International Journal of Experiential Learning & Case Studies

About the Journal

International Journal of Experiential Learning & Case Studies (IJELCS) ISSN 2521-9359 (Online), ISSN 2520-4475 (Print) provides an innovative conceptual framework for consideration of industry managers, corporate sector strategists, and decision-makers and starves to be the basis for collaborative dialogue and discussions between industry and academia. The key objective of the journal is to contribute significantly to teaching and learning by using business management-related case studies and industry-specific research articles.

IJELCS is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal edited by the Institute of Business Management (IoBM), Karachi, Pakistan. The Journal is an academic resource of industry-related case studies and research articles which are the outcome of experiential learning and evidence-based exercises by academicians and corporate managers.  It is a blend of quality research on experiential learning and a diverse set of case studies pertaining to different business disciplines covering strategic marketing, strategic management, organizational behavior, human resource management, finance & accounting, business ethics, entrepreneurship, economics and other related functional areas.

Article Processing Charge

There is no cost attached to the publication in IJELCS, at any point in time, during, or after the publication process.

Peer Review Policy

All research articles published in IJELCS go through an initial editor screening followed by a rigorous double-blind peer review by two anonymous referees.

Call for Papers

The journal is currently open for the submission of research articles of high quality. The article is assigned for the issue as soon as it gets accepted for publication.

Submissions

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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.

The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).

The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.

Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.

The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points.

The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

JEL Codes are given

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Editorial Team

 PATRON

Mr. Talib Syed Karim

FOUNDING EDITOR

Mrs. Sabina Mohsin

 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik

EDITOR

Dr. Syed Muzzammil Wasim

MANAGING EDITOR

Ms. Saima Munawar

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Dr. Abdur Rahman Aleemi (Finance)

Dr. Muhammad Asif Khan (Education)

Dr. Muhammad Adnan Bashir (Marketing)

Dr. Muhammad Azeem Qureshi (HR/ Management)

Dr. Nayeem Ul Hassan Ansari (Finance)

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Mr. Shuaib Ahmed

EDITORIAL STAFF

Mr. Muhammad Naveed Khan

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Dr. Arsalan Mujahid Ghouri, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia

Dr. Fazal Husain, PIDE, Islamabad, Pakistan

Dr. George Aspridas, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly, Greece

Dr. Zornitsa Borisova Yordanova, University of National and World Economy Sofia, Bulgaria

Dr. Jolita Vveinhardt, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania, Lithuania

Dr. Maria Dos-Santos Maria José Palma Lampreia Dos Santos, ISCTE_IUL DINÂMIA´CET- I. University of Lisbon, Portugal

Dr. Naveed R. Khan, Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan

Dr. Naziha Ali Raza, School of Education, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

Dr. Osama Muhammad Abunahel, AL-Azhar University-Gaza, Palestinian Territory, Occupied

Dr. Raza Ali Khan, NED University, Karachi, Pakistan

Dr. Rizwan Raheem Ahmed, Faculty of Management Sciences – Indus University, Karachi, Pakistan

Dr. Sofian El-Astal, Al-Azhar University Gaza, Palestinian Territory, Occupied

Dr. Zaki Rashidi, Iqra University, Karachi, Pakistan

Dr. Mg. Federico Del Giorgio Solfa, National University of La Plata. Scientific Research Commission of the Province of Buenos Aires., Argentina

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Information For Readers

We encourage readers to sign up for the publishing notification service for this journal. Use the Register link at the top of the home page for the journal. This registration will result in the reader receiving the Table of Contents by email for each new issue of the journal. This list also allows the journal to claim a certain level of support or readership. See the journal's Privacy Statement, which assures readers that their name and email address will not be used for other purposes.

Information For Authors

Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process.

Information For Librarians

We encourage research librarians to list this journal among their library's electronic journal holdings. As well, it may be worth noting that this journal's open source publishing system is suitable for libraries to host for their faculty members to use with journals they are involved in editing (see Open Journal Systems).

 

INSTRUCTIONS / GUIDELINES FOR THE AUTHORS

(General Instructions)

1. Papers must be in English.
2. IJELCS is a business journal covering all subject areas of relevance to business in Pakistan. Research in the areas of Finance, Human Resources, Management, Informatics, Marketing, Business Psychology, Economics and issues related to other business areas are especially encouraged.
3. Submission of a paper will be held to imply that it contains original unpublished work and is not being submitted for publication elsewhere. The editors do not accept responsibility for damages or loss of papers submitted.
4. Manuscripts should be typewritten on one side of the page only, double spaced with wide margins. All pages should be numbered consecutively, titles and subtitles should be short. References, tables and legends for figures should be typed on separate pages. The legends and titles on tables and figures must be sufficiently descriptive such that they are understandable without reference to the text. The dimension of the figure axis and the body of tables must be clearly labeled in English.
5. The first page of the manuscript should contain the following information; (i) the title; (ii) the name(s) and institutional affiliation(s); (iii) an abstract of not more than 200 words. A footnote on the same sheet should give the name and present address of the author to whom reprints will be sent.
6. Acknowledgements and information on grants received can be given before the references or in a first footnote, which should not be included in the consecutive numbering of footnotes.
7. Important formulae (displayed) should be numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript as (1), (2), etc., on the right-hand side of the page where the derivation of formula has been abbreviated, it is of great help to referees if the full derivation can be presented on a separate sheet (not to be published).
8. Footnotes should be kept to a minimum and be numbered consecutively throughout the text with superscript Arabic numerals.
9. The references should include only the most relevant papers. In the text, references to publications should appear as follows: “Khan (1978) reported that. ” Or “This problem has been a subject in literature before [e.g., Khan (1978)
10. 102].” The author should make sure that there is a strict “one-to-one correspondence” between the names (years) in the text and those on the list. At the end of the manuscript (after any appendices) the complete references should be listed as:

For monographs and books

1. Ahmad, Jaleel, 1978, Import substitution, trade and development, Amsterdam: North-Holland, For contributions to collective works.
2. Newbery, Daved M.G., 1975, The use of rental contract in peasant agriculture, in: Reynods, ed., Agriculture in development theory, New Haven: Yale University Press p.3-40.

For periodicals

1. Baumol, W.J., 1982, Applied fairness theory and rational policy, American Economic Review, 72(4): 639561.
2. Note that journal titles should not be abbreviated.
3. Illustrations should be provided in triplicate (one original drawn in black ink on white paper and or with two photocopies). Care should be taken that lettering and symbols are of comparable size. The drawings should not be inserted in the text and should be marked on the back with figure numbers, title of paper and name of author. All graphs and diagrams should be numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals. Graph paper should be ruled in blue and any grid lines to be shown should be inked black. Illustrations of insufficient quality which have to be redrawn by the publisher will be charged to the author.
4. All unessential tables should be eliminated from the manuscript. Tables should be numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals and typed on separate sheets. Any manuscript which does not conform to the instructions may be returned for the necessary revision before publication.
5. IJELCS will prefer 8000 words in a research paper.

13           The paper should belong to core business subjects. Papers on sports, literature, fiction, biography, fashion, philosophy etc. fall outside the scope of the IJELCS.

1. Papers and references should conform to the APA format.

 

INSTRUCTIONS RELEVANT TO JOURNAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

IJELCS has adopted the Journal Management System which can be accessed by following the link: http://jmsnew.iobmresearch.com/index.php/ijelcs/login. Submissions, refereeing, contacts with authors, etc are now through the Journal Management System.

Submission Preparation Checklist

1. 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.
2. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor). Manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word .DOCX format, double spaced with wide margins. All pages should be numbered consecutively, titles and subtitles should be short. References, tables and legends for figures should be typed on separate pages. The legends and titles on tables and figures must be sufficiently descriptive such that they are understandable without reference to the text. The dimension of figure axes and the body of tables must be clearly labeled in English.
3. Title page and manuscript should be submitted separately.
4. Information contained in the Title page should be submitted in the Metadata section of the online submission process and must contain with completeness (i) article title; (ii) abstract of not more than 200 words (iii) keywords; (iv) name(s) and institutional affiliation(s) of author(s); (v) name and email address of the corresponding author should clearly be mentioned; (vi) A footnote on the same sheet should give the name and present address of the author to whom reprints will be sent.
5. The submission file containing the article must be clear of any information revealing the identity of the author(s).
6. Papers that violate the spirit of the guidelines (e.g., papers that are single-spaced, papers that use footnotes rather than conventional referencing formats, papers that greatly exceed 30 pages), or which do not clearly fit the mission of the journal will be immediately returned to authors without being reviewed.
7. Acknowledgments and information on grants received can be given before the references or in a first footnote, which should not be included in the consecutive numbering of footnotes.
8. Important formulae (displayed) should be numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript as (1), (2), etc., on the right-hand side of the page where the derivation of formula has been abbreviated, it is of great help to referees if the full derivation can be presented on a separate sheet (not to be published).
9. Footnotes should be kept to a minimum and be numbered consecutively throughout the text with superscript Arabic numerals.
10. The references should include only the most relevant papers. In the text, references to publications should appear as follows: “Khan (1978) reported that. ” Or “This problem has been a subject in literature before [e.g., Khan (1978)
11. 102].” The author should make sure that there is a strict “one-to-one correspondence” between the names (years) in the text and those on the list. At the end of the manuscript (after any appendices) the complete references should be listed as: for monographs and books. Ahmad, Jaleel, 1978, Import substitution, trade and development, Amsterdam: North-Holland, For contributions to collective works Newbery, Daved M.G., 1975,. The use of rental contract in peas- ant agriculture, in: Reynods, ed., Agriculture in development theory, New Haven: Yale University Press p. 3-40.
12. All unessential tables should be eliminated from the manuscript. Tables should be numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals and typed on separate sheets. Any manuscript which does not conform to the instructions may be returned for the necessary revision before publication.
13. The submitted article file should not be more than 10,000 words in a research paper including references and annexures.
14. Papers and references should conform to the APA format.
15. No single source of reference should exceed 5% of citations within the paper.
16. Plagiarism, as measured by the Similarity Index of Turnitin, is acceptable under 19%.
17. A single paper should not be submitted multiple times as a separate (unique) submission.

Privacy Statement

IJELCS considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that:

• The manuscript is the author’s own original work and does not duplicate any other previously published
• work, including the author’s own previously published work.

The manuscript has been submitted only to IJELCS; it is not under consideration or peer review or accepted for publication or in the press or published elsewhere.

• The manuscript does not contain anything abusive, defamatory, libelous, obscene, fraudulent, or illegal.

Please note that IJELCS uses plagiarism detection software to screen manuscripts for unoriginal material. By submitting your manuscript to IJELCS you are agreeing to any necessary originality checks your manuscript may have to undergo during the peer-review and production processes.

Any author who fails to adhere to the above conditions will be barred from further publishing in the International Journal of Experiential Learning & Case Studies.

 Contact Us

Editor

International Journal of Experiential Learning & Case Studies

Institute of Business Management, Korangi Creek, Karachi-75190, Pakistan

Phone: +92 (21) 111 002 004 Ext. 454

ijelcs@iobm.edu.pk

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