Editorial policy

The main audience for GBOE is executives, managers, human resources specilalists, academics, and consultants. The focus of the journal is on operational issues in organizations, and on the implications for practicing managers working in an international environment. All contributors to GBOE should keep these points in mind when writing articles.

GBOE publishes case studies and applied research that deal with the best practices of, and innovative approaches by, organizational leaders or those working directly with them. These accounts should be detailed, and give particular emphasis to the organizational and human aspects of initiatives that are mature enough to have demonstrated their effectiveness in a clearly identifiable way. Wherever possible, authors should consider the inclusion of concrete examples, anecdotes, and direct quotations to help bring the story to life and make it more accessible for the reader.

All manuscripts are considered for publication on the understanding that they represent original material and are offered exclusively and without fee to GBOE. Articles must not have been published previously and may not be submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. Copyright of published articles will be vested with the publisher, John Wiley & Sons.

Formatting articles

3.000 - 7.500 words / 12 - 30 pages in lenght
Written in 12-point serif font (e.g., Times New Roman), double-spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides, and with all pages numbered
Submitted electronically via e-mail, preferably as an MSWord document

Style

Authors should adopt a straightforward writing style that avoids long and complex sentence structures. Titles should be substantive without being overly long and should stress the practical value / aspect of the content of the article.

Although the language of publication is English, articles should be written for an international audience; in particular, where local or national references are made, these should always be explained. All acronyms or abbrevations should be given in full when they are first used and should be used sparingly.

In-text citations and footnotes should be kept to an absolute minimum. In general, in-text citations should only be used when quoting directly from the cited work or when referring the reader directly to a particular article.

Additional Information

Each article should be accompanied by a separate document that contains :

An abstract of 150 - 200 words that will appear at the start of the article.
A brief biography that include the name, title, position, company and field of expertise for each author ; optionally, the author's e-mail adress.
Full contact information, including postal adress, phone, fax, and e-mail adress for each auhor. In the case of multiple authors, a clear indication should be given of which author will act as the corresponding author for the article .
Any exhibits should be in black/white and submitted either as an MSPowerPoint file or as a file in .tiff or .eps format. If the article contains any lenghty quotations from other work, please send photocopies of original sources so that we may verify the accuracy of the quotation.

Authors submitting articles on applied research should note that such articles are not subject to double blind peer review.

All accepted manuscripts may be subject to further editing.

Chris Kimble, Associate Professor of Management Information Systems and Strategy at Euromed Management; is the Senior Academic Editor for GBOE.

►Articles and proposals should be sent to Jane G.Bensahel, Editor-in-Chief, GBOE, at janebensahel@earthlink.net