Behavior: Journal of Management is committed to maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity and originality. To uphold these standards, all submitted manuscripts are subject to plagiarism screening prior to peer review.

Plagiarism Detection

• Manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to identify any instances of unoriginal content.

• The similarity index threshold is set at 20%; manuscripts exceeding this limit will be reviewed carefully and may be rejected or returned for revision.

Author Responsibilities

• Authors must ensure that their submissions are original and properly cite all sources and previous work.

• Submissions containing plagiarized content, including self-plagiarism or duplicate publication, will be rejected outright.

Consequences of Plagiarism

• Manuscripts found to violate ethical standards related to plagiarism will be rejected.

• In cases of severe misconduct, authors may be banned from submitting to the journal in the future.

• The journal reserves the right to inform the authors’ affiliated institutions about the misconduct.

By submitting to Behavior: Journal of Management, authors agree to comply with this plagiarism screening policy.