Open Access Policy

Journal of Personnel Management (JPM)
Publisher: SMARCONS (Society of Management Research and Consultancy)

1. Open Access Statement

The Journal of Personnel Management (JPM), published by SMARCONS (Society of Management Research and Consultancy), is a fully open access scholarly journal committed to the immediate, free, and unrestricted dissemination of academic research.

All published articles are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription fees, registration requirements, paywalls, or access charges for readers and their institutions.

JPM does not impose any embargo period or require readers to obtain prior permission to access, download, or use published scholarly content in accordance with the applicable open access license.

The journal supports the principles of open scholarly communication by ensuring that research in personnel management, human resource management, leadership, organizational behaviour, and related disciplines is accessible to researchers, practitioners, policymakers, students, and the wider public.

Under its open access policy, users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, crawl, and reuse published articles for any lawful purpose, including text and data mining, in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons license.

2. Open Access Licensing

All articles published in JPM are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Under this license, readers and other users are permitted to:

  • Share: Copy and redistribute published material in any medium or format.

  • Adapt: Remix, transform, translate, and build upon the published material.

  • Redistribute: Make the published material available through repositories, academic websites, educational platforms, and other distribution channels.

  • Use Commercially: Reuse, reproduce, and adapt published material for commercial or non-commercial purposes.

  • Conduct Text and Data Mining: Extract and analyze published content through lawful automated or computational methods.

These permissions are granted provided that users comply with the following conditions:

  1. Appropriate credit must be given to the original author(s).

  2. The original source of publication, including the Journal of Personnel Management, must be acknowledged.

  3. A link to the CC BY 4.0 license must be provided.

  4. Any modifications or adaptations must be clearly indicated.

  5. Attribution must not suggest that the original author(s) or publisher endorse the user's adaptation or subsequent use.

The license permissions are irrevocable provided that the applicable license conditions are satisfied.

JPM does not impose additional legal, contractual, technological, or access restrictions that would limit the reuse rights granted under CC BY 4.0.

3. Copyright Ownership and Publishing Rights

Authors publishing in the Journal of Personnel Management retain copyright ownership of their original scholarly work.

JPM does not require authors to transfer copyright ownership to the journal or its publisher.

By agreeing to publish their manuscript in JPM, authors grant the journal and its publisher, SMARCONS (Society of Management Research and Consultancy), a non-exclusive license to:

  • Publish and reproduce the accepted article.

  • Distribute and disseminate the article in electronic or other formats.

  • Archive and preserve the published scholarly record.

  • Register and maintain persistent identifiers, including Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), where applicable.

  • Include the article in indexing services, scholarly databases, repositories, and discovery platforms.

  • Identify the Journal of Personnel Management as the original place of publication.

This non-exclusive publishing arrangement does not restrict authors from reusing, sharing, distributing, or adapting their own work in accordance with CC BY 4.0.

Authors remain responsible for ensuring that their submitted work is original and that they hold the necessary rights or permissions for material included in their manuscripts.

4. Author Self-Archiving and Repository Rights

JPM supports unrestricted author self-archiving and the dissemination of research through institutional, disciplinary, and other scholarly repositories.

Authors may deposit, distribute, and make publicly accessible the following versions of their manuscripts:

  • Submitted Manuscript (Preprint): The version submitted before peer review.

  • Accepted Manuscript (Postprint): The version accepted for publication following peer review and editorial revisions.

  • Published Version of Record: The final published article, including the journal's formatting and publication details.

Authors may share these versions through institutional repositories, subject repositories, personal websites, academic networking platforms, and other appropriate public scholarly platforms.

JPM does not impose an embargo period on any of these versions or require authors to seek additional permission before self-archiving.

When depositing the published version, authors are encouraged to include the complete bibliographic citation, journal title, DOI where available, and a link to the original published article.

Preprints and accepted manuscripts should be clearly identified as such to prevent confusion with the final published version.

5. Copyright and License Information in Published Articles

JPM is committed to ensuring that copyright ownership and licensing terms are clearly and consistently communicated to authors, readers, and other users.

Copyright and open access license information shall be displayed prominently on the journal website, on individual article landing pages, and within the full text of published articles in PDF and/or HTML format.

Each published article should include the following copyright and licensing statement:

© [Year] The Author(s). Published by the Journal of Personnel Management (JPM), SMARCONS (Society of Management Research and Consultancy). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction, and adaptation in any medium or format, provided the original author(s) and source are appropriately credited.

This statement identifies the author(s) as copyright holders, the journal as the original place of publication, and the conditions under which the work may be reused.

6. Third-Party Copyrighted Material

Authors are responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions to reproduce third-party copyrighted material included in submitted manuscripts.

Such material may include photographs, figures, illustrations, tables, questionnaires, research instruments, datasets, or other content owned by third parties.

Unless otherwise indicated, material included within an article is covered by the article's CC BY 4.0 license.

Where particular third-party material is excluded from the Creative Commons license, the exclusion must be clearly identified through an appropriate credit line, copyright notice, permission statement, or other rights information.

Users wishing to reuse excluded third-party material must obtain authorization from the relevant copyright holder where such permission is required by applicable law.

JPM does not assume responsibility for unauthorized reproduction of third-party copyrighted content submitted by authors.

7. Long-Term Digital Accessibility and Preservation

JPM recognizes that open access publishing requires not only immediate availability but also the long-term preservation and accessibility of scholarly research.

The journal supports the preservation of published articles through appropriate digital archiving arrangements, repository services, preservation systems, and persistent identifiers.

Digital preservation practices are intended to protect the scholarly record against data loss, technological obsolescence, platform changes, or discontinuation of journal operations.

Where applicable, persistent identifiers such as DOIs are assigned to published articles to support reliable citation, identification, discovery, and long-term accessibility.

The journal is committed to maintaining access to published scholarly content and strengthening its digital preservation arrangements in accordance with internationally recognized scholarly publishing practices.

8. Compliance With Open Access Principles

The Journal of Personnel Management supports internationally recognized principles of open access scholarly publishing and the transparency standards promoted by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

In accordance with these principles, JPM commits to:

  • Providing immediate free access to published articles without embargo.

  • Applying a clearly stated open access license.

  • Allowing lawful reuse, distribution, and adaptation under CC BY 4.0.

  • Ensuring that authors retain copyright ownership.

  • Supporting unrestricted author self-archiving.

  • Making copyright and licensing terms transparent.

  • Maintaining accessible publication information and appropriate preservation arrangements.

  • Avoiding unnecessary legal or technical barriers to accessing scholarly research.

These commitments support the journal's objective of promoting the dissemination, visibility, accessibility, and responsible reuse of academic research.

9. Contact Information

For questions concerning open access publishing, copyright ownership, licensing terms, repository deposits, or reuse permissions, please contact:

Editorial Office
Journal of Personnel Management (JPM)
Publisher: SMARCONS (Society of Management Research and Consultancy)
Journal Website: https://journals.smarcons.com/index.php/jpm/index
Contact Page: https://journals.smarcons.com/index.php/jpm/about/contact

10. Policy Commitment

The Journal of Personnel Management, published by SMARCONS (Society of Management Research and Consultancy), is committed to advancing open scholarly communication by ensuring that published research remains freely accessible, legally reusable, appropriately credited, and preserved for future generations.

The journal encourages authors, researchers, institutions, and readers to share and reuse published scholarship responsibly in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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