual, International, Peer-Reviewed and Indexed Journal of Amity International Business School that aims at disseminating knowledge in the field of management and provides a forum for exchange of knowledge among academicians, industry practitioners and researchers. The Journal encourages original manuscripts, theoretical and empirical papers, case studies, research notes, and review articles. The Journal publishes articles from areas such as finance, accounting, marketing, operations management, human resources management, statistics, international business, information technology, environment, risk management, globalization and related areas.

AGBR act as a vehicle for resources which contribute to the improvement of management practices within societies and businesses worldwide. All work submitted to the journal go through a double blind reviewing process as per the standard procedure of the journal.

Editorial Objectives

  • AGBR bridges the gap between management theories and practicality by bringing academicians and industry practitioners on a same platform.
  • Encourages exchange of ideas, concepts and their applicability and promotes problem-solving capabilities at an international platform.
  • Promotes knowledge and experience sharing and encourages cross-functional research to boost management thinking and development.
  • Promotes a wider scope publication of theoretical/empirical/applied research papers, articles, case studies, monographs, book reviews and doctoral dissertations.

Details of the Topics

High quality and original research is welcome on the following topics but not limited to

1. International Business
  • Perspectives on Theoretical Issues Relating to Economic Growth
  •  Inflation, Saving and Investment
  • Macro-Economic Performance related to Revenue and Expenditure
  • Issues related to Government Spending Priorities in India
  • Globalization and International Business
  • International Trade Patterns and BOP    
  • Policy Framework for International Trade
  • Foreign Direct Investment
  • Global competitiveness of sectoral businesses
  • Environmental complexity & dynamism sustainability in business
  • Business Ethics, Social Responsibility & Corporate Governance
  • International Collaborations and foreign trade
  • Effect of Free Trade Agreements on Trade and economic welfare
  • Socio Political Implications of Regional Trade Integrations
  • Legal Issues in WTO and their implications in developing economy
  • Multilateral Trade Agreements and trade promotions
  • Relevance of Non-Tariff barriers in International Trade
  • Barriers to Trade in Services and non service sectors
  • Trade Liberalization, Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection
  • Impact of Trade on Poverty Reduction
  • Inflation and Exchange Rate Dynamics and their impact on foreign trade
  • Role of Small Business Entrepneurship in foreign trade
  • Global Financial Crisis and its impact on foreign trade
  • BREXIT and Its Impact on International Trade
  • Trade and Employment generation
  • Challenges of Contemporary Global Business
  • UN Agenda 21 and Global Compact Programme
  • Role of UN and International Organisations on Sustainability issues
  • Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
  • Developmental Challenges like Poverty and Hunger
  • Aid-for-Trade initiative
  • Country/Regional Studies on Least Developed Countries
  • Perspective from Development Models of Developing Countries
  • Globalization & Culture
  • Managing Cultural diversity & commitment
  • Governance in Multiculturalism
Marketing
  • Strategic Marketing & Planning
  • Product Portfolio Management
  • Consumerization Vs Customization
  • Strategic Branding in Global Market Place
  • Market Logistics and its importance
  • Managing the Supply Chain
  • Corporate Communication – Role in Marketing
  • Ethics & Social Responsibility in Marketing
  • Industrial Marketing
  • Marketing across the Borders
  • “Sensory Branding” - Importance in Marketing
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
  • Service Marketing: Importance of Innovations
Human Resource Management
  • HRM and the business environment
  • Organizational Change and Development
  • Learning and Development
  • Digital HR
  • Strategic HRM
  • Industrial Relations & Legal HRM
  • Employee Turnover & Attrition
  • Strategic Training & Development
  • Performance Management
  • Transformation HR
  • Employee Engagement
  • Talent Management
  • Leadership Development
  • e- recruitment
Entrepreneurship Management
  • Innovation at grassroot level
  • Out-of-box innovation
  • Inside-the-box innovation
  • Breakthrough Innovation
  • Reverse Innovation
  • Managing Innovation process
  • Innovation trends
  • No-Money Marketing strategies
  • Opportunity Recognition
  • Innovation Tools
  • Family Business Management
  • Lean Startups
  • Financing Inventions
  • Financing entrepreneurship ventures
  • Attracting Talent in lean startups
  • Creative thinking
  • Market segmentation for a lean startup
  • Financial intelligence for entrepreneurs
  • Money Management for entrepreneurs
Financial Management
  • Finance & Accounting
  • International Finance & Trade
  • Merger & Acquisitions
  • Derivatives Market
  • Banking & Insurance
  • Mutual Funds
  • Money Management
  • Return on Marketing Investments
  • Trends in Consumer Finance Industries
Information Technology
  • Business Strategy and Information Technology
  • Management Information System
  • Information Systems Planning and Management
  • The Application of Information Technology
  • Internet Technology
  • Computer Simulation
  • Programming Languages
  • Ecommerce and E-Government
  • Information Technology Management
  • Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing
  • Information Economics and Management
  • Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
  • Communications and Networking
  • Computational Science and Technology
  • Data Mining, Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery
  • Energy System and Engineering
  • Grid-computing, Supercomputing and Cloud-computing
  • Hardware and Software Co-design
  • Health and Medical Science and Technology
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Image and Signal Processing
  • Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Pattern Recognition and Information Retrieval
  • Decision Analysis and Methods
  • Productivity
  • E-learning
  • E-Business and E-Commerce 
Family Business Management
  • Family Business Governance
  • Family Business in Emerging, Developing, and Transition Economies
  • Family business goals
  • Family dynamics
  • Behavioral processes and innovation in family firms
  • Co-operation among family businesses
  • Collective bargaining issues
  • Small family business
  • Family-based social entrepreneurship
  • Acquired and tacit knowledge in family-based business operations
  • Relationships, succession and transition issues
  • Transgenerational entrepreneurship practices
  • Women in business and regional development
  • Leadership issues, family business and corporate governance
  • Technological changes
  • Role and relevance of professional managers
  • Internal and external challenges
  • Commonalities and complementarities in managing family business across nations
Corporate Governance and CSR
  • Corporate ownership structures
  • Corporate restructuring
  • Minority-majority shareholder conflict
  • Investor/creditor protection
  • Managerial behaviour, managerial entrenchment
  • Incentive structures, executive compensation plans
  • Agency issues
  • Corporate contracting
  • Business and financial ethics
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Corporate law and securities law,
  • Financial (de)regulation
  • Insider trading, conflicts of interests
  • Institutional investor behaviour
  • Financial reporting,
  • Disclosure, transparency
  • Information asymmetry
  • (Hostile) takeovers
  • Market for corporate control/defences
  • Effective boardroom performance
  • The growing importance of governance in the wake of ever-greater corporate scandals
  • Redefinitions and reassessments of corporate governance models
  • The role of business in society
  • The changing nature of the relationship and responsibilities of the firm towards various stakeholders
  • The role and impact of local and international regulatory agencies and regimes on corporate behaviour.
Supply Chain Management
  • Capacity planning and control
  • E-business and operations
  • Global operations management 
  • Human resource management in operations
  • Information and knowledge management
  • Lean/agile operations
  • Logistics, order fulfilment and distribution
  • Management of technology for operations
  • Managing technological/organisational change 
  • Mass customisation
  • Materials and inventory management
  • New product and service design/development
  • Operations planning, scheduling and control
  • Operations strategy
  • Performance measurement and management
  • Plant location, design and layout
  • Project management in operations
  • Quality management in operations
  • Role of operations in sustainability
  • Supplier/customer relationship management
  • Supply chain management
Cross Cultural Management
  • Strategic issues facing emerging markets of the global economy
  • Global strategic management, MNE strategy, and structure
  • Management of the MNE, its subsidiaries, and inter-firm networks
  • Institutional strategies and the political environment
  • International technology transfer, R&D and innovation
  • Innovation in the international context
  • Comparative and international entrepreneurship
  • Public administration as it relates to and affects international business and global management
  • Corporate governance and social issues of the firm in the global context
  • Global talent management
  • International human resource management
  • Management of multicultural teams
  • Cross-cultural communication
  • Work motivation and leadership
  • Inter- and intra-organizational group, teamwork and negotiation strategies
  • Conflict resolution in the international setting
  • Cultural and individual ethics and values
  • Intra-national diversity issues
Quality Management
  • Service Quality.
  • Qualitative and quantitative analyses
  • Total quality management/quality management
  • Sustainable TQM practices
  • Advanced and sustainable quality management models and approaches
  • Total quality environment management
  • Application of advanced quality management tools and techniques
  • Quality management systems
  • Quality awards and models
  • Quality improvement strategies/standards
  • Green quality culture, QFD, DOE, Fuzzy ANP etc.
  • Benchmarking the best practices
  • Leadership and management issues in achieving quality and innovation
  • The relationship between quality management and other disciplines such as organizational performance, quality performance, customer satisfaction, innovation etc.
  • Quality management in service industries
  • Data mining applications and analysis
  • Failure mode and effect analysis

