Cal for Special Issues Proposals. Journal of Organizational Behavior

The Journal of Organizational Behavior is calling for Special Issue Proposals. For more detail, please go to the JOB website http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291099-1379 and click on the Call for Proposals (located on the right).

Call for book series publications. ILERA

ILERA Publication series
Call for proposals

The ILERA is pleased to announce the creation of a book series with the theme of comparative labour and employment relations. Book proposals are invited from scholars in the field of labour and employment relations on any aspects of labour and employment relations with a comparative emphasis. The term "labour and employment relations" will be interpreted broadly to include all aspects of work including labour policy, labour market analysis, labour relations and collective bargaining, human resource management, and work- and workplace- related topics. Book proposals by a single author, multiple authors, or edited volumes will all be welcome.

Books in this series will be published by ILERA in English, French or Spanish, based on the language of the manuscripts received. ILERA will seek a major publisher of books in social sciences (such as SAGE, Routledge, Palgrave, ILR Press) for the printing of the series. The sales will be handled by the publisher and a part of the revenue will be re-invested in the publication series.

A Committee of Editors was established under the leadership of Prof. Dong-One Kim (Korea University, Korea), future President of ILERA, who will act as Editor-in Chief. Editorial members include: Anil Verma (University of Toronto, Canada), Annette Jobert (ENS Cachan, France), and Cecilia Senén González (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina).

To encourage members to submit high-quality book proposals, ILERA plans to provide an incentive of 5000 USD as a contribution towards the expenses of preparing a manuscript which is accepted for publication. Future book royalties will accrue to ILERA.

The first submission deadline for this book proposal is 1 September 2014. ILERA plans to provide one deadline for book proposals every year (i.e., 1 September 2014, 1 September 2015, and so forth).

Proposals should elaborate on the following headlines:

• a) a brief description of the themes of the book,
• b) its contribution to existing knowledge in the field,
• c) its novelty compared with similar previous books,
• d) a summary of the structure and contents of the book,
• e) the names, full contact details and institutional affiliations of the authors and editors (if necessary), and
• f) a curriculum vitae of all contributors, and g) a proposed time-table for completion of the manuscript.

Proposals can be sent by e-mail to dokim@korea.ac.kr,verma@rotman.utoronto.ca, annette.jobert@ens-cachan.fr,
csenen@retina.ar or ilera@ilo.org. Further details and guidelines will be posted on the ILERA website in due course.

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Séries de livres ILERA
Appel à propositions

ILERA est heureux de vous annoncer la création d'une série de livres sur le thème des relations de travail (relations professionnelles) comparées. Les chercheurs sont invités à présenter des projets portant sur ce theme et mettant l'accent sur les dimensions comparatives. Le terme «relations professionnelles» sera interprété dans un sens large de manière à inclure tous les aspects du travail, y compris les politiques d'emploi, l'analyse du marché du travail, les relations de travail et la négociation collective, la gestion des ressources humaines et d'autres sujets connexes. Toutes propositions, que ce soit pour un livre écrit par un seul auteur, par plusieurs auteurs, ou des volumes édités seront les bienvenues.

Les livres de cette série seront publiés par ILERA en anglais, en espagnol ou en français, sur la base de la langue des manuscrits reçus. ILERA cherchera un éditeur de livres en sciences sociales (tels que SAGE, Routledge, Palgrave, ILR Press) pour l'impression de la série. Les ventes des livres seront traitées par l'éditeur et une partie des recettes sera réinvesties dans cette série de publications.

Un comité de rédaction a été créé sous la direction du professeur Dong-One Kim (Université de Corée, République de Corée), futur président de ILERA, qui agira à titre de rédacteur en chef. Les autres membres du comité éditorial sont: Anil Verma (Université de Toronto, Canada), Annette Jobert (ENS Cachan, France), et Cecilia Senén González (Université de Buenos Aires, Argentine).

Dans le but d'encourager la soumission de manuscrits de haute qualité, ILERA prévoit un financement à hauteur de 5000 dollars américains, au titre de contribution aux frais de préparation d'un manuscrit accepté pour publication. Les redevances des ventes des livres reviendront à ILERA.

La date limite pour la réception des premières propositions est fixée au 1er septembre 2014. ILERA prévoit de renouveler cette demande de proposition chaque année au 1er septembre.

Les propositions devront notamment inclure les informations suivantes:

• a) une brève description des thèmes du
• livre,
• b) sa contribution aux connaissances existantes et sa valeur ajoutée par rapport à des publications similaires,
• c) une résumé de la structure et du contenu du livre,
• d) les noms, les coordonnées complètes et affiliation institutionnelle des auteurs et des éditeurs (si nécessaire),
• e) le curriculum vitae de tous les contributeurs, et
• f) une proposition de calendrier pour l'achèvement du manuscrit.

