期刊名称：EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Employee Relations is a leading international academic journal focusing on the importance of understanding and merging corporate, management and employee needs to achieve optimum performance, commitment and effectiveness, addresses research, practice and ideas about relationships between employment. International issues are covered in all areas of HR and industrial relations. A stringent double-blind review of each paper is undertaken to ensure its relevance and validity.
Coverage
- Communication, participation and involvement
- Developments in collective bargaining
- Equal opportunities
- Health and safety
- HRM
- Industrial relations and employment protection law
- Industrial relations management and reform
- Organizational change and people
- Personnel and recruitment
- Quality of working life
Topicality
Today's turbulent business environment makes increasing demands on managers and workforces, as competitive standards rise and expectations of individuals increase. Managers must respond positively to changes in contemporary workforce attitudes if they are to get the performance levels they need.
Key Benefits
The journal addresses key issues through authoritative, refereed papers by distinguished international academics and practitioners, Internet site critiques and publications. It suggests alternative strategies for improving working conditions and developing constructive relationships between managers and workforce.
Key Journal Audiences
- Consultants, academics and libraries
- Employee and industrial relations specialists
- General managers
- Personnel managers and manpower planners
- Trade unionists
Indexing and abstracting services
- Academic Search
- Business and Industry
- Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Management and Marketing
- Current Contents®/Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Educational Administration Abstracts
- Emerald Reviews (Formerly Anbar)
- ESSEC Business School
- Galileo
- Genamics
- Human Resource Abstracts
- International Bibliography Of Social Sciences
- International Labour Documentation
- Journal Citation Reports/ Social Sciences Edition
- OCLC
- Peace Research Abstracts
- Personnel Management Abstracts
- PsycINFO
- QUALIS
- Scopus
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Technical Education and Training Abstracts
- Vocational Abstracts
Employee Relations is available as part of an online subscription to the Emerald HR, Learning & Organizational Studies eJournals Collection. For more information, please email collections@emeraldinsight.com or visit the Emerald HR, Learning & Organizational Studies eJournals Collection page.
Instructions to Authors
Submit to the journal
Submissions to Employee Relations are made using ScholarOne Manuscripts, the online submission and peer review system. Registration and access is available at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/erel. Full information and guidance on using ScholarOne Manuscripts is available at the Emerald ScholarOne Manuscripts Support Centre: http://msc.emeraldinsight.com.
Registering on ScholarOne Manuscripts
If you have not yet registered on ScholarOne Manuscripts, please follow the instructions below:
- Please log on to: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/erel
- Click on Create Account
- Follow the on-screen instructions, filling in the requested details before proceeding
- Your username will be your email address and you have to input a password of at least 8 characters in length and containing two or more numbers
- Click Finish and your account has been created.
Submitting an article to Employee Relations on ScholarOne Manuscripts
- Please log on to Employee Relations at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/erel with your username and password. This will take you through to the Welcome page (To consult the Author Guidelines for this journal, click on the Home Page link in the Resources column)
- Click on the Author Centre button
- Click on the submit a manuscript link which will take you through to the Manuscript Submission page
- Complete all fields and browse to upload your article
- When all required sections are completed, preview your .pdf proof
- Submit your manuscript
Review process
Each paper is reviewed by the editor and, if it is judged suitable for this publication, it is then sent to two independant referees for double blind peer review. Based on their recommendation, as well as consultation between relevant Editorial Board members the editor then decides whether the paper should be accepted as is, revised or rejected.
Copyright
Articles submitted to the journal should not have been published before in their current or substantially similar form, or be under consideration for publication with another journal. Please see Emerald's originality guidelines for details. Use this in conjunction with the points below about references, before submission i.e. always attribute clearly using either indented text or quote marks as well as making use of the preferred Harvard style of formatting. Authors submitting articles for publication warrant that the work is not an infringement of any existing copyright and will indemnify the publisher against any breach of such warranty. For ease of dissemination and to ensure proper policing of use, papers and contributions become the legal copyright of the publisher unless otherwise agreed.
The editor may make use of iThenticate software for checking the originality of submissions received. Please see our press release for further details.
Permissions
Prior to article submission, authors should clear permission to use any content that has not been created by them. Failure to do so may lead to lengthy delays in publication. Emerald is unable to publish any article which has permissions pending. The rights Emerald require are:
- Non-exclusive rights to reproduce the material in the article or book chapter.
- Print and electronic rights.
- Worldwide English language rights.
- To use the material for the life of the work (i.e. there should be no time restrictions on the re-use of material e.g. a one-year licence).
When reproducing tables, figures or excerpts (of more than 400 words) from another source, it is expected that:
- Authors obtain the necessary written permission in advance from any third party owners of copyright for the use in print and electronic formats of any of their text, illustrations, graphics, or other material, in their manuscript. Permission must also be cleared for any minor adaptations of any work not created by them.
- If an author adapts significantly any material, the author must inform the copyright holder of the original work.
- Authors obtain any proof of consent statements
- Authors must always acknowledge the source in figure captions and refer to the source in the reference list.
- Authors should not assume that any content which is freely available on the web is free to use. Authors should check the website for details of the copyright holder to seek permission for re-use.
Emerald is a member of the STM Association and participates in the reciprocal free exchange of material with other STM members. This may mean that in some cases, authors do not need to clear permission for re-use of content. If so, please highlight this upon submission. For more information and additional help, please follow the Permissions for your Manuscript guide.
COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)
All of Emerald’s journals benefit from COPE membership (see: http://www.publicationethics.org/). COPE provides advice to editors and publishers on all aspects of publication ethics and, in particular, how to handle cases of research and publication misconduct. This means that Emerald adheres to high ethical standards in publishing.
Emerald Literati Network Editing Service
The Emerald Literati Network can recommend, via our Editing Service, a number of freelance copy editors, all themselves experienced authors, to contributors who wish to improve the standard of English in their paper before submission. This is particularly useful for those whose first language is not English.
Final submission
Authors should note that proofs are not supplied prior to publication. The manuscript will be considered to be the definitive version of the article. The author must ensure that it is complete, grammatically correct and without spelling or typographical errors. Before submitting, authors should check their submission completeness using the available Article Submission Checklist.
Manuscript requirements
Please prepare your manuscript before submission, using the following guidelines:
| Format |
All files should be submitted as a Word document |
| Article Length |
Articles should be between 3000 and 7000 words in length including references, tables and figures. |
| Article Title |
A title of not more than eight words should be provided. |
| Article Title Page |
An Article Title Page should be submitted alongside each individual article using the template provided. This should include:
- Article Title
- Author Details (see below)
- Acknowledgements
- Author Biographies
- Structured Abstract (see below)
- Keywords (see below)
- Article Classification (see below)
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| Author Details |
Details should be supplied on the Article Title Page including:
- Full name of each author
- Affiliation of each author, at time research was completed
- Where more than one author has contributed to the article, details of who should be contacted for correspondence
- E-mail address of the corresponding author
- Brief professional biography of each author.
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| Structured Abstract |
Authors must supply a structured abstract on the Article Title Page, set out under 4-7 sub-headings (see our "How to... write an abstract" guide for practical help and guidance):
- Purpose (mandatory)
- Design/methodology/approach (mandatory)
- Findings (mandatory)
- Research limitations/implications (if applicable)
- Practical implications (if applicable)
- Social implications (if applicable)
- Originality/value (mandatory)
Maximum is 250 words in total (including keywords and article classification, see below). |
| Keywords |
Please provide up to 10 keywords on the Article Title Page, which encapsulate the principal topics of the paper (see our "How to... ensure your article is highly downloaded" guide for practical help and guidance on choosing search-engine friendly keywords).
Whilst we will endeavour to use submitted keywords in the published version, all keywords are subject to approval by Emerald’s in house editorial team and may be replaced by a matching term to ensure consistency. |
| Article Classification |
Categorize your paper on the Article Title Page, under one of these classifications:
- Research paper
- Viewpoint
- Technical paper
- Conceptual paper
- Case study
- Literature review
- General review.
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| Headings |
Headings must be concise, with a clear indication of the distinction between the hierarchy of headings.
The preferred format is for first level headings to be presented in bold format and subsequent sub-headings to be presented in medium italics. |
| Notes/Endnotes |
Notes or Endnotes should be used only if absolutely necessary and must be identified in the text by consecutive numbers, enclosed in square brackets and listed at the end of the article. |
| Research Funding |
Authors must declare all sources of external research funding in their article and a statement to this effect should appear in the Acknowledgements section. Authors should describe the role of the funder or financial sponsor in the entire research process, from study design to submission. |
| Figures |
All Figures (charts, diagrams, line drawings, web pages/screenshots, and photographic images) should be submitted in electronic form.
