TAF PUBLISHING

ABOUT

Journal of Administrative and Business Studies (JABS) is published by TAF Publishing. JABS is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing the field of business. In contrast to other journals in business education and practice, the JABS is unique in a sense that the journal takes interest in interdisciplinary studies. We invite original submissions from all fields of business and from across different cultural and work settings. Particularly, submissions that address business issues using cross-disciplinary frameworks are highly encouraged.

PUBLICATION FREQUENCY

JABS publishes six (06) issues a year.

JOURNAL OWNERSHIP

TAF Publishing publishes the Journal of Administrative and Business Studies (JABS) on behalf of Academic Research and Solutions Sociedad (ARS) Barcelona Catalonia, Spain.

AIM & SCOPE

Journal of Administrative and Business Studies (JABS) is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing the field of business. In contrast to other journals in business education and practice, the JABS is unique in a sense that the journal takes interest in interdisciplinary studies. We publish cutting edge research that transcends across different fields of business including organizational behavior, marketing, accounting, finance, strategic management, human resource management, applied psychology, and consumer behavior. JABS contributes to the field of business by publishing original theoretical studies, empirical investigations that use a variety of empirical methods (e.g. Quantitative, Qualitative, Field, Laboratory, Meta-analysis and Combination) comprehensive review articles, and studies relevant to business education. JABS publishes six (06) issues a year.

EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor-In-Chief

• Usman Raja
  Professor of OB & HR
  Goodman School of Business,
  Brock University, Canada

Editor

• Muhammad Abbas
  National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan
  editor.jabs@tafpublications.com

Associate Editor

• Mostafa Mohamad
  Salford Business School,
  University of Salford Manchester, UK

Editorial Office

• Laura Daniel
  editorialoffice.jabs@tafpublications.com

Editorial Advisory Board

• Kelly Whealan George, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
• M. Abu Saleh, University of Canberra, Australia
• Sanchari Ghosh, Northeastern State University, USA
• Zhan Su, Laval University, Canada
• Usman Raja, Brock University, Canada
• Elspeth Mckay, RMIT Schol of Business, IT and Logistics, Australia

Editorial Board

• M. Abu Saleh, University of Canberra, Australia
• Elspeth Mckay, RMIT Schol of Business, IT and Logistics, Australia
• Kelly Whealan George, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
• Sanchari Ghosh, Northeastern State University, USA
• Zhan Su, Laval University, Canada
• K. M. Zahidul Islam, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh
• Imran Khan, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
• Nosheen Sarwat, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan
• Farzana Quoquab, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
• Erkan Sezgin, Anadolu University, Turkey
• Chun-Liang Chen, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taiwan
• Rajendra Vishwanath Nargundkar, Indian Institute of Management, India
• Raza S. Khan, The University of Lahore, Pakistan

ARTICLE PROCESSING CHARGES

JABS is an open access, free submission peer-reviewed journal which makes all articles freely available online right after publication. Open Access ensures that articles are free of charge at the point of usage and Academic Research and Solutions Sociedad (ARS) Catalunya will waive all the fees associated with production and publication. The authors won’t be asked for Article Processing Charges (APC).

PUBLICATION ETHICS AND MALPRACTICE STATEMENT

Editors hold the following responsibilities:

• All the steps involved in evaluation should be strictly adhered to so that the eminence of the research can be maintained. Any decision concerning the acceptance, rejection, major and minor revision of any paper should be made on the basis of the standard quality guidelines of the respective journal.
• When any paper is being submitted, author should guarantee the authorities that the paper has not been submitted for getting published in any other journal. On the same lines, Editor is also not allowed to submit the work under review with any other person or institution except with the consent of the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers and the publisher.
• The sole criterion of evaluation should be the eminence of research used in the paper and should not be biased in any sense.

