Careers CAR

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 15, 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. 

Dr. Cherlyn Granrose

Professor of Business Administration

Campbell School of Business

Berry College

2277 Martha Berry Hwy.  NW

Mt. Berry, Ga  30149-5024

cgranrose@berry.edu

Telephone  (706) 290-2684

Fax  (706) 238-7926

Cellular  (706) 331-5442

Applications for the Bentley University PhD program are invited prior to the closing date, which is January 15th 2015. The PhD in Business has an overall theme of business, technology and society, and covers a range of fields– as noted below. Bentley is located on the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Bentley launched its PhD program in 2006 and has already graduated 27 students, in Business and in Accountancy, all of whom have been successfully placed, almost all of them in well regarded academic positions.

For the class that will enter in September, 2015 we are looking for high-quality students in any of the following areas of business:

Accountancy: with an emphasis on behavioral accounting, audit and governance.

Information Systems: with an emphasis on social aspects of IS strategy, design, implementation and use.

Management: with an emphasis on governance, strategy, innovation, entrepreneurship, and ethics and social responsibility.  .

Marketing: with an emphasis on social media and ethical issues.

Business Analytics: with an emphasis on the challenges and opportunities surrounding the explosion of "big data."

Students receive a scholarship that covers all tuition and a living expenses stipend of $26,000 per year.  This is guaranteed for 4 years (with a 5^th year depending on progress).  We also have two Geneen Doctoral Fellowships who will each receive a $35,000 annual stipend to pursue research dedicated to issues in corporate governance.  These fellowships are based on a gift from the Harold S. Geneen Charitable Trust. We have a special interest this year in recruiting Geneen fellows studying the intersection of compensation and corporate governance.  The program also has a fellowship from the Bentley Center for Women and Business which provides a stipend $35,000 per year for students researching relevant topics.

If you have any current or recent Master's graduates who are looking to start a PhD, we would be grateful if you could pass our information on to them. In addition, if you have questions, would like further information, or would like to recommend students for Bentley's PhD programs, please contact the program director – Michael Quinn - at (+1) 781–891–2938 or mquinn@bentley.edu. The closing date for applications is January 15, 2015. Please visit our website for more information http://www.bentley.edu/offices/phd

Apologies for cross-postings.

Susan

Susan M. Adams, Ph.D.

Senior Director, Center for Women and Business | Professor of Management

Associate Editor, Journal of Management Inquiry

Bentley University | 175 Forest Street | Waltham, MA 02452-4705

781-891-2527 | sadams@bentley.edu