All Figures should be of high quality, legible and numbered consecutively with arabic numerals. Graphics may be supplied in colour to facilitate their appearance on the online database.
- Figures created in MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Illustrator should be supplied in their native formats. Electronic figures created in other applications should be copied from the origination software and pasted into a blank MS Word document or saved and imported into an MS Word document or alternatively create a .pdf file from the origination software.
- Figures which cannot be supplied in as the above are acceptable in the standard image formats which are: .pdf, .ai, and .eps. If you are unable to supply graphics in these formats then please ensure they are .tif, .jpeg, or .bmp at a resolution of at least 300dpi and at least 10cm wide.
- To prepare web pages/screenshots simultaneously press the "Alt" and "Print screen" keys on the keyboard, open a blank Microsoft Word document and simultaneously press "Ctrl" and "V" to paste the image. (Capture all the contents/windows on the computer screen to paste into MS Word, by simultaneously pressing "Ctrl" and "Print screen".)
- Photographic images should be submitted electronically and of high quality. They should be saved as .tif or .jpeg files at a resolution of at least 300dpi and at least 10cm wide. Digital camera settings should be set at the highest resolution/quality possible.
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| Tables |
Tables should be typed and included in a separate file to the main body of the article. The position of each table should be clearly labelled in the body text of article with corresponding labels being clearly shown in the separate file.
Ensure that any superscripts or asterisks are shown next to the relevant items and have corresponding explanations displayed as footnotes to the table, figure or plate. |
| References |
References to other publications must be in Harvard style and carefully checked for completeness, accuracy and consistency. This is very important in an electronic environment because it enables your readers to exploit the Reference Linking facility on the database and link back to the works you have cited through CrossRef.
You should cite publications in the text: (Adams, 2006) using the first named author's name or (Adams and Brown, 2006) citing both names of two, or (Adams et al., 2006), when there are three or more authors. At the end of the paper a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied: |
| For books |
Surname, Initials (year), Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication.
e.g. Harrow, R. (2005), No Place to Hide, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY. |
| For book chapters |
Surname, Initials (year), "Chapter title", Editor's Surname, Initials, Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.
e.g. Calabrese, F.A. (2005), "The early pathways: theory to practice – a continuum", in Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp. 15-20. |
| For journals |
Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", Journal Name, volume, number, pages.
e.g. Capizzi, M.T. and Ferguson, R. (2005), "Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 72-80. |
For published
conference proceedings |
Surname, Initials (year of publication), "Title of paper", in Surname, Initials (Ed.), Title of published proceeding which may include place and date(s) held, Publisher, Place of publication, Page numbers.
e.g. Jakkilinki, R., Georgievski, M. and Sharda, N. (2007), "Connecting destinations with an ontology-based e-tourism planner", in Information and communication technologies in tourism 2007 proceedings of the international conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007, Springer-Verlag, Vienna, pp. 12-32. |
For unpublished
conference proceedings |
Surname, Initials (year), "Title of paper", paper presented at Name of Conference, date of conference, place of conference, available at: URL if freely available on the internet (accessed date).
e.g. Aumueller, D. (2005), "Semantic authoring and retrieval within a wiki", paper presented at the European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), 29 May-1 June, Heraklion, Crete, available at: http://dbs.uni-leipzig.de/file/aumueller05wiksar.pdf (accessed 20 February 2007). |
| For working papers |
Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", working paper [number if available], Institution or organization, Place of organization, date.
e.g. Moizer, P. (2003), "How published academic research can inform policy decisions: the case of mandatory rotation of audit appointments", working paper, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Leeds, 28 March. |
For encyclopedia entries
(with no author or editor) |
Title of Encyclopedia (year) "Title of entry", volume, edition, Title of Encyclopedia, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.
e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1926) "Psychology of culture contact", Vol. 1, 13th ed., Encyclopaedia Britannica, London and New York, NY, pp. 765-71.
(For authored entries please refer to book chapter guidelines above) |
For newspaper
articles (authored) |
Surname, Initials (year), "Article title", Newspaper, date, pages.
e.g. Smith, A. (2008), "Money for old rope", Daily News, 21 January, pp. 1, 3-4. |
For newspaper
articles (non-authored) |
Newspaper (year), "Article title", date, pages.
e.g. Daily News (2008), "Small change", 2 February, p. 7. |
| For electronic sources |
If available online, the full URL should be supplied at the end of the reference, as well as a date that the resource was accessed.
e.g. Castle, B. (2005), "Introduction to web services for remote portlets", available at: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ws-wsrp/ (accessed 12 November 2007).