Audience

The journal is extremely useful to academicians, managers, consultants, research scholars and students who are interested in the latest theoretical and practical advances and innovations in the field of management. Amity Global Business Review (AGBR) is also extremely useful for organizations that want to flexible and adapt to newer management trends.

AMITY GLOBAL BUSINESS REVIEW

Patron-In-Chief
Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan
Founder President, RBEF Chairman, AKC Group of Companies

Patron
Dr. Atul Chauhan
President RBEF Chancellor, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh

Editor-In-Chief
Prof. (Dr.) Gurinder Singh
Amity Group Vice Chancellor, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh

Senior Editor
Prof. Bhawna Kumar
Vice President - RBEF (Amity Education Group), Amity University, Uttar Pradesh

Editors
Ms. Chitra
Amity International Business School, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh

Ms. Richa Goel
Amity International Business School, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh

Chief Advisors
Prof. Dr. P. K. Kapoor
Amity International Business School, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh

Dr. Ramanjeet Singh
Director, Amity Directorate of Management & Allied Areas Amity , Uttar Pradesh

EDITORIAL ADVISORY & EDITORIAL BOARD

Ajay Kapoor Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia
Nick Petford University of Northampton, UK
Gioia Pescetto University of Portsmouth, UK
Pal Ahluwalia University of Portsmouth, UK
Prof. MamdouhShoukri York University, Canada
Alan Rudolf Colorado State University, USA
RoseannO’reilly Runte Carleton University, Canada
PradeepKhanna University of Illinois, USA
Ian Brooks University of Northampton, UK
Marry Watson University of Northampton, UK
Raj Echambadi University of Illinois, USA
Robert J Hauser University of Illinois, USA
W Selvamurthy Amity Science, Technology and Innovation Foundation, AUUP, Noida
Marcello Fantoni Kent State University, USA
Professor Adam Tickell University of Birmingham, UK
Ilesamiadeseda University of Illinois, USA
Sital Kalantry Cornell Law School, USA
Harvey Skinner York University, Canada
Vipin Gupta Presidio Graduate School, USA
Tatiana Karmanova California State University - San Bernardino, USA
Sunil Saigal New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, College of Engineering, USA
Jerry Mac Arthur Hultin NYU Poly, USA
Keith Taylor University of Gannon, USA
Lisa Macfarlane University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA
Cynthia A Hornberger Washburn University, USA
Albert K. Karnig California State University, USA
Michael Jay Jedel Georgia State University, USA
Susan Price Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Earl H. Potter, Iii St. Cloud State University, USA
Les Ebdon University of Bedfordshire, UK
Chris Rowley Cass Business School, City University, London, UK
Ramesh Garg Eastern Michigan University, USA
Mark K. Brewer Northumbria University, Newcastle Business School,
Northumbria Law School, UK
Darrell Burrell Florida Institute of Technology, USA
Tanmay Panda University of Guelph-Humber, Toronto, ON, Canada
Tripthi Mathew Alpha & Omega Healthcare Management Consulting,
Greater New York City, USA
Sanjeev Chaturvedi Narsee Monjee University, Mumbai
Gurunathan Al. Buraimi University College, Oman.

EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD

Megha Jain Middlesex University, Dubai
Joffi Thomas IIM Kozhikode, Kerala
Kiran Sharma K.J.Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai
Bharti Ahuja Symbiosis International University, Pune
R. Shashi Kumar Department of Economics, Bangalore University, Bangalore
Lokinder Kumar Tyagi, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, New Delhi
Naseeb Ahmad Department of Commerce and Business Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Vishal Kumar School of Management, Maharaja Agrasen University, Himachal Pradesh
Ansuman Jena HDF School of Management, Cuttack, Odisha
S.K.Nagarajan Tamilnadu Police Academy, Oonamacherry, Chennai
Hardeep Singh Ferozepur College of Engineering & Technology (FCET), Ferozepur, Punjab
Satish Ubale Matrix School of Management School, Pune
G.V. Satya Sekhar GITAM University, Visakhapatnam
Jitender Sharma Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida
Aditi A. Mahajan Atharva Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai

Amity Global Business Review (AGBR)

ISSN: 0975-511X; Volume 13

EBSCO HOST ; CABELL’S DIRECTORY ; ULRICH WEB GLOBAL SERIALS DIRECTORY INDEXED

We are happy to invite empirical research, theoretical studies, innovative methodologies, practical applications, case studies, doctoral dissertations & book reviews for its Journal AGBR volume 13, which will focus on issues in the field of Global Business Management. The journal welcomes entrepreneurs, practitioners, managers, researchers, scientists, scholars, consultants and academicians to disseminate their latest research articles in their respective fields.
Amity is the leading education group of India and ranked amongst the top Universities in ASIA by QS ranking. Amity also got awarded as India's best research University which has filed 541 patents, more patents than any other University/Institute in India. At Amity we have over 1, 25,000 students studying across 1000 acres of hi-tech campus and we are passionate about grooming leaders who are not only thorough professionals but also good human beings with values and sanskars. 
Amity International Business School is one of the flagship institutions of Amity University, India's Top Ranked Pvt. University. AIBS is listed in the list of Universities maintained by the United Nations under International Association of Universities (IAU), being awarded ISO 9001-14001 Certificate for adherence to best management practices and specified systems. It is ranked among Top 20 Excellent B-schools with nationally strong and /or with continental links by Eduniversal, a French consulting company and a rating agency specialized in Higher Education.
We deem it our proud privilege to introduce the Amity Global Business Review- ISSN: 0975-511X, which was initiated in 2006 by the Amity International Business School, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh. 
 Amity Global Business Review is an annual, International, Peer-reviewed Journal initiated in 2006 which aims at disseminating knowledge in the field of management and provides a forum for exchange of knowledge among academicians, industry captains and researchers. The journal publishes articles from areas such as finance, accounting, marketing, operations management, human resources management, statistics, international business, information technology, environment, risk management, globalization and related areas.
AGBR act as a vehicle for resources which contribute to the improvement of management practices within societies and businesses worldwide. All work submitted to the journal go through a double blind reviewing process as per the standard procedure of the journal. 
AGBR is well cited and indexed in:
1.      EBSCO HOST
2.      CABELL’S DIRECTORY
3.     ULRICH WEB GLOBAL SERIALS DIRECTORY        

AGBR establishes an effective communication channel between decision- and policy-makers in business, government agencies, and academic and research institutions to recognize the implementation of important role effective systems in organizations, and aims to be an outlet for creative, innovative concepts, as well as effective research methodologies and emerging technologies for effective business management.

The Amity Global Business Review is delighted to announce a call for papers for its volume 13, which will focus on issues in the field of Global Business Management. The journal welcomes entrepreneurs, practitioners, managers, researchers, scientists, scholars, consultants and academicians to disseminate their latest research articles in their respective fields.         

Suggested Topics
·         Organizational Innovation
·         Green Technologies
·         Business Continuity
·         Cross cultural Management
·         Corporate Sustainability
·         Total Quality Management
·         Technology Management
·         Change Management
·         Entrepreneurship
·         Business & Ethics
·         E-commerce
·         Role of SMEs in national economies
·         Emerging Role of Women in Business
·         Risk Management
·         Knowledge Management, Strategy, Systems and Governance
·         Knowledge Lifecycles in Organizations
·         Knowledge Acquisition, Transfer Processes & Reuse in Organizations
·         Transformational Leadership
·         Business Process Reengineering
·         Corporate Governance
·         Accounting
·         Process Innovation
·         Enterprise Resource Planning
·         Benchmarking
·         Rural Management
·         Business Intelligence
·         Supply Chain Management
·         Strategic Management
·         Corporate Social Responsibility
·         Environmental Management
·         Intellectual Property Rights
·         Tourism and Hospitality Management
·         Healthcare Management
·         NGO Management
·         International Management Practices
·         Innovation Clusters & Technology Transfer
·         International Strategic Alliances
·         Marketing
·         Human Resource Management
·         Operations Management
·         Finance
·         Global Business
·        Economics

 Any other topic related to the theme.
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Review & Confirmation of Papers :                      November 30
th, 2017
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Amity Case Research Journal

AIM & SCOPE

The Case Research Journal, leading academic journal for cases in management discipline, is published by Amity International Business School, Amity University, India. The aim of the Journal is to provide a platform for researchers to share their research findings.

Since there is dearth of real life cases that can help a student or a researcher in understanding the theory and concepts of management. This Journal is an attempt to bridge this gap and it tries to provide good real life examples which can help the students and researcher in understanding the management concepts in a better manner.

Editorial Objectives

ACRJ, a 'double blind' peer-reviewed, bi-annual publication and it publishes field research based or decision based cases relating to Organizations and Institutions in Business, Industry, Government, Non- Government and Communities.

The objective of the Journal is to bring forward the best examples from the corporate world and similar other organizations who put management concepts to practical use.

Details of the topics that would be covered.

The Journal welcomes original cases from academicians, researchers and professionals from Industry in all the area of management domain. Some of the identified areas are listed below :

  • Marketing
  • Finance
  • Human Resource
  • Information Technology
  • Operation and Supply Chain Management
  • Cross Cultural Management
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Humanities and Social Science
  • International Business
  • Economics
  • The list in indicative and not exhaustive and it does not limits the area of participation

Audience

Student, researcher, practitioner, faculty members will benefit immensely from the Journal as it will help in understanding/ teaching/ practicing management concepts with support of real life examples.

