Careers CAR

Dear Colleague

Though the submission deadline for IJHRM is not till November 2015,

the deadline for the related Ashridge conference

[ www.ashridge.org.uk/airc4 ] is April 10^th 2015.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Carla Millar

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

       Call for Papers for a Special Issue

Leadership in global knowledge intensive firms

Deadline for the submission of full papers:  15^th November 2015

Guest editors:

Carla Millar, Ashridge Fellow and Professor of International Management, Univ of Twente, NL

Stephen Chen, Professor of International Business, University of Newcastle, Australia

Lee Waller, Director, Ashridge Centre for Research in Executive Development, UK

Knowledge intensive organisations (KIOs) include: universities, management consulting, the Civil Service / public administration, information and communication services, human resource management and employment services, legal services, accountancy, financial services (including banking and insurance services), architecture, hospitals and medical services, marketing and advertising services, creative businesses, and cultural organisations. The global nature of much knowledge, of knowledge services and of knowledge networks and the ambitions of knowledge intensive firms to expand globally add to the leadership challenge, bringing into focus both cultural differences and other international business issues such as the protection of intellectual property rights and increased competition for  the best talent. Growth of KIOs depends crucially on management's ability to give leadership to their major assets, people, in a way that supports knowledge-intensive teamwork. The leadership and management challenges are also mirrored in Civil Service bodies, creative industries and R&D organisations, and success depends on leading and managing them so that their knowledge – both explicit and tacit (Polanyi, 1966) - is fully exploited for the benefit of the organisation.

The topic of this Special Issue is overdue for more attention; much has been published about "knowledge management" but this rarely addresses issues of leadership or management of people in KIOs; to date research on leadership and management of such organisations has not kept pace with research on management of manufacturing organisations.

Many historic KIOs (e.g. law, accountancy, consultancy) are characterised by partnerships without external ownership, informal management, up-or-out promotion, and an emphasis on professionalization, which tends to manage quality by the use of control mechanisms not necessarily suitable to the demands of the knowledge intensive operating environment. As professions many also thrive on a monopoly on the use of the knowledge for their profession, autonomous (self-) regulation, rules and practices that exclude non-professionals and mitigate competition amongst professionals; this can lead to a club-like environment with distinctive behaviour and even its own code of ethics. Attempts to apply leadership and management skills from elsewhere to such an environment regularly end in failure (Von Nordenflycht, 2010).

The aim of this Special Issue is to explore bringing together three strands of research: international HRM, leadership, and the knowledge intensive firm/organisation, in order to better understand how to manage the challenges in KIOs, ideally in global KIOs. We welcome conceptual and empirical analyses, including illustrative examples of both successes and failures. Issues that might be explored include but are not limited to: 

Leading and leadership in a global KIO context

·         Integrity in global knowledge intensive organisations

·         Gender and diversity management in KIOs

·         Exploiting the knowledge generated in a  team

·         The impact of the asymmetric provider – buyer relationship in knowledge transfer

·         The interaction of (information) technology, knowledge management and leadership

HRM in KIOs

·         The role of HR in KIOs in the context of globalisation and technology developments

·         (Global) HR models for e.g. creative industries, financial services, professional knowledge firms, public services

·         HR interventions for managing knowledge corruption, obsolescence and degradation

·         Managing intergenerational differences in knowledge including tacit knowledge

·         Managing intercultural differences in KIOs, including tacit knowledge transfer

·         Global talent management in KIOs

·         Recruiting, rewarding and inspiring knowledge and creative staff in (global) KIOs

·         Career management in (global) KIOs including training and mentoring

·         Succession planning and management in KIOs

• Ensuring capacity and motivation for organisational learning in KIOs
• Giving perennial inspiration and recognition to professional  / creative staff not seeking or not eligible for promotion
• Education for KI functions, and challenges for management development in KIOs

'Herding Cats': organizing people, in (global) KIOs

·         The organisational form of the KIO and the effects on leadership/management.

·         The master craftsman - apprentice relationship as an analogy for relationships in KIOs

·         Supervising and intelligent monitoring functions in KIOs

·         Challenges for ensuring continuing development and updating of established professionals, knowledge and creative workers in KIOs

·         Planning and implementation roles in KIOs

·         Career management in global KIOs

Ashridge International Research Conference AIRC4

Authors who would wish to present and discuss their research prior to the submission deadline for IJHRM are invited to submit their paper to AIRC4, the 4^th Ashridge International Research conference, to be held at Ashridge Business School 2pm June 12^th – 2pm June 14^th 2015, on the related topic of Leadership, Management, Innovation in Professional & Knowledge Intensive Organisations:  People and process challenges in the global knowledge economy; submission deadline April 10^th, 2015, see www.ashridge.org.uk/airc4. Acceptance of papers for the conference does in no way prejudice acceptance of submissions to the IJHRM Special Issue;

·    All papers for the Special Issue have to be submitted separately by November 15^th 2015,

·    Submitting for the IJHRM SI is open to anyone and not dependent on AIRC4 participation.

Deadlines and review process

We welcome both empirical and conceptual papers on topics related to the theme of the special issue. We are looking for a sound theoretical or practical motivation, building on a solid body of literature, setting the agenda for future research, as well as proven examples of 'what works'.  

For any queries contact either of the editors: Carla Millar (c.millar@utwente.nl), Stephen Chen (stephen.chen@newcastle.edu.au), Lee Waller (Lee.Waller@ashridge.org.uk).

  All proposals will be double blind reviewed by the guest editors and a panel of qualified reviewers and judged on quality as well as their ability to enhance IJHRM's reputation.

Deadline for the submission of full papers:  15^th November 2015

Submission

·         Papers are submitted with the understanding

o    that they are original, unpublished works, max 7000 words 

o    that they are not being submitted elsewhere

·         For author guidelines please see http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rijh20/current

·         Please submit to  aircsi@ashridge.org.uk with IJHRM in the email heading.

·         Submissions should be made as email attachment (Word), NOT to ScholarOne.

References

Polanyi, Michael. 1966. The Tacit Dimension. University of Chicago Press.                                          

Von Nordenflycht, Andrew. 2010 What is a professional service firm? Toward a theory and taxonomy of knowledge-intensive firms.  Academy of Management Review 35(1): 155-174.

Carla Millar

Prof. Carla C.J.M. Millar PhD

Chair AIRC4 on Knowledge Intensive Institutions

See www.ashridge.org.uk/airc4

AIRC4 Chairs et al. will Guest Edit  Special Issues of:

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

Focus:  leadership, international  HRM and organisational challenges in KIS

The Journal of Knowledge Management

Focus:  leading and managing KIS through formal knowledge strategies

The Journal of Academic Ethics

Focus: values, processes, functions and governance in KIS

The Journal of Public Affairs

Focus:  Value creation and innovation in KIS

And have a partnership agreement with the Creativity and Innovation Management journal

to recommend  relevant  AIRC4 papers for fast track publication in CIM.

Fellow, Ashridge Business School, Berkhamsted, Herts HP4 1NS, UK, 0044 1442 84 1175, 0044 20 7402 4700,

    carla.millar@ashridge.org.uk

Professor, International Marketing & Management, University of Twente, School of Management & Governance.

   PO Box 217, 7500 AE  Enschede, The Netherlands, 0031 53 489 5355, 0031 33 462 7343; c.millar@utwente.nl