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IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review

IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review

Published in Association with Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
A journal from Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode to deal with issues concerning business management and broader society as a whole.

eISSN: 2321029X | ISSN: 22779752 | Current volume: 13 | Current issue: 1 Frequency: Bi-annually

IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review is a bi-annual journal from the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode. The journal aims to connect to the management community—academia, businesses, public institutions, NGOs, and the Government—by way of motivating research and publishing rigorous, clear and widely accessible articles concerning business management and broader society.

Scope of business management has broadened to account for societal implications. Resource con­straints are binding in a much more perceptible way today along with heightened social consciousness. This has percolated into the consciousness of communities worldwide with profound implications for sustainability in business and society. Similarly, business management principles have received wider acceptance in organizations primarily responsible for societal well-being. IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review intends to highlight the significance of this broadened perspective by addressing its emerging challenges, innovations, idiosyncrasies and accomplishments. In doing so, the journal aims to bring out the many facets of management and their complex interrelationships. Moreover, of special interest would be contributions juxtaposing Eastern and Western philosophies in the context of contem­porary management practices.

The journal will primarily publish relevant research articles from all functional areas of business management, and perspective articles on evolving trends, insights and philosophies in management. Published articles will undergo a double blind peer review process and pass two fundamental criteria— relevance to the journal’s theme and contribution to the management literature.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review is a bi-annual journal from the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode. The journal aims to connect to the management community—academia, businesses, public institutions, NGOs, and the Government—by way of motivating research and publishing rigorous, clear and widely accessible articles concerning business management and broader society.

Scope of business management has broadened to account for societal implications. Resource con­straints are binding in a much more perceptible way today along with heightened social consciousness. This has percolated into the consciousness of communities worldwide with profound implications for sustainability in business and society. Similarly, business management principles have received wider acceptance in organizations primarily responsible for societal well-being. IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review intends to highlight the significance of this broadened perspective by addressing its emerging challenges, innovations, idiosyncrasies and accomplishments. In doing so, the journal aims to bring out the many facets of management and their complex interrelationships. Moreover, of special interest would be contributions juxtaposing Eastern and Western philosophies in the context of contem­porary management practices.

The journal will primarily publish relevant research articles from all functional areas of business management, and perspective articles on evolving trends, insights and philosophies in management. Published articles will undergo a double blind peer review process and pass two fundamental criteria— relevance to the journal’s theme and contribution to the management literature.

