Manuscript
Submission Guidelines
Please
read the guidelines below before submission.
The JELB accepts two types of manuscripts for publication:
1. Basic Research
and Discovery articles: These articles report research findings, present
systematic literature reviews, investigate relevant concepts or theories, and/or
discuss topics of historical interest in experiential learning in the context
of business or business education. Papers could address new theoretical and
empirical frameworks related to experiential learning. Manuscripts should be between
5,000 and 10,000 words in length, including the abstract, references, tables
and figures. These articles should follow the general format of a research
article (introduction, review of literature, methods, results, discussion, conclusion,
references, appendices).
2. Application
and Practice articles: These articles report on effective experiential
instruction/delivery, new insights into experiential pedagogy and assessment, or
descriptions/evaluation of newly developed experiential activities used in
business education. Manuscripts should be between 5,000 and 10,000 words in
length, including the abstract, references, and teaching guides or other
appendices. All application and practice articles should include a theory/literature
review section to position the article in our current understanding of
experiential learning.
Targeted Readership
JELB is intended for academics from around the globe
engaged in a range of scholarly pursuits and practitioners who depend on
scholarship to inform their pedagogy. Therefore, it is critical that authors
recognize and address the interests of these diverse audiences when describing
the contribution of their work.
Authors should take care to explain how the topics they
discuss address issues related to experiential education in business, many of
which have been explored previously in Developments in Business Simulation
and Experiential Learning: Proceedings of the Annual ABSEL Conference. Articles
that seek to expand conceptions of experiential education in business are
welcome, but should clearly demonstrate how they advance existing ideas and
practices.
The Journal is not seeking to publish manuscripts
describing single programs, curricular units, or outcome evaluations unless
they demonstrate clear relevance to wider issues in business experiential
education. Authors interested in publishing single case studies must:
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state clear research purposes and questions;
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indicate why the focal case is important to
study;
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articulate a guiding theoretical framework;
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substantiate claims with evidence or compelling
examples; and
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address the broader implications of their
conclusions, especially how their discussion breaks new ground or
recontextualizes existing ideas or practices in an innovative way.
Authors of theoretical or empirical articles should
communicate the practical implications of their findings or conclusions in as much
detail as possible in a discussion section or in a separate implications
section. Communicating research implications is an expectation for publishing
in the Journal.
Manuscript Submission Guidelines
JELB uses an electronic submission and review process.
Manuscripts should be submitted at https://JELB.org, where authors will be
required to set up an online account. Manuscript submissions will be accepted
with the understanding that their content is unpublished and not being
submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors must prepare manuscripts according
to the most current edition of the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association (APA Style Manual). Instructions on tables, figures,
references, statistics, and typing appear in the manual.
Basic formatting guidelines for publication. Less is more
in this case. Please do not add specialized formatting, as our goal is a
consistent, standardized publication that looks professional and allows easy
readability. A template can be downloaded at https://JELB.org/format-template.
1. Manuscript
format: All parts of the manuscript, including the title page,
abstract, references, and tables and figures, should be provided in MS Word
format, in English. Keeping things simple, body formatting is Times New Roman,
size 10 font, left alignment (should be standard settings). Size 12 is
acceptable (but not necessary) for titles and headings. We are looking for
minimal formatting at this point: single-space typed, one blank line between
paragraphs (2 returns).
Margins are best at the standard word
processing settings (i.e., 1 inch). Indented paragraphs are ok if they occur
automatically when you press return, but DON’T create them pressing the tab
button. If you add them in by using the tab key, the editor will have to
manually go in and take them all out again! If you press return at the end of a
sentence and it starts another line without indentation, that is also
acceptable. They will be changed by the format print editor to the standardized
publication format.
Upload the title page as a separate
document during the submission process. The first page of text should begin
with the full title of the paper, but NOT the name(s) of the author(s). In
preparation for anonymized peer review, all author identifiers within the text,
citations, and properties should be removed.
2. Abstract: The JELB
requires abstracts to conform to a structured format with the following
headings exactly as they appear here: Background, Purpose,
Approach/methodology, Findings/conclusions, Implications. Abstracts must be 250
words or fewer. The initial submitted manuscript should begin with a page
including the title of the manuscript and the abstract, but NOT the name(s) of
the author(s).
3. Keywords: The JELB
appeals to a broad and diverse readership. Three to five keywords should appear
three lines after the end of the abstract. Select keywords that are likely to
help attain maximum visibility with all audiences who might find interest in
your paper, either within or outside traditional experiential education for
business audiences.
4. Titles
and Headings: Titles, author info, and main headings should
be centered and bold. Subheadings should be left align, italic, bold, and
paragraphs should be left align.
5. Tables
and Figures: Tables should be titled and numbered at the
top of the table. They should be numbered consecutively as they appear in the
text. Tables should be clear, concise, and able to stand alone. Complete
headings and footnotes should be included to clarify entries. Figures should be
numbered consecutively, at the bottom of the figure, with a short and concise
description. Fonts used in any table or figure should be compatible with that
used in the text. All tables and figures should be included at the end of the
manuscript and referred to in the text with a notation made in the manuscript
indicating approximately where each should be located (e.g., [insert table 1
here]). Illustrations should be of professional quality and supplied in EPS,
tiff, or PDF formats.
6. Headers,
Footers and Page Numbers: Do NOT include headers, footers, or page
numbers. The Editor will apply correct publication specific information. It is
simpler if you do not add any information as the editor will then need to strip
this formatting from your document before applying the Publication Headers and
Footers.
7. Formulas
and Equations: Please treat these as you would an
image/table, listing at the end of document with a placeholder line within the
main document.
8. Bullets,
Outlines and Lists: Use bullets and lists as typical, please use
standard (automatic) formatting. We will maintain numbering, symbols, and/or
lettering to the best of our ability
9. References
and Citations: All citations and references must be complete
and accurate on submission and should follow the APA Style Manual. Manuscripts
cannot be reviewed if they have references that are found to be incomplete or
inaccurate. All applicable references should include doi
numbers with https prefixes and hyperlinks (e.g.,
https://doi.org/10.1177/1053825917740155). References should use standard body
paragraph formatting. Hanging indent is acceptable, but not necessary. Only one
return (no blank lines) between references
Examples:
American Psychological Association. (2020).
The publication manual of the American Psychological Association
(7th ed.).
Gentry, J. W., Burns, A. C., Dickinson,
J. R., Putrevu, S.,Chun,
S., Hongyan, Y., Williams, L., Bare, T., Gentry, R. A. (2002).
Managing the curiosity gap does matter: What do we need to do about
it? In J.A. Smith (Ed.), Developments
in business simulation and experiential learning, 29 (Vol. 29, pp. 68-73).
Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning.
Seas, K., & Brizee, A. (n.d.). APA style introduction. Purdue Online
Writing Lab. Retrieved July 23, 2020
from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_introduction.html
10. Permissions: The
author(s) is responsible for providing copies of written permission for lengthy
quotations or reprinted or adapted tables or figures. It is the responsibility
of the author(s) to check with the publisher or copyright owner regarding
specific requirements for permission to adapt or quote from copyrighted
material. See the APA Style Manual for guidelines.
11. Length: Articles
Should be no more than 10,000 words, including the abstract and references.
Longer manuscripts will be unsubmitted by the Editor and returned to the author
for revision before being considered for review.
12. Human
Subjects: Submitted manuscripts reporting research on human subjects
must state in the methods section that the relevant Ethics Committee or
Institutional Review Board provided (or waived) approval. Please ensure that
you have provided the institution of the review committee in your text. For empirical
research articles, authors are also required to state in the methods section
whether participants provided informed consent and whether the consent was
written or verbal, and whether informed consent provided by the participant or
a legally authorized representative.
13. Authorship: All
parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article should be
listed as authors. Principal authorship and authorship order should be based on
the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals
involved, regardless of their rank or status. Individuals who do not meet the
criteria for authorship should be listed as contributors.
14. Funding: JELB
requires all authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under
a separate heading. In the event no funding is noted, state that: “This
research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public,
commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.”
Conflict of Interest
The JELB encourages authors to include a declaration of any
conflicting interests.
Review Process
Double-anonymized review: The JELB adheres to a rigorous
double-anonymized reviewing policy in which the identity of both the reviewer
and author are always concealed from both parties.
When a manuscript is sent out for anonymized review, the
evaluation of the reviewers, along with the Editor(s), will determine if the
final recommendation to the author(s) is (a) accept as is; (b) accept with
minor revisions; (c) Minor revise and resubmit; (d) Major revise and resubmit;
(e) reject; or (f) not appropriate for the JELB. If accepted, the author(s)
will be requested to resubmit a revised copyedited paper through the website
(in Word format). Prospective authors should anticipate this process to take
between six and twelve months.
Please note: There is no cost for submission or publishing
in the JELB. However, all published authors will need to be members in the
Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning ABSEL. Details of
how to become of ABSEL can be found on https://absel.org