EDITORIAL BOARD

Patron
Prof. Dr. Hayat Muhammad Awan
President, Center of Sustainability Research and Consultancy Pakistan

Editor in Chief
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rohana Binti Jani
Faculty of Economics and Administration,
University of Malaya Malaysia.
rohanaj@um.edu.my

Editor in Chief (2015-2021)
Prof. Dr. Wan Nordin Wan Hussin
OYA Graduate School of Business,
Universiti Utara Malaysia.
wannordin@uum.edu.my

Managing Editor
Prof. Dr. Rehana Kouser
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan Pakistan.
reahanakousar@bzu.edu.pk
jafee@globalcsrc.org

Associate Editors

• Dr. Rabia Rasheed, Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Iqra University Karachi Pakistan.
• Dr. Abdulsalam Mas’ud, Hussaini Adamu Federal Polytechnic, Jigawa State, Nigeria.

Editorial Board

• Prof. Dr. Abdul Rashid, International Institute of Islamic Economics, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan.
• Prof. Dr. Ku Nor Izah Ku Ismail, School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ann-Christine Frandsen, Birmingham Business School, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Irum Saba, Institute of Business Administration Karachi, IBA-CEIF, Pakistan.
• Dr. Zlantika Blaber, Asst. Prof., Salem State University Salem, Massachusetts, USA.

Publishing and Technical Manager

Sadia Zulfiqar
Research and IT Executive
sadia@globalcsrc.org

1st Floor, Naseer Building No 581
Outside Pakgate, Multan 60000
Punjab, Pakistan.
info@globalcsrc.org

EDITORIAL POLICY

Job Description (Terms of Reference) of the Editor in Chief
Aside from providing prestige, the role of the journal’s editorial board is to advise and support the editor.
Functions may include:

• To serve as Patron of the journal’s editorial board contributing to journal’s vision, mission and scope.
• To review the journal’s various policies to make those at par with international standards.
• To conduct necessary editorial training for the editorial members to enable them carry out their editorial tasks.
• To guide the editorial board in achieving higher indexing and abstracting at various national and international agencies.
• To facilitate managing editor in attracting editorial members in line with the journal’s vision, mission and scope.
• To provide necessary guidelines to managing editor in carrying out its responsibilities.

Job Description of the Editorial Board
Aside from providing prestige, the role of the editorial board is to advise and support the editor.
Functions may include:
• Identifying new topics for commissioning special issues and advising on direction for the journal—giving feedback on past issues and making suggestions for both subject matter and potential authors.
• Provide content by writing articles and occasional editorials reviews
• Approaching potential contributors
• Help to identify and suggest reviewers with expertise in the relevant area of a research paper and/or provide second opinions on papers (i.e. where there is a conflict between reviewers)
• To ensure the implementation of ethical guidelines envisaged by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
• To identify and resolve conflict of interest using journal’s policy thereof.
• Identify appropriate conferences for editors to attend
• Endorse the journal to authors, readers and subscribers and encourage colleagues to submit their best work.
• To handle complaints/grievances by authors, reviewers or any other external and internal party.

COPE’S CODES OF CONDUCT AND BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR ACADEMIC PUBLISHING

• COPE’s Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
• COPE’s Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors
• COPE’s Short Guide to Ethical Editing for New Editors
• COPE’s Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers
• COPE’s Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers