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Harvard Referencing Guide (not including LHS): Three or more named authors

 

Harvard Style of Citing References

If you have three (or more) authors, only the first author's name is included in the text, with 'et al.' after it.
This indicates that there are other authors not listed. ALL authors must be included in the list of references
 

In your in-text citation, the reference would include only the first author's name followed by 'et al.' and then the year:

e.g.

Discussing the crisis of the welfare state, Alcock et al. (2008) suggest it truly began in the 1970s....

or, if the authors' names are not directly mentioned in the text:

Some researchers (Alcock et al., 2008) consider the roots of the welfare crisis lie in the 1970s.

In your list of references, all authors names are included:

Authors' Surnames, INITIALS. (Year of Publication) Title. Edition (if needed). Place of Publication: Publisher.

e.g.

Alcock, C., Griggs, E. and Daly, G. (2008) Introducing social policy. 2nd ed. Harlow: Pearson Longman.