Dear CareerNet Members
This is a reminder about the call for papers for a special issue of CDI on Careers in China. We also need reviewers for this issue, so if you are interested in reviewing for this issue, please let us know.
Cherry Granrose and Irene Chow
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:
- 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.
- 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
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