Founding Editor & Editor-in-Chief
Debashis Chatterjee Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India
Managing Editor
Anandakuttan B Unnithan Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India
Scientific Advisory Board
Karen Lee Ashcraft University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Rajesh Bagchi Virginia Tech, USA
Gurdip S Bakshi Temple University, USA
Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay University of Birmingham, UK
Sun Baohong Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB Americas), USA
Anol Bhattacherjee University of South Florida, USA
Constantin Blome University of Sussex, UK
Abhishek Borah INSEAD, France
Boris H J M Brummans University of Montreal, Canada
Tung X Bui University of Hawai’i at Mãnoa, USA
Andrew Burton-Jones University of Queensland, Australia
Abhirup Chakrabarti Queen’s University, Canada
Andy Charlwood Leeds University, UK
Prithviraj Chattopadhyay University of Auckland, New Zealand
Pradeep K Chintagunta University of Chicago, USA
Rafi Chowdhury Bond University, Australia
Christine Cooper University of Edinburgh, UK
Michael David Myers University of Auckland, New Zealand
Charles Dhanaraj Temple University, USA
Ravi Dhar Yale University, USA
Yogesh Dwivedi Swansea University, UK
Arun Elias Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Timothy Fogarty Case Western Reserve University, USA
Dhruv Grewal Babson College, USA
Sachin Gupta Cornell University, USA
Mary Han Ryerson University, Canada
Bill Harley University of Melbourne, Australia
Jan Heide University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Teo Hock Hai National University of Singapore, Singapore
Michael R Hyman New Mexico State University, USA
Mathew Isaac Seattle University, USA
Lee C Jarvis Grenoble École de Management, France
Satish Jayachandran University of South Carolina, USA
Yuan Jiang Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Damien Joseph Nanyand Business School, Singapore
Atreyi Kankanhalli National University of Singapore, Singapore
Hee-Woong Kim Yonsei University, South Korea
Wonjoon Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, South Korea
Ajay K Kohli Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Praveen K Kopalle Dartmouth College, USA
Alok Kumar University of Nebraska, USA
V Kumar Georgia State University, USA
Jae-Nam Lee Korea University, South Korea
Girish Mallapragada Indiana University, USA
Mathew J Manimala Former Professor, IIM Bangalore, India
Kenneth Merchant University of Southern California, USA
Shaila Miranda University of Oklahoma, USA
Rahul Mitra Wayne State University, USA
Janakiraman Moorthy Purdue University, USA
Sridhar Moorthy University of Toronto, Canada
Judy N Muthuri Nottingham University, UK
Daniel Muzio University of York, UK
Rajat M Nag National Council of Applied Economic Research, India
Jan Narveson University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada
Shan-Ling Pan University of New South Wales, Australia
Nitin Pangarkar National University of Singapore, Singapore
Arun Rai Georgia State University, USA
Gaurav Sabnis Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Alok R Saboo Georgia State University, USA
Bibhas Saha University of Durham, UK
John M Schaubroeck Michigan State University, USA
Martin Schleper University of Sussex, UK
Amanda Shantz University of Dublin, Ireland
Thompson Sian Hin Teo National University of Singapore, Singapore
Vivek Soundararajan University of Bath, UK
David Sundaram University of Auckland, New Zealand
Jordi Surroca University of Groningen, Netherlands
Manoj Thomas Cornell University, USA
Seshadri Tirunillai University of Houston, USA
Olga Tregaskis University of East Anglia, UK
Shoaib Ul-Haq Karachi School of Business and Leadership, Pakistan
Rohit Varman University of Birmingham, UK
Roberto Vassolo Austral University, Argentina
Viswanath Venkatesh University of Arkansas, USA
Pietro Versari Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, Portugal
Hendrik Vollmer University of Leicester, UK
Christopher Warhurst University of Warwick, UK
Patricia H Werhane University of Virginia, USA
Patrick M Wright University of South Carolina, USA
Steven Young Lancaster University, UK
Weiting Zheng University of New South Wales, Australia
Associate Editors
Mohammed Shahid Abdulla Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India
Tanuja Agarwala Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, India
Wasim Ahmed University of Stirling, UK
Ying Cao Penn State Behrend, USA
Deepak Dhayanithy Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India
Balagopal Gopalakrishnan Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India
Kishor Goswani Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Satish Krishnan Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India
Geetha M Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India
Ashish Malik University of Newcastle, Australia
Arqum Mateen Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India
Purushottam Meena College of Charleston, USA
Tuheena Mukherjee Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, India
Surender Munjal Leeds University Business School, UK
Shannu Narayan Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India
Gopalakrishnan Narayanamurthy University of Liverpool, UK
Milind Shrikant Padalkar University of Wollongong, Australia
Rupesh Kumar Pati Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India
Xianghui (Richard) Peng Penn State Behrend, USA
Matthew Pepper University of Wollongong, Australia
Devendra Potnis University of Tennessee, USA
Kumar Rakesh Ranjan The University of Queensland, Australia
Venkataraman S Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India
Ashutosh Sarkar  
Subash Sasidharan Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Manish Shukla University of Liverpool, UK
Paresha Sinha University of Waikato, New Zealand
Pawinee Stargell Naresuan University, Thailand
Praveen Sugathan Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India
Vidya Sukumara Panicker Loughborough University, UK
Aviral Kumar Tiwari Associate Professor, Montpellier Business School, France
Vipin P Veetil Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India
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    This Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics

    Please read the guidelines below then visit IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review ’s submission site https://peerreview.sagepub.com/ksm  to upload your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.

    Here authors will be required to set up an online account in the system (please check whether you already have an account before trying to create a new one). All papers must be submitted via the online system.

    Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review will be reviewed. 

    There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this Journal. Open Access options are available - see section 3.3 below.

    As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere. Please see our guidelines on prior publication and note that IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review  will consider submissions of papers that have been posted on preprint servers; please alert the Editorial Office when submitting (contact details are at the end of these guidelines) and include the DOI for the preprint in the designated field in the manuscript submission system. Authors should not post an updated version of their paper on the preprint server while it is being peer reviewed for possible publication in the Journal. If the article is accepted for publication, the author may re-use their work according to the Journal's author archiving policy.

    If you have any questions about publishing with Sage, please visit the Sage Journal Solutions Portal

    1. What do we publish?

    1.1 Aims & Scope
    1.2 Article types
    1.3 Writing your paper

    2. Editorial policies

    2.1 Peer review policy
    2.2 Authorship
    2.3 Acknowledgements
    2.4 Funding
    2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
    2.6 Research data

    3. Publishing Policies

    3.1 Publication ethics
    3.2 Contributor’s publishing agreement
    3.3 Open access and author archiving

    4. Preparing your manuscript

    4.1 Formatting
    4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
    4.3 Supplemental material
    4.4 Reference style

    5. Submitting your manuscript

    5.1 ORCID
    5.2 Information required for completing your submission
    5.3 Permissions

    6. On acceptance and publication

    6.1 Sage Production
    6.2 Online First publication
    6.3 Access to your published article
    6.4 Promoting your article

    7. Further information

    1. What do we publish?

    1.1 Aims & scope
    Before submitting your manuscript to IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review, please ensure you have read the ‘Aims & Scope’ of the journal

    1.2 Article types
    There could be three to five sections in the journal, though two sections remain unchanged.

    • Unchanged Sections
      • Research Articles: only the research articles are refereed.
      • Book Reviews: vary from number to number invariably guided by limits to the size of the manuscript
    • Changed Sections
      • Communication/Discussion
      • Note
      • Review Article

    Full-fledged papers should not exceed 10,000 words, including figures, tables, and annexures. Brief write-ups of 1,000 to 2,500 words may also be sent; these will be considered for inclusion in other sections.

    1.3 Writing your paper
    The Sage Author Gateway has some general advice and on how to get published, plus links to further resources. Sage Author Services also offers authors a variety of ways to improve and enhance their article including English language editing, plagiarism detection, and video abstract and infographic preparation.

    1.3.1 Make your article discoverable
    When writing up your paper, think about how you can make it discoverable. The title, keywords and abstract are key to ensuring readers find your article through search engines such as Google. For information and guidance on how best to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords, have a look at this page on the Gateway: How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online

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    2. Editorial policies
     
    2.1 Peer review policy

    IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review adheres to a rigorous double-anonymize reviewing policy in which the identity of both the reviewer and author are always concealed from both parties. The reviewer may at their own discretion opt to reveal their name to the author in their review, but our standard policy practice is for both identities to remain concealed.

    IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review is committed to delivering high quality, fast peer-review for your paper, and as such has partnered with Publons. Publons is a third party service that seeks to track, verify and give credit for peer review. Reviewers for [Journal] can opt in to Publons in order to claim their reviews or have them automatically verified and added to their reviewer profile. Reviewers claiming credit for their review will be associated with the relevant journal, but the article name, reviewer’s decision and the content of their review is not published on the site. For more information visit the Publons website.

    The Editor or members of the Editorial Board may occasionally submit their own manuscripts for possible publication in IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review. In these cases, the peer review process will be managed by alternative members of the Board and the submitting Editor/Board member will have no involvement in the decision-making process.

    2.2 Authorship
    All parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article should be listed as authors. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. A student is usually listed as principal author on any multiple-authored publication that substantially derives from the student’s dissertation or thesis.

    Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.

    If the named authors for a manuscript change at any point between submission and acceptance, an Authorship Change Form must be completed and digitally signed by all authors (including any added or removed) . An addition of an author is only permitted following feedback raised during peer review. Completed forms can be uploaded at Revision Submission stage or emailed to the Journal Editorial Office contact (listed on the journal’s manuscript submission guidelines). All requests will be moderated by the Editor and/or Sage staff.

    Important: Changes to the author by-line by adding or deleting authors are NOT permitted following acceptance of a paper.

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    2.3 Acknowledgements
    All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, or a department chair who provided only general support.

    Please supply any personal acknowledgements separately to the main text to facilitate anonymous peer review.

    2.3.1 Writing assistance
    Individuals who provided writing assistance, e.g. from a specialist communications company, do not qualify as authors and so should be included in the Acknowledgements section. Authors must disclose any writing assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input – and identify the entity that paid for this assistance. It is not necessary to disclose use of language polishing services.

    2.4 Funding
    IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review requires all authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading. Please visit the Funding Acknowledgements page on the Sage Journal Author Gateway to confirm the format of the acknowledgment text in the event of funding, or state: ‘This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

    2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
    IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review encourages authors to include a declaration of any conflicting interests and recommends you review the good practice guidelines on the Sage Journal Author Gateway

    Please ensure that a ‘Declaration of Conflicting Interests’ statement is included at the end of your manuscript, after any acknowledgements and prior to the references. If no conflict exists, please state that ‘The Author(s) declare(s) that there is no conflict of interest’.

