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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • As part of the submission process, authors must check conformity of submission in connection with all of the items listed below. Submissions not in accordance with standards will be returned to the authors.
        1. The contribution is original and unpublished, and is not under assessment for publishing by another periodical.
        2. The main file with th manuscript for submission is in the Microsoft Word format (and does not exceed 1MB).
        3. Complete text with at least 7600 words and not over 8400 words, including the covering page, summary, abstract, text’s body, references and appendices.
        4. Summary between 200 and 250 words
        5. Title not to exceed 12 words
        6. URLs for references were informed when required.
        7. The text is in A4 format, 1.5 spacing, uses 12 point Times New Roman font; employs bold type to highlight words instead of underscoring (save for URL addresses); employs  italics only for words in other languages; tables, graphics and figures are inserted in the text’s body as appendices, and not at the document’s end. 
        8. The APA standards described in the Authors’ Guidelines were complied with.
        9. The text complies with the standards described in Authors’ Guidelines.
        10. Every reference to the authorship of articles was removed from the file contents and from the Word Properties option, thus ensuring the Journal’s secrecy criteria in accordance with instructions available in Assurance of Blind Assessment by Peers.
        11. Copies of tables, graphics and figures were provided individually in separate files, in the software font format in which they were created, and will be submitted as complementary files jointly with the main file (text’s body).
        12. The “institution” field in each authors’ data was completed during the submission process. It contains the chief institution to which authors are affiliated (one only) in full, with two organizational units. For example, department and school or school and university.
        13. The “Summary of Biography” field in each authors’ data was completed during the submission process. It contains an author’s title (his/her highest ranking academic degree, e.g. Administration undergraduate; Administration bachelor or specialist; Master or Doctor in Administration; lecturer) and the institution that granted it. The Institution should be described with two organizational units. For example, department and school or school and university.
        14. Following the article’s approval, every author must register with RAM and inform their mailing and email address. The authors authorize this information in addition to their titles and affiliation (completed on submission) to be disclosed on the article’s covering page pursuant to the Journal’s standards.  They likewise authorize that their biographies (as completed on submission) be provided for review by readers when accessing the articles in the RAM website.
  • The criteria employed for assessing articlesare as follows:

    TITLE

    The title must reflect precisely the article’s intention

    ABSTRACT

    The abstract should be concisely and clearly worded It should contain: 

    • The survey’s purpose; 
    • The theoretical base employed; 
    • The methodology and approach employed;
    • The theoretical and empirical cope;
    • The chief outcome found when analyzing data (if appropriate);
    • Practical implications, i.e. what changes should be made in practicing administration as a result of the survey (if any);
    • The work’s originality and its value, including the theoretical and methodological contribution; 
    • Limitations detected in the course of the survey. Following the abstract, five key words must be inserted in Portuguese

    INTRODUCTION

    .   Contains a rationale of the problem in question 

    • Describes the justifications for performing the study  
    • Describes previous relevant surveys that provided am approach to the study  
    • Describes differences regarding other studies already published  
    • Makes clear what is being replied (objective)  
    • Gives rise to advances of knowledge on the subject under study  
    • In case of an empirical study, puts forth proposals or assumptions that are being created, redefined or added  
    • Clearly puts forth the survey’s design, in the case of an empirical survey  
    • Poses arguments that highlight the reasons for the study’s relevance  
    • Points out clearly what is known and what is unknown  
    • The topic is up-to-date, involves  creativity and an unprecedented approach 

    THEORETICAL GROUNDS

    .    Reflects the state of the art of what is under investigation  

    • Provides a convincing support for scientific knowledge on the topic approached  
    • Puts forth causal logical or empirical relations while establishing proposals or assumptions  
    • A review of literature explicits which were the bases employed
    • A review of literature includes studies with a lag not in excess of 5 years with regard to the submission date  
    • The study reflects a critical “conversation” by the mentioned authors  
    • If the study is a theoretical trial, there is a view stated in its beginning  
    • The arguments employed in the theoretical trial support the initial view  

    .   The theoretical trial contains a relevant scientific contribution

     METHOD - ANALYSIS

    • The method’s clear description - comprehensive, objective  
    • Method appropriate to the problem under consideration  
    • Analysis appropriate to the method  
    • Analysis performed in detail 

    DISCUSSION - CONCLUSION

    • The conclusions counter conclusions from other studies  
    • The results are directly related to the issue broached in the introduction  
    • The discussion reflects convincing arguments on the progress gained in the knowledge area under study  
    • The conclusions consider that the passage of time is a factor that changes results. In other words, the results have are valid for the future  
    • The conclusion reasserts the study’s importance and is convincing when justifying bridging the gap detected  
    • Does not set forth empirical or logical results unrelated with the objectives 

    LIMITATIONS - FUTURE STUDIES

    • The study explains which were the limitations  
    • The study submits considerations on future studies 

    CASE STUDY

    • A summary of the SURVEY PROTOCOL is submitted  
    • Makes clear which was the ANALYSIS UNIT  
    • MULTIPLE SOURCES of evidence were employed  
    • Specifies which was the DESIGN ADOPTED (simple, multiple, holistic, built-in)  
    • Explains which was the STRATEGY for data analysis  
    • Describes the RELATION among sources of evidence  
    • Includes elements that reflect attention with RELIABILITY  
    • Includes elements that assure INTERNAL VALIDITY  
    • The case sets out CONCURRING THEORIES 

    PUBLISHING

    • structure and editing appropriate for a scientific paper  
    • Adequacy with the APA standard  
    • Clear and concise language, free from spelling or grammar mistakes
    • Fluent and pleasant reading 

Author Guidelines

DEAR AUTHORS,

WE ARE NOT RECEIVING NEW SUBMISSIONS BY THIS PLATFORM.

NEW SUBMISSIONS TO RAM - REVISTA DEADMINISTRAÇÃO MACKENZIE - (MACKENZIE MANAGEMENT REVIEW)  ACCESS THE LINK BELOW:


http://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/ram-scielo

 

 All authors must be registered with the ORCID code.  https://orcid.org 

As a first step in submitting an article authors are suggested to read the section “The Author” in the document Good Scientific Publication Practices by ANPAD – Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Administração.

The Mackenzie Administration Journal accepts academic contributions consisting of scientific papers written in Portuguese, English or Spanish (at authors’ discretion) that are of interest to the field of knowledge of Administration and for the activities of business administrators, in compliance with its Editorial Policy.

The manuscripts must be formatted in the Word for Windows 6.0 editor or later, A4 format, 1.5 spacing, Times New Roman, font, 12 point, 3 cm upper and left-hand margins and 2 cm lower and right-hand margins. THE COMPLETE TEXT containing every element (covering page, abstract, text body, references and appendices) MUST HAVE AT LEAST 7600 WORDS AND NOT OVER 8400 WORDS.

Figures, tables or graphics must be shown in the article’s body, close to the location in which they are mentioned (main file). Furthermore, figures, tables and graphics inserted in the text must be provided separately, each contained in a separate complementary file, in the software font format in which they were created. Such files must be submitted jointly with the main file. Complementary files must not exceed 1MB.

Owing to the large number of submissions, authors and co-authors will be restricted submitting to RAM not more than two articles at every consecutive 12-month period. Re-submitting rejected papers will not be allowed, albeit containing changes. It is also not permitted to submit a paper simultaneously to two RAM sections. Each author may publish not more than one paper during the same year, regardless of his/her position in an article’s authorship.

The maximum number of authors per article is five. Changes in authorship of articles in the course of the editorial process is not permitted.

Files and contents of text, figures, tables and graphics must not contain any identification of author or co-authors. Should it be possible to identify the author or co-authors, the article will be rejected.

Special editing resources such as underscoring, hyphens, macros, insets, etc. must be avoided. Italics should be restricted to words in foreign languages. Highlighting words and symbols should employ bold type.

Titles and subtitles should be written in bold type and must not be extensive, with not over two lines in length and no more 12 words.

Notes should be used sparingly. When used they should be placed in the footer. They should be numbered consecutively throughout the text.

  • The manuscript’s submission (containing the text’s body and enclosed in the main file) should comply with the format as follows:
  • (1)    Blaikie, N. (2009) Designing social research: the logic of anticipation. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.
    • Unidentified covering page: Title in Portuguese followed by an abstract in Portuguese containing from 200 to 250 words. The abstract should be organized by items, pursuant to the proposed model that follows. Labels should be in bold type, without numbers.
  • 1.      Purpose: - Consists in setting forth objectives to be achieved with the paper.  As a suggestion, we illustrate with Blaikie’s rating (2009)¹.
  • Explore: Provide an initial description or an understanding of a phenomenon;
  • Describe: - Provide a detailed array of data or measurements of the nature of any population (sample), group or phenomenon, including regularities found in the data;
  • Explain: - Establish elements, factors or mechanisms that gave rise to the state or regularities in the phenomenon under study;
  • Understand: - Establish the reasons inherent to a specific social action, an event’s occurrence or of the development of a social episode;
  • Foresee: - Employ a phenomenon’s established understandings or explanations in order to infer certain outcomes in accordance with specific conditions;
  • Modify: - Intervene in a social situation by manipulating some of its aspects or to aid participants in the change, preferably based on an understanding or a pre-established explanation.
  • 2.     Originality/value: - Explain why the article should be considered original. Which knowledge gap does it complete? Are there issues with no replies on the subject investigated?  Does it propose a new approach, concept, theory, paradigm? Does it encourage changes or advances in knowledge, in terms of concepts, relationships, models or theories?  What is its practical usefulness (and interest)? Reflects trends likely to contribute to present and future organizational changes?
  • 3.      Design/method/approach: - Briefly describe the methodological approach and survey techniques; - qualitative, quantitative, mixed. Survey strategy. Data gathering and analysis technique. In case of a theoretical text, explain the procedures adopted (systematic review of literature, bibliometrics, analysis target, proposal of model or theory, etc.).
  • 4.      Findings: Describe in general terms what was supported by the data. What do the results mean (interpreted in the light of relevant theories), in particular in view of what was known on the subject under investigation? Conclusions should not advance and be extended beyond what is supported by their results. What would be the practical applications of the outcome and which would be the next survey steps?
  • The text’s body: The text’s body should appear on a new page. Do not begin a new page for each subtitle. Please note that the conventional portions of a scientific theoretical and empirical article should include: Introduction, theoretical reference, methodological procedure, outcome and analysis, conclusion, references and optionally appendices.  The theoretical reference must necessarily cover relevant domestic and international scientific production for the last five years. Appendices must be employed as little as possible.
  • References: Whenever a source is employed, surname(s) of author(s) and years of publication should be mentioned. In case of direct references, the page should be mentioned. All the sources quoted must be mentioned in references following the summary page.
  • Figures, tables and graphics: Titles and subtitles (when required) should always be placed in the text’s body close to the figures, tables and graphics (main file). These should also be placed in the complementary files.
  • Title in English and Abstract: The “abstract” is the summary in the English language. The same guidance provided is valid for the summary. After the abstract five key-words in English should be inserted (Keywords) compatible with the key-words in the summary in Portuguese.
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  • Rules for submitting the paper: The use of APA standards is mandatory when submitting scientific papers.

In order to submit a paper the first author must necessarily be registered with this Journal.  During the registration process the author must select the author category as well as the reader category.

After registration, the author must access this Journal by means of a login and password in order to submit a paper, opting for the author category in the user page.  Next, the online submission option must be select in the About the Journal page.  During the paper submission procedure the first author will be requested to complete the registration information for the co-authors.

Brief Biography(ies) of author and co-authors must necessarily be provided by the first author when submitting a paper.  These brief biographies must have around fifty words and state their degrees, affiliation, positions and research interests.  The degree requires two types of information: the highest academic title held by the author (e.g.  Bachelor; Master; Doctor; Lecturer) and the awarding Institution.  The affiliation corresponds to the main institution with which the author is currently affiliated.  In both cases the Institutions must be identified in full and must necessarily show two organizational units, for example, school and university or department and school.  Students must indicate the degree for which they are studying (Graduate, Master's, Doctor’s) and must state the institution to which they are affiliated or under affiliation.  Authors’ degrees and affiliations (as completed during the submission process) will be published on the article’s coversheet, if approved.  Changing these fields after the article’s approval will not be permitted. Authors’ full brief biographies (as completed during the submission process) will be made available for consultation by readers when accessing the paper through this Journal website.

Thanks and acknowledgments must be included at the end of the paper.   Please mention any significant grants received and dsiclose the URLs of the institutions or financing organizations.  Add the phrase: “The financing entities had no influence on the study’s design, on the data collection and analysis, the decision to publish and the paper’s preparation." Should this statement not be correct, it is not necessary to enter the sentence and the first author must complete the Conflict of Interests field, explaining the role of the sponsors or financing entities on the work and the paper.