Amity Case Research Journal

Patron-In-Chief
Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan
Founder President, RBEF Chairman, AKC Group of Companies

Patron
Dr. Atul Chauhan
President RBEF Chancellor, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh

Editor-In-Chief
Prof. (Dr.) Gurinder Singh
Amity Group Vice Chancellor, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh

Senior Editor
Prof. Bhawna Kumar
Vice President - RBEF (Amity Education Group), Amity University, Uttar Pradesh

Editors
Dr. Alka Maurya,
Associate Professor, Amity University Uttar Pradesh

Mr. Aditya Gupta
Assistant Professor, Amity University Uttar Pradesh

Chief Advisors
Prof. Dr. P. K. Kapoor
Amity International Business School, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh

Dr. Ramanjeet Singh
Director, Amity Directorate of Management & Allied Areas ,Amity University, Uttar Pradesh

EDITORIAL ADVISORY & EDITORIAL BOARD
Ajay Kapoor Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Nick Petford University of Northampton, UK
Gioia Pescetto University of Portsmouth, UK
Pal Ahluwalia University of Portsmouth, UK
Prof. Mamdouh Shoukri York University, Canada
Alan Rudolf Colorado State University, USA
Roseann O'reilly Runte Carleton University, Canada
Pradeep Khanna University of Illinois, USA
Ian Brooks University of Northampton, UK
Marry Watson University of Northampton, UK
Raj Echambadi University of Illinois, USA
Robert J Hauser University of Illinois, USA
W Selvamurthy Amity Science, Technology and Innovation Foundation,AUUP, India
Marcello Fantoni Kent State University, USA
Adam Tickell University of Birmingham, UK
Ilesamiadeseda University of Illinois, USA
Sital Kalantry Cornell Law School, USA
Harvey Skinner York University, Canada
Vipin Gupta Presidio Graduate School, USA
Tatiana Karmanova California State University - San Bernardino, USA
Sunil Saigal New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), USA
Jerry Mac Arthur Hultin NYU Polytechnic, USA
Keith Taylor University of Gannon, USA
Lisa Macfarlane University of New Hampshire, USA
Cynthia A Hornberger Washburn University, USA
Albert K. Karnig California State University, USA
Michael Jay Jedel Georgia State University, USA
Susan Price Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Earl H. Potter, Iii St. Cloud State University, USA
Les Ebdon University of Bedfordshire, UK
Chris Rowley Cass Business School, City University, London, UK
Ramesh Garg Eastern Michigan University, USA
Mark K. Brewer Northumbria University, UK
Kimio Kase International University of Japan, Japan
Sharda Nandaram Nyenrode Business Universiteit, The Netherlands
Prafulla Agnihotri Institute of Management, Trichy, India
Justin Paul University of Puerto Rico, USA
Shailender Singh I-Shou University, Taiwan
EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD
Ashish Varma IMT, Uttar Pradesh
Neera JainManagement Development Institute, Uttar Pradesh
Preeti RawatK. J. Somaiya, Institute of management and Research, Mumbai
Esrafil AliIndian Institute of Management, Raipur
Mahesh Kumar ShardaChrist University, Bangalore
S. RiasudeenPondicherry University, Puducherry
Vijesh JainITS, Uttar Pradesh
Ketan GandhiKg Guruji Consulting & Services
K S GuptaKSG Center for Learning and Development, Bangalore
Shiney Chib DattaMeghe Institute of Management Studies, Nagpur
B. Latha LavanyaMEASI Institute of Management, Tamil Nadu
V. L. NarasimhamUniversity of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun
Rupak GuptaIIM, Indore

Dear Researcher,

With over two decades of academic excellence, Amity Education Group has come to be recognized for pioneering global culture in education in India and abroad. Presently the Amity Education Group comprises of 6 universities, 17 schools& preschools, 150+ institutions and overseas campuses across London, New York, California, Singapore, Mauritius, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, South Africa, Beijing, Nanjing and Romania. The Amity Group is home to over 100,000 students pursuing 250 courses in 60 diverse disciplines across pre –school to PhD.

Amity International Business School, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, which is part of Amity Education Group, is one of the pioneering Institution of India in the area of quality research, innovation, and consulting. Amity International Business School was founded in 1998. The institution offers MBA,BBA, EMBA and PhD courses in the area of International Business.

In our endeavor to enrich the research we publish three international referred research Journals in the area of management. The objective of these Journals is to create the platform for researcher’s to share their quality research work with the academia and industry.

Amity International Business School, is inviting cases for the July edition of its annual, double blind, peer reviewed Amity Case Research Journal ACRJ (ISSN No. 2319-9199)

We seize this opportunity to extend an invitation to you along with your colleagues to contribute the case studies from management domain for the publication in the journal. Authors are advised to go through the guidelines before submitting the case.

Kindly note that the last date for submitting the complete case study is 31st August 2017. In case of any query you may contact Dr. Alka (Mobile 9301523517; email : amaurya@amity.edu) and Mr. Aditya Gupta (Mobile 9911351489; email : akgupta@amity.edu)

CASE MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES

ORIGINALITY
  • Cases submitted should be an original and unpublished work. Any case submitted which is identical or substantially similar to any case already published or under review for another publication will not be considered.
  • A covering letter clearly certifying that the case is original and has neither been published anywhere or is at present being considered for any other publication should accompany the case manuscript.
STRUCTURE OF THE CASE MANUSCRIPT
The case manuscript should be accompanied by the following:
  • An abstract of 300 words with five key words to describe the case.
  • Case studies should be between 5,000 and 10,000 words in length excluding appendices, references and supplementary materials.
  • The abstract of the case should clearly mention the organization, the decision situation and contextual setting.
  • The case study should depict a real life situation in management/ social sciences. The cases can be based on primary or secondary data. The cases written with secondary data should mention all the sources of information and the author(s) should take the responsibility of originality.
  • The author must obtain a release granting permission to publish the case from appropriate individuals or organization representatives.
  • If a case is written entirely from publicly available secondary sources, with no direct communication with the organization, the author is not required to obtain a release for publication.
  • The cases can be in any of the following category: analysis/decision/directed/role play/unfinished story/ex post facto case/critical incident.
  • Every case should be accompanied with a detailed teaching note and should preferably have the following sections: Introduction, Background, Problems/Challenges/Opportunities, Data or Information Summary.
  • Use single quotes throughout. Spellings of words in quotations should not be changed.
  • Use ‘nineteenth century’, ‘1980s’. Spell out numbers from one to nine, 10 and above to remain in figures. However, for exact measurements use only figures (3 km, 9 per cent not %). Use thousands and millions (e.g., not lakhs and crores).
  • Use of italics and diacriticals should be minimized, but used consistently. Avoid excessive use of italics for emphasis, but use italics for book titles, journal names and foreign words.
  • All files should be submitted as MS-Word document.
CASE TITLE PAGE
Author Details

