About the Journal

Focus and Scope

TPA emerges aiming to publish articles and other forms of academic texts that reach to show up conceptual and applied contributions. Thus, theory and practice are not understood as a dualism but two poles of the same continuum. This understanding could be represented by Kurt’s Lewin words “Nothing is more practical than a good theory”. Theory and practice in Management must be parts of an effort to promote knowledge that could foment social well fare in the search of a management contribution not only to companies but also to other organization forms and society as a whole.

From the understandings of theory and practice as well as management and society, TPA searches to publish scientific contributions that management is understood as the center of a dialogue with other fields of study to create useful knowledge to organizational and societal problems. Thus, manuscripts that aim to act in this interlocution amid theory and practice, management and society on very epistemologies, theories and methodologies are welcome.

Archiving information:

1) TPA is semester published. The first issue was released at the end of 2011.
2) Each volume contains two issues (one per semester) numbered in sequence.

Peer Review Process

• Each article will be reviewed in desk review by the editor-in-chief or one of the associated editors. If the manuscript full fill TPA’s format and scope, it will be assign to, at least, two ad hoc reviewers. The final decision of acceptance, minor review, major review, or rejection is editor-in-chief duty after consulting the associate editor or the editorial council. The evaluation process is the double blind peer review.

• Just one article per issue could be published by faculty members, as well as students from the Federal University of Paraíba.

• The authors are responsible for the content and originality of the article published.

• In the last issue of the year, the editor-in-chief and associate editors could indicate the best reviewer to Theory and Practice in Management Award. The award is a certificate and the announce at TPA’s website.

Summary:

1- Desk Review.
2- Double blind peer review.
3- Decision: Acceptance as is, minor revision, major revision, rejection.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

TPA Publishing Ethics

This ethics policy disciplines the relationships between the various agents in the publication of scientific articles – authors, reviewers, editors, members of the editorial board, reviewers etc. Teoria e Prática em Administração (TPA) is committed to practicing and disseminating ethical conduct according to the patterns established by national and international institutions that regulate ethics and integrity standards for scientific publications. TPA Publishing Ethics consists of guidelines for authors, reviewers, editors and publisher:

 

1. Guidelines for authors

- The authors must guarantee the integrity of the data presented and the authenticity and originality of their manuscript;

- The authors must state that their manuscript does not infringe on any third party intellectual property, commercial or industrial rights;

- The authors guarantee that their manuscript is not undergoing an evaluation process at another periodical;

- The authors declare any potential conflicts of interest that may be caused by their manuscript; 

- The author who submits the manuscript must declare that all other authors who signed the work to be published made effective contributions to its creation and preparation.

 

2. Guidelines for reviewers

- Reviewers must guarantee confidentiality, impartiality and integrity in evaluating the manuscript;

- Reviewers must agree to complete the evaluation within the timeframe agreed to with the editor;

- Reviewers must notify the editor about any possible conflicts of interest that could prejudice the integrity of the evaluation process, or about any similar published or submitted works.

 

3. Guidelines for the Editor-in-Chief (EIC)

- The EIC must ensure that ethical conduct was followed in all processes involving the submission, double blind review process and publication of articles;

- The EIC must ensure quality, originality, rigor, coherence, and diversity of thought in the works approved for publication;

- The EIC must guarantee the viability and development of the journal together with the scientific, academic and business community;

- The EIC must manage conflict of interest for the various actors who participate in the scientific certification and publication process;

- The EIC must define and put in place preventive policies and sanctions in situations involving bad ethical conduct.

 

4. Guidelines for members of the Editorial Board (EB; Editorial Council, Editorial Committee and Associate Editors

- The EB must ensure that ethical conduct has been followed in all the processes involving the review and scientific certification of articles submitted for publication;

- The EB must notify the EIC about similar published or submitted works and/or any other information relevant to adhering to this publication’s ethical standards;

- The EB must ensure confidentiality, impartiality and integrity in evaluating manuscripts;

- The EB must suggest suitable active reviewers with experience directly related to the specific area of the article submitted for publication;

- The EB must ensure that they will contribute effectively to the improvement of the paper, stimulating reviewers to assess the manuscript critically, offering suggestions for improvement and complementing their respective reviews;

- The EB must agree to complete the evaluation in the timeframe agreed to with the editor;

- The EB must notify the EIC about any possible conflicts of interest that would prejudice the integrity of the evaluation process.

 

5. Guidelines for TPA (publisher)

- The publisher must assure that EIC, EB, and reviewers are aware of their roles as promoters, defenders and followers of the TPA's Publishing Ethics to which they must adhere;

- The publisher must assure ethical conduct in all of the journal’s processes involving submission, double blind reviews and publication;

- The publisher must assure ethical conduct, integrity, impartiality, transparency and agility in communicating with the various actors involved in the processes of submitting, evaluating and publishing articles;

- The publisher must establish and manage policies regarding conflicts of interest among the many actors who participate in the periodical’s scientific certification and publication processes;

- The publisher must define and put into practice policies to prevent and institute sanctions in cases of bad ethical conduct;

- The publisher must protect and preserve intellectual property rights.

 

Intellectual property

TPA commits itself to contributing to the protection of authors’ intellectual property rights by adhering to the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY) for all published texts, except where there are indications of specific authors’ and sponsorship rights.