Submissions

Author Guidelines

Instructions for authors
1.    General guidelines
-  Manuscripts are accepted in French, or in English.
-  Manuscripts should be saved in Word or RTF format.
-  A typical manuscript should be typed double-spaced and should not exceed 70,000 signs including tables, references, captions, endnotes and appendices. (des fois, il dit double espaces et des fois il dit tune simple espace)
-    Title of every manuscript should be in French and English.
-    Abstract of 50 words is required in French and English for every manuscript.
-    Each manuscript should have 3 to 5 keywords in French and English.
-    Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page; main text; references; appendices (as appropriate).

2.    Style guidelines

-    On the title pages, there should be:
-    On the first line, the title of the article in French: calibri 16, bold, centered
-    2 lines further down, the title of the article in English: calibri 17, normal, centered
-    4 lines further down, the name of the authors : calibri 12, bold, centered
-    Information on the authors (functions, postal address, e-mail, etc.) given as footnote on the title page : calibri 10, normal
-    “Abstract” in French : calibri 12 bold
-    The body of the abstract: calibri 11 normal. The abstract should have about 50 words.
-    "Keywords" : calibri 12 normal
-    3 to 5 keywords : calibri 11 normal
-    Same thing for English (Abstract and Key-words).

-    Body text
-    The text should be fully typed in French or English, on ordinary A4 paper in front, Calibri 11, in single line spacing, margins 2,5 cm, top, bottom, right, left. No line break. Spacing 6 points after each paragraph. (double espace?)
-    All headings should be numbered in Arabic according to the system on floor (up to 3 levels):
1. Title (calibri 12, bold);
1.1. Chapter (calibri 12, bold);
1.1.1 Section (calibri 12, bold).

-    For each heading, spacing 18 points before and 12 points after.
-    All figures and tables must be numbered with a heading and a note. The heading (calibri 11, bold) is just above figure or table, and the note is just under figure or table (calibri 10, italic).

-    Notes and references
-    References quoted in the text, namely the name of the authors and the year of the publication, should be put in brackets [ex: (Porter, 1982)]
-    Please avoid references or quotations of unpublished papers.
-    Notes should be at the bottom of page (calibri 10)
-    Bibliographical references should be grouped at the end of the manuscript and match standard international practice
-    References should be ranged by authors following alphabetical order of their last name
-    Book reference should include the last name and the initial of the first name of the authors, the year of publication, the title of the book and the page quoted for a book, the location and the publishing house and the eventual set
-    Article reference should include the last name and the initial of the first name of the authors, the year of publication, the title of the article, the title of publishing journal, volume, number and the relevant pages. When several works by the same author are published the same year, a letter should be added (ex: 1997a, 1997b, etc)

Article reference:
HOOD C., 1991, "A public management for all seasons?”, Public Administration, 69, 1, pp. 3-19.

Book reference :
BARTOLI A., 2009, Management des organisations publiques, 3rd edition, Dunod, Paris.

Chapter reference in a book:
GUÉRET-TALON L., 2008, « De la qualité au développement durable : un défi du management public », in HURON D., SPINDLER J. (ed.), Management Public en Mutation, L'Harmattan, Paris, 335-360.

Communication reference:
DESMARAIS C., EDEY-GAMASSOU C., 2011, «La motivation de service public à l’aune du service public à la française», Symposium AIRMAP-PMP, June, University of Versailles - Saint Quentin.