In-text referencing when paraphrasing from a published conference paper with one author.

There are two options for in-text referencing:

  1. Adding a citation at the end of a sentence.
  2. Using the author’s name as part of your sentence.

Essential information to include:

  • The family name of the author.
  • No initials are required.
  • The year of publication.

The sentences below have been paraphrased from the following reference list.

Osman-Gani, AM 2001, ‘Human Resource Development for international technology transfer within multinational enterprises in Singapore’, in  Academy of Human Resource Development: Proceedings of the 2001 AHRD Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 28 – March 4, 2001, AHRD, Los Angeles, pp. 607-614.

(a) Osman-Gani (2001) maintains that in order to survive and grow in the competitive global markets, organisations need to be at the forefront of technological developments and must also be able to transfer that knowledge to their various locations around the world.

or

(b) Organisations need to be at the forefront of technological developments and must also be able to transfer that knowledge to their various locations around the world, if they wish to survive and grow in the competitive global markets (Osman-Gani 2001).

Note:

  • Do not add page numbers or quotation marks when paraphrasing.
  • The full stop is placed after the bracket when the citation is at the end of the sentence ( See - Example b).
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In-text referencing when paraphrasing from a conference paper with one author

The following sentence has been taken from:
Dong, Y 2001, 'The Chinese experience', in Drysdale, P (ed.), The new economy in East Asia and the Pacific: Proceedings of the 27th Pacific Trade and Development Conference, Australian National University, Canberra, 20- 22 August, 2001, Routledge Curzon, London and New York. pp. 130-139.

Choose the correct citation from the box below for each of the examples given.

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