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  • 1.  SI - CfP - IJHRM - Conceptual and Empirical Discoveries in Successful HRM Implementation

    Posted 09-12-2016 03:00

    (Apologies for cross-posting)

     

    Dear colleagues,

     

     

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    Call for Papers

    Special Issue of The International Journal of Human Resource Management:

     

    Conceptual and Empirical Discoveries in Successful HRM Implementation

     

    Guest Editors

     

    Tanya Bondarouka, Jordi Trullenb, Mireia Valverdec

    a University of Twente, The Netherlands; b ESADE Business School, Spain; c Rovira and Virgili University, Spain

     

    Papers submission: December 1, 2016

     

     

    As the body of evidence has grown over the years showing a positive association between HRM and firm performance, interest has shifted towards understanding how this relationship takes place. Among various approaches, HR scholars have been paying increasing attention to the way in which HRM practices are implemented in organizations. It is argued that successful implementation is a necessary condition for a relationship between HRM and firm performance. The focus of this Special Issue is on implementation of HRM practices, seen as a non-linear process that starts with the design of a new HRM policy and/or practice, and evolves towards its engaged use by employees, managers and HRM professionals. Our purpose is to expand the research field in this area. First, we call for contributions that consider more and different actors in HRM implementation apart from HRM professionals and line managers. Second, we call for a broader conceptualization of HRM implementation success that goes beyond its effectiveness. Third, we welcome contributions that attempt to differentiate between successful implementation of HRM and the success of HRM in organizations.

    We are particularly interested in studies that offer new theoretical, methodological, and empirical insights, contributing in this way to our understanding of a multi-actor, multi-level, and evolving nature of HRM implementation.

    Sample subjects for further examination may include:

    ·        Conceptual clarity and measurement of HRM implementations: What theories are better suited to explain different aspects of HRM implementations and why? Can we generate mid-range theories of implementation? How may different paradigms on theory building (Gioia and Pitre, 1990) offer diverse perspectives on HRM implementation (e.g. Alvesson and Kärreman, 2007)? What research designs are better suited to study HRM implementations processes?

    ·        Stakeholder view of HR implementation: What is the role of top management, consultants, outsourcing vendors, trade unions and employees in HRM implementation? How is effective implementation perceived by different actors and what underlying frames do they use to form their judgments? What interactions among different actors affect HRM implementation success?

    ·        Context in HRM implementation: What are the effects of labor legislations, industrial relations systems, cultural differences, organizational structure and technology on the success of HRM implementations?

    ·        The role of time in HRM implementation: What are the mechanisms and processes that explain improved versus diminished use of HRM policies over time (e.g. Bartunek et al., 2007)?

    ·        HRM implementation and technology: What is the role of Information Technology in shaping HRM implementation processes?

     

    Do you have questions about this Special Issue?  Contact Guest Editors via e-mail:

    Tanya Bondarouk: t.bondarouk@utwente.nl

    Jordi Trullen: jordi.trullen@esade.edu

    Mireia Valverde: mireia.valverde@urv.cat

     

     



  • 2.  The Leadership Quarterly: New editorial team and new directions

    Posted 11-10-2016 02:54

    Hi:

    As the new editorial team at The Leadership Quarterly begins processing manuscripts, I am pleased to share with you three major changes we are making to the journal. First, we will be considering articles from a wider disciplinary focus. Second, we will be publishing a broader range of articles beyond the traditional theoretical-empirical articles. Read more about this here:� http://www.journals.elsevier.com/the-leadership-quarterly/news/john-antonakis-looks-forward-to-taking-the-reins-in-2017

    Details will follow in my first editorial that will appear early next year.

    Third, the composition of new editorial team will be more diverse and includes the following:

    Editor in Chief
    John Antonakis, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Director of Ph.D. Management Program. Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

    Yearly Review Editor
    David Day, Professor and inaugural Woodside Chair in Leadership and Management. University of Western Australia Business School, Australia (commencing in 2017, David will take up the positions of Professor of Psychology, Eggert Chair in Leadership, and Academic Director of the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College, USA).

    Refer to the call for the next yearly review issue: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/the-leadership-quarterly/call-for-papers/the-leadership-quarterly-yearly-review-lqyr-for-2018

    Senior Associate Editors
    Michael S. Cole, Associate Professor of Management. Texas Christian University, U.S.A.

    Olga Epitropaki, Professor of Management. Durham University Business School, U.K.

    Seth Spain, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior and Leadership, and Fellow in the Center for Leadership Studies at Binghamton. School of Management, Binghamton University, U.S.A.

    Mark van Vugt, Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, Work and Organizational Psychology. VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Research Associate at the Institute for Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology. University of Oxford, U.K.

    Dusya Vera, Associate Professor of Strategic Management. C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, U.S.A.
    Associate Editor
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    Associate Editors
    William (Bill) Gardner, Jerry S. Rawls Chair in Leadership and Director of the Institute for Leadership Research. Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University, U.S.A.

    Alex Haslam, Professor of Psychology and Australian Laureate Fellow. University of Queensland, Australia.
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    Michael Hogg, Professor and Chair of the Social Psychology Program. Claremont Graduate University, U.S.A; Honorary Professor at the University of Kent, U.K.
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    Ronit Kark, Associate Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology. Department of Psychology. Bar-Ilan University, Israel; Affiliated scholar. Center For Gender in Organizations (CGO) at Simmons College, U.S.A.
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    Kevin B. Lowe, Professor of Management. Faculty of Business and Economics and Director of the Graduate School of Management. The University of Auckland, N.Z.; Fellow in the Lancaster Centre for Leadership Studies

    Philip Podsakoff, Brian R. Gamache Professor. Warrington College of Business Administration. University of Florida, U.S.A.
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    Rolf van Dick, Professor of Social Psychology and Director of the Center of Leadership and Behavior in Organizations. Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany; Professor at the Work Research Institute (part-time), Oslo, Norway.
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    Roberto Weber, Professor of Economics and Head of the Chair of Behavioral Economics. University of Zurich, Switzerland.

    Junior Associate Editor and Method Advisor
    Nicolas Bastardoz, incoming Research Fellow. Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    We are reflecting this new disciplinary diversity in an expanded Editorial Board. In addition to the current board members, am delighted to announce the following new appointments: Prasad Balkundi, George Banks, Douglas Brown, Claudia C. Cogliser, Mary Crossan, Tamara Friedrich, Steffen Giessner, Donald C. Hambrick, Madeline Heilman, Martin Kilduff, Steve Kozlowski, Jon Maner, Jochen Menges, Charles O'Reilly III, Kim Peters, Michael Platow, Panu Poutvaara, Christopher R. von Rueden, Carl Senior, Rachel E. Sturm, Michelle Ryan, David Waldman, Melissa Williams,� and Christian Zehnder.

    We have a new platform too, EVISE, that promises a smoother submission process.

    Send us your best work on leadership!

    Sincerely,
    John Antonakis

    __________________________________________  John Antonakis Professor of Organizational Behavior Director, Ph.D. Program in Management  Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC) University of Lausanne Internef #618 CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny Switzerland Tel ++41 (0)21 692-3438 Fax ++41 (0)21 692-3305 http://www.hec.unil.ch/people/jantonakis  Editor in Chief:  The Leadership Quarterly __________________________________________