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Referencing for Business

Information for using APA style to reference sources in business writing.

How to reference articles

Here are the basic formats for referencing articles. The grey boxes highlight the information that needs to change in each reference. You do not include them in your own work.

Pay close attention to the punctuation and capitalisation in each of the formats and the examples below.

With a DOI (digital object identifier)

Author, J. K. (year). Title of the article. Journal Title, x(xy), xx-xx. https://doi.org/10.xxxxx.

WIthout a DOI

Author, J. K. (year). Title of the article. Journal Title, x(y), xx-xx. https://URL of the articles.

Examples of article references

Doan, M. A., & McKie, D. (2018). Developing investor relations and strategic financial communication: Contemporary opportunities, risks, and tensions. Asia Pacific Public Relations Journal, 19(1), 1–15. https://novaojs.newcastle.edu.au/apprj/index.php/apprj/article/view/108

Ferrell, O. C., & Ferrell, L. (2021). New directions for marketing ethics and social responsibility research. Journal of Marketing Theory & Practice, 29(1), 13–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/10696679.2020.1860686

Ha, J. & Chen, X. (2018). Study on the influence mechanism and function of accounting environment on accountants’ professional ethics education. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 18(5), 2438–2446. https://doi.org/10.12738/estp.2018.5.143

Mittal, S., Garg, K. K., & Aggarwal, R. (2019). A comparative study of retail banking practices in compliance with regulatory standard. Journal of Financial Crime, 26(3), 808–835. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-11-2018-0118

Stäbler, S., & Fischer, M. (2020). When does corporate social irresponsibility become news? Evidence from more than 1,000 brand transgressions across five countries. Journal of Marketing, 84(3), 46–67. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022242920911907

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