The correct way to present the information for a book title
in an APA reference page is:
Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T. A. (2010). Essentials of
organizational behavior (10th ed .). Danvers, MA: Prentice Hall .
Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T. A. (2010). Essentials of
Organizational Behavior (10th ed .). Danvers, MA: Prentice Hall .
Robbins, S. P., et al. (2010). Essentials of Organizational
Behavior (10th edition) . Danvers, MA: Prentice Hall .
Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T. A. (2010). Essentials of
Organizational Behavior (10th edition) . Danvers, MA: Prentice Hall .
2
Where can you find APA resources in the GCU Library’s
Nursing & Health Sciences Library Guide?
Find Books
Agencies & Associations
Citing Sources
Contact the Library
3
Use the “Find Journals by Title” function to find
the 2014 Nurse Leader article “Using Evidence-Based Advocacy to Improve
the Nation’s Health .” According to the article abstract, which
organization uses evidence-based advocacy to “positively impact the nation’s
health and advance the nursing profession”?
American Academy of Nursing
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
Arizona Academy of Nursing
American Nurses Association
4 Caldwell and Hayes published an excellent paper in the 2007
issue of the Journal of Management Development and you would like to summarize
a claim from this resource . Which of the following represents the correct APA
in-text citation format?
Great leaders achieve their success because they understand
who they are.
Great leaders achieve their success because they understand
who they are (Journal of Management Development, 2007) .
Great leaders achieve their success because they understand
who they are (2007) .
Great leaders achieve their success because they understand
who they are (Caldwell & Hayes, 2007) .
5
On page 263 of Caldwell and Hayes’ paper published in 2007,
they talked about some ideas they took from Likert’s work . This is the original
excerpt from their paper: “Relationship development behaviors encompass a
people-centered focus on leadership (Likert, 1961) .” Which of the below
best represents how this sentence should be quoted in an APA-formatted student
paper?
“Relationship development behaviors encompass a
people-centered focus on leadership (Likert, 1961)” .
“Relationship development behaviors encompass a
people-centered focus on leadership” (Caldwell & Hayes, 2007) .
“Relationship development behaviors encompass a
people-centered focus on leadership” (Likert, 1961, p . 263).
“Relationship development behaviors encompass a
people-centered focus on leadership” (Likert as cited in Caldwell &
Hayes, 2007, p. 263).
6
When a reference material has three or more authors (for
example, a 2008 article by Smith, Jones, and Johnson):