Call for Papers
Special Issue of the European Journal of International Management (EJIM)
Changes in Society, Changes in Organizations, and the Changing Role of HRM:
Managing International Human Resources in a Complex World
Guest Editors
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This special issue of the European Journal of International Management is growing out of a conference held June 12-15, 2007, in <st1:city w:st="on">Tallinn</st1:city> <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Estonia</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The conference theme, which is repeated below, is of increasing interest to academics and practitioners in International Human Resource Management, as well as among those professionals involved in complex organizational change.
The modern world is increasingly facing radical and rapid change in the nature of the international social fabric. As broad social changes occur at an ever-increasing pace, organizations must adapt within this context, and workers must change within their own organizations. All of these have major implications for the way we manage the human resources of firms, especially in the international arena, where such complexities become especially pronounced.
In 2007, the 9th IHRM conference was hosted by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Estonian</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> and
The Cranfield Network on Comparative Human Resource Management (Cranet). Selected papers from this conference are being reviewed for inclusion in this special issue, but papers not presented at the conference may also be submitted for review.
Papers appropriate to this special issue should deal with the impact of IHRM on changing organizations and we especially welcome papers dealing with the nature of change as we enter the 21st century. Papers that deal with complex change across levels of analysis are also especially welcome, as are dynamic models of the IHRM function. An international focus should be made within the paper.
Please submit original works for double-blind review to the editors by September 1, 2007. We anticipate publication of selected papers during the summer of 2008. Papers are not restricted as to length, but unless there are unusual circumstances most paper will be of relatively standard journal article length.
Send papers as Word documents to both editors at their respective e-mail addresses (pbenson@nmsu.edu and Ruth.Alas@ebs.ee). All submissions must be original work, and not previously published elsewhere or under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page.
- Deadline for full paper submissions: 1 September, 2007
- Double blind review of paper and feedback from review given to the author(s): 1 November, 2007
- Deadline for final submission of corrected papers: 1 January, 2008
- No Changes can be made to the papers after: 1 February, 2008