Call for papers: Complexities of nomadic identities
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Dear colleagues,
please note our call for papers (EDI conference 2012 and journal special issue 2013) and book chapters on the complexities of nomadic identities.
Please feel free to distribute this call.
Kind regards,
Jasmin Mahadevan
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Prof. Dr. Jasmin Mahadevan
Professor and Dean of Studies for International Management
Department of Business Administration and Engineering
Pforzheim University
phone: +49-7231-28-6391
mobile: +49-176-66629029
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Call for papers EDI 2012 conference, 23-25 July, 2012, Toulouse; www.edi-conference.org
Stream 8: Understanding the complexities of nomadic identities
Stream chairs:
Prof Jasmin Mahadevan, Pforzheim University, jasmin.mahadevan@pforzheim-university.de
Prof Mustafa Özbilgin, Brunel University, mustafa.ozbilgin@brunel.ac.uk
Stream outline:
In a globalized world, transnational and transcultural research on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is on the rise. However, the mere terms 'transnational' and 'transcultural' imply a perspective that takes the concepts of nationality and culture/ethnicity as starting point of analysis. This stream attempts to reconfigure these concepts from their borders and to interrogate the complexities of nomadic identities.
With nomadic identities we mean the identities of those who are not in a temporary and liminal state of 'transnationality' and 'transculturality' but who inhabit the in-between permanently and might not even conceive themselves in majority-perspective dichotomies such as 'bi-national' or 'bi-cultural'. We use the term broadly: With nomadic, we do not only refer to the chronic expatriate manager but to all who are born, placed or place themselves into a state of expatriation, migration or transculturality.
We are interested in multi-disciplinary exchange and in stimulating discussions on the nature of nomadic identities. Therefore, we welcome papers from all disciplines and all methodological perspectives. We encourage both junior and more senior scholars to submit; both empirical and theoretical papers are welcome.
We are particularly interested in empirical and conceptual research that examines the complexities of nomadic identities from multilevel perspective, e.g. micro-individual, meso-organizational and macro-societal. The micro-individual level is linked to subjective concepts of self and identity as held by nomadic individuals. The meso-organizational level acknowledges the influence of intermediate forms of social organization, such as workplaces and career paths. The macro-societal level refers to all boundary conditions that influence and might change micro- and meso-level interaction, such as diversity or immigration policies. We are looking for research that acknowledges the complexities of identities across more than one level or more than one context. Papers that are based on multi-methodological approaches and/or interdisciplinary perspectives are welcome in this stream.
Stream questions may include (but are not limited to):
· How can nomadic identities be studied and conceptualized? Which methods and theoretical perspectives are suitable for studying nomadic identities? How to incorporate the study of nomadic identities into career and management studies?
· Does the researcher have to be a nomadic individual to study nomadic identities? What are the requirements with regard to researcher identity in order to study nomadic identities?
· Who are nomadic individuals in the modern world? What are the different types of nomadic identities and how are they related to each other and to the national and cultural/ethnic majority?
· How is the concept of nomadic identities linked to broader themes of equality, diversity and inclusion? How can the concepts of transnationality and transculturality be broadened to also include nomadic identities?
· Are there similarities and differences with regard to the career choices of nomadic individuals? How do organizational policies and state policy intervention influence the career paths of nomadic individuals? Are there any contextual differences?
· What explains the difference between those individuals who explore and live their nomadic identities successfully and those who fail in the process? Are there similarities and difference with regard to ethnicity, culture, country of origin or other factors? Are there privileged and underprivileged nomadic identities?
· How is the concept of the nomadic self as held by nomadic individuals linked to ascription by others? Do the inside (emic) and outside (etic) perspective clash? Does power or inequality of power influence the negotiation and reconfiguration of nomadic identities? Do nomadic individuals suffer exclusion and inequality?
· Are nomadic individual an asset or a liability to societies and/or organizations? How are organizational concepts of human capital related to the concept of nomadic identity and is this relation an uncontested or a critical one?
Stream keywords:
Identity, migration, nomadic identity, mobility, diversity
Publication plans:
We provide two options for publication: We will edit a special issue on "the complexities of nomadic identities" in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (to be published in 2013). Furthermore, we will edit a book as part of the book series "Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Work" (book series by Emerald), headed by Professor Mustafa Özbilgin.
Interested authors can choose the format of their paper accordingly, depending on whether they are aiming at a journal article or at a book chapter.
Deadline for submission:
Papers' first versions should be submitted until January 1, 2012.
They will be subjected to double peer review until February 15, 2012.
The deadline for the submission of revised papers is April 1, 2012
For details to submission and in order to submit, please register at: www.edi-conference.org
Interested authors are encouraged to discuss their ideas with the stream chairs (jasmin.mahadevan@pforzheim-university.de).
Please also contact us in case you are aiming at either the journal special issue or the book without being able to attend the EDI 2012 conference or in case you need an extension of the submission deadline.