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Please find details below of a new Human Relations Special Issue call for papers (full Call for Papers attached):

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Special issue call for papers

Inserting professionals and professional organizations in studies of wrongdoing: The nature, antecedents, and consequences of professional misconduct

Guest Editors:

Claudia Gabbioneta (University of Newcastle, UK)

James Faulconbridge (Lancaster University Management School, UK)

Graeme Currie (Warwick Business School, UK)

Ronit Dinovitzer (University of Toronto, Canada)

Daniel Muzio (University of Newcastle, UK)

Read the full Call for Papers here: http://www.tavinstitute.org/humanrelations/special_issues/Professional%20misconduct.html

Submission deadline: 30 April 2017 (submissions will not be considered before 1 April 2017)

Fuelled by recent and historical scandals, there has been long standing and growing interest in corruption and wrongdoing (Palmer et al., 2016). Whilst it is well established that corruption is a collective rather than an individual endeavour, requiring the complicity if not contribution from a multiplicity of actors, relatively little attention has been paid to the role played by different actors in these broader ecologies of wrongdoing (Muzio et al., 2016). Some particularly important and under-researched actors are the professions and their organizations. Indeed, to paraphrase Mitchell and Sikka (2011: 8), scratch the surface of any major case of wrongdoing and you will find the invisible hands of several professional occupations and organizations. This special issue intends to fill this void by inserting professionals and professional organizations in studies of wrongdoing.

Our general interest in professional misconduct can be articulated around three main research themes:

(1) The nature of professional misconduct, (2) Explanations for professional misconduct, and (3) Consequences of professional misconduct. These themes are only indicative and we are open to a range of contributions which extend our knowledge of professional misconduct and its nature, antecedents and consequences. Papers may take varying methodologies and approaches: conceptual, theory building, meta-analytical, and empirical. Recognizing the multi-disciplinary character of this area, submissions may draw on a wider range of disciplines such as accountancy, business ethics, economics, healthcare, management, psychology, sociology and socio-legal studies. Indeed one of the aims of the special issue is to foster and consolidate debates across multiple disciplines relevant to the study of professional misconduct. Given the extremely fluid state of the field, we are also keen to consider speculative and thinking pieces. 

Contributors should note that to be considered for this special issue:

·         Submissions must fit with the Aims and Scope of Human Relations: http://www.tavinstitute.org/humanrelations/about_journal/aims.html

·         Submissions must meet the special issue full Call for Papers: http://www.tavinstitute.org/humanrelations/special_issues/Professional%20misconduct.html

• Papers should be prepared and submitted in accordance with our submission guidelines: http://www.tavinstitute.org/humanrelations/submit_paper/how_to_submit.html

The guest editors of this special issue would be happy to be contacted directly with queries relating to potential submissions:

Claudia Gabbioneta                   claudia.gabbioneta@ncl.ac.uk

James Faulconbridge                j.faulconbridge@lancaster.ac.uk

Graeme Currie               Graeme.Currie@wbs.ac.uk

Ronit Dinovitzer                         ronit.dinovitzer@utoronto.ca

Daniel Muzio                             daniel.muzio@ncl.ac.uk

References

Mitchell A and Sikka P (2011) The Pin-Stripe Mafia: How Accountancy Firms Destroy Societies. Association for Accountancy & Business Affairs.

Muzio D, Faulconbridge J, Gabbioneta C and Greenwood R (2016) Bad Apples, Bad Barrels and Bad Cellars: A 'Boundaries' Perspective on Professional Misconduct. In: Palmer D, Greenwood R, Smith-Crowe K (eds) Organizational Wrongdoing. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 141–175.

Palmer D, Greenwood R and Smith-Crowe K (eds) (2016) Organizational Wrongdoing. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

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WHY PUBLISH IN HUMAN RELATIONS?

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Human Relations is an A* journal – the highest category of quality – in the Australian Business Deans Council (ABCD) Journal Quality List 2013. It is also ranked 4 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) Academic Journal Guide 2015. Human Relations is a top 5 interdisciplinary social sciences journal:

2-year impact factor: 2.398 - Ranked: 35/185 in Management and 5/95 in Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

5-year impact factor: 3.187 - Ranked: 37/185 in Management and 3/95 in Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Source: 2014 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2015)

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CURRENT SPECIAL ISSUE CALLS FOR PAPERS

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http://www.tavinstitute.org/humanrelations/special_issues/Managerial%20work.html

Inserting professionals and professional organizations in studies of wrongdoing:

The nature, antecedents, and consequences of professional misconduct – submit by 30 April 2017

http://www.tavinstitute.org/humanrelations/special_issues/Professional%20misconduct.html

Human Relations welcomes critical reviews and essays:

- Critical reviews advance a field through new theory, new methods, a novel synthesis of extant evidence, or a combination of two or three of these elements. Reviews that identify new research questions and that make links between management and organizations and the wider social sciences are particularly welcome. Surveys or overviews of a field are unlikely to meet these criteria.

- Critical essays address contemporary scholarly issues and debates within the journal's scope. They are more controversial than conventional papers or reviews, and can be shorter. They argue a point of view, but must meet standards of academic rigour. Anyone with an idea for a critical essay is particularly encouraged to discuss it at an early stage with the Editor-in-Chief.

Best wishes,

Claire Castle

Managing Editor, Human Relations 

Email: c.castle@tavinstitute.org