The Essence: Journal of Management Science and Research is an official publication of the School of Management, Sir Padampat Singhania University. It is published on an annual basis. A copy of the published journal is provided to all authors or else can be downloaded from the website uploaded in pdf form. Back issues are available on-line at www.spsu.ac.in.

The purpose of The Essence: Journal of Management Science and Research is to publish research papers with contemporary themes.

The ESSENCE provides a forum to academicians to publish original researches in the field of Management Science at a regular interval of one year. Its objective is to improve the quality of research papers through blind review which seeks corrections in main text.

Articles that are in part or full, published elsewhere are not considered. The Journal restricts its scope to different functional areas of management and research papers pertaining to finance, marketing, human resource management, business ethics, information technology and managerial decisions are considered for publication.

Scope of the Essence is broad based to consider inter disciplinary research studies also. Specific focus may be on a contemporary theme relevant to corporate world.

Editorial Board

1. Prof. Shyam S. Lodha

2. Prof. Deepak Khazanchi

3. Prof. O.P. Gupta

4. Prof. B.P. Bhatnagar

5. Prof. U.R. Daga

6. Prof. Rajesh Kothari

7. Prof. J.S.Panwar

8. Prof. Dinesh Gupta

9. Prof. B.S.Patel

10. Prof. T.N.Mathur

11. Prof. Parimal Vyas

12. Prof. D.Chattopadhyay

13. Prof. Rajeev Jain

14. Prof. J.K. Pattanayak

15. Prof. Rajeshwari Narendran

16. Prof. Sushil J. Lalwani

17. Dr. Sumangla Rathore

18. Dr. Shweta Lalwani

19. Dr. Vineet Chouhan

20. Dr. Shubham Goswami

21. Dr. Disha Mathur

22. Dr. Manish Dadhich

The Essence-Editorial Policy

The Essence: Journal of Management Science and Research promotes quality research of academicians from India and abroad. The paper published in The Essence: Journal of Management Science and Research depict a new interpretation of concepts and ideas.

As publisher of the Essence, the School of Management, SPSU expects authors to follow best standards in research and the communication of research results and findings. Papers submitted to the essence should incorporate relevant information (including in-text, Web appendix, or other online supplements). This should include unbiased description of the research and analysis procedures.

We also require the authors of manuscripts submitted to THE Essence: Journal of Management Science and Research to share additional details of their research findings, Questionnaires, data collection methodology and insights when requested by the editor.

Oversight-every piece that is published in Essence has been reviewed by at least one person on the editorial team before sending for the blind review. Articles are checked for accuracy and determine whether a piece is fair and impartial, as well as for clarity, spelling and grammatical errors.

The research papers submitted by authors are essentially sent for blind review. Recommendations of experts are strictly followed. Suggestions are sent back to authors, who are requested to incorporate such changes in the main text. If expert accept/ reject a research paper, author is informed accordingly.

Research papers sent for publication must be related to original research contribution on any functional area or an inter disciplinary studies.

Guideline for submission of papers

ESSENCE is an yearly refereed journal of School of Management, Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur. The aim of this journal is to provide an opportunity to authors from different functional areas of management science particularly Finance, Marketing, Human Resource and Information Technology. ESSENCE publishes full length papers or short communication of original scientific research. Review article summarizing the existing state of knowledge on topics related to management science will also be published.

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION

An article should not exceed 2500 words or 10 pages of A4 size. Electronic copy of the final manuscripts must be submitted in MS-Word format (.doc format) in a CD or via Email to essence@spsu.ac.in

MANUSCRIPT PROCEDURE:

Title Page:
The title page of the manuscript should be the first page and should include Title of paper, Name of Author/authors, address and e-mail. A Declaration by the author/authors be attached stating that this article is prepared by him/her and it is neither presented in any seminar nor it has been submitted for any journal elsewhere. The certificate should state that there are no copyright infringements in text/data used.

Abstract:
Each manuscript must have an abstract of about 150-250 words incorporating objectives methods and important conclusion of the study. This page of text should show the title but NOT the author's name.