Reviewers need to fulfill the following duties:

• The effective blinded peer review process facilitates the editors to improve the paper quality and take accurate decisions regarding every submission.
• It is important that all the submissions considered for peer review should be taken as the secret essays and editor needs to keep them confidential throughout the process.
• If the concerned reviewer is not able to review the manuscript within the given deadline, it should be brought to the editor’s knowledge. Even if the reviewer does not have the skills and expertise for manuscript review, it should be duly informed to the editor.
• The reviewer should check for the fact that the works cited in the paper are actually backed by the corresponding research works. It is the duty of the reviewer to make sure that the materials given in the article are backed by authentic citations and should make out any work not considered by the author. If reviewer doubts the submitted manuscript to be plagiarized, then he/she must apprise the editor of this information.
• Author should not be targeted with personal critique. Referees should support the author’s efforts through their comments.

Authors should be aware of the following facts:

• The manuscripts that are found to be plagiarized above the minimum tolerable level will be rejected before entering into the review phase. The concerned personnel should reconfirm the manuscript’s originality by meticulously checking the document for any trace of plagiarism.
• Author should guarantee that the submitted manuscript is not being considered for publication in any other journal. It will be considered against ethics if any manuscript is found to be under review with more than one journal.
• Authors should explicitly mention the reactions of the chemicals, procedures or equipment utilized in the research if any.
  
• Only the real contributor of the paper can claim to be the owner of the manuscript submitted. Authors’ names should be stated according to their contributions in the paper. Author should only add the names of those people who were actually involved in bringing together of the corresponding manuscript.

REVENUE SOURCES

The Journal of Administrative and Business Studies (JABS) is published under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND), In that Academic Research and Solutions Sociedad (ARS) sponsors all costs associated with publishing an Open Access article in the journal.

OPEN ACCESS

All the peer-reviewed research articles published in this journal are open access. This feature makes the articles universally and freely accessible over internet for as many times as desired by the users, and is available in a reader-friendly format right after publication. All articles will get published as per the requirements of the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND): This license entitles the third party users to use the content for non-commercial purposes, distribute and copy the article, and include the content in any collective work (such as an anthology), with the condition that the author(s) will be given due credit and no alteration or modification will be done in the article.

GUIDE FOR AUTHORS

All submissions should be made using a Word Processing file from which title page (including author name, affiliation, any acknowledgment or author notes) must be removed. After removing the author(s) details, go to the web site here and follow the directions. Each article usually has two part:
i. Main Manuscript
ii. Title Page not for Review.
The manuscript should include everything (i.e. Title, Abstract, Key Words, Introduction, Literature Review, Methods, Results, Findings References, Tables and Graphs) except for the authors, names, affiliation, addresses, acknowledgements, and any other information that may be used to identify the author(s). All acknowledgements of others’ help in research should be included in the ‘Title Page not for Review’ that is featured as part of web- based submission process.

Criteria for Publication
To be published in JABS, a manuscript must make strong theoretical and empirical contributions to the field of Administrative and Business Studies. Authors interested in publishing with JABS should strive to produce original, interesting, valuable, insightful, and important research. The acceptance of article for publication in JABS highly depends upon the originality, value, importance, and significance of your research. Submissions that do not offer strong theoretical or empirical contribution will not be reviewed.
Each submitted manuscript would be assigned to action editor for evaluation. The action editor will decide whether to forward the manuscript to the reviewers. Typically, papers should be no longer than 40 double-spaced pages (using one-inch margins, left aligned, and Times New Roman 12- point font) including references, tables, figures, and appendixes.

Submission Requirements
Before submitting a manuscript to JABS, the authors must make sure and confirm that
i. Their manuscript has not already been published elsewhere, is not under review for publication elsewhere and will not be submitted to any other journal during the review period at JABS. Articles presented and published in the proceedings of any academic conferences or workshops will be considered for publication in JABS.
ii. Their manuscript has not previously been submitted to JABS for review.
iii. The working papers or prior drafts of submitted manuscript that are posted on a website (e.g., Personal, Departmental, University, Organizational) or a database will be taken down during the review process.

Screening for Plagiarism
All the submitted manuscript would be checked for plagiarism using

Formatting
The in-text Citations, Tables, Figures/Images, References, and Appendixes. Manuscripts that do not commensurate with the formatting guidelines may be returned by the action editor to the authors for revision prior to submission to the full review process.
All submissions are required to be formatted according to the guidelines available here.

Online Submission
Once align with the guidelines of JABS manuscript can be submitted at the link below;
Submit Here