Les propositions peuvent être envoyées par e-mail à: dokim@korea.ac.kr,verma@rotman.utoronto.ca,
annette.jobert@ens-achan.fr,ou csenen@retina.ar avec copie à ilera@ilo.org.

De plus amples détails et lignes directrices seront affichés sur le site web ILERA.

Serie de Publicaciones de ILERA
Convocatoria de Propuestas

La Asociación Internacional del Trabajo y Relaciones Laborales (ILERA) tiene el agrado de anunciar la creación de una serie de libros que tengan como tema las relaciones laborales y del empleo comparadas. La convocatoria de libros, invita a investigadores del campo del trabajo y las relaciones de empleo a abordar algunos aspectos de las relaciones del trabajo y el empleo con énfasis en el análisis comparado. El término "relaciones de empleo y de trabajo" será interpretado en forma amplia de modo que incluya todos los aspectos del trabajo, las políticas laborales, los análisis del mercado de trabajo, las relaciones laborales y la negociación colectiva, la gestión de los recursos humanos, los temas relacionados con el trabajo y el lugar de trabajo. Los libros propuestos, sean de un sólo autor, múltiples autores o volúmenes editados, serán todos bienvenidos.

La serie de libros será publicada por ILERA en Inglés, Francés o Español, en función del idioma en que sea recibido el manuscrito. ILERA buscará una editorial prestigiosa de ciencias sociales (tal como SAGE, Routledge, Palgrave, ILR Press ) para editar la serie. Las ventas estarán a cargo de la editorial y una parte de la ganancia será reinvertida en las publicaciones de la serie.

Un Comité de Editores fue establecido bajo el liderazgo del Prof. Dong-One Kim (Korea University, Korea), futuro presidente de ILERA, quien actuará como editor en Jefe e incluye como miembros editoriales a: Anil Verma (Universidad de Toronto, Canadá), Annette Jobert (ENS Cachan, France) y Cecilia Senén González (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Para alentar a los miembros a presentar propuestas de libros de alta calidad, ILERA planifica proveer un incentivo de 5000 USD como contribución para los gastos de preparación del manuscrito que sea aceptado para publicar. Las futuras ganancias del libro serán destinadas a ILERA.

La primera fecha de entrega para la propuesta de Libro es el 1 de Septiembre de 2014. ILERA planea brindar anualmente una fecha para presentar las propuestas de libros (por ejemplo, 1 de Septiembre de 2014; 1 de Septiembre de 2015 y así sucesivamente).

Las propuestas deberían ser elaboradas siguiendo las siguientes pautas :

• a) una breve descripción de los temas del libro;
• b) su contribución a los conocimientos ya existentes en el campo;
• c) descripción de la originalidad de la contribución en comparación con libros anteriores que sean similares;
• d) un resumen de la estructura y el contenido del libro;
• e) los nombres, los detalles de los contactos y las pertenencias institucionales de los autores y editores ( si
• es necesario); y
• f) un curriculum vitae de todos los autores y g) una propuesta de cronograma para completar el
• manuscrito.

Las propuestas pueden ser enviadas por mail a dokim@korea.ac.kr,verma@rotman.utoronto.ca, annette.jobert@ens-cachan.fr, csenen@retina.arcon copia a ilera@ilo.org.

Mayores detalles y pautas, serán publicados en el sitio web de ILERA en su debido momento.

Call for chapters proposals: Business Development Opportunities and Market Entry Challenges in Latin America

Proposal Submission Deadline: May 30, 2014
Business Development Opportunities and Market Entry Challenges in Latin America
A book edited by

• Dr. Mauricio Garita (Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala)
• Dr. José Godinez (Merrimack College, North Andover, USA)

To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/1n4tuHc

Part of the Research Essentials Collection

Publications released as Research Essentials will offer a succinct discussion on niche topics in a wide variety of subjects. Sized and priced appropriately, these concise, advanced, and timely resources will be perfect for supplementary course usage, targeted towards instructors and students, as well as the independent researcher looking for the most recent and innovative research in their field.

Introduction

Latin America has been a region of conflict, economic growth and development. The region has also continued to be characterized by a wide range of social structures, political systems, and economic models. The region has seen a steady economic growth, which has caught the attention of international investors. In contrast, however, the region has also been characterized by a large economic disparity between its inhabitants.

Progressively, Latin America has been experiencing economic growth but with such growth several challenges are encountered. The proposed book’s aim is to analyze the economic changes in Latin America that have affected the countries in the region and the factors behind such changes as well as their consequences.

Objective of the Book

This comprehensive and timely publication aims to be an essential reference source, building on the available literature in the field of economic issues in Latin America and will provide further research opportunities in this dynamic field. It is hoped that this text will provide the resources necessary for policy makers and managers to understand economic policy in Latin America.

