diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-status/my-dspace-item-status.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-status/my-dspace-item-status.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3b58665f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-status/my-dspace-item-status.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { TranslateLoader, TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+
+import { RemoteData } from '../../../../core/data/remote-data';
+
+import { Workflowitem } from '../../../../core/submission/models/workflowitem.model';
+import { PoolTask } from '../../../../core/tasks/models/pool-task-object.model';
+import { EPersonMock } from '../../../testing/eperson-mock';
+import { MyDSpaceItemStatusComponent } from './my-dspace-item-status.component';
+import { MyDspaceItemStatusType } from './my-dspace-item-status-type';
+import { MockTranslateLoader } from '../../../mocks/mock-translate-loader';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+let component: MyDSpaceItemStatusComponent;
+let fixture: ComponentFixture<MyDSpaceItemStatusComponent>;
+
+let mockResultObject: PoolTask;
+
+const rdSumbitter = new RemoteData(false, false, true, null, EPersonMock);
+const workflowitem = Object.assign(new Workflowitem(), { submitter: observableOf(rdSumbitter) });
+const rdWorkflowitem = new RemoteData(false, false, true, null, workflowitem);
+mockResultObject = Object.assign(new PoolTask(), { workflowitem: observableOf(rdWorkflowitem) });
+
+describe('MyDSpaceItemStatusComponent', () => {
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [
+        TranslateModule.forRoot({
+          loader: {
+            provide: TranslateLoader,
+            useClass: MockTranslateLoader
+          }
+        })
+      ],
+      declarations: [MyDSpaceItemStatusComponent],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    }).overrideComponent(MyDSpaceItemStatusComponent, {
+      set: { changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default }
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyDSpaceItemStatusComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+  });
+
+  it('should display badge', () => {
+    const badge = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('span'));
+    expect(badge).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should init badge content and class', () => {
+    component.status = MyDspaceItemStatusType.REJECTED;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(component.badgeContent).toBe(MyDspaceItemStatusType.REJECTED);
+    expect(component.badgeClass).toBe('text-light badge badge-danger');
+  });
+
+  it('should init badge content and class', () => {
+    component.status = MyDspaceItemStatusType.VALIDATION;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(component.badgeContent).toBe(MyDspaceItemStatusType.VALIDATION);
+    expect(component.badgeClass).toBe('text-light badge badge-warning');
+  });
+
+  it('should init badge content and class', () => {
+    component.status = MyDspaceItemStatusType.WAITING_CONTROLLER;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(component.badgeContent).toBe(MyDspaceItemStatusType.WAITING_CONTROLLER);
+    expect(component.badgeClass).toBe('text-light badge badge-info');
+  });
+
+  it('should init badge content and class', () => {
+    component.status = MyDspaceItemStatusType.IN_PROGRESS;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(component.badgeContent).toBe(MyDspaceItemStatusType.IN_PROGRESS);
+    expect(component.badgeClass).toBe('text-light badge badge-primary');
+  });
+
+  it('should init badge content and class', () => {
+    component.status = MyDspaceItemStatusType.ACCEPTED;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(component.badgeContent).toBe(MyDspaceItemStatusType.ACCEPTED);
+    expect(component.badgeClass).toBe('text-light badge badge-success');
+  });
+
+  it('should init badge content and class', () => {
+    component.status = MyDspaceItemStatusType.WORKFLOW;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(component.badgeContent).toBe(MyDspaceItemStatusType.WORKFLOW);
+    expect(component.badgeClass).toBe('text-light badge badge-info');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-status/my-dspace-item-status.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-status/my-dspace-item-status.component.ts
index 2ae1bc2ef5..87bb95ebb5 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-status/my-dspace-item-status.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-status/my-dspace-item-status.component.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,34 @@
 import { Component, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { MyDspaceItemStatusType } from './my-dspace-item-status-type';
 
+/**
+ * This component represents a badge with mydspace item status
+ */
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-mydspace-item-status',
   styleUrls: ['./my-dspace-item-status.component.scss'],
   templateUrl: './my-dspace-item-status.component.html'
 })
-
 export class MyDSpaceItemStatusComponent implements OnInit {
 
+  /**
+   * This mydspace item status
+   */
   @Input() status: MyDspaceItemStatusType;
+
+  /**
+   * This badge class
+   */
   public badgeClass: string;
+
+  /**
+   * This badge content
+   */
   public badgeContent: string;
 
