Author Guidelines

Authors should read the aims and scope before submission. Manuscripts must be original, clearly written and not under review elsewhere.

Article types

• Original research articles
• Review and theory articles
• Case and comparative studies
• Methods, datasets and research notes
• Short communications

Management research reporting

State the strategic or organizational question, theoretical framework, research setting, unit of analysis and contribution clearly. Describe sampling, measures, data sources, field procedures and analytical methods in sufficient detail. Quantitative studies should report model specification, uncertainty, diagnostics and robustness. Qualitative studies should explain case selection, researcher position, coding, interpretation and evidentiary support.

Organizations and participants

Research involving employees, managers, customers, communities, confidential organizational records or interventions requires appropriate ethics review and informed consent where applicable. Protect participants from identification, retaliation or commercial harm, and disclose access arrangements and conflicts of interest.

Data and transparency

Include a Data Availability Statement. Share anonymized data, instruments, coding frameworks, analysis code and documentation where lawful and ethical. Explain restrictions involving privacy, contractual confidentiality, proprietary information or commercial sensitivity.

Review files

Provide a separate title page and anonymized manuscript for double-blind review. Disclose funding, competing interests, author contributions and material use of generative AI.

Submission status

Online submissions are temporarily closed while SMF completes its editorial setup.