Citing a story
Reference formats for an hr.cafe story, for a report, a deck or a dissertation.
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The usual formats
Using a hypothetical story to show the shape — substitute the real author, title, date and URL. The name below belongs to one of the illustrative examples currently on the site, not to a real contributor.
APA
Okafor, A. (2026, September 18). The manager question that changed what I thought HR was for. hr.cafe. https://hr.cafe/stories/…
Harvard
Okafor, A. (2026) The manager question that changed what I thought HR was for, hr.cafe, 18 September. Available at: https://hr.cafe/stories/… (Accessed: 20 September 2026).
MLA
Okafor, Amara. “The Manager Question That Changed What I Thought HR Was For.” hr.cafe, 18 Sept. 2026, hr.cafe/stories/…
Chicago
Amara Okafor, “The Manager Question That Changed What I Thought HR Was For,” hr.cafe, September 18, 2026, https://hr.cafe/stories/…
Citing an anonymous contribution
Where a story carries role context rather than a name, cite the role in place of the author — for example “HR Business Partner, logistics sector” — and keep the title, date and URL. Do not guess at a name.
What kind of source this is
These are first-person practitioner accounts, not peer-reviewed research and not survey data. If you are citing one as evidence, cite it as what it is: a documented account of one practitioner’s experience in a stated context. See verification for what we check before publishing.