Management and Labour Studies
Management and Labour Studies (MLS) is the official publication of XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur, published in collaboration with SAGE Publications.
XLRI, the oldest B-school in India, was founded in 1949 by a few visionary Jesuit Fathers to bring a change in the economy and society at large. The institute always strives to be a management school with a difference. XLRI has always had and maintains a global outlook. We were the first among management schools in India to internationalise our academic programmes. Renowned personalities, distinguished industrialists, academicians and stewards of Jamshedpur Jesuit Society have been part of the institute as Board of Governors, leaders and administrators, teachers and guides. True to its vision, XLRI strives to offer an education which just does not culminate in a degree, but also inspires future business leaders to respond to the unmet needs of the society. It is ranked among top 5 of the India’s best business schools by Business Today. It has also been ranked 84th in the world by CEOWorld Magazine.
In line with its mission of disseminating research and extending the frontiers of knowledge, MLS?a quarterly peer-reviewed journal?was started in 1975. It has since been catering to scholars in the area of business management and related fields of social sciences.
Initially internally published, it is now a part of SAGE Journals, one of the world’s leading independent academic publisher.
The journal’s editorial team comprises distinguished professors from well-known institutions?both from India and all over the world. The team is diverse and comprises members from all areas of management.
MLS receives articles from scholars across India and is looked up to as one of the top journals to be published as it gives the authors high visibility with its multidisciplinary audience. Studies and papers written by scholars in the field of business and personnel management and industrial and corporate law, economics, etc. are published in the journal.
A high standard of academic rigour is maintained through a rigorous peer review process. Addressed to professional managers and academicians, this quarterly refereed journal focuses on the latest thinking and research in the areas of management, labour and related subjects.
The journal publishes articles on a range of areas in management and related areas of social sciences, including primarily psychology, economics, history, international relations, media and mass communication and sociology, and secondarily, language and linguistics, geography, demographics and politics. It aims to provide a forum for discussion on the salient features relating to the whole field of management.
The journal follows a rigorous double-blind review policy.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Submit your manuscript today at https://peerreview.sagepub.com/mls
The purpose of MLS is to stimulate scholarly conversations around the areas of business governance, policy, and actions that should have significance for society at large. The Journal provides a platform for researchers, executives, and policymakers to formulate propositions that uphold and advance sustainable business practices. The Journal invites the academic community and business practitioners to make original submissions that advance theoretical perspectives, provide empirical findings based on data gathered from multiple settings, and propose practical applications in the field of business research.
MLS aims to disseminate academic research inspired by developing trends and professionally informed views. Manuscripts that significantly contribute to the present understanding of how to improve business praxis are given priority. The journal welcomes original articles from both academicians and practitioners in the following business and management tracks:
- Business Analytics & Management Science
- Collective Bargaining
- Labour Rights and Legal Aspects of Business
- Consumer Psychology and Consumer Rights
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
- Technology and Management
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
- Marketing Communications and Service Research
- International and Institutional Marketing
- Operations Research and Management of Information
- Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management
- Retailing, Omnichannel Management and Sales Research
- Strategic Management and Economics of Decision-Making
- Sustainability and Climate Change
The journal also encourages contributors to submit research articles from the associated fields of business, including social and behavioral sciences, consumer research, communication, law, public policy, and economics, that demonstrate clear managerial implications.
As part of its editorial policy, the journal aims to publish articles falling under three categories: original research articles, commentary and practice perspective. Original research comprises articles that might be empirical or conceptual in nature. Additionally, mathematical models written in the fields of finance, marketing, strategic management, supply chain management, information systems, operations research, human resources management, and economics, among others, will be classified under original research. Commentary papers should provide novel insights on important business topics that are grounded in theory and supported by empirical data. The practice perspective section is a novel approach in its intention to bring the experience and insights of the practitioners to the research forum and establish a connect between the academic community and the business stakeholders
| Debasis Pradhan | Professor of Marketing, XLRI, Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India |
| Greg Bamber | Monash Data Futures Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia |
| Gloryson R B Chalil | XLRI Jamshedpur, India |
| Robert Chia | Adam Smith Business School, Glasgow University, Scotland |
| Gerard Farias | Silberman College of Business, Fairleigh Dickinson University. New Jersey, USA |
| Diptesh Ghosh | IIM Ahmedabad, India |
| D Israel | XLRI, Jamshedpur, India |
| Timothy Marjoribanks | School of Business, Law, and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia |
| B K Mangaraj | XLRI, Jamshedpur, India |
| Pitabas Mohanty | XLRI, Jamshedpur, India |
| R P Mohanty | Faculty of Management Science, Siksha “O” Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, India |
| Gillian Sullivan Mort | Dean, Eudemonia Institute, Brisbane, Australia |
| Rajas Parchure | Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics, Pune, India |
| H K Pradhan | XLRI, Jamshedpur, India |
| Hayagreeva Rao | Stanford University, Stanford, India |
| Akshay R Rao | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA |
| Santanu Sarkar | XLRI, Jamshedpur, India |
| E S Srinivas | Former Faculty, IIM Bangalore, India |
| Anil Verma | Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada |
| Neharika Vohra | Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India |
| Anjali Kispotta | Senior Editorial Co-ordinator |
Manuscript submission guidelines can be accessed on Sage Journals.