Submission Guide

LASUJHRMER welcomes studies in the forms of original research articles, review articles, case studies, technical notes and book reviews. Manuscripts prepared in Microsoft word format should be uploaded to the following addresses:http://www.lasuerhrmjournal.com.ng or jhrmer@lasu.edu.ng, or Tel: 08055449450/08023687713 for WhatsApp

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

- Language

Manuscripts must be written in English Language preferably in British Standard.

- Paper Length

Total length of paper submitted for possible publication in LASUJHRMERshould be maximum of 10000, 6000 and 2000 words for review papers, research articles and technical notes, respectively. Manuscripts must be prepared only in MS Word format with single column, 12 font size and single line spacing in A4 size with left margin: 2.5cm, right margin: 2.0cm, top margin: 2.0cm and bottom margin: 2.0cm, using Times New Roman.

- Title Page

Title page must contain the authors’ full names (surname first), address or affiliations of all authors as well as the email address and phone number of the corresponding author.

- Title

Title must be clear, concise, informative and may contain no more than eighteen words inclusive of prepositions and conjunctions.It must also be in “title case” without abbreviations and formulae where possible.

- Abstract

All articles must contain abstract with maximum of 250 words as well as maximum of 5-6 keywords. Abstract must be very clear, concise and give information about the purpose/objective of the study, method used, major findings and conclusion/recommendations. It should be devoid of references.

- Manuscript Body

The body of all manuscripts should include the following sections:

  • Introduction
  • Method should indicate; participants (respondents)– population, sample sizeand characteristics such as demographics like, gender, name of location(s), average age and nationality.
  • Results and Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements (optional)
  • References
  • Appendix (optional)

- Main body heading format

Section (First Level): Title case

Sub section sample (Second level): Sentence case

Sample heading (Third level):This level, if any, should be in italic and not bold.

All paragraphs should be in block type; that is NOT in indented format.

Displayed equations are centered and set on a separate line, thus:

x + y = z (1)

- Tables and Figures format

Tables and Figures should be numbered serially, must be referred to within the text and presented immediately after their discussions. In this journal, all illustrations are referred to as “Figure” and written as Fig. 1., 2., 3. etc.

Figures: A figure caption is always placed below the illustration.

Source: Author (Year)

Tables:1. Gives summary of all heading levels.

  1. Table captions should be above the tables.

Example

Font size and style

Figure Notes

10 point, bold

1 Introduction

10 point, bold

Printing Area

10 point, bold

Source: Author (Year)

- References

References should follow the APA Style (6th Edition) of referencing. It should be arranged in alphabetical order (numbering NOT required please). The following referencing styles can be used as guides.

For articles:

Jayeoba, F. I., Aremo, M. O., Fapohunda, T. M., Genty, K. I., Bankole, R. A.(2020)

          Covid-19: New Order for Employment Relations And Human Resource Management.

LASU Journal of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management, 2(1), 214-

234.DOI: 10.36108/ljerhrm/0202.02.0151.

For books:

Jayeoba, F. I. (2008) Handbook of Consumer Psychology. Lagos: Elohim Creations.

 

For chapters in books:

Jayeoba, F. I. (2020) Compensation Management in Industries and Organisations. In J. O. Fatile,

  1. O. Awosika & O.V. Ajulor (Eds.). Public Administration; Theory and Practice in

 Nigeria. Lagos: Free Enterprise Ltd.

For conferences:

Adeoye, A. O., Tijani, A. A., Ade-Daniel, O. D. & Jayeoba, F. I. (2017) Employees Self-

            Actualization; The Role of Compensation Management. Key West International

            Multidisciplinary Academic Conference, Florida, USA.

For web sites:

ILO (2004). Title, Retrieved on April 11, 2018, from http://www.ilo.org.

For project report/ theses:

Azeez, R. O. (2019) Healthy Workplace Practices and Employee Creativity among Selected

         Software Programmers in Lagos State: The Mediatory Role of Motivation. Unpublished

PhD, submitted to the Department of Industrial relations and Human Resource

Management, Lagos state University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria.