CALL FOR PAPERS -"Careers in China"
A Special Issue of Career Development International
Submission Deadline: July 31, 2007
To contribute to the growing consideration of career phenomena in
different cultures, Career Development International will publish a
Special Issue, “Careers in China”, in Vol.13, Issue 2, April, 2008. The
Special Issue co-editors will be Irene Hau Siu Chow (Chinese University of
Hong Kong)
irene@baf.msmail.cuhk.edu.hk and Cherry Granrose, (Berry
College)
cgranrose@berry.edu .
The economic changes in China have created rapid changes in career
opportunities and career practices. Increase in trade and international
firms doing business in China add career complexity to a population
rapidly shifting from agriculture to a multitude of other occupations.
Submissions are invited that would introduce alternative career models and
career practices from China that speak to careers in all areas of Chinese
society. Priority will be given to those papers that will link new
concepts of career to various individual, cultural, counseling, and
management outcomes. Welcome topics about careers inside and outside of
all types of Chinese firms include:
• Individual Chinese careers- psychological and developmental
perspectives
• Career interventions
• Government policy and practices affecting Chinese careers
• MNC, JV and expatriate career issues in China
• Organizational strategies and systems including HR planning and
recruitment
• Chinese entrepreneurial careers
Academic papers should be 5-7,000 words, based on original research and/or
scholarship including quantitative studies as well as exploratory
qualitative case studies. If you would like a paper to be considered for
this special issue, please:
1. Submit an expression of interest to the guest editors by January
31, 2007. This may be a short note in which you tell us the general topic
and type of paper that you are intending to submit.
2. Submit the full paper by email attachment of a word document to
Irene Hau Siu Chow,
irene@baf.msmail.cuhk.edu.hk before July 31, 2007
The submitted papers will be blind reviewed based on merit, the added
value they bring to theory and practice, and the relevance, quality and
originality of the scholarship. Submissions should be original
contributions and should not be under consideration for any other
publication. Contributors should see the following website for author
guidelines:
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/cdi/notes.jsp .
Please contact one of the special issue co-editors if you have further
questions.