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:

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteDownload the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX 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
Lohmann, K. J. 2010. Q&A: Animal behaviour: Magnetic-field perception. Nature, 464(7292): 1140–1142.
A journal article with 2 authors
Rivera, L. B., & Bergers, G. 2015. CANCER. Tumor angiogenesis, from foe to friend. Science (New York, N.Y.), 349(6249): 694–695.
A journal article with 3 authors
Telford, R. J., Vandvik, V., & Birks, H. J. B. 2006. Dispersal limitations matter for microbial morphospecies. Science (New York, N.Y.), 312(5776): 1015.
A journal article with 6 or more authors
Gunjakar, J. L., Kim, T. W., Kim, I. Y., Lee, J. M., & Hwang, S.-J. 2013. Highly efficient visible light-induced O₂ generation by self-assembled nanohybrids of inorganic nanosheets and polyoxometalate nanoclusters. Scientific Reports, 3: 2080.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
Pérez Fontán, F., & Mariño Espiñeira, P. 2008. Modeling the Wireless Propagation Channel. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
An edited book
Rodriguez, M. A., Walters, R. S., & Burke, T. W. (Eds.). 2013. 60 Years of Survival Outcomes at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. New York, NY: Springer.
A chapter in an edited book
Nedjah, N., & Mourelle, L. de M. 2006. Evolutionary Pattern Matching Using Genetic Programming. In N. Nedjah, L. de M. Mourelle, & A. Abraham (Eds.), Genetic Systems Programming: Theory and Experiences: 81–104. 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
Andrew, D. 2016, June 12. What You Can Do To Reduce The Risk Of Bowel Cancer Caused By E. Coli Bacteria. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/what-you-can-do-to-reduce-the-risk-of-bowel-cancer-caused-by-e-coli-bacteria/.

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. 1996. Hispanic Employment Statistics. no. GGD-96-85R, 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
Castan, J. U. 2010. Congruence x employment tenure: A study with transitioning youth with disabilities. Doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD.

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
Endrst, J. 2016, September 6. Hugh O’Brian, Dashing Leading Man Remembered for ‘Wyatt Earp,’ Dies at 91. New York Times, B6.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Lohmann, 2010).
This sentence cites two references (Lohmann, 2010; Rivera & Bergers, 2015).

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

  • Two authors: (Rivera & Bergers, 2015)
  • Three authors: (Telford, Vandvik, & Birks, 2006)
  • 6 or more authors: (Gunjakar, Kim, Kim, Lee, & Hwang, 2013)

About the journal

Full journal titleAcademy of Management Learning and Education
AbbreviationAcad. Manag. Learn. Educ.
ISSN (print)1537-260X
ISSN (online)1944-9585
ScopeOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Education

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