Editors
- Maria-Teresa Lepeley, Global Institute for Quality Education. USA
- Katherina Kuschel, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Chil
e
- Nicholas Beutell, School of Business, Iona College. USA
- Nicky Pouw, University of Amsterdam. The Netherlands
- Emiel Eijdenberg, University of Hohenheim. Germany
Overview
In human centered management (Lepeley, 2017a) wellbeing is an important determinant of job satisfaction, productivity, and workforce sustainability (Ochoa, Lepeley, Essens, 2018) in the global VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) environment. Yet wellbeing is an emerging and evolving concept in management that is often confused with a transient state of happiness. Further study is necessary to assess the impact of wellbeing on performance, organizational success and business sustainability. At
the
personal level, wellbeing is defined as the sustained state of feeling well, healthy, and prosperous. At organizational level, it refers to a culture of wellbeing leading to higher work engagement and increased productivity. At the macro level, wellbeing refers to improving quality of life across all sectors of the economy and society. Ultimately wellbeing is a multidisciplinary construct that integrates psychology (Diener, 1984, 1999, 2000, 2009; Goble, 1970; Gilbert, 2005; Harper, 2003) economics (Becker, 1990) and management (Lepeley, 2017).
In the last decades traditional indicators of progress, like GDP and income, have been increasingly scrutinized because they fail to measure other aspects aside from income that people consider important in their lives, such as positive emotions, quality of relationships, continuous learning, creativity, health, and resilience (Helliwell et al, 2017, Lepeley, 2017b, Layard, 2005). These are valid concerns to deal with constant change and disruption that transcend problem identification and require a solution.
Although wellbeing in the workforce has been a subject of study (Ochoa, Lepeley, Essens, 2018) this book is focused on the wellbeing of women who work in entrepreneurship. This subject has not been examined in depth despite the fact that women comprise over ½ of the world population. In the 21st century and worldwide women's work is having increasing effect on the wellbeing of their households (children, partners, families) as economies and societies are supporting more than never before the participation of women in the workplace.
We are inviting chapter contributors from around the world to foster the Wellbeing of Women in Entrepreneurship: A Global Perspective. We are seeking chapter proposals comprising original studies that examine the forces that enhance the wellbeing of women in entrepreneurship. Our purpose is to expand the limited theory on wellbeing that exists today.
We encourage submissions from women and men addressing wellbeing principles that apply to women entrepreneurs but have high potential to benefit women and men. The basic assumption is that partnership, alliances, and collaboration between men and women are essential to optimize the potential of this important entrepreneurial activity as a solid contributor to economic growth and sustainable development.
Special interest is placed on new research areas examining cross-disciplinary and cross-national similarities and differences contributing to improved wellbeing among women in entrepreneurship. Considering that wellbeing impacts productivity as much as household responsibilities (family, partners, children, parents, etc.) and the quality of life of women entrepreneurs as a basic productive unit in economies and a fundamental pillar of society.
The editors encourage the use of multidisciplinary approaches and mixed methods that allow advancing innovative solutions for complex problems aimed to meet global challenges that affect women in entrepreneurship.
We welcome innovative conceptual, theoretical, and empirical papers addressing wellbeing among women in entrepreneurship as a vital developmental issue, including, but not limited to:
- Identification of benefits that enhanced wellbeing, rather than dwelling on problems and challenges women entrepreneurs face.
- Identification of factors (psychological, economic, managerial, financial, cultural, social) associated with wellbeing at a personal level.
- Institutional and national approaches (local programs, national policies, ecosystems, incubators, and accelerators) successful in advancing wellbeing of women entrepreneurs.
- Women entrepreneur involvement in emerging fields including
:
Acadpreneurs, Seniorpreneurs, Copreneurs (Kuschel & Lepeley, 2016), Techpreneurs (Kuschel et al., 2017; Kuschel & Labra, 2017; Kuschel, Labra, & Diaz, 2018);
New assessment methods of financial and non-monetary benefits associated with the wellbeing of women entrepreneurs;
Women entrepreneurs in the new breadwinner role and changing household partnerships;
Wellbeing assessment of women involved in necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship.
The objective of this book is the formulation of a constructive global development initiative aimed to the continuous improvement (Deming 1982, 1994; Becker, 1994) of the quality of life and the wellbeing of women entrepreneurs central to economic growth and inclusive societies where entrepreneurship is a thriving force of sustainable development.
Important Dates:
Short chapter abstract (200 – 1000 words)
July 1st, 2018
Acceptance notification
July 15th, 2018
Chapter submission (Max. 5000 words)
September 1st, 2018
Estimated book publication January 2019
Send submissions to:
mtlepeley@globalqualityeducation.org and kkuschel@utem.cl
Initial inquiries can be directed to any of the Editors.
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