The Indian Management Studies Journal (IMSJ) started in 1989 is the biannual refereed publication of the School of Management Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala.

The main aim of this journal is to disseminate Knowledge and information in the various functional areas of management, economics, trade and commerce.

The journal focuses on theoretical, empirical, applied and interdisciplinary research in different areas. It is intended to provide a forum for debate and deliberation for academic, policy-makers in the government and practitioners from business and industry.

The IMSJ publishes articles, research papers, abstracts of doctoral dissertations, book reviews, case studies, short communications and bibliography in one of the major areas of management or any of its allied areas.

Editorial Board:

Chief Editor:
Gurdeep Singh Batra

Members:
A S Chawla
Navjot Kaur
Ran Singh Dhaliwal
Renu Sharma

Advisory Board:
Thomas.V. Schwarz, Seidman School of Business, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, U.S.A.

Jaideep Motwani, Seidman School of Business, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, U.S.A.

Okan Akcay, College of Business, Kutztown University, PA, U.S.A.

Arifeen M. Daneshyar, College of Business, Kutztown University, PA, U.S.A.

Khawaja Amjad Saeed, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Lahore, Pakistan

G.P. Acharya, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Kamal Das, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Nandita Das, Wilkes University, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Abdur Rab, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh