Published/Hosted by: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Online ISSN: 1099-1379
Country: England
Impact Factor: 3.626 (2012)
About Journal
The Journal of Organizational Behavior aims to publish empirical reports and theoretical reviews of research in the field of organizational behavior, wherever in the world that work is conducted. The journal will focus on research and theory in all topics associated with organizational behavior within and across individual, group and organizational levels of analysis, including:
At the individual level: personality, perception, beliefs, attitudes, values, motivation, career behavior, stress, emotions, judgment, and commitment.
At the group level: size, composition, structure, leadership, power, group affect, and politics.
At the organizational level: structure, change, goal-setting, creativity, and human resource management policies and practices.
Across levels: decision-making, performance, job satisfaction, turnover and absenteeism, diversity, careers and career development, equal opportunities, work-life balance, identification, organizational culture and climate, inter-organizational processes, and multi-national and cross-national issues.
Research methodologies in studies of organizational behavior.
Submission Process
Submit manuscript online at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/job
General Guidelines for Authors
Preferred formats for the text and tables of your manuscript are .doc, .rtf, .ppt, .xls. Figures should be provided in .tiff or .eps format. The language of the journal is English. 12-point type in one of the standard fonts: Times, Helvetica, or Courier is preferred. Please double-line space your manuscript. Manuscripts must conform to the style of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition (http://www.apastyle.org/manual/whats-new.aspx). Tables must appear on separate pages after the reference list, and must not be incorporated into the main text. Figures should be uploaded as separate figure files. Manuscripts submitted to JOB should not normally be more than 40 pages in length (including references, tables and figures). Manuscripts up to 50 pages will be considered.
Ensure your manuscript text does not contain any direct reference to you or your co-authors. Including any acknowledgements or references that may compromise the identity of the author(s). Upload the main text of your manuscript with the file designation "Main Document". The title page should contain just the title and keywords . An abstract of up to 200 words should be placed on the second page. (An abstract is a concise summary of the whole paper, not just the conclusions, and must be understandable without reference to the rest of the paper. It should contain no citation to other published work). Upload a secondary title page as a separate document. Use the file designation "Supplementary Material Not for Review". The secondary title page should contain the article title and full names and addresses of all authors and the name(s) of any sponsor(s) of the research contained in the paper, along with grant number(s).
References
References should be listed in the following style:
Periodicals
Lam, S.S.K., & Dreher, G.F. (2004). Gender, extra-firm mobility, and compensation attainment in the United States and Hong Kong. Journal of Organizational Behavior , 25 , 791-805. DOI: 10.1002/job.264
Books
Heider, F. (1958). The psychology of interpersonal relations . New York: Wiley.
Online Sources
Degelman, D., & Harris, M. L. (2000). APA style essentials . Retrieved May 18, 2000, from
Vanguard University, Department of Psychology Website: http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.cfm?doc_id=796
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