Contents of undersigned articles are under the authors’ sole responsibility. When submitting articles, authors assure that they contain no violations of any copyrights or other third-party rights or any materials of an obscene, libelous or other unlawful nature. Quoting portions of articles without prior approval is permitted, provided that the source is disclosed.

After submission, the paper will be assessed in compliance with the Peer Review Process.  This Journal reserves the right to request possible alterations in texts approved for publication.  The first author will monitor the editorial process receiving requests for alterations and submitting revised versions of the paper through the desktop publishing system used by this Journal, with a login and password in the User / Author category.

Papers submitted must be unpublished in Brazil and elsewhere in the world.  Papers presented previously at congresses, seminars and similar events may be sent in, provided that no constraints are imposed by the organizers of such events.

After a paper’s approval paper all the authors must register with this Journal, advising their mailing and e-mail addresses, which will be published on the paper’s coversheet.  The authors will receive the Assignment of Copyright document by e-mail, which must be signed by all the authors and sent back to this Journal by regular mail.

Papers submitted may not be under simultaneous review by other periodicals.  Should this situation be detected, the paper will be rejected and the authors will be suspended from submitting papers to this Journal for three years.  Moreover, the Editor of the periodical for which such simultaneous review process was detected will also be notified of this matter. 

Editor of the periodical for which such simultaneous review process was detected will also be notified of this matter. 

Articles already assessed by RAM should not be re-submitted. Should this status be confirmed, articles will be rejected and the authors will be suspended for three years from submitting articles to RAM.

Should changes be requested in an article already submitted by the section editor, remittance of the revised version should take place by accessing the RAM website and the following procedure:

  • Insert login and password
  • In the Página do Usuário (User Page), click on Autor (Author)
  • In Submissões Ativas (Active Submissions) click on the title of the article for which you wish to remit a new digital version.
  • Click on Avaliação (Assessment) (located just below the article’s ID No.)
  • In the Decisão Editorial (Editorial Decision) area, in the Transferir versão do autor  (Transfer author’s version) line, click on Procurar (Search) and insert the new revised version, and then click on Transferir (Transfer).
  • Still in the Decisão Editorial (Editorial Decision) area, in the Notificar Editor (Notify Editor) line, click on the envelope icon to send an e-mail to the Editor advising that the article is available in the system.

Human and Social Management

The Human and Social Management in Organizations section assigns preference to articles concerned in discussing management in the light of social, historical, political, cultural and economic changes. This means that it covers investigations into organizational behavior, which includes human resources management but is not limited to this. Whether based on a critical or more functionalist viewpoint, what is expected are assessments aimed at advancing the field of studies from a theoretical as well as methodological standpoint.  Regarding this latter aspect, the section includes texts that question qualitative investigation, quantitative or mixed approaches and strategies Moreover, texts are also deemed important that discuss management training, its advances, dilemmas and trends. Among other topics, preference is assigned to:

- Organizational Values and Dignity.
- Diversity and Inclusion.
- Social Management.
- Change.
- Culture.
- Learning and Competencies.
- Education and Manager Training.
- Management Survey.

Copyright Notice

Once the papers have been approved, the authors will assign their copyrights to this Journal.  The Copyright Assignment Conditions include:

1.  The Mackenzie Administration Journal holds the rights to all the papers published therein through assignment of copyright. 

2.  The author retains moral rights to the paper, including the right to identify the author whenever the article is published.

3. As of July 1, 2015 RAM adopted the CC-BY license standard (Creative Commons– BY). Authors are allowed to copy, distribute, display, transmit and adapt articles. Authors must attribute to RAM explicitly and clearly an article’s original publication (with reference to the journal’s name, edition, year and pages in which the article was originally published), yet without suggesting that RAM endorses the author or its use of the article. Contents are released by means of the CC-BY license to fully inter-operate with a variety of different systems and services, including for commercial purposes. In case of an article’s reuse or distribution, authors must make the article’s licensing terms clear to third parties. CC-BY criteria follow open access policies by major OA (Open Access) publishers and journals, such as PLoS, eLife, Biomed Central and Hindawi, among others.

4.  When formally requested by the author, this Journal may allow the paper to be published as a chapter or part of a book.  The only requirement is that prior publication in this Journal (Journal name, issue, year and pages) must be clearly and explicitly shown as a reference.

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