Following details should be given on the Case Title Page:

  • Full name of each author.
  • Affiliation of each author, including current designation and affiliation, complete postal address, phone number, fax number (if any) and e-mail address at time the research was completed.
  • Where more than one author has contributed to the case, complete details of the corresponding author including the e-mail address.
  • Brief professional biography of each author (not more than 100 words).
  • Kindly do not mention the author(s) name, affiliation and any other information inside the case manuscript. The affiliated institutions are to be listed directly below the names of the authors. Multiple affiliations should be marked with superscript Arabic numbers, and they should each start on a new line.
CASE CLASSIFICATION
Categorize your case on the Title Page, under one of these classifications:
  • Analysis Case
  • Dilemma/Decision Case
  • Directed Case
  • Role Play
  • Unfinished Story
  • Ex Post Facto Case
  • Critical Incident
HEADINGS

The heading should follow the APA style. There are 5 heading levels in APA.

Regardless of the number of levels, always use the headings in order, beginning with level 1. The example of the format of each level is as follows:

Level Format
1 Centered, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Headings
The paragraph begins below indented like a regular paragraph
2 Left-aligned, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading
The paragraph begins below indented like a regular paragraph
3 Indented, boldface, lowercase heading with a period. Begin body text
after the period.
4 Indented, boldface, italicized, lowercase heading with a period. Begin
body text after the period.
5 Indented, italicized, lowercase heading with a period. Begin body text after
the period.

If the first word can stand alone, the second word should be capitalized. Here are some examples of headings: “A Comparison of UK and India’s Advertising Self-Regulation Systems”, “ The Use and Non-use of e-Print Archives for the Dissemination of Scientific Information”, “A User-Friendly and Extendable Data Distribution System” and “ Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis”.

TEACHING NOTE
Each case must be accompanied with a detailed teaching note having the following sections:
• Case Overview

This section of the teaching note gives a brief overview of the case including the salient features and the areas of management where it can be appropriately utilized. A statement identifying the type of the case study (analysis/decision/directed/role play/unfinished story/ex post facto case/critical incident) should also be included in this section.

• Research Methods

This section includes the research methods used in developing the case and mentions whether the case is disguised and how extensively the fieldwork/interview/any other type of data collection was conducted. Disguise may range from none, to partial (for names, locations, or certain numeric data—financials, dates, market shares, etc.), to complete (for names plus locations plus all numeric data). If disguise is employed, it should be commensurate to the actual company and situation. The student must be able to develop a proper answer from the disguised data.

• Learning Objectives

Provide a list of learning objectives for students utilizing the case study.

• Questions

A list of only questions should be provided to the students without providing them the answers.

• Answers to Questions

Summarize each question and then provide a correct answer to the same.
Some additional discussion points should also be provided for the benefit of the adopting instructor. This portion of the teaching note is an important part as it contains the intellectual contribution of the case. Use appropriate references to cite published research papers and articles. Develop tables and figures summarizing analytical methods or points as appropriate. Specify where in the case information is located that is being used to develop an answer (e.g., the author might indicate that the instructor should see Table 1 in the case).

• General Discussion or Additional Issues

This section is used to summarize the issues or discuss any points not otherwise covered in the case. Some classroom exercises or experiential learning suggestions can be introduced here.

• Epilogue
This section is optional and is used to provide additional information or actual outcomes of the time subsequent to the writing of the case.
• Additional Pedagogical Materials

This section may provide some additional reading materials (not included as an appendix), such as industry notes, or technical notes specifically related to the case described.

• References

The reference section includes all citations that were referenced in the teaching note. Provide relevant articles, books and additional background reading material for the instructors in this section. Authors should use APA guidelines to format this section.

• FONT AND FORMAT

All case manuscripts should be submitted in Word format, with 1.5 line spacing, 12-point font, font type Times New Roman and 1-inch margins on all sides.

• FIGURES, TABLES AND EXHIBITS
Each Figure, Table, or Exhibit should be given on a separate sheet. Figures,

Tables and Exhibits are to be separately numbered, titled and attached at the end of the text serially. The position of the Figure, Table, or Exhibit should be indicated in the text on a separate line with the words "Table 1 about here".

