Call for Papers – Journal of International Business Studies (ABS 4*; FT50; UTD24) Special Issue on "Microfoundations of International Business: Integrating Insights from HRM and Organizational Behavior"
Researchers in International Business, HRM, OB, psychology, strategy, and related fields-this special issue is worth your attention. The guest editors are calling for work that bridges micro-level behaviors, cognition, emotion, and decision-making with macro-level international business outcomes. It's overdue and a prime opportunity to help reset the conversation in the field.
The Special Issue welcomes conceptual, empirical (both quantitative and qualitative), multilevel, and mixed-method papers (excluding review papers), as well as interdisciplinary contributions.
Full details are in the official call (attached).
Guest Editors: Jeoung Yul Lee, Riikka M. Sarala, Nadia Zahoor, Samuel Adomako & Fang Lee Cooke
Submission Window: November 16–30, 2026, via the JIBS submission system.
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Jeoung Yul Lee, PhD
Professor of International Business, EMLYON Business School, France
Associate Editor, Human Resource Management Journal
Consulting Editor, Journal of International Business Studies
Lead Guest Editor, Journal of International Business Studies Special Issue on Microfoundations of IB: Integrating Insights from HRM and OB
Associate Editor, The International Journal of Human Resource Management
Associate Editor, Journal of Business Research
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[Jeoung Yul] [LEE] [EMLYON Business School] [Lyon] [France]
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