    2.6 Research data

    The journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages.

    Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to:

    • share your research data in a relevant public data repository
    • include a data availability statement linking to your data. If it is not possible to share your data, we encourage you to consider using the statement to explain why it cannot be shared.
    • cite this data in your research

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    3. Publishing policies

    3.1 Publication ethics
    Sage is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the Sage Author Gateway

    3.1.1 Plagiarism
    IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarized other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action.

    3.1.2 Prior publication
    If material has been previously published it is not generally acceptable for publication in a Sage journal. However, there are certain circumstances where previously published material can be considered for publication. Please refer to the guidance on the Sage Author Gateway or if in doubt, contact the Editor at the address given below.

    3.2 Contributor’s publishing agreement
    Before publication, Sage requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. Sage’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is an exclusive licence agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants Sage the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than Sage. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the society. For more information, please visit the Sage Author Gateway.

    3.3 Open access and author archiving
    IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review offers optional open access publishing via the Sage Choice programme and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. For more information on Open Access publishing options at Sage please visit Sage Open Access. For information on funding body compliance, and depositing your article in repositories, please visit Sage’s Author Archiving and Re-Use Guidelines and Publishing Policies.

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    4. Preparing your manuscript for submission

    4.1 Formatting
    The preferred format for your manuscript is Word. LaTeX files are also accepted. Word and LaTex templates are available on the Manuscript Submission Guidelines page of our Author Gateway.

    The manuscript should be structured as follows:

    • Cover page, showing title of the paper, name of author, author’s affiliation and institutional address with pin code, email id and a 100–250 word abstract. In case there are two or more authors, then corresponding author’s name and address details must be clearly specified on the first page itself.
    • The contributors should provide 6–7 keywords for online searchability.
    • Text should start on a new page, and must not contain the names of authors.
    • References should come at the end of the manuscript. Important note: There is no limit on the number of references allowed.

    Please Note: For each text citation there must be a corresponding citation in the reference list and for each reference list citation there must be a corresponding text citation.

    • Tables should be provided in editable format. Both tables and figures should be referred to in the text by number separately (e.g., Table 1) not by placement (e.g., see Table below).
    • Please Note: All figures and tables should be cited in the text and should have the source (a specific URL, a reference or, if it is author’s own work, ‘The author(s)’) mentioned irrespective of whether or not they require permissions.
    • Figures, including maps, graphs and drawings, should not be larger than page size. They should be numbered and arranged as per their references in the text. All photographs and scanned images should have a resolution of minimum 300 dpi and 1,500 pixels and their format should be TIFF or JPEG. Permissions to reprint should be obtained for copyright protected photographs/images.
    • Mathematical formulae, methodological details, etc. should be given separately as an appendix, unless their mention in the main body of the text becomes essential.
    • Only essential mathematical notations should be used. All equations and statistical formulae should be neatly typed and numbered consecutively throughout the text in Arabic numerals. Equations must provided in the text must be in editable format.
    • The language and spellings used should be British (UK), with ‘z’ variant, for example, globalization instead of globalisation, labour instead of labor. For non-English and uncommon words and phrases, use italics throughout the text. Meaning of non-English words should be given in parentheses just after the word when it is used for the first time.
    • Articles should use non-sexist and non-racist language.
    • Spell out numbers from one to nine, 10 and above to remain in figures. However, for exact measurement (e.g., China’s GDP growth rate 9.8 per cent) use numbers. Very large round numbers, especially sums of money, may be expressed by a mixture of numerals and spelled-out numbers (India’s population 1.2 billion).
    • Single quotes should be used throughout. Double quote marks are to be used within single quotes. Spellings of words in quotations should not be changed. Quotations of 45 words or more should be separated from the text.
    • Notes should be numbered serially and presented at the end of each page. Notes must contain more than a mere reference. However, mere URLs may be incorporated in the endnotes.
    • Use ‘per cent’ instead of % in the text. In tables, graphs, etc., % can be used. Use ‘twentieth century’, ‘the 1990s’.
    • Number ranges should not be truncated, for example, 2017–2018.
    • The initials must be separated by dots and space in case of proper nouns in the text.
    • Abbreviations are spelled out at first occurrence. Very common ones (US, GDP, BBC) need not be spelled out.