TABLES
NUMBERS
  • All tables should be sequentially numbered with Arabic numerals.
  • If the case manuscript includes an appendix with tables, identify them with capital letters and Arabic numerals (e.g. Table A1, Table B2).
TITLES
  • The title of the table should be clear, concise and self-explanatory. For e.g., an appropriate title would be “Variables for Studying the Determinants of Employee Satisfaction” instead of “Variables of the Study”
  • When appropriate, you may use the title to explain an abbreviation parenthetically. For e.g., Comparison of Median Income of Adopted Children (AC) v. Foster Children (FC)
HEADINGS
  • Keep the headings clear and brief.
  • Every column in the table should have a column heading
REPORTING DATA
  • All values should be indicated in million or billion.
  • Numerals should be expressed to a consistent number of decimal places.
  • All the abbreviations and special symbols should be explained.
  • If the table or its data are from another source, the source should be properly cited.
FORMAT
  • Tables should be given on a separate sheet.
  • The entire table should be single spaced including title, headings and notes.
  • The table should be referred in the text. The text should explain what the reader should look for when using the table or figure.
  • The tables can be either coloured or black and white.
  • Abbreviations, terminology, probability level values must be consistent across tables and figures in the same article.
  • Likewise, formats, titles, and headings must be consistent. Do not repeat the same data in different tables.
FIGURES AND GRAPHS
  • Tables and graphs should be submitted in their original Word/Excel format.
  • PowerPoint slides and screen grabs should be avoided where possible.
  • Number all the figures consecutively with Arabic numerals.
  • Mention all figures in the text.
  • Avoid overuse of special effects like 3D effects, shading and layered text.
  • One-column figures must be between 2 and 3.25 inches wide (5 to 8.45 cm).
  • Two-column figures must be between 4.25 and 6.875 inches wide (10.6 to 17.5 cm).
  • The height of figures should not exceed the top and bottom margins.
  • The text in a figure should be in Times New Roman.
  • The font size must be between eight and twelve point
  • Use circles and squares to distinguish curves on a line graph (at the same font size as the other labels).
  • For figures, include the figure number and a title with a legend and caption.
  • These elements appear below the visual display. For the figure number, type Figure X. Then type the title of the figure in sentence case. Follow the title with a legend that explains the symbols in the figure and a caption that explains the figure. For e.g., Figure 1. Corporate Social Responsibility Index. This figure illustrates the corporate social responsibility scores of IT firms in India.
  • Captions serve as a brief, but complete, explanation and as a title. For example, “Figure 4. Population” is insufficient, whereas “Figure 4. Population of Tribal Races, Indian Subcontinent (1980)” is better.
  • Graphs should always include a legend that explains the symbols, abbreviations, and terminology used in the figure.
  • These terms must be consistent with those used in the text and in other figures.
  • The lettering in the legend should be of the same type and size as that used in the figure.
FOOTNOTES AND ENDNOTES
  • Use of footnotes and endnotes should be minimum.
REFERENCES
  • References should be complete in all respects, with authors’ surnames arranged alphabetically following conventional citation styles.
Authors are requested to follow the APA style. APA Reference Examples
Book with one author
  • Owen, J. (2003). Management Stripped Bare. (1st ed.). India: Kogan Page
  • In text citation: (Owen, 2003) or Owen (2003) explains…..
Book with two authors
  • Johnston, M. W., & Marshall, G. W. (2009). Sales Force Management (9th ed.).New York: McGraw-Hill Companies.
  • In text citation: (Johnston & Marshall, 2009) or Johnston and Marshall (2009) said…
  • When paraphrasing in text, use and, not &.
Book with three to five authors
  • Morgan, C. T., King, R. A., Weisz, J. R., & Schopler, J. (1993). Introduction to Psychology (7th ed.). New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill
  • In text citation: (Morgan, King, Weisz & Schopler, 1993) then (Morgan et al., 1993) analyze…..
Book or report by a corporate author e.g. organisation, association, government department
  • UNDP India (2010). Environmental Finance (WWF India 2010)
  • In text citation: (UNDP, 2010). Some group authors may be abbreviated in subsequent citations if they are readily recognizable.
Book chapter in edited book
  • Lawrence, J. A., & Dodds, A. E. (2003). Goal-Directed Activities and Life-Span Development. In J. Valsiner & K. Connolly (Eds.), Handbook of Developmental Psychology (pp. 517-533). London, England: Sage Publications.
  • In text citation: (Lawrence & Dodds, 2003) or Lawrence and Dodds (2003) found....
Conference paper online
  • Charumathi, B., & Kota, H.B. (2011, May). What Determines the Corporate Usage of Foreign Exchange Derivatives? – Evidence from India. Paper presented in the Annual International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Economics Research, Singapore. Retrieved from http://dl4.globalstf.org/?wpsc-product=what-determines-the-corporate-usage-of-foreign-exchange-derivatives-evidence-from-India
  • In text citation: (Charumathi & Kota, 2011) or According to Charumathi and Kota (2011)…
Course handout/Lecture notes
  • Sharma, L. (2013). Lecture 3: ASB205-07A [PowerPoint slides]. Noida, India: Amity University
  • In text citation: (Sharma, 2013)
Film
  • Amin, S. (Director). (2007). Chak De! India [Motion Picture]. India: Yash Raj Films
  • In text citation: (Amin, 2007)
Journal article – academic/scholarly (electronic version) with DOI
  • Scott, K.L., Zagenczyk, T. J., Schippers, M., Purvis, R. L., & Cruz, K. S. (2014). Co-worker Exclusion and Employee Outcomes: An Investigation of the Moderating Roles of Perceived Organizational and Social Support. Journal of Management Studies, 51(8), 1235-1363. DOI: 10.1111/joms.12099
  • (Scott, Zagenczyk, Schippers, Purvis & Cruz, 2014), then subsequently if 3-5 authors (Scott et al., 2014) studied…..
Journal article – academic/scholarly (electronic version) with no DOI
  • Harrison, B., & Papa, R. (2005). The Development of an Indigenous Knowledge Program in a New Zealand Maori-language Immersion School. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 36(1), 57-72. Retrieved from ProQuest Education Journals database. Researchers: Give the URL of the journal homepage. e.g., Retrieved from http://ucpressjournals.com/journal.asp?j=aeq
  • In text citation: (Harrison & Papa, 2005) or Harrison and Papa (2005) recommend ...
Journal article - academic/scholarly (print version)
  • Hossain, M. A. (2008). The Extent of Disclosure in Annual Reports of Banking Companies: The Case of India. European Journal of Scientific Research, 23(4), 659-680.
  • In text citation: (Hossain, 2008) or Hossain (2008) studies…..
  • Chalmers, K., & Godfrey, J. M. (2004). Reputation Costs: The Impetus for Voluntary Derivative Financial Instruments Reporting. Accounting, Organizations & Society, 29(2), 95-125.
  • In text citation: (Chalmers & Godfrey, 2004) or Chalmers and Godfrey (2004) found…..