+  /**
+   * Initialize badge content and class
+   */
   ngOnInit() {
     this.badgeContent = this.status;
     this.badgeClass = 'text-light badge ';
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-submitter/item-submitter.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-submitter/item-submitter.component.html
index 1f13fbfa2c..35ebb5f1bf 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-submitter/item-submitter.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-submitter/item-submitter.component.html
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <div class="mt-2 mb-2">
-  <span class="text-muted">{{'submission.workflow.tasks.generic.submitter' | translate}} : <span class="badge badge-pill badge-light">{{(submitter | async)?.name}}</span></span>
+  <span class="text-muted">{{'submission.workflow.tasks.generic.submitter' | translate}} : <span class="badge badge-pill badge-light">{{(submitter$ | async)?.name}}</span></span>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-submitter/item-submitter.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-submitter/item-submitter.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77460a3674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-submitter/item-submitter.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { TranslateLoader, TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { cold } from 'jasmine-marbles';
+
+import { RemoteData } from '../../../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { ItemSubmitterComponent } from './item-submitter.component';
+import { Workflowitem } from '../../../../core/submission/models/workflowitem.model';
+import { PoolTask } from '../../../../core/tasks/models/pool-task-object.model';
+import { EPersonMock } from '../../../testing/eperson-mock';
+import { MockTranslateLoader } from '../../../mocks/mock-translate-loader';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+let component: ItemSubmitterComponent;
+let fixture: ComponentFixture<ItemSubmitterComponent>;
+
+const compIndex = 1;
+
+let mockResultObject: PoolTask;
+
+const rdSumbitter = new RemoteData(false, false, true, null, EPersonMock);
+const workflowitem = Object.assign(new Workflowitem(), { submitter: observableOf(rdSumbitter) });
+const rdWorkflowitem = new RemoteData(false, false, true, null, workflowitem);
+mockResultObject = Object.assign(new PoolTask(), { workflowitem: observableOf(rdWorkflowitem) });
+
+describe('ItemSubmitterComponent', () => {
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [
+        TranslateModule.forRoot({
+          loader: {
+            provide: TranslateLoader,
+            useClass: MockTranslateLoader
+          }
+        })
+      ],
+      declarations: [ItemSubmitterComponent],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    }).overrideComponent(ItemSubmitterComponent, {
+      set: { changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default }
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ItemSubmitterComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    component.object = mockResultObject;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  it('should init submitter properly', () => {
+    expect(component.submitter$).toBeObservable(cold('(b|)', {
+      b: EPersonMock
+    }));
+  });
+
+  it('should show a badge with submitter name', () => {
+    const badge = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.badge'));
+
+    expect(badge).toBeDefined();
+    expect(badge.nativeElement.innerHTML).toBe(EPersonMock.name);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-submitter/item-submitter.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-submitter/item-submitter.component.ts
index b800686714..f752fa6f04 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-submitter/item-submitter.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/mydspace-item-submitter/item-submitter.component.ts
@@ -8,19 +8,31 @@ import { RemoteData } from '../../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { isNotEmpty, isNotUndefined } from '../../../empty.util';
 import { Workflowitem } from '../../../../core/submission/models/workflowitem.model';
 
+/**
+ * This component represents a badge with submitter information.
+ */
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-item-submitter',
   styleUrls: ['./item-submitter.component.scss'],
   templateUrl: './item-submitter.component.html'
 })
-
 export class ItemSubmitterComponent implements OnInit {
+
+  /**
+   * The target object
+   */
   @Input() object: any;
 
-  submitter: Observable<EPerson>;
+  /**
+   * The Eperson object
+   */
+  submitter$: Observable<EPerson>;
 
+  /**
+   * Initialize submitter object
+   */
   ngOnInit() {
-    this.submitter = (this.object.workflowitem as Observable<RemoteData<Workflowitem>>).pipe(
+    this.submitter$ = (this.object.workflowitem as Observable<RemoteData<Workflowitem>>).pipe(
       filter((rd: RemoteData<Workflowitem>) => (rd.hasSucceeded && isNotUndefined(rd.payload))),
       flatMap((rd: RemoteData<Workflowitem>) => rd.payload.submitter as Observable<RemoteData<EPerson>>),
       find((rd: RemoteData<EPerson>) => rd.hasSucceeded && isNotEmpty(rd.payload)),