About the Journal

Divine Word International Journal of Management and Humanities is owned and managed by Divine Word College of Laoag.  The journal is concentrated on the issues of business management, education management, ethics, applied theology, Philosophy, and anthropology.

It is an open-access journal that focuses on the latest discussion on business management, education, ethics, theology, sociology, philosophy, and anthropology. It provides a platform for faculty or professors of business management, education, business ethics, anthropology, philosophy, and theology to publish and distribute their noble research findings in those areas.

DWIJMH accepts only original research coming from faculty or professors and graduate students. It does not accommodate research papers from undergraduate students and only accepts field research papers as the output of field investigation. It can accommodate book and literature reviews if the chief editor and managing editor find it necessary.

Journal audiences 

The Divine Word International Journal of Management and Humanities's target audiences are academic communities, researchers, administrators/ management, teachers and business practitioners. 

Review Procedures

The editor-in-chief will examine all papers to determine if they fulfil the required research methodology and if the content contributes to new knowledge. They will be immediately submitted to a plagiarism test. If the result of the plagiarism test is below 15% and fulfils the requirement of DWIJMH in terms of quality and the paper format, then the paper will be submitted to two peer reviewers. The DWIJMH adopts the blind peer review system in which two reviewers are not known to each other. If the results of the two reviewers are conflicting, then the paper will be submitted to the third reviewer.

The duration of the review is three weeks to a month or more depending on the time and availability of the reviewers. It can be extended to a period of two months. In case the paper is rejected, the author will be informed.  The DWIJMH is published quarterly and the papers are published every 25^th of the third month. The submission of the paper is open. The publication dates are every 25^th of the third quarter (March, June, September, and December).

Vision

It envisions itself as a center for excellence in research guided by Catholic ideals and values committed to the uplifting quality of life, not only of the Divine Word College community, Ilocos Norte Community but the international community.

Mission

To gain competence and become proactive contributors to research and development locally and globally;

To collaborate with industries, higher education institutions, and government and non-government organizations through development-oriented, innovative, and multidisciplinary research;

To adopt research-based institutional and community development initiatives.

The Aim and the Scope of the Journal

DWIJMH aims to publish original articles coming from the faculty and graduate students and to be disseminated globally. It also intends to present the latest developments in Business management, education, and humanities. It also welcomes research articles coming from different individuals around the globe related to management, and humanities. The scope of the journal is all areas of business and management, education management, theology, sociology, philosophy, and anthropology.

Copyright  and licencing

DWIJMH owns the research output but every research proponent reserves the right to authorship. Ownership of the copyright shall be in the name of the author(s). The Divine Word Publication shall have the first option to publish the manuscript of the research output, by submitting the research paper to the Divine Word Publication, the author and co-authors have declared that the paper has not been published in other publications. 

 Articles are licensed under an open-access Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License that anyone may download and read the paper for free. However, the use and distribution or reproduction in other forms is allowed as long as the original author(s) and the copyright holder(s) are acknowledged and the original publication in this journal is cited. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted if the above guidelines are not being followed.  

Materials from other publishers. 

For data or any materials taken from other published papers that do not fall under the public domain, for which you do not hold a copyright, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder.  Permission is required for materials that you do not own the copyright, use of tables and questionnaires. But this does not apply to short quotes that are commonly used, or graphs or charts that are restructured/changed significantly by the authors. To obtain permission, the authors must write a letter to the copyright owner as early as possible to avoid delay. 

Ethics

For all research that involves human subjects, human material, human tissues, or human data, authors must declare that the investigations were carried out following the rules of the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975 (https://www.wma.net/what-we-do/medical-ethics/declaration-of-helsinki/).  According to point 23 of this declaration, approval from the local institutional review board (IRB) or other appropriate ethics committee must be obtained before researching to confirm the study meets national and international guidelines. As a minimum, a statement including the project identification code, date of approval, and name of the ethics committee or institutional review board must be stated in Section ‘Institutional Review Board Statement’ of the article. 

Ethical responsibilities of researchers. 

In research papers that are submitted to the Divine Word International Journal of Management and Humanities, authors must pay attention to the following:

1. The study must be original. 

2. Authors who do not contribute to the different stages of the study: conceptualization, research methodology, data analysis and editing should not be considered as authors. 

3. Conflict of interest must be clearly stated. 

4. Ensures that before conducting the study, the participants' consent must be secured. (this is in case the study involves minors who cannot make their own decision).  

5. Authors must inform the editor-in-chief or the publisher if there are errors at the early stage of the study before it goes online. 

6. The authors should not publish the same paper in other journals before its submission to the DWIJMH. 

7. The names of authors that appear in the paper should not be changed during and after the review.  

Ethical responsibilities of the editor-in-chief 

1. Ensures that the paper contributes to new knowledge

2. Maintains consistency of practices and the growth of the journal.

3. Establishes the procedures that support the quality of the studies published in the journal.

4. Supports intellectual freedom and academic integrity.

5. Hold integrity to the highest standard not to make concessions on intellectual property rights. 

6. Be transparent on issues that require corrections and explanations. 

Confidentiality

The editor-in-chief, managing editor and the staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher.

Correction and retraction policy

Publications always go through processes like submission, review, copyediting and production. However, it does not guarantee 100% free of error. Unintentional errors cannot be avoided. Thus correction is allowed. We expect the authors to inform the editor-in-chief so that corrections can be made but the decision is the journal's discretion. Only major corrections are accepted but corrections that do not affect the concept and the paper's findings are rejected. The corrections are allowed depending on the publication stages. 

Retraction will be done in case it is found evidence of unreliable data, duplicate publication, unethical procedures, and fake data.  

Malpractice policy.

Maintaining a reputation for scientific research requires integrity. Thus,  research has to be conducted rigorously following the right research methodology and procedures. Thus, DWIJMH examines all research papers if the authors follow the prescribed format of the journal. Papers that do not follow the right methodology and the format of the journal will be rejected. 

Conflict of interest policy

Conflict of interest exists when individuals are involved in multiple interests; serving one interest would mean working against another. Therefore, the authors must declare their conflict of interest statement in the last part of the paper.  

Plagiarism

All research papers are submitted to a plagiarism test. The Journal is using Grammarly Premium. The maximum level of plagiarism is 15%. 

AI (ChatGPT) declaration statement

DWIJMH protects the quality and accuracy of the information published in the journal. Thus, the authors must declare in the paper the use of AI (ChatGPT).  The Divine Word International Journal of Management and Humanities discourages authors from using AI (ChatGPT). R Discovery (2024) provides the following reasons:  The first is the invented sources. ChatGPT can be resourceful but there is a risk of recommending sources that don't exist. The second is the risk of inaccuracy. ChatGPT can't always differentiate between quality sources and non-quality sources. There is a danger that it can recommend sources from predatory journals that destroy the quality of the content because of its shaky foundation. The third is limited search capability. ChatGPT doesn't always have direct access to the latest research and studies. The study can miss out on crucial studies because ChatGPT can't reach them. 

Editorial Boards

Damianus Abun, PhD
Editor in Chief
WoS Research ID: AAW-4628-2020
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9693-1541
SCOPUS ID: 57226142008
Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2FJUVG4AAAAJ&hl=en)
Scope Database Author ID: 000000135305

Libertine Gertrude Ruadap-Macaspac, PhD.
Managing Editor
Associate: Research, Accreditation, and Quality Assurance.
Professor: Graduate School of Education, Divine Word College of Laoag, Philippines

Reena M. Ramelb
Layout Editor

Editorial Board

Dr. Neeraja Vijay
Deputy Head - Academics
Deputy-Dean - Entrepreneurship Cell, New Gen, IEDC, Incubation Cell
FoMS,
DR.MGR Educational and Research Institute,
Dr.MGR University,
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7263-7244
Scopus Author ID: 36712232400
Researcher ID: U-6790-2018
Web of Science Researcher ID: H-2282-2018
https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/221135
Country: India

Daniel Dei, PhD
Professional Rank: Senior Lecturer
Specialization: Ethics, Theology, & Counseling
Affiliation: Valley View University
Experience: 09 Year
Country: Ghana
Paper Published: 32

Dr. CIUREA Maria
Associate Professor
Department of Economics Sciences
Faculty of Sciences, University of Petrosani
România
mariamacris2011@yahoo.com

DR. SHAHID AMIN BHAT
Associate Professor in Management, ITM University
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India (474001) ||
|| Author || Columnist || Youth Ambassador-International Youth Society ||
dr.shahidamin15@gmail.com
drshahid786.weebly.com

Dr. Luisa María Arvide Cambra
Professor with Chair/ Arabic and Islamic Studies// Humanities
Dept. of Philology, University of Almeria. LA Cañada S/N. 04120-Almeria, Spain
Research Area: Medieval Arabic Science. Humanities. Arabic Philology
lmarvide@ual.es

Dr. Dinh Tran Ngoc Huy
Professor, Banking and Finance, DVA Renewable Energy JSC, Dist 7, HCMC Vietnam
Area of Interest: Social Sciences, Business
dtnhuy2010@gmail.com

Assistant Prof. Dr. Osama M. Abu-Baha
Ph.D. English Language Studies- IIUM- Malaysia
MA. Applied Linguistics and TESOL- Newcastle University-UK.
Assistant Prof. of English- UCES, Birzeit, and QOU Universities
Education Officer- UNRWA- Palestine- West Bank
Interests: Literature, Linguistics, Leadership & Management.
Email: uabubaha@yahoo.com

Susan Smith Nash, PhD
USA
Director of Innovation and Emerging Science and Technology: Director of Education & Prof Dev: AAPG / Nov 2008 – Present
Director: Victoria Resources.
Adjunct Professor / 1998 – present: University of Oklahoma
Associate Dean / Graduate Program / Liberal Arts: Excelsior College / 2003 – 2007
Online Curriculum Development Dir / Humanities / Human Relations.
Adj Professor, Director of Engineering & Geosciences Continuing Education: the University of Oklahoma, 1997 – 2004
Interests: Energy exploration and development, economic development, new technologies, creativity & innovation, leadership, apocalyptic narratives (and their use/misuse), innovative literature, Spanish/Russian literature(s)), art & humanities, history and philosophy of science.

Dr. YU LU
Assistant Professor, Lecturer Accounting Department, Business School,
Beijing Technology and Business University, China
luyu@btbu.edu.cn

Dr. Agnieszka Iłendo-Milewska
PhD in humanities in the field of psychology
Head of the Faculty of Psychology, Private University of Pedagogy. Bialystok, Poland
Research Area: social psychology, self-regulation, dysfunctional behaviour, and social relation
ilendoa@icloud.com

Dr. Silvio Tamaso D'Onofrio
Independent Researcher
PhD in Social History from the University of São Paulo works in the areas of Intellectual History, Literature, and Digital Humanities.
Internationally: organized books, has articles and chapters published, integrates editorial committees, and acts as 'ad hoc' reviewer.
Founder and leader of the Regional Multidisciplinary Studies (REGIONEM) research group, accredited at CNPq-Brazil.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6266-9354