Author Guidelines

 
Guidelines for Manuscript Submissions

,,Manager’’ Journal is published by the Center of Organizational Strategies and Leadership

(CSOL-UB), Faculty of Administration and Business (FAA), University of Bucharest (UB), in
cooperation with University of Bucharest Publishing House. The journal welcomes theoretical
and empirical articles, from all economic fields according to the topic of the respective issue. It is
expected that manuscripts will be organized in such a manner that maximize both the substance
and clarity of the document. All articles should report original research that has not been
published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers presented at conferences are accepted,
providing that they have not been published in full in Conference Proceedings. 
 
1. Important Specifications
 The journal is issued twice a year in May and November. For the May issue the manuscripts have
to be sent by March 15 and for the November issue by September 15. A special issue is dedicated
to the papers presented at the annual conference organized by CSOL-UB.
 The journal discourages any attempt of plagiarism. In this respect, the journal uses a specialized
anti-plagiarism software.
 All manuscripts will be submitted in English. The editorial board cannot accept manuscripts that
are not readable in English.
 The manuscripts must be 5 to 10 pages long in the style A4 sheet, in Times New Roman, type 10,
in PC-formatted Word (.doc) file.
 The articles that don't respect the requirements presented in this guide will be rejected. Eligible
manuscripts are sent to double blind peer review and the authors are informed about the results of
review.
 Manuscripts should be submitted using the template provided on the journal’s website
(click here).

All inquiries and submissions should be directed to the attention of

the editors of the journal.
E-mail: manager@faa.unibuc.ro.
2. Recommendations
Paper Title
The title of the paper should:
 be simple and precise;
 be chosen properly in order to attract as many readers as possible;
 reflect the summary of the paper and addresses the right audience;
 describe in a clear and accurate manner the content of the paper;
 include keywords that serve indexing the paper and readers are likely to use them when searching
for articles online;
 not be too long (maximum 12 words);
 not use acronyms.
The most common types are the following:
 declarative titles (most common) – state the main findings or conclusions;
 descriptive titles – describe the subject of the article but do not reveal the main
conclusions;
  interrogative titles – introduce the subject in the form of a question.
  
Abstract
The Abstract should:
 provide adequate information for readers to judge the nature and importance of the subject;
 introduce the topic under study (Present/Present Perfect Tense), describe and explain what
previous research has demonstrated (Past Tense), and summarize the context of the paper, the
aims of the paper and the research problems, the methodology, the substantive findings from and
implications and significance of the work, and conclusions (Present Tense);
 utilize keywords and phrases while avoiding unnecessary repetition:
 be carefully written as search engines and bibliographic databases use abstracts, as well
as titles, to identify key terms for indexing the paper.

Keywords
Four to seven keywords (words or expressions) that capture the essence of the paper should be listed in
their decreasing order of importance, in full accordance with the title and the abstract.
 
JEL Classification
The article should follow the Journal of Economic Literature classification system (JEL)
at www.aeaweb.org 

Introduction
The Introduction should:
 establish the context of the paper. This is accomplished by discussing the relevant primary
research literature and summarizing current understanding of the problem.
 state the aim(s) of the work in the form of research hypothesis and/or questions;
 briefly explain author’s approach and the necessary arguments. Whenever possible, the outcomes
of the paper can be revealed.
 point out, in its final part, the issues/aspects to be treated further in the work.

Literature review 
This section should:
 include references to literature in the field were dealing with the theme work in bringing attention
to the most important and relevant contributions based on which the author will build his
argument;
 describe in a clear and systematic manner the state of knowledge in the domain studied. Thus, it
analyzes, synthesizes, and critically evaluates to give a clear picture of the state of knowledge on
the subject.
 provide the foundation for a theoretical framework;
 demonstrate that the author has acquired sufficient scientific in order to express a scientific
opinion on the relevance of the issues studied.
There are five main steps in the process of writing a good literature review:
1. Search for relevant literature from various sources such as libraries and databases.
2. Evaluate and select sources.
3. Identify themes, debates and gaps.
4. Outline the literature review’s structure (e.g., chronological, thematic).
5. Write a literature review that comprises three parts: introduction, main body and conclusions.
Research methodology
This part should:
 specify and explain the type of research method (e.g. qualitative, quantitative, etc.);
 show how the data was collected;
 precisely describe the measurements.

Results and discussions

The results of the research should be presented and analyzed. The author(s) should explain what he/she
discovered in the research. The results should be clearly laid out and in a logical sequence.

Conclusions
This section should:
 review the main points of the paper;
 illustrate if the article support or contradict previous researches;
 show the importance of the work. Thus, it has to explain how the research has moved the body of
scientific knowledge forward.
 suggest applications and extensions of the research.

References
The journal requires the Harvard style of referencing at
https://library.aru.ac.uk/referencing/files/Harvard_referencing_201718.pdf.

 
Further observations (template):
Paper Title
Must be in 12-point bold type, Times New Roman and centered across the top of the page. It will
be written in uppercase and translated in English.
Author(s)
Author's names will be written under the paper title, centered across the page, single spaced
specifying: title, university affiliation, country and e-mail address. It must be written in 12-point
type bold, Times New Roman in lowercase.
Abstract
The abstract will be written in 10-point type italic, Times New Roman. It must have 150 to 250
words, single spaced type.
The paper body should be written with in Times New Roman 10 point, single spaced
Tables and figures should be placed in the body of the paper exactly where the authors want
them to appear printed. They should not occupy more than one page each. The heading should be
in Times New Roman 10 point bold. Titles and numbers should be positioned above the table or
figure. Please indicate the source of data when appropriate. References to tables and figures in
the text of the article should be made within parentheses, e.g. „(fig. nr.1), (table nr. 1)”.
Graphs must be uncluttered and easy to read, preferably in black and white.
Equations and formulas should be numbered. The numbers are to be justified to the right,
within parentheses.
Abbreviations and acronyms should be defined the first time they are used in the paper.