We are sending the Call for Papers for the Human Resource Management included below in the hope that you can send your proposals via the journal's Manuscript Central. If you have finished manuscripts we would urge you not to wait until nearer the deadline before sending your proposals. Please send your papers as soon as possible as this helps the editors to plan their workload efficiently and thoroughly. Thanks.
Human Resource Management (Wiley) will be publishing a special issue entitled "Entrepreneurship and Human Resources in the Global Economy".
Thank you for your time.
Best wishes,
Domingo Ribeiro (domingo.ribeiro@uv.es) and Salvador Roig (salvador.roig@uv.es)
<st1:place><st1:city>University of Valencia</st1:city>, <st1:country-region>Spain</st1:country-region></st1:place>
www.domingoribeiro.com
www.uv.es/roigs
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Human Resource Management
Special Issue Call for Papers
Entrepreneurship and Human Resources in the Global Economy
In 2010, Volume 49, Issue 1 of Human Resource Management (HRM) will be devoted to the study of entrepreneurship and human resources in the global economy. Quite some time has passed since Schuler (1986) wrote one of the first papers that linked entrepreneurship and human resource management in organizations. Much has been written from the viewpoint of aspects linked to entrepreneurship in many top international journals, and some journals have even been created with the aim is of analyzing entrepreneurship from different perspectives: management, business or regional development. For its part, the study of human resources is an already highly consolidated field of research in the world of management and business, though few written contributions interrelating both concepts and fields have been published. In this special issue, it is our proposal to directly link both concepts in the international context in which we now find ourselves. The guest editors believe that this is an appropriate moment to analyze this link in the current new globalized context. In order to do this, new theories will be developed in this special issue on the relation between entrepreneurship and human resource management, along with relevant methodological advancements that consider entrepreneurial activity in terms of human resources and human resources with regard to entrepreneurship, empirical researches, practice-oriented papers, case studies, teaching-oriented papers, and book reviews if there is relevant material available.
Although the study of organizational structure and human resources is a traditional field of research, made apparent by the different journals that cover this area in their topic scope, and the field of entrepreneurship is a relatively modern one, they are connected by concepts such as the finality of social welfare through the incorporation of new products and innovations, though one is achieved through obtaining competitive advantages, in microeconomic terms, while the other creates wealth via macroeconomies. Many ingenious entrepreneurs generate remarkable new plans and ideas for business but fail to put them into practice as they are not capable of managing the work of others or of optimizing this work. What is required of employees in an organization in order to be entrepreneurial is quite different from their needs when they have a non-entrepreneurial posture. Basic strategies and policies of human resource management, communication, and resolving conflicts are necessary skills in order to manage successfully. This, in addition to the fact that the globalization of markets, technological changes and innovation means that the adaptation of human resources to particular situations in each sector or country is one of the necessary requirements that public and private institutions need to address. We are interested in articles that investigate the relation between entrepreneurship and human resource management from the individual, organizational and business perspective, as well as specific human resource management practices that organizations need to utilize to achieve entrepreneurship.
Authors are urged to pose research that makes significant contributions to the literature. Such research includes developing and testing core elements of existing theories; resolving conflicting predictions from multiple theories; or integrating different theories, propositions, contributions and findings using different samples or measures, and seek conclusions that break new ground and provide major and lasting impact. Submissions could report on single-country studies or multiple country comparisons. In particular, we encourage articles on:
§ Entrepreneurship and its relation to human resource management, and relations concerning human resources in entrepreneurial organizations.
§ Creative business ideas, human resources and entrepreneurship.
§ Importance of human resources in new venture creations.
§ Interfaces between technological innovation issues and human resource management.
§ Knowledge, learning, and skills for entrepreneurs and SMEs.
§ Human resources in the franchising sector.
§ Managerial competences (knowledge, skills and attitudes) in new businesses.
§ Human resource management in the family-owned businesses.
§ Social entrepreneurship.
§ Human relations in the entrepreneurial not-for-profit sector.
§ Implications of human resource management in the entrepreneurial public-sector.
§ Educational entrepreneurship of human resources.
§ Human resources in small businesses.
§ Psychological and cognitive aspects of entrepreneurs in the global economy around the world (even in transitory economies).
§ Leadership in entrepreneurial organizations.
§ Collective entrepreneurship.
§ Specific human resource management practices that organizations need to utilize to achieve entrepreneurship.
§ Interdisciplinary approaches to the study of entrepreneurship and human resource management.
The above list is not intended to be exhaustive. The co-editors of the special issue encourage authors to contribute other papers consistent with the theme outlined in this call for papers. Papers can be theory or research-focused empirical articles and case studies. A section of the paper must address the implications for general HR theory and the practice of HRM.
References
Schuler, R.S. (1986). Fostering and facilitating entrepreneurship in organizations: Implications for organization structure and human resource management practices. Human Resource Management, 25, 607-629.
Manuscript Submission and Review
Papers intended for the HR Science Forum will undergo a rigorous, double-blind review process to ensure relevance and quality. Papers suited for the HR Leadership Forum (more practitioner-focused case studies, etc.) will be single-blind reviewed by subject matter experts. Please see HRMs Publishing Cues for a complete description of each section. Submitted papers must also follow the HRM Style Guidelines, found at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jabout/32249/ForAuthors.html.
The deadline for submitting papers is <st1:date year="2008" day="30" month="9">September 30, 2008</st1:date>. Questions about content and ideas should be directed to the guest co-editors noted above. All logistical questions about submitting and review should be directed to Managing Editor Leslie Wilhelm at lwilhelm@umich.edu.
Manuscripts must be submitted electronically using the Journals web-based submission and review website called Manuscript Central: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hrm. Electronic submission through Manuscript Central is required. Manuscript Central is configured to be very intuitive; therefore, you should have little difficulty creating an account and submitting your manuscript. The online system will guide you through each step of the process.
When submitting through Manuscript Central, please submit the following documents:
1. Document 1: A blind copy of your manuscript. Delete all author identification from this primary document. This document may include your tables and figures, or you may include tables and figures in a separate document.
2. Document 2: Submit a separate document with information that would typically appear on the documents title page (author names, addresses, affiliations, contact information, etc.). This document may also include author biographies.
In addition:
§ Answer Yes to the question regarding special issue submission and clearly label your submission for the Special Issue on Entrepreneurship and HR in the Global Economy in the text box provided.
§ Include a paragraph in your cover letter specifically identifying how the paper fits within the special issue theme.
§ Direct logistical questions about submitting your manuscript through Manuscript Central to Managing Editor Leslie Wilhelm at lwilhelm@umich.edu or 734-763-0785.