The German Journal of Human Resource Management (Zeitschrift für Personalforschung) is seeking for proposals for a Special Issue. We invite submissions that are conceptual, empirical (qualitative or quantitative, or mixed) or methodological in nature. The focus of the papers may include but is not limited to:
- Practices of HRM in family firms
- HRM and family firm growth, development and change
- HR managers and practitioners in family firms
- Theory of HRM in family firms
We welcome submissions that take the unique characteristics of family firms into account and that move beyond the idea of one-size-fits-all ‘best practices’ by addressing how family firms develop HR practices, take advantage of them, and bundle their practices into HR systems. By exploring these areas we hope to sharpen the theoretical underpinnings of the debate on HRM in family firms. Moreover, we seek to contribute to an understanding of if/how family firms use HR practices to proactively address environmental dynamics, demographic change or innovation.
Deadline for the submission of extended abstracts: 31.10.2017