Style 2013
Style 2013
The preferred referencing style at Cambridge Judge Business School is Harvard. This guide shows the
format you need use for your references together with some practical examples. For more detailed
examples, we advise you to check out the Cite Them Right website
IN-TEXT REFERENCE
‘Essentially, when writing you need to acknowledge the hard work of the scholars on whose work you are
drawing’ (Parker, 2009, p.107).
N.B. Even if you are not quoting directly you still need to cite the author, year and page no. in your text.
Chapters in books
Author(s). (Year) ‘Chapter title.’ In: Author(s)/Editor(s). Book title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher,
page numbers.
e.g. Collier, J. and Esteban, R. (2011) ‘Systemic leadership: ethical and effective’. In: Werhane, P.H.
and Painter-Morland, M. (eds.) Leadership, gender, and organization. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 49-
62.
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Journal articles (printed or electronic)
Author(s). (Year) ‘Article title.’ Journal title, Volume number (part no./issue/month), page numbers.
e.g. Erickson, T. J. (2010) ‘The leaders we need now.’ Harvard Business Review, 88(5): pp. 62-66.
Newspaper articles
Author(s). (Year) ‘Article title.’ Newspaper title, Day and Month, page number(s).
e.g. Pfeifer, S. (2011) ‘BP eyes Gulf disposals to achieve $45bn goal.’ Financial Times, 26 October,
p. 15.
Conference papers
Author(s). (Year) ‘Paper title’. Conference title. Location and date of conference. Place of publication:
Publisher, page number(s).
e.g. Zeng, K. and Luo, X. (2011) 'Performance measurement systems for e-business.' Proceedings
of the 6th International Forum on Strategic Technology, Harbin, China, August 22-24. Piscataway,
NJ: IEEE, pp. 1310-1313.
Thesis
Author. (Year) Title. Type of thesis. Academic institution.
e.g. Hardy, B. (2009) Morale: definitions, dimensions and measurement. Unpublished PhD thesis.
University of Cambridge.
Web pages
Author/Organisation. (Year site was last updated) Title. Available at: URL (Accessed: date).
e.g. Cambridge Judge Business School Information & Library Services (2011) Information and
Library Services: providing quality business research and resources. Available at:
http://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/infolib/ (Accessed: 3 October 2013).
General points
• The references should be arranged alphabetically by author/editor/organisation within your bibliography.
• If you use data from a database (e.g. Bloomberg, Passport GMID etc) you’ll need to indicate this at the
point where you include it: e.g. Source: Bloomberg
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