The Australian Journal of Organisational Behaviour & Management (formerly the Australian Journal of Management and Organisational Behaviour) is designed for staff to publish work that is largely theoretical in focus. That is, that reviews or critiques current thinking on particular issues, topics, trends and practices in management (OB, HR, IR). Therefore papers for this journal are more in the vein of a "literature review" or an essay, than an empirical project or research report.

Submission
Submission can be via an abstract in the first instance, or by complete article. All articles submitted for publication are reviewed by referees and staff of the Department of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations. The review is a blind review process. That is that neither the reviewer or the authors are aware of each others identity. The articles are assessed for suitability which is determined primarily, but not necessarily solely, on the following criteria:

The blind review process requires that reviewers complete a report. The report includes an evaluation of worthiness of the submission. The reviewers are given certain options in this assessment, viz:

• the submission may be accepted
• the submission may be accepted with minor modification
• the submission may be accepted with major changes
• the submission may be rejected

The editors may use their discretion to notify contributors of required changes. Final acceptance of the article is conditional on these changes having been made.

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Document File

Submit the document in three (3) original copies and on disc. The document must be convertible to either  HTML or Adobe Acrobat formats. Documents which cannot be opened will be returned to the contributor for resubmission. The preferred word processing format is Microsoft Word 6 or 97 (for Macintosh, Windows or Win95/98).

The document should be formatted on A4 (8.27" x 11.69") size page setup using "Times New Roman" with a 12-point font.  Justify and double-space all material, including footnotes, references, appendices, tables, and figures. Use 2.5cm margins at the top and bottom and on the left and right of all pages.

Title Page and Page Numbering

The first page of the document is the title page and should be numbered "1". It should include the title of the article (formatted in all capital letters), the authors’ names (all capitals), and the author's contact details in sentence case.

For example;

THE CHANGING NATURE OF WORK

TERESA MARCHANT

Lecturer
University of Southern Queensland
Toowoomba 4350
Australia
Email: marchant@usq.edu.au

Tel: (07)46 31248
Fax:: (07)46 311533

The inclusion of the author's contact details is necessary and important. While the readership of the Australian Journal of Organisational Behaviour & Management is intended to be limited to the USQ, the abstract which accompanies the article for publication will be accessible to a wider readership. From time to time, authors who submit articles for publication in the journal may receive requests for copies from others who have access to the abstract but not the full article. The editors and the USQ are not agents of the author. That is, there is no obligation on the editors or the USQ to attend to such requests. Whether or not the author wishes to make copies of the complete article available beyond the USQ readership of the Australian Journal of Organisational Behaviour & Management  is at the discretion of the author. If the author requests assistance from the USQ, it will be expected the USQ may provide the assistance on a cost-recovery basis only.

Contributing authors should give some consideration to how the contact details might be communicated to readers. It is recommended that either e-mail or telephone number would be most effective in expediting contact between author and reader. Where there are multiple authors, the contact author should be noted. All communication will be conducted through this author only.

Length

Articles up to approximately 17 pages (2,000-4,000 words) including references, appendices, tables, and figures are considered an appropriate length. Articles that are shorter than 2,000 words or longer than 4,000 may be considered at the discretion of the editors.

Title

To assist the journal’s audience, a title of not more than eight words in length should be provided which clearly reflects the article’s content.

Each article must contain up to a maximum of five (5) keywords which clearly encapsulate the content of the article, and are to be placed directly after the abstract. Minor aspects of an article should not be keyworded. The following list of keywords has been developed as indicators of a topic area for this journal. These keywords should not be viewed as a definitive guide. We hope that they assist the author/s to locate central themes and topics consistent with their research interests and articles for submission.

Headings and Sub-headings

The use of main headings and first and second sub-headings is encouraged. The headings should be concise and should indicate the content of the paragraphs that follow. The main headings must be centered, in capitals and in bold. Minor headings are to be placed on the left of the page. Minor headings should be in bold sentence case.

Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar

Authors are responsible for submitting articles that are complete and clearly written and which contain no errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar. Where there is an anomaly between US and UK spelling, please ensure that the UK version is used; for example -ise, rather than –ize, as in Nationalise.

Numbers one to twelve and per cent to be spelt out; for example: ten per cent. Figures having a decimal point need not be written; for example: 10.5 per cent. Sentences having two or more percentage figures can be presented in numerical form with the percentage sign included; for example: 10.5%.

Referencing

Figures, Charts, Diagrams

Figures, charts and diagrams can be included in articles. Authors need to be aware that complex figures, charts and diagrams at times are difficult to convert. Where possible, every effort will be made to maintain the integrity of complex figures, charts and diagrams when placed in HTML or Acrobat  format.

Autobiographical Notes

Authors need to supply details such as their qualifications, current position, name of the organisation for which they currently work and scholarly interests. These details will be published at the conclusion of their article.

Abstracts and articles may be submitted electronically to HRM@usq.edu.au or presented on floppy disk inclusive of three (3) hard copies, and posted to:

The Editor,
Australian  Journal of Organisational Behaviour and Management 
Department of Management & Organisational Behaviour
University of Southern Queensland,
Toowoomba,
Queensland, 4350, Australia.

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Matters Related to Copyright

Submitting an Abstract

Each article presented for publication should be accompanied by an abstract. This item should be no more than 100 words. Up to five keywords should be included at the foot of the abstract. Below the key words, it is requested that you show your full name, address, telephone/fax numbers and/or email address, if applicable. Please ensure that your contact details are current.

The author/s will be notified if their article has been accepted. Upon acceptance the author/s will be requested to submit their article for blind reviewing.