International Journal of Management and Marketing Academy (IJMMA)

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER (ISSN): 2048-8807

www.ijmma.org.uk

Journal

I am delighted to welcome you to International Journal of Management and Marketing Academy (IJMMA), MarCom Academy quarterly double blind reviewed e-journal (free to access and download), for dissemination and sharing of knowledge around the world.

I wish to extend my gratitude to the Senior Associate Editors and the members of the Editorial Board as they are the backbone of this scientific endeavour. We could not envisage starting this journal without the support and professionalism of scientists interested in natural toxins and wishing to make this journal a success. I would like to emphasize the compelling reasons for launching a new open-access journal in this ever expanding area of research, as well as our aspirations and vision for the future. I believe that it is important to have a journal which gives free access to its contents and promotes high-quality research and intellectual output of scientists who have limited access to main stream journals. We aim to bridge the gap so that authors get a wider audience for their high-quality scientific achievements.
This is particularly true for scientists whose first language is not English. Thus we will work in partnership with such authors to ensure that their research is made freely available to the wider scientific community.

I believe we will be publishing a significant number of high-quality original research article and scientific reviews from authors around the world.

This journal shall provide an International platform to scholars for sharing latest thinking, knowledge and expertise on research strategies, tactics and paradigms and invites manuscripts in the areas of Business, Management and Social Sciences discipline. The editorial board is interested in obtaining both theoretical and practical papers concerning research models, as well as considering case studies that demonstrate how research strategies; tactics and paradigms are applied in practice.

We are recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested to be a reviewer, we welcome you to join us to strengthen our honorary editorial board. Please click here to find the application form and details.

I look forward to a successful first year as Editor-in-Chief and welcome any comments or suggestions you may have that would improve the Journal.

Editor-in-Chief:

Prof. Charles Dennis

Professor of Marketing and Retailing and Director of Research

Lincoln Business School

University of Lincoln Brayford Pool Lincoln

LN6 7TS

United Kingdom

Editor-in-Chief Message on YouTube

Dr. Raed Algharabat., Marketing PhD

Assistant Professor of Marketing, Retailing, E-retailing, E-shopping,

Shopping Malls, and Virtual Shopping Malls.

Marketing Department Faculty of Business

The University Of Jordan

Amman 11942

Jordan

Aims and Scope

Research Papers:

These may be qualitative or quantitative, empirical or theoretical in nature and can discuss completed research findings or work in progress.

Case Studies: Case studies are welcomed illustrating management and/or marketing related research methods in practice.
View Points: View points are less academically rigorous articles usually in areas of controversy which will fuel some interesting debate.
Research Papers: These may be qualitative or quantitative, empirical or theoretical in nature and can discuss completed research findings or work in progress.
Conference Reports and Book Reviews: Anyone who attends a conference or reads a book that they feel contributes to the area of management and/or marketing Research Methods is encouraged to submit a review for publication.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

Retail Management
Consumer Behavior
Online Shopping
Information Systems (IS) strategy
Knowledge Management
e-Government
Human Resource Management
Strategic Management
Trade
International Businesses
Marketing Strategies
Sales Management
Advertising, Finance
Corporate Finance
Financial Economics
Econometrics
Economic Theory
Business Development
Sales Promotions
Investment
Portfolio Management
Product Development
Accounting
Financial Reporting
Corporate Governance
Corporate Social Responsibility
Social Policy
Public Administration
Business Laws
Statistical Inferences
Empirical Business Research
Total Quality Management
Consumer Behavior
Organizational Behavior and Theory
Insurance
Sport Management
Risk Management
Project Management
Supply Chain Management
Operations Management
Cost Accounting
Managerial Accounting
Management Information System,
Crisis Management
Sociology
Anthropology
Psychology
Societal Research
History
Geography
Education
Political Science
Linguistics
Library Science
Information Science
Media Studies
Law
Criminology
Gender Studies
Demography
Communication Studies
Business Studies
Journalism
Environmental Engineering
Archeology
sustainable Development

Contributions and Dates

Those wishing to make a submission should:

Transmit one copy of the paper (in MS Word), another copy without authors’ names, by e-mail to the Editor at editor@ijmma.org.uk
Submissions should not be longer than 8,000 words including abstract, keywords and references.
Submissions are welcomed at any time.
An issue of the journal is published once there are at least four accepted papers.
We will be recruiting papers till 25th of every month.
First issue is to be launched on 30th November, 2012 both in online and print versions.
Authors will be charged USD 200 for a paper as a publication fee.

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief:

Prof. Charles Dennis

Professor of Marketing and Retailing and Director of Research
Lincoln Business School
University of Lincoln
Brayford Pool
Lincoln LN6 7TS
United Kingdom

Professor T C Melewar PhD
Professor of Marketing and Strategy
Office 052
Elliott Jaques Building
Brunel Business School
Brunel University
Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH
United Kingdom

Prof. Michael Bourlakis
Professor in Marketing Head of the Marketing
& Supply Chain Management Group
Brunel Business School
Brunel University
Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH

Prof. Sue Vaux Halliday
Professor in Marketing
University of Hertfordshire, UK

Dr. Faisal M. Al-Atabani, PhD (Lond)
Assistant Professor of law
King Abdulaziz University – IERC
Saudi Arabia

Dr. Raed Algharabat
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Faculty of Business
The University Of Jordan
Jordan

Dr. Abdullah Mohammed Basahel
Assistant Professor
King Abdulaziz University
Saudi Arabia

Dr. Ahmed Rageh
Visiting Senior Lecturer of Marketing
College of Business
University of Utara
Malaysia

Dr. Talal Ahmed Almaghrabi (BSc, MBA, PhD, MCIM, AHEA)
Director
London
United Kingdom

Dr. Fawaz Ali Al-Husainan
Assistant Professor/Economics
Research Director
Kuwait

Dr. Bothina Jamjoom
Assistant Professor
Business Administration Faculty
King Abdul Aziz University
Saudi Arabia
bjamjoom@kau.edu.sa
Tel +9662640000 Ext. 63012

Dr. Marv Khammash
University Lecturer in Marketing
Deputy Director of forTANK
School of Business, Management and Economics
University of Sussex
Brighton
United Kingdom

Dr. Tally Hatzakis
Head of IM Research
Transport for London
Socio-technical Research, Organisational Design and Intelligent Systems
London, UK

Dr Oya Discombe (BA Hons, MBA, PhD)
Marketing, Branding and Research Professional
Founder – BoraDev Consulting
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom

Dr Nouman Bantan
Organizational Change Managment Manager at Hidada Ltd
Lecturer at Arab Open University
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia

Dr Bander Alsajjan
Director Of Planning and Development at Institute of Public Administration
Doctor of Marketing at Institute of Public Administration
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia

Submission Guide

Paper Submission Guide

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher. The Editors reserve the right to edit or otherwise alter all contributions, but authors will receive proofs for approval before publication.
Copyrights for articles are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. The journal/publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work. It is the author’s responsibility to bring an infringement action if so desired by the author.
The authors authorize the publisher archive the article into databases and indexes (such as EBSCO, DOAJ, ProQuest), and permit the publisher apply DOI name to the article.
All manuscripts should be prepared in MS-Word format (LaTex format for Journal of Mathematics Research), and submitted online. If you have any questions, please contact with the editor of the journal.

Paper Selection and Publication Process

Upon receipt of paper submission, the Editor sends an E-mail of confirmation to the corresponding author within 1-3 working days. If you fail to receive this confirmation, your submission/email may be missed.
Peer review. We use double-blind system for peer-review; both reviewers and authors’ identities remain anonymous. The paper will be peer-reviewed by three experts; one is an editorial staff and the other two are external reviewers. The review process may take 1-2 weeks.
Notification of the result of review by E-mail.
The authors revise paper and pay publication fee.
After publication, the corresponding author will receive two copies of printed journals, free of charge. If you want to keep more copies, please contact with the editor before making an order.
E-journal in PDF available on the journal’s webpage, free of charge for download.

General Language

Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of both); decimal points (not commas); use a space for thousands (10 000 and above). We only accept manuscripts in English language.

Length of paper

3000-8000 words are preferred.

Title Page

Title page is a separated page before the text. Provide the following information on the title page (in the order given). It should include:

Title

Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

Author’s names and affiliations

Please indicate the given name and family name clearly. Present the authors’ affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author’s name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name, and, if available, the e-mail address, and telephone number of each author.

Corresponding author

Clearly indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing, publication and also post-publication. Ensure that telephone numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address.

Sponsoring information

If the research is sponsored or supported by an organization, please indicate it.

General Rules for Text

Please use the following rules for whole text, including abstract, keywords, heading and references.

Front: Times New Roman; Size: 10
Paragraph Spacing: Above paragraph – 0 pt; Below paragraph – 4 pt
Line Spacing: fixed – 12 pt
Heading 1: Times New Roman; Size-10; Bold; for example, 1. Introduction
Heading 2: Times New Roman; Size-10; Italic; for example, 1.1 Research Methods
Heading 3: Times New Roman; Size-10; for example, 1.1.1 Analysis Result

Preparation of text
Abstract

A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum length of 150 words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separate from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. References should therefore be avoided, but if essential, they must be cited in full, without reference to the reference list.

Keywords

Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 8 keywords, avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, ‘and’, ‘of’). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible.

Subdivision of the article

Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1., 2., (then 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to ‘the text.’ Any subsection, ideally, should not be more than 600 words. Authors are urged to write as concisely as possible, but not at the expense of clarity.

Figure legends, figures, schemes

Present these, in this order, at where they should be in the article. They are described in more detail below. High-resolution graphics files must always be provided separate from the main text file.

Tables

Present tables at where they should be in the article. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place description to tables below the table body. Avoid vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.

Formula

The text size of formula should be similar with normal text size.

References

Responsibility for the accuracy of bibliographic citations lies entirely with the authors.

Citations in the text

Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Avoid citation in the abstract. Unpublished results and personal communications should not be in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. Citation of a reference as ‘in press’ implies that the item has been accepted for publication.

Citing and listing of web references

As a minimum, the full URL should be given. Any further information, if known (author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.

Text

Citations in the text should follow the referencing style used by the American Psychological Association. You can refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition, ISBN 1-55798-790-4, copies of which may be ordered fromhttp://www.apa.org/books/4200061.html or APA Order Dept., P.O.B. 2710, Hyattsville, MD 20784, USA or APA, 3 Henrietta Street, London, WC3E 8LU, UK. Details concerning this referencing style can also be found at http://humanities.byu.edu/linguistics/Henrichsen/APA/APA01.html

List

References should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters “a”, “b”, “c”, etc., placed after the year of publication.

DOIs in References

The journal/publisher encourages authors to cite those items (journal articles, conference proceedings, book chapters, technical reports, working papers, dissertations, etc.) that have DOIs. When the cited items have DOIs, the authors should add DOI persistent links to the regular references. The DOI persistent links should be the last elements in the references. The persistent links should be active.
Format of persistent link: http://dx.doi.org/+DOI (without “doi:”)
Example of persistent link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/2.901164
The authors or editors may retrieve articles’ DOIs at: http://www.crossref.org/SimpleTextQuery/
You can open a free account, to start retrieving articles’ DOIs. CrossRef allows you check multiple references. Please read this webpage very carefully. Only articles with assigned DOIs can be retrieved through the above mentioned webpage.

Examples:

Reference to a journal publication:
Kornack, D. Rakic, P. (2001). Cell Proliferation Without Neurogenesis in Adult Primate Neocortex.Science. 294 (5549). 2127-2130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1065467

Reference to a book:
Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (1979). The elements of style. (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan, (Chapter 4).

Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
Mettam, G. R., & Adams, L. B. (1994). How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In B. S. Jones, & R. Z. Smith (Eds.). Introduction to the electronic age (pp. 281-304). New York: E-Publishing Inc.

Reference to a web source:
Smith, Joe, (1999), One of Volvo’s core values. [Online] Available: http://www.volvo.com/environment/index.htm (July 7, 1999)

Note:

Please present the Tables and Figures at the end of the paper.
Please avoid using footnotes. Change footnotes to endnotes. Insert “(Note 1, Note 2)” in normal text, and explain the note after References. Please see the “Template”.
Please do not use any colors more than white and black in paper. The layout of paper is only in white and black.

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Guiding Principles for Reviewers

Check List for Peer Reviewers

Before starting, ensure that you are free from any conflicts of interest and that you’re aware of our confidentiality requirements and the basic principles of peer review.
Does the paper meet a high standard of scientific quality and credibility?
Is the paper readable and appropriately presented?
Are the author(s) credible?
Does the paper contain appropriate referencing?
Does the paper contain any recognizable plagiarism?
Is the paper compliant with the aims and scope of the JIMMA journal?
Does the paper contain disqualified content?
Does the paper meet ethical requirements?
The review must be a minimum of one large paragraph in length and must demonstrate full critical engagement with the paper.
Please don’t include explicit statements on whether the paper should be published or not.
If your review doesn’t meet these criteria your review will not be used by the Editor in Chief or Associate Editor in charge.

Basic Principles of Peer Review

Peer reviewers are asked to provide thoughtful and unbiased feedback to authors to ensure that the conclusions of papers are valid and supported by the data and manuscripts achieve reasonable standards of scholarliness and intelligibility.
Reviewers should focus on the science of the paper.

Scientific Quality and Credibility

The arguments and conclusions of the paper under review should be valid and supported by data reported in the paper or referenced in other papers.
The paper under review should be with a quality and appropriate to a scientific journal.

Readability and Presentation

The paper under review should read without difficulty.
JIMMA does not proofread manuscripts, thus, if the paper under review reads badly you should recommend proofreading as a condition of acceptance.

Referencing and Plagiarism

The paper under review should be free from unreferenced material published elsewhere. If you identify material that appears to be plagiarized please inform editor@ijmma.org.uk. The matter will be referred to the Editor in Chief. JIMMA does not consider publication of a scientific paper by the authors if constitute plagiarism.

Suitability for the Journal

The paper under review should fit comfortably within the aims and scope of the journal it has been submitted to.
The paper under review should not be likely to bring the journal into disrepute should it be published owing to the paper’s content or the content of other papers published elsewhere by the same author(s).

Validation of Data

In areas of genuinely novel research issues may be raised in papers of otherwise good quality which cannot immediately be resolved and absolutely rigorous validation of data may therefore not be possible.

Ethical considerations

JIMMA requires authors to confirm that they have complied with all necessary ethical requirements around identifiable human subjects and experiments involving humans and animals, both when their paper is submitted and prior to publication. Editorial decision makers (Editors in Chief or Associate Editors) also look closely at these matters. If you have concerns about these areas you may add them to your peer review report.

Authors

Authors should disclose their affiliations and work at credible recognized private or public institutions.

Call for Manuscripts

(International Journal of Management and Marketing Academy)

(IJMMA)
(ISSN): 2048-8807
URL: www.ijmma.org.uk

Contact and Submissions: editor@ijmma.org.uk

Dear Researcher,
The International Journal of Management and Marketing Academy (IJMMA) is a double blind-refereed monthly and open-access journal that publishes empirical, conceptual and review papers of exceptional quality that contribute to and enrich Business, Management and Social Sciences thinking and practices.

Emphasis is given to papers that address controversial topics and which have a sound theoretical base and/or practical applications. All papers submitted should be original contributions and not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

We have listed the topics that fall under the very scope of the journal for the ease of our authors:

Research Areas:

Research Papers: These may be qualitative or quantitative, empirical or theoretical in nature and can discuss completed research findings or work in progress.
Case Studies: Case studies are welcomed illustrating management and/or marketing related research methods in practice.
View Points: View points are less academically rigorous articles usually in areas of controversy which will fuel some interesting debate.
Conference Reports and Book Reviews: Anyone who attends a conference or reads a book that they feel contributes to the area of management and/or marketing Research Methods is encouraged to submit a review for publication.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

Retail Management, Consumer Behavior, Online Shopping, Information Systems (IS) strategy, Knowledge Management, e-Government, Human Resource Management, Strategic Management, Trade, International Businesses, Marketing Strategies, Sales Management, Advertising, Finance, Corporate Finance, Financial Economics, Econometrics, Economic Theory, Business Development, Sales Promotions, Investment, Portfolio Management, Product Development, Accounting, Financial Reporting, Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Policy, Public Administration, Business Laws, Statistical Inferences, Empirical Business Research, Total Quality Management, Consumer Behavior, Organizational Behavior and Theory, Insurance, Risk Management, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Cost Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Management Information System, Crisis Management, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, Societal Research, History, Geography, Education, Political Science, Linguistics, Library Science, Information Science, Media Studies, Law, Criminology, Gender Studies, Demography, Communication Studies, Business Studies, Journalism, Environmental Engineering and Archeology, sustainable Development.

Contributions and Dates
Those wishing to make a submission should:

Transmit one copy of the paper (in MS Word), another copy without authors’ names, by e-mail to the Editor at editor@ijmma.org.uk
Submissions should not be longer than 8,000 words including abstract, keywords and references.
Submissions are welcomed at any time.
An issue of the journal is published once there are at least four accepted papers.
We will be recruiting papers till 25th of every month.

Kindly submit us your manuscripts by attaching them into e-mails and send to editor@ijmma.org.uk

We normally take three weeks for getting an article reviewed. We charge USD 200 for an article to be published in International Journal of Management and Marketing Academy (IJMMA).

Before submitting the articles, you need to make sure that you have gone through our “Submission Guide” http://itdacademy.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=222&Itemid=168

Regards,
Editor-in-Chief:
Prof. Charles Dennis

Professor of Marketing and Retailing and Director of Research
Lincoln Business School
University of Lincoln Brayford Pool Lincoln
LN6 7TS
United Kingdom

Dr. Raed Algharabat., Marketing PhD
Assistant Professor of Marketing, Retailing, E-retailing, E-shopping,
Shopping Malls, and Virtual Shopping Malls.
Marketing Department Faculty of Business
The University Of Jordan
Amman 11942
Jordan

Recruitment for Reviewers

IJMMA operates a group of scholarly journals, covering Marketing, Business and Management studies, Information System, Higher Education, Leadership, natural sciences, social sciences and technologies. The editorial board welcomes you to join us to be Reviewer.

Journal:

Title: International Journal of Management and Marketing Academy (IJMMA) – ISSN: 2048-8807
Web site:www.ijmma.org.uk

Status: Honorary and Voluntary job – Part time
Working language: English and Arabic
Working style: Internet-based

Description

Participation in the peer-review process is absolutely essential to the success and reputation of the journal. Reviewers along with the editors determine which work is of quality and significance. Due to extensive readership, the research and scholarship presented will ultimately have an impact on literacy in classrooms, nationally and internationally.

Reviewer’s name will be listed in the printed journal and on the journal’s webpage.

Requirements

Possess a doctoral degree in the specific subject related closely to the journal.
Hold a job at a university or academic organization, in a teaching or research position.
Be fluent in academic and professional English.
Have a strong interest in scholarly journal.
Work quickly and accurately to tight deadlines.

How to apply

Complete application form download here

Send your application form to the journal’s E-mail address ( editor@ijmma.org.uk)