Authors are encouraged to submit research papers that are addressing the literature on projects and networks. The goal of the special issue is to assemble papers that focus on projects either from a network perspective or as a form of network governance to significantly advance our knowledge in these areas. To this end, all papers should be based on theoretically informed and empirically rigorous research using qualitative or quantitative designs and methods.

Questions that might be addressed in the papers include:

• If we conceptualize the project as a network of role-holding actors, what are the features of these networks and how are they managed?
• Self-organizing interpersonal networks: how do they arise in and across projects?
• What are suitable methodologies for gathering network data in large and/or complex project environments?
• […]

Deadline for full paper submissions: 31.10.2016

Editors (Special Issue): Robert DeFillippi, Stephan Pryke, John Steen and Jörg Sydow

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Authors are encouraged to submit research papers that are addressing the literature on post-growth organizations (PGOs). The specific aim of this special issue is to substantiate the debate on post-growth, steady-state and de-growth from an organizational perspective. We do not restrict our focus on PGOs to the economic domain, but also take social and ecologic concerns, such as social entrepreneurs, into account. We call for contributions discussing different perspectives on PGOs, investigating their characteristics and limits. Furthermore, we embrace contributions investigating the range and coverage of PGOs as an organizational possibility in a future, post-growth society.

Possible research questions:

• What characterizes the organization and the management of PGOs?
• What are the limits and prospects of PGOs in the transformation of capitalism?
• Is it possible to turn traditional organizations into PGOs?
• […]

Deadline for abstract submissions: 30.09.2016

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Authors are encouraged to submit research manuscripts that are likely to make a significant contribution to the literature on demands in the modern workplace. The focus of the Special Issue is empirical – qualitative or quantitative – evidence, and we welcome contributions from business administration, industrial and organizational psychology, work sociology, and occupational medicine as well as other disciplines dealing with the topic of the Special Issue.

Possible research questions:

• Which individual and organizational consequences result from the various
  developments that characterize the modern working world? And how might
  organizations manage the different technological and economic changes in
  order to reduce negative consequences for employees?
• Under what circumstances do particularly problematic work demands arise?
  What are the differences between various forms of employment and their
  influences on work demands?
• How can organizations manage the various demands in the workplace and
  which approaches are the most promising ones? What possible help can
  leadership or co-worker support provide to face increasing work demands?

Deadline for full paper submissions: 31.01.2017

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The German Journal of Human Resource Management (GHRM) is the highest ranked German journal covering research on all issues related to human resource management and is listed by the SSCI. The special issues published in English receive considerable attention both in Germany and abroad. We would like to invite researchers to submit both theoretical and empirical contributions that address the topic ‚New Perspectives on the Empowerment of Workers‘.

Possible research questions:

• Why do firms delegate decision rights to workers and let them participate in firm decisions?
• What distinguishes empowered workers from other less authorized and involved employees?
• Do workers benefit from being empowered (e.g., concerning job satisfaction, wage, work-life balance etc.)?
• Does worker empowerment boost worker and/or firm performance?

Deadline for full paper submissions: 15.09.2016

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