    4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
    For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format, please visit Sage’s Manuscript Submission Guidelines

    • All photographs and scanned images should have a resolution of minimum 300 dpi/1500 pixels and their format should be TIFF or JPEG.
    • Due permissions should be taken for copyright protected photographs/images. Even for photographs/images available in the public domain, it should be clearly ascertained whether or not their reproduction requires permission for purposes of publishing (which is a profit-making endeavour).
    • All photographs/scanned images should be provided separately in a folder along with the main article.

    Please Note: All figures and tables should be cited in the text and should have the source (a specific URL, a reference or, if it is author’s own work, ‘The Author’) mentioned irrespective of whether or not they require permissions.

    • Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article.

    4.3 Supplementary material
    This journal is able to host additional materials online (e.g., data sets, podcasts, videos, images, etc.) alongside the full-text of the article. For more information, please refer to our guidelines on submitting supplementary files

    4.4 Reference style
    IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review adheres to the APA reference style. View the APA guidelines to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style.

    • References: A consolidated listing of all books, articles, essays, theses and documents referred to (including any referred to in the tables, graphs and maps) should be provided at the end of the article.
       
    • Arrangement of references: Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each work. In each reference, authors’ names are inverted (last name first) for all authors (first, second or subsequent ones); give the last name and initials for all authors of a particular work unless the work has more than six authors. If the work has more than six authors, list the first six authors and then use et al. after the sixth author’s name.
       
    • Chronological listing: If more than one work by the same author(s) is cited, they should be listed in order by the year of publication, starting with the earliest.
       
    • Sentence case: In references, sentence case (only the first word and any proper noun are capitalized—for example, ‘The software industry in India’) is to be followed for the titles of papers, books, articles, etc.
       
    • Title case: In references, Journal titles are put in title case (first letter of all words except articles and conjunctions are capitalized—e.g., Journal of Business Ethics).
       
    • Italicize: Book and Journal titles are to be italicized.

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    5. Submitting your manuscript
    IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review is hosted on Sage Track Sage, a web-based online submission and peer review system. Please visit https://peerreview.sagepub.com/ksm to login and submit your article online.

    IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created.

    5.1 ORCID
    As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review process Sage is a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID provides a unique and persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher, even those who share the same name, and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities, ensuring that their work is recognized.

    The collection of ORCID iDs from corresponding authors is now part of the submission process of this journal. If you already have an ORCID iD you will be asked to associate that to your submission during the online submission process. We also strongly encourage all co-authors to link their ORCID ID to their accounts in our online peer review platforms. It takes seconds to do: click the link when prompted, sign into your ORCID account and our systems are automatically updated. Your ORCID iD will become part of your accepted publication’s metadata, making your work attributable to you and only you. Your ORCID iD is published with your article so that fellow researchers reading your work can link to your ORCID profile and from there link to your other publications.

    If you do not already have an ORCID iD please follow this link to create one or visit our ORCID homepage to learn more.

    5.2 Information required for completing your submission
    You will be asked to provide contact details and academic affiliations for all co-authors via the submission system and identify who is to be the corresponding author. These details must match what appears on your manuscript. The affiliation listed in the manuscript should be the institution where the research was conducted. If an author has moved to a new institution since completing the research, the new affiliation can be included in a manuscript note at the end of the paper. At this stage please ensure you have included all the required statements and declarations and uploaded any additional supplementary files (including reporting guidelines where relevant).

    5.3 Permissions
    Please also ensure that you have obtained any necessary permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please see the Copyright and Permissions page on the Sage Author Gateway

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    6. On acceptance and publication           

    6.1 Sage Production
    Your Sage Production Editor will keep you informed as to your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be sent in PDF to the corresponding author and should be returned promptly.  Authors are reminded to check their proofs carefully to confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence and contact details are correct, and that Funding and Conflict of Interest statements, if any, are accurate. 
    6.2 Online First publication
    Online First allows final articles (completed and approved articles awaiting assignment to a future issue) to be published online prior to their inclusion in a journal issue, which significantly reduces the lead time between submission and publication. Visit the Sage Journals help page for more details, including how to cite Online First articles.

    6.3 Access to your published article
    Sage provides authors with online access to their final article.

    6.4 Promoting your article
    Publication is not the end of the process! You can help disseminate your paper and ensure it is as widely read and cited as possible. The Sage Author Gateway has numerous resources to help you promote your work. Visit the Promote Your Article page on the Gateway for tips and advice.

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    7. Further information
    Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to the Journal Administrator of the journal at https://peerreview.sagepub.com/ksm

    Also, queries may be raised with the IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review editorial office at the following address:
    E-mail: editorial@iimk.ac.in

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