APA Format for MBA

I want to know the APA Formatting for an MBA program so can you please tell me?

[Kiran Chandar]

The American Psychology Association APA created its own signature citation style for the creation of psychology and psychiatry thesis papers.

This style of citation is used for a wide variety of different scientific research.

The formatting of APA style papers can become a little bit tricky for first time users, but over time it will become simpler.

APA Formatting

1’’ margins
Times New Roman size 12 font
Double-spaced
Left-aligned running head at the top of every page in caps; include "Running head" before the title
On subsequent pages, include the title without the words "Running head."

Style

Use active voice.
Be specific and concise; avoid poetic and figurative language.
Use past or present perfect tense for literature reviews and description, if the discussion is of past events. Use past tense when referring to results and experiments previously conducted. (see pp. 65-66)

Title Page

Running head and page number in title
Center the Title, Your Name, and the Institution Name in the upper-middle of the page.

Abstract

Should be on the second page of the document and contain running head and page number.
The word "Abstract" should be centered on the first line.
Brief, comprehensive summary of paper about 150-250 words.
Do not indent the first line.
The abstract is not an introduction and will not contain any citations; see pp. 25-27 for what types of information to include.

Main Body

Headings

APA uses heading to separate paper sections. Always use headings in order, beginning with level 1.
For each section, include at least two subsection headings or none at all (see p. 62)
First level: centered, boldface, uppercase and lowercase heading
Second level: left-aligned, boldface, uppercase and lowercase heading
Third level: indented, boldface, lowercase heading with a period
Fourth level: indented, boldface, italicized, lowercase heading with a period
Fifth level: indented, italicized, lowercase heading with a period

References

In-Text Citations

Used whenever another author's work is directly quoted or paraphrased
Citations use an author, date format: (Author, Publication Year)
Citation for direct quotes should include the page number
Any quotation longer than 40 words should be made into a freestanding block of text with quotation marks removed (see p. 171)
If no author is given, use a shortened version of the title
If publication date is unknown, use "n.d." in its place
For electronic sources that don't include page numbers, use paragraph numbers (see pp. 171-172)
For works with three or more authors, list all in the first citation. for subsequent citations, list the first author and "et al."
Two types of sources are cited only in-text: classical works and personal communications. The Bible is considered a classical book in APA. When citing in-text, include the reference and version used. (see pp. 171-174)

Reference List

NOTE: The second line and all subsequent lines of each item on the reference list should be indented. Please see the APA Sample Paper for an example of a properly formatted reference page.

The reference list should be double spaced.

Book

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.

Article in a periodical

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue

number), pages.

Article from an online periodical

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number

Website

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from