Standalone URLs, i.e. without an author or date, should be included either within parentheses within the main text, or preferably set as a note (roman numeral within square brackets within text followed by the full URL address at the end of the paper). |
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Professor Dennis Nickson
Department of Human Resource Management, University of Strathclyde, UK
Assistant Editors
Professor Ian Cunningham
Department of Human Resource Management, University of Strathclyde, UK
Professor Paul Stewart
Department of Human Resource Management, University of Strathclyde, UK
Associate Editor
Professor Wendy Loretto
Department of Organisational Behaviour, University of Edinburgh, UK
Associate Editor - Special
Kan Wang
Assistant Professor of Labour Relations, China Institute of Industrial Relations, People's Republic of China
Book Review Editor
Dr Scott Hurrell
University of Stirling, UK
Managing Editor
Samantha Thompson
sthompson@emeraldinsight.com
Publisher
Zoe Sanders
zsanders@emeraldinsight.com
Editorial Advisory BoardProfessor Greg Bamber, Monash University, Australia
Professor Lizabeth Barclay, Oakland University, USA
Professor Sue Bruning, University of Manitoba, Canada
Dr Jane Bryson, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Dr Marilyn Clarke, University of Adelaide,, Australia
Dr Alan Coetzer, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Professor William N Cooke, Michigan State University, USA
Professor Premilla D'Cruz, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India
Professor Datin Dar, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Malaysia
Professor Ralph Darlington, Salford Business School, UK
Dr Robert G. Delcampo, University of New Mexico, USA
Professor Michael Doherty, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland
Professor Ingi Runar Edvardsson, University of Iceland, Iceland
Dr Doris Ruth Eikhof, University of Stirling, UK
Professor Jacob Eskildsen, Aarhus University, Denmark
Dr. Eleanna Galanaki, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Professor Alan James Geare, University of Otago, New Zealand
Professor Daniel Gomes, Escola Superior de Educacao de coimbra, Portugal
Dr Samanthi J Gunawardana, Monash University, Australia
Professor Patrick Gunnigle, University of Limerick, Ireland
Professor Igor Gurkov, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia
Dr. Brian Harney, Dublin City University Business School, Ireland
Professor Junaidah Hashim, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
Professor Peter Holland, Monash University, Australia
Professor Kate Hutchings, Griffith University, Australia
Dr Stewart Johnstone, Newcastle University, UK
Professor Jan Ch. Karlsson, Karlstad University, Sweden
Professor Anastasia Katou, University of Macedonia, Greece
Associate Professor Ann-Kristina Lokke Moller, Aarhus University, Denmark
Professor Jan Kees Looise, University of Twente, Netherlands
Professor Csaba Makó, Debrecen University, Hungary
Professor Mick Marchington, University of Strathclyde, UK
Dr Martin McCracken, Department of Management and Leadership, University of Ulster, UK
Dr Anthony McDonnell, Queen's University Management School, UK
Professor Kamel Mellahi, Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick, UK
Professor Michael Morley, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland
Dr Alan Nankervis, Curtin University, Australia
Dr Eddy Ng, Dalhousie University, Canada
Dr Ioannis Nikolaou, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Professor Ernesto Noronha, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India
Professor Jane Parker, Massey University, New Zealand
Dr Emma Parry, Cranfield School of Management, UK
Dr Robert Perrett, Australian Workplace Innovation and Social Research Centre, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Dr Douglas Renwick, Sheffield University Management School, UK
Professor Yusuf Sidani, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Professor Ed Snape, Durham Business School, Durham University, UK
Professor Abubakr M. Suliman, The British University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Professor Ekrem Tatoglu, Bahcesehir University, Turkey
Kea Tijdens, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dr Hayfaa Tlaiss, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Professor Keith Townsend, Griffith University, Australia
Professor Katie Truss, University of Sussex, UK
Dr Maria Vakola, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Professor Vathsala Wickramasinghe, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Professor Adrian Wilkinson, Griffith Business School, Australia
Professor Li Yang, Anhui University of Science and Technology, People's Republic of China
Dr Connie Zheng, Deakin University, Australia
Professor Cherrie Jiuhua Zhu, Monash University, Australia
Editorial Review BoardAssistant Professor Filipa Castanheira, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
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