: Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting & Finance :

NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS

Manuscripts are to be written in English and should not be more than 6000 words in length. It should be in Microsoft word(*.doc) format and Times New Roman with 12pt font. The manuscript should be typewritten on one side of A4 paper only, double spaced, leaving ample margin (about 2.5 cm) at the top and sides. Authors are required to submit three hard copies and a soft copy (electronic copy, CD or diskette that is virus free) to:

Editor-in-Chief
Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and Finance (AAMJAF)
Graduate School of Business
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 Pulau Pinang
Malaysia

Or via e-mail to ruhani@usm.my or aamjaf@usm.my

To permit anonymity for refereeing, the author’s name(s) should not appear on the manuscript. Attach a cover page containing the title of the article, the name and affiliation of each author with complete correspondence information. Please also indicate the corresponding author.

The first page of the manuscript should only show the title of the manuscript and to include a 100-150 words abstract followed by not more than six keywords identifying the main areas of the paper.

Footnotes where possible should be avoided. Acknowledgements if any should be placed at the end of the manuscript. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the citations made. All references should be identified in the text by placing cited author’s last name followed by a bracket, e.g. Chang (2003). Page number is to be added when the reference is to a specific page or is a quotation, e.g. Chang (2003, p.24). If there are more than two authors, the first author’s last name should be cited followed by et al.

Tables should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals followed by a brief title and be referred to in the text. Each table is to be typed on a separate sheet.

All diagrams and graphs should be referred to as Figures and be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals followed by a title, in the order they are referred to in the text. Each figures should be placed on a separate sheet.

The Journal adopts the APA referencing system. All references should be listed in alphabetical order. See the followings for examples:

Chang, S. (1998). Takeovers of privately held targets, methods of payment and bidder
returns. Journal of Finance, 53(2), 773-784.

Monks, R.A.G. and Minow, N. (2003). Corporate Governance. United Kingdom: Blackwell
Publishing.

If a manuscript is accepted for publication, a copy of the journal plus CD ROM consisting of publisher ready copy of the article will be sent to the corresponding author free of charge. Additional copies can be purchased from the publisher.