Target Audience

Policy makers, managers, academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, technology developers, and government officials will find this text useful in furthering their research exposure to pertinent topics in entry challenges and business developments in the region.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• · Trust model – a conceptual framework
• · Trust in global networks
• · Trust in new economy
• · Trust and value creation in a network economy
• · Trust as capital
• · Improving market performance through trust
• · Trust as a management strategy
• · Trust from the perspective of knowledge management
• · Trust in public administration / sector

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before May 30, 2014, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by June 15, 2014 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted bySeptember 30, 2014. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
Proposals should be submitted through the link at the bottom of this page.

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), Medical Information Science Reference, Business Science Reference, and Engineering Science Reference imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This book is anticipated to be released in 2015.

Important Dates

• Proposal Submission Deadline: May 30, 2014
• Full chapter Submission: September 30, 2014
• Review Process: September 30, 2014 –November 30, 2014
• Review Results to Authors: December 15, 2014
• Revised Chapter Submission: January 30, 2015
• Final Acceptance Notifications: February 15, 2015
• Submission of Final Chapters: February 28, 2015
• Final Deadline: March 30, 2015

Inquiries can be forwarded to
Dr. Mauricio Garita
Department of Business Economics
Universidad Rafael Landivar
E-mail: mgaritag@correo.url.edu.gt


Jose Godinez
Girard School of Business
Merrimack College
E-mail: godinezj@merrimack.edu

Call for Papers: Special Issue of the International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management

Call for Papers (Special Issue of the International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management)

The dynamic complexities of culture(s) and organizations: Understanding diversity, race, gender and religion in context

Guest editors

• Jasmin Mahadevan, Pforzheim University, Germany, jasmin.mahadevan@hs-pforzheim.de
• Henriett Primecz, Corvinus University of Budapest, henriett.primecz@uni-corvinus.hu
• Laurence Romani, Stockholm School of Economics, Laurence.romani@hhs.se

Call for papers:

Migration and mobility are key features of a globalized world (Urry, 2000). Due to this development, management and organizations have become increasingly culturally diverse.
When speaking of culture in this call, we refer to any processes of collective identity through which individuals construct relative difference between social self and other (Lawler, 2008). Such cultural diversity is never context-free. Rather, it evolves within a specific national, geographic, social, economic and cultural environment. Neither micro-level human interactions, nor meso-organizational and macro-societal boundary conditions are devoid of power. Rather, they are shaped by historical and neo-colonial imbalances of power which result in historically excluded or marginalized groups (Prasad, Pringle and Konrad, 2006). These boundary conditions might restrain individual agency, yet, they might also facilitate resistance.
This call addresses the question of how complex organizational diversity and related cultural dynamics can be understood in context. We understand context as referring to relations of power, to the specific nature of interactions, and to the socio-structural boundary conditions and their historical roots. If these are not reflected upon, specific configurations of cultures in organizations might result in marginalization, othering, sophisticated stereotyping (Osland et al, 2000) and exclusion (Zanoni et al., 2010).
With regard to context, we are particularly interested in how diversity, race, gender and religion intersect on multiple cultural levels and shape individual life experiences in today’s organizational world (e.g. Mahadevan, 2012). Our aim is to deliver a richer understanding of marginalized individuals’ life experiences at work and to assess diversity, race, gender and religion in context. We wish to base recommendations for Cross-Cultural Management on this neglected viewpoint.
This might mean to “follow the people, follow the thing, follow the metaphor, follow the plot, story, or allegory, follow the life or biography, or follow the conflict” (Marcus, 1995: 91-92). We assume that interpretative and ethnographic methods bear a high potential for delivering new insights into the complexities of culture(s) and organizations with regard to our specific focus points (cultural diversity, race, gender and religion), however, this call is not limited to a specific method nor research paradigm (see Primecz et al., 2009). Empirical articles as well as methodological or theoretical considerations are welcome.

Topics may include but are not limited to:

• Power-laden organizational phenomena such as Othering, marginalization, resistance, stereotyping and the making of cultural difference
• New methodologies or theories for studying diversity, gender, race and religion in context
• Studies that contextualize diversity, race, gender and religion in terms of habitus, agency, body techniques, performativity, ‘doing’ or other cultural lenses
• Postcolonial, postfeminist or critical approaches to cultural diversity

Submission and informal enquiries:

Papers should be submitted through the International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management ScholarOne site at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijccm. Please ensure when you do submit that you select the relevant special issue to direct your submission appropriately. If you experience any problems please contact Jasmin Mahadevan at the e-mail address shown below.

The deadline for manuscript submission is September 15, 2014.

