Call for Papers – Special Issue of Journal of Management
Invisible Inequalities:
Exploring Hidden Differences Among Individuals in the Workplace
Evidence suggests that, despite declining rates of poverty, socioeconomic inequalities are rising. In recent years, organizational scholarship on social inequality has grown considerably. Scholars working in this field have developed important insights that are focused largely on "visible inequalities," meaning inequalities driven by apparent and noticeable attributes of individuals and groups. Much scholarship and practice has focused on understanding these inequalities (and alleviating them through diversity and inclusion interventions and practices. Further inequalities can also arise from invisible attributes. Some suggest that "invisible inequalities" are driven by "a system that maintains advantage and disadvantage based on social group memberships." Examples include caste, class, culture, geographic origin, economic status, religion, sexual preference or orientation, neurological conditions, or other attributes that could affect social group memberships. Examining invisible inequalities is important because their functioning in organizations can be difficult to discern and address. This special issue seeks to engage with scholars across a range of communities with a shared interest in advancing organizational research on inequality, including human resource management, organizational behavior, organizational theory, diversity and inclusion, entrepreneurship, strategic management, business ethics, operations and supply chain management, and international business. We encourage submission of insightful and novel conceptual and empirical work (using a variety of methods – qualitative, quantitative, or mixed) that can help shape the way we understand invisible inequalities in organizations. Submissions should make a significant contribution to advancing scholarly understanding about invisible inequalities in organizations.Special Issue Editors Hari Bapuji, University of Melbourne Gokhan Ertug, Singapore Management University* Jason D. Shaw, Nanyang Technological University Vivek Soundararajan, University of Bath *Corresponding Editor Timeline August 1, 2020: Call for Papers Announced August 1, 2021: Deadline for submission of papers December 1, 2021: First round of editorial decisions (with reviews) April 1, 2022: Resubmission deadline July 1, 2022: Second round of editorial decisionsOctober 1, 2022: Final resubmission December 31, 2022: Final decision
Papers should be submitted to the Journal of Management online
(please be sure to select "Special Issue" as the submission type)
All papers must be received by midnight EST on August 1, 2021.
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Stephany Below
Southern Management Association
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