Only reference a chapter if it has individual authors for each chapter in the book.
Author
Last name of the author of the chapter, the initial of the first name. If the chapter has several authors, write them in the same order as in the book.
Year
The year the book was published.
Title of the chapter
The title of the book chapter should not be italicized..
Editors
Write the word In followed by the initial and last name, followed by (Ed.) or (Eds.). End with a comma.
Title
Italicized. For a two-part title, capitalize the first word of the second part of the title: Title: Title.
Pages
Use the abbreviation pp. for pages followed by the page numbers for the chapter in parenthesis with hyphen between the start and the end page.
Publisher
The name of the publisher.
Refer to the author/authors of the chapter:
. . . and academic texts require reliable evidence to support any statements made (Nodén et al., 2023).
Nodén and Welander (2023) emphasize that . . .
Nodén et al. (2023) state that...
Author, A., & Author, B. (year). Title of chapter. In C. C. Surname (Ed./Eds.), Title of the book (pp. xx-xx). Publisher.
Commentary: Write "In" followed by the editor's or editors' names, and use "Ed." for books with one editor and "Eds." for books with two or more editors within parenthesis. Write the abbreviation "pp." for pages and the pages on where you find the chapter.
Law, M., Polatajko, H., Baptiste, S., & Townsend, E. (2002). Core concepts of occupational therapy. In E. Townsend (Ed.), Enabling occupation: An occupational therapy perspective (2nd ed., pp. 29–56). Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists.
King, K. A. (2022). Global talent management: The central role of line managers throughout the organisation in shaping and implementing effective GTM. I K. Townsend, A. Bos-Nehles & K. Jiang (Eds.), Research Handbook on Line Managers (pp. 237-257). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Further reading on how to write references for book chapters on APA Style: Edited Book Chapter References
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