Main Text:
All manuscripts must be double spaced, in 12 point Times Roman font size, with page numbers on the bottom right corner. In review of literature, names of journals, newspapers and other publications should be mentioned. List of articles used for review may also be acknowledged at appropriate place. For all research papers, cross references and their sources must be displayed.

Conclusion:
The article should normally end with findings and summary statement of the main conclusions.

Footnotes:
Footnotes in the text must be numbered consecutively and appropriately placed at the end of article.

Tables, Figures etc.:
Tables must be numbered consecutively with Roman numerals. Please check that your text contains a reference to each table. Authors must check tables to assure that the data shown and that the title, column headings, captions, etc. are clear and to the point. Very extensive detailed tables should be placed in appendix. Figures and photographs may also find appropriate place in the article.

References:
References must be typed on a separate page, double-spaced, at the end of the paper. The formats suggested are:

1. Pande, S. S., (2006), "Blog Marketing”, The Management Accountant,36(9), June, 3-7, Kolkata.

2. Barua S., (2009), Genesis of Financial Services & their Marketing, in "Marketing of Financial Services”, Himalaya Publishing House Limited, New Delhi, pp. 44-45. .

3. Pande, S. S.& Barua, S.(2009), Why Services Marketing in “Marketing of Financial Services”, Himalaya Publishing House Limited, New Delhi, pp. 44-45.

Peer Review Process

The Editorial Board has right to modify paper before mailing it to referees. All research Papers are accepted subject to final approval by Referees. The Board of Referees constitutes subject experts and accordingly papers will be reviewed by them. The decision of the referees will be final. Please note that for papers accepted, no remuneration is payable, however, authors may take prints from the Journal to be uploaded on our website www.essence.spsu.ac.in

Author is responsible for checking the manuscript for clarity, grammar, spellings, punctuation, and consistency of references, to minimize editorial changes. Author must submit their manuscript in the format as prescribed for the Journal. Suggestions of referees will be communicated to the author for incorporating in the revised manuscript.

Views expressed by author are his/her personal academic contribution and they are in their personal capacity. Board of Management and SPSU administration will not be responsible for any possible outcome. Similarly the SPSU administration will not be responsible for any action arising out of reliance on views expressed by authors.

In selecting articles for publication, the editor gives preference to those research contributions having general significance that are well written, well organized, and may be of multidisciplinary. All research Papers after primary screening by the Editor are sent to two or more experts on the basis of the Specialisation of reviewers and the final decision about publication will be based upon the final approval by Referees.

We communicate results of the review process within one month of submission. Research papers once rejected will not be re-reviewed.

Ethics Policy

Original empirical researches are encouraged by the Essence. All research papers are published subject to blind review and application of anti-plagiarism software. A mail/letter from Co-authors/authors should be sent by way of their consent to publish research papers as per norms and conditions for authors. Authors must acknowledge that their submission is based upon their research work and should approve data presentation as representative empirical data.

The editor may call the authors to provide a statement of responsibility in the manuscript that specifies the contribution of every author. The Journal does not except the papers with more than 3 authors. The corresponding author is solely responsible for communicating with the Journal and with managing communication between co-authors. Before submission, the corresponding author ensures that all authors are included in the author list, its order has been agreed by all authors, and that all authors are aware that the paper is being submitted.

Publishers of Essence are not responsible for any claim by other academician that their research contributions has been copied and we follow a disclaimer policy.

The editorial board discourages any unethical practice of plagiarism, Quoting data without a source or using a text from already published research paper without proper acknowledgement and permission.

Correction Policies

After review process all suggestions, changes, will be reported to author/s for complete corrections. Authors will make changes strictly as suggested who should not make many change in thrust area. No new authors will be added or old one deleted during this process.

Copyright Policy

Research papers should be submitted with a copyright form. The copyright must be provided in the specific format given below. Form duly signed by authors may be sent to essence@spsu.ac.in

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Views expressed by the authors are their personal opinions. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of The Essence or official policies of the University