Title–Bold,Centered,SmallCapitals,18pt,TimesNewRoman,NoHardReturns, 18 pt line-space after

AuthorName–Bold,Centered,14pt,TimesNewRoman

Affiliation–Bold,Centered,14pt,TimesNewRoman

E-mailaddress–Bold,Centered,14pt,TimesNewRoman, 14 pt line-space after

2ndAuthorName–Bold,Centered,14pt,TimesNewRoman

2ndAffiliation–Bold,Centered,14pt,TimesNewRoman

2ndE-mailaddress–Bold,Centered,14pt,TimesNewRoman, 14 pt line-space after

ABSTRACT

Theword“ABSTRACT”iscenteredasaboveinboldallcapitals12ptTimesNewRoman. Theabstractitselfisfullyjustifiedanditalicizedinunbolded10ptTimesNewRoman. Thelengthisnottoexceed300words,withabout100wordspreferred. Thereisa12ptline-spacebothbeforeandaftertheabstract.

INTRODUCTION

ThistemplatehasbeenpreparedforABSELconference paper proceedings submissions. Clarity,coherence,andbrevityarehighlydesiredinsubmissionstoABSEL. Supportingmaterialthateitherimpedesreadabilityorisnotimmediatelyessentialforexplainingyourworkshouldbeplacedinanappendix,suchasthechecklistinAppendixA.

PapersshouldbesubmittedasaWord.docx(or.doc)file. Ifnecessary,editorsmayadjustmanuscriptstomanagepageandmanuscriptflow. Authorscertifythattheworkassubmittedisnotcopyrightedandisnotunderrevieworacceptedforpublicationorpresentationelsewhere.

FORMATTINGREQUIREMENTS

Thebodyofthepaperissingleline-spacedandfullyjustifiedinunbolded10ptTimesNewRoman. Please double space between paragraphs. Paragraphsareindented¼inchandtherearenoskippedlinesbetweenparagraphs. Sectiontitlesarecenteredinboldallcapitals12ptTimesNewRoman,witha12ptline-space bothbeforeandafterthetitle. Subheadingsareleftjustifiedinboldallcapitals10ptTimesNewRoman,witha10ptline-space bothbeforeandafterthesubheading.

Theuseoftablesandfiguresforalldatatoenhancereadabilityofthetextishighlyencouraged. Allcharts, equations,illustrations, tablesandfiguresshouldbedoneinWordandlistedattheendofthepaperfollowingthereferences.

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Pleaseincludealine(suchasthatimmediatelyabovethissentence)indicatingtheapproximateplacementoftheequation,table,orfigureinthebodyofthepaper. Ifsuchisnotincluded,theeditorswillreviewthepapertodetermineappropriateplacement.

PAPERSIZEANDMARGINS

Papershouldbesettolettersize(8.5”x11”)andportraitorientation. Marginsshouldbesetto0.75”top,1”bottom,0.75”leftandright). Donotusepagebreaks,pagenumbers,headers,orfooters. Pleaseuseitalicsinplaceofunderlinesthroughoutthetextandreferences. BesuretoSPELLCHECKthemanuscript.

CITATIONS

Toavoidplagiarism,besuretousecitationsforfacts,figures,quotations,generalideasandconceptsdevelopedbyothers. Citationsarepresentedin-lineinthetextusingtheformatof(lastnameofauthor,year). Multiplereferencesinthesamelocationareseparatedbysemicolonsasin(authorofpaper1,yearofpaper1;authorofpaper2,yearofpaper2). Pleaseuse“&”insteadof“and”incitations. Pleaseincludeonlyin-linecitationsactuallyreferencedinthebibliographyattheendofthepaper.

Referencescorrespondingtothesecitationsfollowthebodyofthetextinasectiontitled“REFERENCES.” Entriesaresingleline-spacedandleftjustifiedwitha¼inchhangingindentinunbolded10ptTimesNewRoman. Therearenoskippedlinesbetweenentries. Referencesshouldbecitedandpreparedusingthe6theditionoftheAPAstyle(AmericanPsychologicalAssociation,2010)andshouldfollowthebodyofthetext. ReferencesfromtheBernieKeysLibraryareformattedasinGentryetal. (2002)below. Donotusefootnotesorendnotes. Pleaseincludeonlyreferencesactuallycitedinthetext. AgoodsourceforadditionalinformationonthisreferencestyleisPurdueOWL’sAPAStyleWorkshop(SeasBrizee,2010).

REFERENCES

AmericanPsychologicalAssociation. (2010). ThepublicationmanualoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation (6thed.). Washington,DC:AmericanPsychologicalAssociation.

Gentry,J.W.,Burns,A. C.,Dickinson,J. R.,Putrevu,S.,Chun,S.,Hongyan,Y. …Gentry,R. A. (2002). Managingthecuriositygapdoesmatter:Whatdoweneedtodoaboutit? In J.A. Smith (Ed.), DevelopmentinBusinessSimulationandExperientialLearning,29,68-73. (Reprintedfrom BernieKeysLibrary (11th ed.))

Seas,K.,Brizee,A. (2010). APAstyleworkshop. ThePurdueOnlineWritingLab. Retrievedfrom

APPENDIXA

StyleSubmissionChecklist

Titleisshort,accurateandappropriate.

Ifthisisaninitialsubmission(pre-review),itisblindedappropriatelyincludingWordproperties.

Abstractisdevoidofrun-onsentences,yetcontainsallinformationneededbyreaderstodecidewhetherornottoreadthefulltext.

Introductionprovidesacleargroundingofthework,includingappropriateliteraturereferences.

Ifasimulationorexperientialexerciseispresented,anadequatediscussionofthedebriefingprocessispresent.

Headingsandsubheadingsreflecttheclearorganizationofthecontentsofthebodyofthepaper.

Writingstyleisclear,concise,coherentandreadablewithminimaluseofpassivevoice.

Formattingstyleisconsistentwiththistemplate.

Paperhasbeenreviewedforclaritybyanon-specialistandforgrammarandspellingbyanativeEnglishwriter.

EXHIBITSTOBEEMBEDDEDBYEDITORS

TitleofTable–Bold,Centered,12pt,TimesNewRoman

Exhibit1

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Tablecaption / 12ptboldTimesNR / Centered / Seeabove
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Exhibit 2

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Exhibit3

(PleaseuseequationeditorwithinWordtocreateyourequations.)