Journal article - academic/scholarly (Internet only – no print version)

  • Hassan, M. S., & Saleh, N. M. (2007). Determinants of Financial Instruments Disclosure Quality Among Listed Firms in Malaysia. Retrieved from http://ssrn.com/abstract=1157788 on 09.03.2014.
  • In text citation: (Hassan & Saleh, 2007) or Hassan and Saleh (2007) analyze…..
  • Snell, D., & Hodgetts, D. (n.d.). The Psychology of Heavy Metal Communities and White Supremacy. Te Kura Kete Aronui, 1. Retrieved from http://www.waikato.ac.nz/wfass/tkka For html version only, cite the paragraph number in text
  • In-text citation: (Snell & Hodgetts, n.d.) or Snell and Hodgetts (n.d.) suggest “...” (para. 3)
Magazine article – popular/trade/general interest
  • Sen, S. (2014, August 17). Why Facebook COO Continues her Love Affair with India. Business Today, 364(1), 19. Full date is used for weekly magazines; month and year for monthly magazines
  • In text citation: (Sen, 2014) or Sen (2014) defends ...
Newspaper article – (Print version)
  • Das, S. (2015, March 3). Bengaluru-based Molbio Develops India's First Swine Flu Diagnostic Kit . The Economic Times, p. 3.
  • Include p. or pp. before the page number – for newspapers only, not magazines
  • In text citation: (Das, 2015) finds…..
Newspaper article (Database like Newztext Plus) (also see Library referencing webpage for Internet version)
  • Cumming, G. (2003, April 5). Cough that Shook the World. The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved from Newztext Plus database.
  • In text citation: (Cumming, 2003) opines…..
Newspaper article with no author
  • Budget 2015 Evokes Mixed Response from Global Rating Agencies. (2015, March 1). The Economic Times, p. 1. Article title comes first.
  • In the text, abbreviate title and use double quotation marks Personal Communication (letters, telephone conversations, emails, interviews)
  • No reference list entry as the information is not recoverable
  • (H. Singh, personal communication, March 19, 2014)
Thesis – Institutional or personal webpage
  • Dewstow, R. A. (2006). Using the Internet to Enhance Teaching at the University of Waikato (Master’s thesis, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand).Retrieved from http://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/handle/10289/2241
  • (Dewstow, 2006) or Dewstow (2006) identified ...
Webpages (When multiple webpages are referenced, reference the homepage)
  • The Education System in India (2011). Retrieved from https://www.gnu.org/education/edu-system-india.html
  • Author (could be organisation), date (either date of publication or latest update),document title, date retrieved if contents are likely to change, URL (GNU Operating System, 2011)
In text references

Direct quotation – use quotation marks around the quote and include page numbers

  • Chalmers and Godfrey (2000) point out “a high level of non-compliance of derivative disclosure among Australian firms” (p. 165).
  • Alternatively, “a high level of non-compliance of derivative disclosure is prevalent among Australian firms (Chalmers & Godfrey, 2000, p. 165)
  • Indirect quotation/paraphrasing – no quotation marks

  • Australian firms show a high level of non-compliance of derivative disclosures (Chalmers & Godfrey, 2000)
  • Citations from a secondary source

  • As Hall (1977) asserts, “culture also defines boundaries of different groups” (as cited in Samovar & Porter, 1997, p. 14).

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  • Case manuscripts may not have been published previously or be under review with another journal.
  • The author(s) should submit a soft copy of the case manuscript in MS Word to Editor-in-Chief, Amity Case Research Journal (ACRJ) at acrj@amity.edu, which will be duly acknowledged.
  • Case submissions can be made any time throughout the year.
  • Submission deadlines: September 15 for every year
PEER REVIEW POLICY

The Amity Case Research Journal (ACRJ) adheres to an accelerated and rigorous double-blind reviewing policy in which the identity of both the reviewer and author are concealed from each other. Each case manuscript is reviewed by four referees. All case manuscripts are reviewed as quickly as possible, and an editorial decision is generally reached within 8-10 weeks of submission.

The submitted case manuscripts will be assessed by reviewers with domain knowledge of the submission’s main research area, and by at least one reviewer who comes from a discipline outside the author’s own field.

All manuscripts are assessed initially by the Editors and only those cases will be sent for outside review that meet the methodological and editorial standards of the journal and fit within the aims and scope of the journal. Case manuscripts rejected prior to outside review may be resubmitted accompanied by a letter detailing how the initial reasons for rejection have been overcome.

The reviewers' recommendations determine whether a case will be
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  • Accepted subject to minor changes
  • Accepted subject to resubmission with significant changes
  • Rejected.

For case manuscripts which require changes, the same reviewers will be used to ensure that the quality of the revised case manuscript is acceptable.

Multiple Authors: In case of multiple authors, the "corresponding author" will be responsible for the collection and provision of the copyright form from each author after acceptance.

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A disclaimer is required for every case and teaching note. The disclaimer would:

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  2. reveal the degree to which the case has been disguised, and
  3. give notice of copyright.

The disguise statement would be deleted if the case is not disguised at all.

Otherwise, the statement should accommodate the degree of disguise employed. All the three parts are combined into one statement, with the words in italics altered to fit the particular situation, as follows:

This case/teaching note (select one) was prepared by the author/authors (select one) and is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion. The views presented here are those of the author/authors (select one) based on his/her/their (select one) professional judgment and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Amity Case Research Journal (ACRJ). The names of individuals, the firm, and its location, et al. (select wording that describes the degree of disguise, or delete the entire sentence if the work is not disguised) have been disguised to preserve anonymity.

COPYRIGHT

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RESEARCH FUNDING

Authors must declare all sources of external research funding in their case and a statement to this effect should appear in the Acknowledgements section. Authors should describe the role of the funder or financial sponsor in the entire research process, from study design to submission.

ACCURACY OF CONTENT

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The Publisher reserves the right to edit, abridge or omit material submitted for publication.

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  • The case will returned to the author if it has high plagiarism or is not as per the framework of the journal. However, if the case has no plagarism and is as per the framework of the journal is will be sent for review.
  • In the next stage the case will be sent to 2 reviewers (Reviewer 1 & 2) as per the area of the case. The case will also be sent to another reviewer (Reviewer 3: English faculty) who will check the grammatical part of the case. If Reviewers 1 & 2 give similar comments (positive or negative), than the manuscript will not go to the Reviewer 4.
  • But when Reviewers 1 & 2 give opposite comments, than manuscript will be sent to Reviewer 4.
  • Based on the comments of the Reviewer 1, 2, 3 & 4, manuscript will be rejected or moved to the next stage.
  • Based on the comments of the Reviewers, author(s) will be asked to revise the manuscript.
  • Revised manuscript will be sent to the same reviewers who had earlier reviewed it.
  • Based on their comments, manuscript will be either rejected or accepted for publication.

Once accepted for publication, Editorial Board may decide the publication of the manuscript in a specific issue.

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PUBLICATION ETHICS AND PUBLICATION MALPRACTICE STATEMENT

Duties of the Editor

Editors are responsible for selecting cases for publication in Amity Case Research Journal. Editor in consultation with the other editors and reviewers will take decision for finalizing the cases for publication in the journal. The decision of the editor is based on the policies of the editorial board of the journal. While selecting the articles editor takes in consideration legal issues like libel, copyright, infringement, plagiarism etc.

Fair Play

Cases are selected on the basis of intellectual merit without any consideration to gender, nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation of the authors.

Confidentiality

Manuscript submitted to the journal will not be shared with anyone other than the reviewer, authors, editorial advisors and publishers

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Cases not selected for publication in ACRJ will not used in research work of anyone who had viewed/reviewed the manuscript.

Submissions for Special or sponsored issues

Editor will handle special or sponsored issues in the same way as other submissions. Manuscript submitted for these journals should be accepted purely on their academic merit without any commercial consideration.

Handle complaints

Editor must handle complaints of unethical behaviour or conflicts, according to the policy and guidelines of the journal. All the complaints reported for the current or previous issues of the journal should be investigated and all the documents related to these complaints and its outcome should be retained. Authors or reviewer should be given a fair chance to respond to the complaints brought to the notice of the editor.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Reviewer will be responsible for the double blind peer review of the manuscript and will provide feedback on the manuscript to assist the author in improving the paper. Identities of the reviewers will be confidential and will be known only the editors. Identity of the author will not be disclosed to the reviewer and any identifying information will be stripped from the document before sharing with the reviewer. Reviewers' feedback on the manuscript will be confidential and before passing on to the author will be made anonymous.

Promptness

Reviewer must submit the review on time and in case the reviewer feels that timely review will not be possible then he should notify the editor and should not become part of the review process.

Confidentiality

Manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal should be treated as confidential documents and should not be shown or shared with anyone except as authorized by the Editors.

Standards of Objectivity

While reviewing the manuscript reviewers should avoid criticizing the author. Feedback on the manuscript should be clear with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of Sources

While reviewing the manuscript reviewers should make sure that authors have acknowledged all sources of information/data used in the research. In case reviewer comes to know that manuscript under review is similar or overlaps with any other published paper, then he must bring this to the notice of the editors.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Reviewers should avoid reviewing those manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest due to collaborative, competitive or any other relationship with the authors, institutions or companies connected with the manuscript.

Duties of Authors

Reporting standards

Author must adhere to the manuscript guidelines of the Journal and must furnish correct information in their research work. Submitting knowingly inaccurate statements in the manuscript is unacceptable and will be considered as unethical on the part of the author. Authors should present an accurate account of their original research as well as an objective discussion of its significance.

Data Access and Retention

Authors should provide raw data related to their manuscript for editorial review and must retain such data.

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have submitted entirely original works, and there should be proper citation if the authors have used the work and/or words of others.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication

Author should ensure that the manuscript submitted for review in the journal is not submitted elsewhere for publication/ presentation. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal is unacceptable and constitutes unethical behavior on part of the author.

Acknowledgement of Sources

Authors should submit original work for publication and wherever necessary authors must cite publications, work or word of others that have been influential in conducting research and preparing manuscript. The author must take necessary permission in case any content from other source is reproduced in the manuscript.

Authorship of the Paper

Name of all the persons who have been instrumental in conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the manuscript should be mentioned as co-author in the manuscript. whereas other who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research work, should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.

Acknowledgement of funding sources

In case the author has received funds for carrying out the research, such source should be appropriately acknowledged towards the end of the manuscript. After seeking approval form the funding body author should deposit the data in appropriate repository for further use by others.

Reporting of error

It is the duty of the author to inform the editor in case there is a significant error in the manuscript. Author should cooperate with the editor to publish a corrigendum or to withdraw the paper, if necessary.

Report conflicts of interest

Any potential conflict of interest, whether apparent or real should be brought to the notice of the editor

Peer review

ACRJ follows double blind peer review process for reviewing the manuscript. Authors are required to cooperate by responding to the request of the editor for clarification, copyright permission, furnishing raw data etc. In case the editor seeks an updation /revision of manuscript, author must do so by responding to the reviewers comments in a systematic and timely manner. For details on peer review process authors can refer to the “Peer Review Process” guidelines on the website of the journal.

Procedures for dealing with unethical behaviour

Identification and reporting of unethical behaviour

Unethical behaviour, as per the guidelines provided above, if noticed by anyone should be brought to the attention of the editor, with sufficient information and evidence so that an investigation can be initiated.
Investigations should be done until a successful decision or conclusion is reached.

Investigation

After receiving the complaint the editor should inform everyone who need to know about it and should collect more evidences in the matter.
Author should be given opportunity to respond to the allegations.

Minor breaches

Minor unethical behaviour might be dealt in confidence, without need to consult more widely.

Serious breaches

In case of serious breaches the editor, either on the basis of available evidence or in consultation with few experts, might inform the employer.

Outcomes

On the basis of the evidence collected against the complaint received, the editor can resort of the outcomes listed below. Single or multiples outcomes can be exercised against a single complaint.
Educate or inform the author or reviewer about the unethical behaviour
Written warning to the author or reviewer informing them about the unethical behaviour. Also warning them not to repeat in future
Publish a notice informing about the unethical behaviour of the author or reviewer
Publish an editorial with details of the unethical behaviour
Write a letter to the employer or funding agency informing them about the misconduct
Withdraw the case from the journal and also inform the employer of the author or reviewer.
Impose a ban on further submission by the author or review by the reviewer for a defined period.
Report entire case and its outcome to a professional organisation for further investigation and action.

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