Style and other instructions on manuscript preparation can be found on the journal’s website:http://www.sagepub.com/journals/Journal201498/manuscriptSubmission.Manuscript length should not exceed 8000 words, including appendices and supporting materials. Please also be aware that any images used in your submission must be your own, or where they are not you must already have permission to reproduce them in an academic journal. You should make this explicit in the submitted manuscript.
Please direct informal enquiries to Jasmin Mahadevan (jasmin.mahadevan@hs-pforzheim.de). The special issue is scheduled for publication in 2015.

References

• Lawler, S. (2008), Identity: Sociological perspectives, Polity, Cambridge / Malden.
• Mahadevan, J. (2012), Are engineers religious? An interpretative approach to cross-cultural conflict and collective identities, International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management 12(1), 133–149.
• Marcus, G.E. (1995), Ethnography through Thick and Thin, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
• Osland, J., Bird, A., Delano, J. and Jacob, M. (2000), Beyond Sophisticated Stereotyping: Cultural Sensemaking in Context, Academy of Management Executive, 14(1), 65-79.
• Prasad, P.; Pringle, J.K., Konrad, A.M. (2006): Examining the contours of workplace diversity – concepts, contexts and challenges, in: Konrad, A.M.; Prasad, P.; Pringle, J.K. (eds.), Handbook of Workplace Diversity. London: Sage, 1-22.
• Primecz, H.; Romani, L. and Sackmann, S. (2009), Multiple perspectives in Cross-Cultural Management, International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, 9(3), 267-274.
• Urry, J. (2000), Sociology beyond societies: Mobilities for the twenty-first century, Routledge, London.
• Zanoni, P., Janssens, M. Benschop, Y. and Nkomo, S. (2010), Guest editorial: unpacking diversity, grasping inequality: rethinking difference through critical perspectives, Organization, 17(1), 9-29.

Call for conference papers: AIB-Lat 2015. Internationalization of Family and Entrepreneurial Businesses in Latin America

Internationalization of Family and Entrepreneurial Businesses in Latin America 

Santiago, Chile, January 22-24, 2015


Latin American countries, with few exceptions, have experienced the increasing landing of foreign MNCs in the last two decades, as a consequence of global strategies developed by firms, and a more liberalized and stable environment during these past twenty years. However, this economic and political landscape has also inspired and motivated the internationalization process of a growing number of MNCs from the region –the so-called multilatinas- with operations in several countries across the continent.

Who are behind these multilatinas? How have these companies emerged and developed? Although some research has been done in recent years on the topic of multilatinas, most of them are family or entrepreneurial businesses. In fact, experts estimate that more than 90% of Latin American firms are family-owned companies or entrepreneurial ventures, and most family firms initiated as a start-up of the family founder. Thus, the majority of companies listed in the stock markets in Latin America are family-controlled, and most regional conglomerates, known as grupos, are family-based.
To deal with these interesting issues, the Latin American Chapter of the Academy of International Business is pleased to announce that the conference "Internationalization of Family and Entrepreneurial Businesses in Latin America" will be held in Santiago at ESE Business School, Universidad de los Andes, on January 22-24, 2015. This AIB-LAT conference aims to promote the best and latest research findings and theoretical developments in the fields of Internationalization, Family Business and Entrepreneurship in Latin America, and especially the overlaps and intersections of these three fields.

We cordially invite you to share your experience in this field of research, by submitting empirical and conceptual papers explicitly or implicitly related to the theme of the conference.

Below is an illustrative list of topics that will be considered:

• Internationalization in LA and entry modes 
• Subsidiary management and performance 
• Knowledge management in the region 
• International entrepreneurship 
• International marketing 
• Cross-cultural management 
• Inward and outward FDI 
• Offshoring and outsourcing in the region 
• Corporate governance, international finance and international standards 
• Regional policies, IGOs, NGOs 
• Research methods in international business 
• Internationalization of family firms 
• Entrepreneurship and internationalization 

This will be the fifth conference of the AIB Latin America chapter, following meetings in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2010), Miami, USA (2012), Puebla, Mexico (2013), and Medellin, Colombia (2014). Each conference has built upon successes of the prior one, and we are aiming for the best yet in 2015. Details regarding a doctoral consortium, paper development workshop, keynote speakers, publishing opportunities, potential side-trips in and around Santiago and other conference details will be announced shortly.

Submission guidelines:

There will be a link to the AIB submission system from www.aib-lat.org at least one month before the submission deadline, so that you can submit your work. Please make sure that your submission meets the JIBS Style Guide format. All submissions will be subject to a double blind peer review process. Please direct questions to: lat2015@aib.msu.edu

Key dates

• Full paper submission: August 31, 2014
• Full paper acceptance: October 15, 2014

Organizers:

Jon Martínez, Conference Chair
William Newburry, Chapter Chair