Title of your research

Abstract
A short abstract of 200 – 250 words should be provided here. This short abstract should be
able to clearly and concisely communicate the key value of your paper. It should address the
importance of this research, the method utilised, key results and implications for theory and
practice.

Keywords: Up to five key words can be provided here.

Introduction and Research Aim
In this section you should identify the context for the research that leads to the research
problem, objectives and the research question(s).

Context of the research: a summary of literature review on the research topic that helps to
identify the research problem (research gap).

The aim of this study is:

To ….

We address two research questions in line with this aim:

RQ1:…
RQ2: …

Literature Review (Theoretical background)

In this section you should provide the theoretical background for the research.

Research model and hypotheses development

If you conduct a quantitative research, in this section, you should develop hypotheses and a
research model based on a review on literature from previous studies.

Methodology
In this section you should succinctly address the research design, research method, sample and
data collection approach used to address the research questions.

Measurement instrument (if quantitative research): constructs and measurements.

Results
In this section, you should succinctly discuss the expected results of the research.

Discussion and Implications

In this section you should address how your research contributes to the theory and has
implications to management.

Theoretical contributions

Managerial implications

Limitations and directions for future research

In this section, you should identify the limitations of your research and suggest directions for
future research.
References
References should be entered onto a separate page and must follow the referencing style of
APA.