This is a reminder that the extended deadline for submission is approaching for papers to be included in the special issue of Management Decision. What aspects of leadership contribute to the effective decision-making processes in multi-sector initiatives?
What are organizational factors that result is making decisions to collaborate among organizations (for profits and/or or non-profits)?
How do processes for decision-making within organizations impact collaborative decision-making across sectors?
How does organizational culture influence multi-sector decision-making?
How does policy context (organizational or governmental) influence multi-sector decision-making?
What are key strategies for the design of effective multi-sector decision-making?
Potential Topics and Areas of Research: To fulfill the purpose of the special issue and answer the outlined questions, the topics of potential contributions may include, but are not limited to, the following subject areas:
Integrative leadership and collaborative decision-making.
Intra and interorganizational policy and structures for collective decision-making.
Participants in collective decision-making
Internal and external marketing & communication for collective decision-making.
Interorganizational conflict/conflict management in the decision-making process.
Collective impact/action
Collective strategic decision-making
Complexity theory and decision-making
Macro-systems theory
Submissions: Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished research or conceptual papers that provide frameworks for understanding multi-sector collaboration decision-making. Authors may use micro, macro or combination of organizational behavior perspectives. Research papers may employ a wide variety of methodologies and analyses including qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods approaches.
To be considered for publication in this special issue, manuscripts must be received by June 30, 2015.
Papers submitted will be subject to a minimum double-blind peer review process to ensure that this special issue maintains the excellent reputation and record of Management Decision.
Please read through the author guidelines on this site before submitting your paper. Submissions to Management Decision are made using ScholarOne's Manuscript Central http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/md Queries should be submitted directly to the Guest Editors, Daniel M. Miller, North Carolina A&T State University, USA email: danmmiller@aol.com). and KC Patrick Low (University of the South Pacific, Fiji). Contact Editor, Daniel Miller
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