1. APA 6th Edition Helpful Hints for AHRD International Research Conference Proceedings
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
February 24-28, 2010
Khalil M. Dirani, Associate Proceedings Editor
Carroll M. Graham, Proceedings Editor

2. Centered, Boldface, Uppercase
Heading Levels (pp )
Level of heading 1 2 3 4 5
Format
Centered, Boldface, Uppercase
& Lowercase Heading
Flush Left, Boldface, Upper & Lower
Indented, boldface, lowercase, paragraph heading ending with a period.
Indented, boldface, italicized, lowercase, paragraph heading ending with a period.
Indented, italicized, lowercase, paragraph heading ending with a period.

3. Copyright © 2010 Khalil M. Dirani
Manuscript Keywords
Example of appropriate keywords:
Keywords:  performance, change, career development
Example of 2010 copyright (should be at bottom of the 1st page):
Copyright © 2010 Khalil M. Dirani

4. References (p.187) Journals paginated across year:
…. Political Science, 20,
Journals paginated by issue:
…. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 20(1),

5. References (p.187) Comma before &, e.g.:
Dirani, K. M., & Kuchinke, K. P. (in references)
Single spacing--after commas, periods etc.
Capitalize first word of title and first word after colon only (cap all words in journal name)

6. Digital Object Identifiers
IMPORTANT CHANGE: When available authors are encouraged to include DOIs (p , APA 6th edition). See examples in the following slide and on pages of APA for examples of references. DOIs allow for a new way to track digital information, with extreme accuracy, and will eventually become the status quo. DOIs will also resolve issues of article links (URLs) that are no longer functional.

7. Journal Articles with digital object identifiers (DOIs):
Reference Examples
Journal Articles with digital object identifiers (DOIs):
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, Vol(issue), pp-pp. doi: XX.XXXX
Example:
Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, doi: /

8. Reference Examples Continued
Journal article without DOI (when DOI is not available): Smith, S. A., & Jones, D. M. (2005). Creative solutions to performance issues. E-Journal of Performance Improvement,2(3), Retrieved from
NOTE: For APA 6th edition, use .50 indent on second and third lines of a reference.

9. Books
Fields, D. L. (2002). Taking the measure of work: A guide to validated scales for organizational research and diagnosis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Eisner, E. W., & Peshkin, A. (Eds.) (1990). Qualitative inquiry in education: The continuing debate. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
To comply with APA 6th edition you will need to include the state. See page 187 of the Publication Manual for more details.

10. Chapter in a Book
Ellwein, M. C., & Glass, G. V. (1989). Ending social promotion in Waterford: Appearances and reality. In L. A. Shepard & M. L. Smith (Eds.), Flunking grades: Research and policies on retention (pp ). New York: NY. Falmer Press.
To comply with APA 6th edition you will need to include the state. See page 187 of the Publication Manual for more details.

11. Citing Conference Proceedings Publication (p. 207)
Contributor A. A., Contributor B. B., & Contributor C. C. (Year, Month). Title of contribution. In D. D. Editor (Eds.), Title of symposium. Symposium conducted at the meeting of Organization Name, Location.
Example
Jacobs, R., & Hawley, J. (2003). Workforce development: Definition and relationship with human resource development. In S. Lynham & T. Egan (Eds.), AHRD Conference Proceedings (pp ). Bowling Green, OH: Academy of Human Resource Development. doi: xx.xxxxxx

12. Citations & Abbreviations
Citations in text:
“…quoted text” (Ruona, 2001, p. 20).
Ruona (2001) noted, “Quoted text. . .” (p. 20).
Abbreviations:
cf. (compare), i.e. (that is), e.g. (for example), viz. (namely), etc. (and so forth), vs. (versus) used only within parentheses. Otherwise spell out (APA, p ). exceptions: et al.

13. Citing quotation found in secondary source
“Much of HRD has envisioned…as embedded in. . . realm of systems theory” (Ardichvili, 2001, p. 13, as cited in Dirani & Kuchinke, 2005, p. 71).
Ardichvili (2001) wrote, “Much of HRD has envisioned…as embedded in. . . realm of systems theory” (p. 13, as cited in Dirani & Kuchinke, 2005, p. 71).
References to both Ardichvili (2001) and Dirani & Kuchinke (2005 ) needed in the reference section.