Published bi-annually (June and November), it provides a focus for worldwide expertise in the required techniques, practices and areas of research; presents a forum for its readers to share common experiences across the full range of industries and technologies in which management is used; covers all areas relating to Accounting, Banking, Business Law, Business Administration, Finance, Human Resource Management Economics, Investment, Management, Entrepreneurship Development, Management Information Systems, Marketing, E-Commerce, Business Ethics, Business Education, Econometrics, industrial Relations, Industrial Education and Organisational Psychology
Manuscript Submission
Submission of a manuscript implies that (1) the work described has not been published before (except in the form of a conference abstract or as part of a published lecture or thesis for an academic qualification), (2) is not under consideration for publication anywhere else, and (3) its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities.
How to Submit
The development of digital publishing technologies and the universal availability of high-speed Internet connections have opened a wide range of opportunities for the publication of technical papers. Authors may submit their manuscripts online via and
Deadline for submission
• Abstract March 27th, 2015
• Full length paper April 30th, 2015
Our objective is to inform authors of the decision on their manuscript(s) within four weeks of submission.
Fees
Peer review fees: N5000 or $25
Publication: N15, 000 or $100
Payment can be made directly to the Managing Editor. Following acceptance a paper will normally be published in the next issue.
Paper style and layout
All articles submitted to UIJMS must comply with the following paper layout as stated below:
Page size and margins
• A4 paper (210 × 297 mm)
Title page
The title page must contain the following items, centred on the page with a left and right margin of 30 mm (i.e. a maximum width of 150 mm):
• Title, with a maximum of 18 words, 14 pt Times boldface.
• Author names, 10 pt Times boldface.
• Author affiliations, 10 pt Times italic.
• An abstract with 100–200 words.
• A list of 5 keywords.
The abstract and keywords should be separated from the previous and following text by a pair of full width (150 mm) horizontal lines and an 8 pt vertical space.
The rest of the title page is body text should be formatted as detailed below
Text format
• Times Roman 12 pt, or equivalent font, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
• Double line spacing.
Section Headings
Headings and Sub-Headings in the text indicate the organization of content. As a general principle, please do not use more than three levels of displayed headings.
Abbreviations and Acronyms should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.
Tables
• Tables must be in an editable format.
• All tables should be numbered with Arabic numerals.
• Headings should be placed above tables.
• Leave one line space between the heading and the table.
Illustrations
• All photographs, schemas, graphs and diagrams are to be referred to as figures.
• Lettering and symbols should be clearly defined either in the caption or in a legend provided as part of the figure.
• Figures should be placed at the top or bottom of a column wherever possible, as close as possible to the first reference to them in the paper.
• Figures should be restricted to single-column width unless this would make them illegible.
• The figure number and caption should be typed below the illustration, left justified, with subsequent lines indented.
References
All citations must conform to the recent American Psychological Association (APA) format
For Further enquiry contact
The Managing Editor
UNIOSUN International Journal of Management Sciences (UIJMS)
Faculty of Management Sciences
Osun State University
P. O. Box 4494
Okuku Campus
Tel: +2348055068223, +2348033947399, +2347036356111