�� European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) 2026 Call for Papers: Sub-theme 32: Human-Centered Future of Work in More-than-Human Society through Responsible Use of Exponential Technologies in Organizations
�� Deadline: Wednesday, January 7, 2026, 12:00 CET
��Location: Online (July 9-11, 2026)
This sub-theme on the future of work involves examining how macro-level trends such as digitalization and globalization affect the quality and quantity of jobs (Flemming, 2018) and how these shifts, in turn, influence individuals (Pereira et al., 2023), organizations, and society (Renkema & Tursunbayeva, 2024). It is inherently multilevel, encompassing dimensions at the individual level (e.g., job quality, workplace), the organizational level (e.g., managerial dilemmas), and the societal level (e.g., employment types, social protection). It also reframes three interconnected organizational dimensions: The What, including the tasks employees perform and the degree of autonomy they have in deciding their execution; The Where, including the physical or virtual location of work; The When, including the timing and the pace of work (Minbaeva, 2020).
We invite multidisciplinary submissions exploring pathways to the human-centered future of work through the responsible use of exponential technologies in organizations. Contributions may include conceptual and empirical studies, reviews, or case studies. We welcome interdisciplinary, multi-level, and culture-sensitive perspectives that address current challenges, set research agendas, and offer actionable recommendations for sustainable and inclusive work environments.
This Call for Papers aims to generate insights guiding organizations and societies toward equitable practices in the era of exponential technologies. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
Human-centered "Where" (space):
- The role of (ir)responsible exponential technologies in (re)defining workplace boundaries
- Designing inclusive and equitable work(places) for responsible human-machine collaboration
- Implications of spatial decentralization on organizational culture and employee well-being
- Strategies for managing distributed and virtual work
Human-centered "What" (work/tasks):
- Redefining tasks and roles between humans and machines
- Emerging skill requirements for jobs shaped by exponential technologies
- Augmentation of human capabilities with responsible exponential technologies
- Implications of (ir)responsible technologies for professions and their identities
- Ethical dilemmas in "outsourcing" decision-making and tasks to algorithms
Human-centered "When" (time):
- Exponential technologies and emerging forms of flexible and personalized work arrangements
- Responsible AI to anticipate and mitigate (future) work surveillance and monitoring, ensuring human-centered work(places)
- Temporal implications of (ir)responsible exponential technologies on work rhythms, productivity, and human-machine synchronization
- Forecasting (re)skilling needs in the evolving work(place)
Convenors:
Aizhan Tursunbayeva, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy
Luigi Moschera, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy
Vicenc Fernandez, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain