CALL FOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR PROPOSALS/NOMINATIONS FOR THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL
Emerald Publishing Group is the world's largest publisher of English-language scholarly journals in business and management, and publishes the career journal, Career Development International.
* About Career Development International (http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/cdi/cdi.jsp)
Careers and Development are inter-related fields of study with connections to many academic disciplines, organizational practices and policy developments in the emerging knowledge economies and learning societies of the world. Career Development International provides a platform for research in these areas that deals with questions of theories and theory development, as well as with organizational career strategy, policy and practice. The Journal is international in outlook and has a broad editorial scope which addresses issues of theory and practice from individual, organizational and societal perspectives.
At present, Career Development International is a well-regarded and a widely-cited scholarly publication. The Journal has good links with academic communities worldwide and sponsors the annual Best Symposium prize in the Careers Division of the Academy of Management.
* The role of the Associate Editor
The Editors, Jim Jawahar and Hetty van Emmerik, are seeking engaged and enthusiastic career scholars to manage editorial processes for the Career Development International and to guide its continuing development as a scholarly journal. With the other (Associate) Editors, the newly appointed Associate Editor will be responsible for:
- Managing the Journal's peer review process and helping the Editors deliver appropriate content for seven journal issues per volume
- Upholding and developing editorial standards of the Journal, through the good management of the peer review process or other content generation initiatives
- Engaging the Editorial Advisory Board in the work of the Journal and working with the Editors to determine the composition of this group
- Developing and maintaining a network of contacts to act as advocates for the Journal or sources of copy as appropriate
* Next steps
If interested in this excellent opportunity to serve your profession, please email your CV and two examples of recent reviews of an article or conference paper to Hetty van Emmerik (H.vanEmmerik@uu.nl) and Jim Jawahar (jimoham@ilstu.edu). Do not hesitate to email us with questions or requests for additional information.