How to format your references using the Academy of Management Learning and Education citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Academy of Management Learning and Education. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Download the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

Dunn, B. 2012. Cancer: Solving an age-old problem. Nature, 483(7387): S2-6.

A journal article with 2 authors

Prokopenko, M., & Lizier, J. T. 2014. Transfer entropy and transient limits of computation. Scientific Reports, 4: 5394.

A journal article with 3 authors

Pfennig, D. W., Harcombe, W. R., & Pfennig, K. S. 2001. Frequency-dependent Batesian mimicry. Nature, 410(6826): 323.

A journal article with 6 or more authors

Yokouchi, Y., Noijiri, Y., Barrie, L. A., Toom-Sauntry, D., Machida, T., et al. 2000. A strong source of methyl chloride to the atmosphere from tropical coastal land. Nature, 403(6767): 295–298.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

Söchting, I. 2014. Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Chen, Q., Hameurlain, A., Toumani, F., Wagner, R., & Decker, H. (Eds.). 2015. Database and Expert Systems Applications: 26th International Conference, DEXA 2015, Valencia, Spain, September 1-4, 2015, Proceedings, Part I (1st ed. 2015), vol. 9261. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Marani, E., & Koch, W. F. R. M. 2014. Concepts and Approaches in the Study of the Pelvis. In W. F. R. M. Koch (Ed.), The Pelvis: Structure, Gender and Society: 111–141. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for Academy of Management Learning and Education.

Blog post

Carpineti, A. 2015, October 22. Can Aspirin Stop Cancer Returning? IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/study-launched-investigate-if-aspirin-stops-return-cancer/.

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

Government Accountability Office. 2000. Electronic Government: Federal Initiatives Are Evolving Rapidly But They Face Significant Challenges. no. T-AIMD/GGD-00-179, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

Owen, A. K. 2012. Preventive health behaviors: A look at the correlation between regular physical activity and routine cervical cancer screening. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

Seltzer, M. 2017, September 10. Doctor in the House. New York Times, A18.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Dunn, 2012).
This sentence cites two references (Dunn, 2012; Prokopenko & Lizier, 2014).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Prokopenko & Lizier, 2014)
Three authors: (Pfennig, Harcombe, & Pfennig, 2001)
6 or more authors: (Yokouchi et al., 2000)

About the journal

Full journal title	Academy of Management Learning and Education
Abbreviation	Acad. Manag. Learn. Educ.
ISSN (print)	1537-260X
ISSN (online)	1944-9585
Scope	Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Education