Current Issues in International HRM:
Alternative Forms of Assignments, Careers and Talent Management in a Global Context
to be published in:
Zeitschrift für Personalforschung
(German Journal of Research in Human Resource Management)
Due Date for Abstracts: July 15th, 2012
Due Date for Paper Submissions: December 31th, 2012
Special Issue Editors:
Marion Festing, ESCP Europe, Berlin Germany (Coordinating Editor)
Pawan S. Budhwar, Aston University, UK
Wayne Cascio, University of Colorado Denver, U.S.A.
Peter J. Dowling, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Hugh Scullion, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
The German Journal of
Research in Human Resource Management is the highest ranked German journal
covering research on all issues related to Human Resource Management (HRM)
and is listed by the SSCI. The Special Issues published in English receive
considerable attention both in Germany and across Europe.
This Special Issue is
dedicated to current issues in international HRM: Global assignments, global
careers and global talent management. These topics have gained tremendous
importance due to the increasing globalization of the world economy and the
war for internationally qualified talent. This not only applies to
multinational enterprises, but also to small- and medium-sized enterprises,
as senior managers are challenged to attract and retain global talent.
We seek to publish research
articles that deepen our understanding of phenomena related to global
assignments, global careers and global talent management from both
individual and from organizational perspectives. Individual perspectives
include challenges of various types of assignments and their management.
Papers on global careers might address, for example, the success of
international assignments, female careers in international management, or
cross-cultural learning processes of expatriates. The organizational
perspective comprises various functional areas in IHRM, including the most
important practice, global talent management. However, topics such as
expatriate management and global performance management are also related to
global assignments, global careers, and talent management.
The objective of this
Special Issue is to draw together scholars who are working at the forefront
of this research domain. This includes strong theoretical, conceptual and/or
empirical papers using quantitative or qualitative approaches in order to
advance our knowledge of international HRM – especially with regard to
global assignments, global careers, and global talent management.
As an illustrative (but not exhaustive) list of themes/topics we hope to see
addressed in this special issue are:
• Various types of
assignments (traditional, self-initiated assignments, etc.)
• Expatriation and repatriation for various types of assignments
• International careers
• Female careers in international management
• Global performance management
• Global talent management
• Cross-cultural training methods
• Cross-cultural learning
• Human resource development strategies
• A comparative approach to human resource development
• Any additional theoretical, empirical, review or model-building
contributions in human resource development (broadly defined).
Submissions
In order to be considered for publication in this Special Issue, an abstract
of two pages should be sent to the editors by July 15th, 2012. The
submission process is competitive, and the Editors will review the abstracts
and contact authors with an invitation to submit full manuscripts.
Abstracts and full papers should be written in English.
The deadline for the full papers is December 31th, 2012. The papers will
undergo a double-blind review process. Submitted papers must represent
original work that is unpublished and not currently submitted or under
review for possible publication in other journals. Formal guidelines for
final submission are available from:
www.zfp-personalforschung.de.
Publication is scheduled in late 2013.
Please send abstracts by email to
mfesting@escpeurope.eu or by post to:
Prof. Dr. Marion Festing
Professor of Human Resource Management & Intercultural Leadership
ESCP Europe
Heubnerweg 8-10
14059 Berlin, Germany
Phone: +49 30 32007153
Fax: +49 30 32007189