Guidelines for Contributors
A general guidelines for contributors is listed below, which
should be adhered to:
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Manuscripts should normally be of around 10,000 words
(To an extent of 20 to 40 A-4 size pages, typed double space).
Manuscripts should be submitted in triplicate with the cover
page bearing only the title of the paper and authors’
names, designations, official addresses , phone/fax numbers
and e-mail address.
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Abstracts All the manuscripts should include an abstract
of about 100 to 200 words. No abstract are required are
for review essays or case studies.
Footnotes. All footnotes should be indicated by serial numbers
in the text and literature cited should be detailed under
Notes at the end of the chapter bearing corresponding numbers.
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Tables and Figures. Tables should approximate
the appearance of printed tables and preferably submitted
in a floppy disk. Tables /figures should be placed at the
end of the text, after footnotes, appendices, and references.
Tables should contain a source and units of measurement.
Their location in the text should be indicated as follows:
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References. Place the references at the
end of the manuscript following the footnotes. The list
should mention only those sources actually cited in the
text or notes. Author name should be same as in the original
source. For more than one publication by the same author,
list them in chronological order, with the older item first.
For more than one publication in one year by the same author,
use small lower case) letters to distinguish them (e.g.
1980a, 1980b). Following are some examples:
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Books. Chakraborty, S.K. (1999) Management
Effectiveness and Quality of work life: Indian insights.
New Delhi. Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co, Ltd.
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Ph. D. Thesis- Maheshwari RK (2000) ‘Accounting
for Human Resources: Acquisition, Development and Retention”
Ph.D, thesis, University of Delhi, Delhi.
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Journal- Chakraborty, S.K. (Oct 2001)
“ The Giving Model and Corporate Excellence: A Field
Report “ Decision, pp 219-224, manikutty, S, (2001)
“ Telecom Services in Urban and Corporate Segments:
A Consumar Prespective “Vikalpa, Vol,22, No. 3,pp
15-28
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No stops after abbreviations (UK, USA, MBBS, MBA etc.)
Use stops after initials (PK Gupta)
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Use double quotes throughout. The use of signal quotes
to be restricted for use within double quotes e.g. “
In the world of Churchill, Any one can suggest you when
you are right : friends are these to support you when you
are wrong”’ Quotations in excess of 50 words
should be separated from the text with a line space above
and below and indented on the left. Quotes should be cited
accurately from the original source, should not give give
the page numbers of the original publication.
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Capitalization should be kept to the minimum and should
be consistent.
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Book reviews must provide the following details, and in
this order: Name of author/title of book reviewed/place
of publication/publisher/year of publication/number of pages.
In Roman and Arabic figures to include preliminary pages
and price, with binding specification such as paperback
or hardbound. For example:
Ajay Kumar Singh, HRD: Vision and Directions for the 21st
Century, Delhi: Society for Professional Development and
Research, 1997, xxviii 254 pp. Rs. 500 hardbound
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