ISSN 2078-5585 print version
ISSN 2078-5976 online version

ABOUT THE JOURNAL

• Basic Information
• Indexing Sources
• Copyright Statement
• Journal Sponsorship

The South African Journal of Business Management publishes articles that have real significance for management theory and practice.
The content of the journal falls into two categories; managerial theory and management practice:

• Management theory is devoted to reporting new methodological developments, whether analytical or philosophical.
  In general, papers should, in addition to developing a new theory, include some discussion of applications, either historical or potential. Both state–of–the–art surveys and papers discussing new developments are appropriate for this category.


• Management practice concerns the methodology involved in applying scientific knowledge.
  It focusses on the problems of developing and converting management theory to practice while considering behavioural and economic realities. Papers should reflect the mutual interest of managers and management scientists in the exercise of the management function.
  Appropriate papers may include examples of implementations that generalise experience rather than specific incidents and facts, and principles of model development and adaptation that underline successful application of particular aspects of management theory.
  The relevance of the paper to the professional manager should be highlighted as far as possible.

Types of articles published include Original Research Articles, Scientific Letters, Corrections, and Cover Letters

Publication language for articles and abstracts is English.

The journal publishes at least one issue each year.
Articles are published online when ready for publication and then printed in an end–of–year compilation.
Additional issues may be published for special events (e.g., conferences) and when special themes are addressed.

Abbreviated key–title: S. Afr. j. bus. manag. (Online)

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The author(s) retain copyright on work published by AOSIS unless specified otherwise.

AOSIS requires journal authors to publish their work in open access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

The South African Journal of Business Management uses a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Author(s) of work published by AOSIS are required to grant AOSIS the unlimited rights to publish the definitive work in any format, language and medium, for any lawful purpose.

University of Stellenbosch Business School