The American Psychological Association has created a set of style guidelines for published documents. The Management Development Forum adheres to those style guidelines, particularly in regard to citations and references. For detailed information, please refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, fourth edition, published by the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, 1997.
The following are examples of basic reference styles:
Periodical
Author, A. A. (Date). Title of article. Title of Periodical, xx, xxx-xxx.
Nonperiodical
Author, A. A. (Date). Title of work. Location: Publisher.
Part of a nonperiodical
Author, A. A. (Date). Title of chapter. In A. Editor and B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. xx-xx). Location: Publisher.
