Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

  1. TEMPLATE (please click directly) to download the journal article template.
  2. Submitted manuscripts must be guaranteed by the authors for their originality (never published before) and not currently under review or consideration by any other journal or periodical publication.
  3. Manuscripts may be written in Bahasa Indonesia or English. They must be typed using Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) with A4 paper layout, top and left margins of 3 cm, and bottom and right margins of 2.5 cm. The length of the manuscript should be 15–20 pages for double-spaced text or 10–12 pages for single-spaced text.
  4. Please refer to the About the Journal/Policies/Focus and Scope page for acceptable topics.
  5. The title must be clear and concise, typed in bold capital letters. Titles in Bahasa Indonesia should not exceed 14 words, and titles in English should not exceed 12 words.
  6. Author names  are written without academic titles. If there are multiple authors from the same institution, the affiliation only needs to be stated once. The email address used should be that of the corresponding author.
  7. The abstract must be 150–200 words in length, with a maximum of 6 keywords.
  8. Manuscripts reporting research findings should follow this structure:
    Introduction, Literature Review, Research Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion and Suggestions, References. For conceptual or theoretical manuscripts, use the following structure:
    Introduction, Literature Review, Discussion and Managerial Implications, Conclusion, References.
  9. Tables  must be numbered and titled, with the title placed above the table, aligned to the left. Do not use vertical lines in tables. Use a period (.) as the decimal separator. For figures/graphs, the number and title should be placed below and centered.
  10. In-text citationsshould include only thesurname of the author and year, for example: (Robbins, 2012), or for direct citations: Robbins (2012).
  11. References must follow theAPA (American Psychological Association) Style. At least 80% of the references must be journal articles, and no more than 20% can be textbooks. References must be published within the last 10 years, and only sources that are cited in the manuscript should be listed. The surname of the author comes first, and references should be arranged alphabetically (A–Z). Use single-spacing and a 5pt hanging indent for the second line. It is recommended to use a reference manager (e.g., Mendeley, Zotero).

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

JABis allows authors retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions.