Manuscript reviews for this refereed publication occur on a continual basis, so you are welcome to submit manuscripts at any time.

All manuscripts must be:

1. research based and contain actual research data to support findings and conclusions.
   
2. reliable, generalizable, and provide content of interest to business educators.
   
3. sufficiently well written to require minimal editing and revision.
   
4. 2,000 to 5,000 words in length.

Any nonDPE member who authors/coauthors an article to be published in The Delta Pi Epsilon Journal must pay, prior to publication, a $100 publication fee.

Specific Procedures for Preparing a Manuscript for the The Delta Pi Epsilon Journal

a.   Use the Publication Manual for the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition in preparing the manuscript.

b.   Include a title page and a structured abstract (maximum 150 words) with the manuscript. Your name and affiliation should appear on the Title Page only.

c. Attach human subjects approval to the manuscript when required by your institution.

d.   Include a brief biographical statement for each author. Include titles (e.g., Dr., Mr., Mrs., Ms., or Miss); full names; position titles; phone numbers; places of employment; and cities, states, and zip codes. If appropriate, include an acknowledgment statement for agencies that assisted with authorship or research funding.

e.   Conclude research manuscripts with a section that discusses the findings and how they contribute to the body of knowledge in the area being investigated. Also, provide recommendations for further research that would build upon and complement this study. Limit tables and other visuals to those that can be easily presented on the relatively small pages of this journal.

f. Use MS Word to prepare the document with 12-point Times New Roman, double line spacing, and one-inch margins.

g.   Carefully proofread the manuscript and submit original materials, not under consideration or published elsewhere, exclusively to The DPE Journal.

h. Send one hard copy and an electronic copy of the manuscript, including the title page and abstract to the editor: