The New Crew
Changes are afoot in the Editorial Team...
In January 2012 Paul Edwards will don the mantle of Editor-in-Chief, following on from Stephen Deery.
Read Paul's introductory message
Paul is Professor of Employment Relations at Birmingham Business School, UK and was formerly at Warwick University where he directed the Industrial Relations Research Unit and held several Associate Dean positions. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and has served as the Chair of the Academy's Social Science Group, is a Senior Fellow of the UK's Advanced Institute of Management Research and an Academician of the Academy of the Social Sciences. His publications include (with Judy Wajcman) The Politics of Working Life (OUP, 2005). He edited Industrial Relations (1995 and 2003) and co-edited (with Marek Korczynski and Randy Hodson) Social Theory at Work (2006) and he has been an Associate Editor for Human Relations since 2006. His research interests include employment relations at workplace level and new forms of work organization, the personnel policies and practices of multinational companies and employment relations in small firms.
Neil Conway is at the Department of Organizational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London. His main research interests include the psychological contract, work motivation and performance, the impact of HRM on performance and part-time work. He has published articles in Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, British Journal of Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management Journall. He has written a book with Rob Briner entitled Understanding psychological contracts at work: A critical evaluation of theory and research (2005, Oxford University Press). Neil has been a member of the Editorial Board since 2006 and joins the Editorial Team in January 2012.
They will join Associate Editors Sam Aryee, Karen Ashcraft, Terry Beehr, Gail Fairhurst and Mike Noon.
Read more about members of the Editorial Team.
Fond farewells
With heavy hearts we prepare to bid farewell to three members of the Human Relations team:
Read Stephen's farewell editorial
We will miss our departing team members enormously and wish them all the very best for the future.
Special issues
Don't miss out on the opportunity to submit a paper to our Special Issue on
Organisational justice and behavioural ethics:
New perspectives on workplace fairness
Guest editors: Jonathan Crawshaw (Aston Business School, Aston University, UK)
Russell Cropanzano (Eller College of Management, University of Arizona, USA)
Chris Bell (Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada)
Thierry Nadisic (EMLYON Business School, France)
Read the full Call for Papers
Submissions should be uploaded to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hr between Tuesday 03 January and Tuesday 31 January 2012. This special issue is intended for publication in the second half of 2013 or early in 2014.
Spread the word about our newest Call for Papers:
Changing work, labour and employment relations in China
Guest Editors:Sarosh Kuruvilla and Eli Friedman (Cornell University)
Read the full Call for Papers
Submissions should be uploaded to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hr between Tuesday 01 and Thursday 31 January 2013. This special issue is intended for publication in the second half of 2014 or early in 2015.
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How are we doing? Journal performance for 2011
• 2010 2-year impact factor rose to 1.701 (from 1.637 in 2009)
• 2010 5-year impact factor rose to 2.595 (from 2.034 in 2009)
• Over 500 original submissions in first 11 months
• 7% acceptance rate
• Under 10 weeks mean time from submission to decision after peer review
Human Relations Reviewer of the Year 2011
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The Human Relations Reviewer of the Year Award is given to the person who has made the most outstanding contribution to the journal in terms of the number, quality and turnaround time of reviews completed during the past 12 months.
Many other reviewers have also provided outstanding support for the journal. We are enormously grateful to all of our reviewers for their time, thoughtful comments and prompt submission of reviews. Without this contribution from our reviewers we would not be able to produce the journal. A list of reviewers from the previous 12 months is published in the December issue of the journal each year and can be viewed here.
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Our most-read articles
Our top 5 most-read articles between November 2010 and October 2011, based on the number of full-text and pdf views, were:
1. Brendan McSweeney
Hofstede's Model of National Cultural Differences and their consequences: A triumph of faith - a failure of analysis
Human Relations January 2002 55: 89–118
2. Peng Wang and Joseph C Rode
Transformational leadership and follower creativity: The moderating effects of identification with leader and organizational climate
Human Relations August 2010 63: 1105–1128
3. Clare Kelliher and Deirdre Anderson
Doing more with less? Flexible working practices and the intensification of work
Human Relations January 2010 63: 83–106
4. Holly S Slay and Delmonize A Smith
Professional identity construction: Using narrative to understand the negotiation of professional and stigmatized cultural identities
Human Relations January 2011 64: 85–107
5. Jennifer M George
Emotions and leadership: The role of emotional intelligence
Human Relations August 2000 53: 1027–1055
View the complete most-read rankings, which are recalculated at the beginning of the month.
Our most-cited articles
Our top 5 most-cited articles, based on citations to online articles from HighWire-hosted articles, are:
1. Leon Festinger
A theory of social comparison processes
Human Relations May 1954 7: 117–140
2. F E Emery and E L Trist
The causal texture of organizational environments
Human Relations February 1965 18: 21–32
3. Lester Coch and John R P French, Jr.
Overcoming resistance to change
Human Relations November 1948 1: 512–532
4. Mats Alvesson and Dan Kärreman
Varieties of discourse: On the study of organizations through discourse analysis
Human Relations September 2000 53: 1125–1149
5. Warren G Bennis and Herbert A Shepard
A theory of group development
Human Relations November 1956 9: 415–437
View the complete most-cited rankings, which are updated each month.
HR paper wins 2011 Diana Forsythe Award
Congratulations to Maja Korica and Eamonn Molloy, who were awarded the prestigious 2011 Diana Forsythe Award for their Human Relations paper:
Making sense of professional identities: Stories of medical professionals and new technologies
Maja Korica and Eamonn Molloy
Human Relations 2010, 63 (12): 1879–1901
The Diana Forsythe Award is sponsored by the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) People and Organizational Issues Working Group. The Award honors either the peer-reviewed AMIA conference paper, or the peer-reviewed article published during the previous year, that best exemplifies the spirit and scholarship of Diana Forsythe's work at the intersection of medical informatics and the social sciences.
This article presents an exploratory account of how medical professionals understand the relationship between new technology and their professional identities. Drawing on interview data with senior surgeons from a variety of surgical disciplines, the article draws attention to how new technologies provide occasions for the evaluation of existing intra- and inter-professional relationships, and professional identity as a whole. In particular, the role of changing insider/outsider dynamics is emphasized, as is the importance of recognizing professional identity as in constant flux at micro-, meta- and macro-levels. The implications for existing theory are discussed, and further research questions identified.
"We are delighted to receive this award in recognition of our research" said Dr Molloy. "This was a small initial study which has generated some interesting observations and which points the way for further original work exploring the effects of new technology on professional practice. It also illustrates the value of inter-disciplinary work, and the sometimes unpredictable impact this can have in important policy and business areas."
Professor Davide Nicolini, co-Director of the Innovation, Knowledge and Organizational Networks Research Centre, (IKON), who himself won this prize in 2007, commented, "The competition for the Award was exceptional this year as the paper was selected from an initial set of over 60 nominated papers."
Gail Fairhurst given NCA Award
Many congratulations go to Associate Editor Gail Fairhurst, who has received the National Communication Association Distinguished Scholar Award, which recognizes and rewards a lifetime of scholarly achievement in the study of communication. The NCA selects Distinguished Scholars whose work showcases the profession. Gail commented:
"To be recognized as a Distinguished Scholar of the National Communication Association this year, and a Fellow of the International Communication Association last year, is a rare honor accorded to few scholars in my discipline. I so appreciate the colleagues with whom I have worked and the support of the University of Cincinnati over the years. It's also wonderful to be working in a field as vibrant and relevant as communication."
This month's FREE ACCESS article
The right tools for the job: Constructing gender meanings and identities in the male-dominated building trades
Amy M Denissen
Human Relations 2010; 63 (7): 1051–1069
This article will be FREE to access until 07 January 2012.
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Have you listened to our podcasts?
Our three podcasts have been downloaded more than 6000 times in total. We published two free access podcasts this year:
In our second podcast to date, Zella King (University of Reading, UK) takes an interesting and engaging look at contested terrain in careers, using a psychological contract model. The podcast complements Zella King and Kerr Inkson's paper in this month's special issue.
Careers podcast - free access
In our most recent podcast, special issue guest editors Rick Delbridge, Marco Hauptmeier and Sukanya Sengupta discuss their special issue, published in Human Relations in April 2011, on broadening the horizons of international HRM.
International HRM podcast - free access
Did you listen to our first podcast? It was downloaded over 2288 times in its first year! Don't miss out on Associate Editor Gail Fairhurst leading an insightful discussion with Bob Liden and John Antonakis, guest editors of our November 2009 special issue on ‘The context of leadership’.
Leadership podcast - free access
New Editorial Board members
We are very happy to welcome these new members to our Editorial Board:Carmen Binnewies (University of Mainz, Germany) Wayne A Hochwarter (Florida State Unviersity, USA) David Holman (Manchester Business School, UK) Karina Nielsen (National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark) Cliff Oswick (City University, London, UK) Anshuman Prasad (University of New Haven, USA) Dean Tjosvold (Linghan University, Hong Kong)
Our warm thanks go to...
...the following people who retired from our Board recently — we are extremely grateful for their contribution to the journal:Neil Anderson (University of Amsterdam Business School, The Netherlands) Jean Bartunek (Boston College, USA) Rosemary Batt (Cornell University, USA) Arthur P Brief (University of Utah, USA) Stewart Clegg (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia) Rick Delbridge (Cardiff Business School, UK) Barry Gerhart (University of Wisconsin—Madison, USA) Kim Hoque (Birkbeck College, University of London, UK) Arne Kalleberg (University of North Carolina, USA) Robert C Liden University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) Janet Near (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA) Sharon Parker (University of Western Australia) Gary N Powell (University of Connecticut, USA) Anat Rafaeli (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology) Vicky Smith (University of California, Davis, USA) André Spicer (Cass Business School, City University, London, UK) Mark Stein (University of Leicester, UK)
View all members of the Human Relations Editorial Board.
Congratulations to Linda Putnam!
Former Human Relations Associate Editor Linda Putnam recently received the Academy of Management's 2011 Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her contribution to the profession. Well done Linda!
Come and meet us at conferences!
Email us to make arrangements to discuss your submission or other Journal matters with one of the Editorial Team members at a conference below:
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
26–28 April 2012, San Diego, California, USA
Professor Terry Beehr, Associate Editor, will be representing Human Relations at SIOP.
International Communication Association (ICA)
24–28 May 2012, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Professor Gail T Fairhurst, Associate Editor, will be representing Human Relations at SIOP.
European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS)
24–28 May 2012, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Professor Paul Edwards, incoming Editor-in-Chief, will be representing Human Relations at EGOS.
Academy of Management Annual Meeting
3–7 August 2012, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Paul Edwards, incoming Editor-in-Chief, and Associate Editors Sam Aryee, Karen Lee Ashcraft, Terry Beehr and Gail T Fairhurst, will be representing Human Relations at AoM.
American Sociological Association (ASA)
17–20 August 2012, Denver, Colorado, USA
Professor Paul Edwards, incoming Editor-in-Chief, will be representing Human Relations at ASA.
Papers in press
Here are some forthcoming Human Relations articles to look out for.
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volume 65, number 1, January 2012
CONTENTS
Message from the new Editor-in-Chief
Paul Edwards
Human Relations 2012; 65(1)
Guest edited by Ian Colville, Andrew D Brown and Annie Pye
Simplexity: Sensemaking, organizing and storytelling for our time
Ian Colville, Andrew D Brown and Annie Pye
Human Relations 2012; 65(1)
Sensemaking, storytelling and the legitimization of elite business careers
Mairi Maclean, Charles Harvey and Robert Chia
Human Relations 2012; 65(1)
Sensemaking and sensegiving stories of jazz leadership
Michael Humphreys, Deniz Ucbasaran, Andy Lockett
Human Relations 2012; 65(1)
From hero to villain to hero: Making experience sensible through embodied narrative sensemaking
Ann Cunliffe and Chris Coupland
Human Relations 2012; 65(1)
The appropriated language: Dominant stories as a source of organizational inertia
Lovisa Näslund and Frida Pemer
Human Relations 2012; 65(1)
Bankers in the dock: Moral storytelling in action
Andrea Whittle and Frank Mueller
Human Relations 2012; 65(1)
First published online before print 18 October 2011, doi: 10.1177/0018726711423442
Organized sensemaking: A commentary on processes of interpretive work
Karl E Weick
Human Relations 2012; 65(1)
volume 65, number 2, February 2012
CONTENTS
Power, institutions and the cross-national transfer of employment practices in multinationals
Anthony Ferner, Tony Edwards and Anne Tempel
Human Relations 2012; 65(2)
Working under intensive surveillance: When does "measuring everything that moves" become intolerable?
Graham Sewell, James R Barker and Daniel Nyberg
Human Relations 2012; 65(2)
Context and the social representation of absenteeism: Absence in the popular press and in academic research
Eric Patton and Gary Johns
Human Relations 2012; 65(2)
Do consistent corporate cultures have better business performance? Exploring the interaction effects
Lindsey M Kotrba, Michael A Gillespie, Aaron M Schmidt, Ryan E Smerek, Samantha A Ritchie, Daniel R Denison
Human Relations 2012; 65(2)
Changing practice through boundary organising: A case from medical R&D
Bjørn E Mørk, Thomas Hoholm, Eva Maaninen-Olsson and Margunn Aanestad
Human Relations 2012; 65(2)
volume 65, number 3, March 2012
CONTENTS
Opening the window: Death and the support worker
Ian Kessler, Paul Heron and Sue Dopson
Human Relations 2012; 65(3)
Helplessness of empowerment: The joint effect of participative leadership and controllability attributional style on empowerment and performance
Xu Huang
Human Relations 2012; 65(3)
Mirror, mirror on my boss's wall: Engaged enactment's moderating role on the relationship between perceived narcissistic supervision and work outcomes
Wayne A Hochwarter and Katina W Thompson
Human Relations 2012; 65(3)
Critical leadership studies: The case for critical performativity
Mats Alvesson and André Spicer
Human Relations 2012; 65(3)
Seeing the forest and the trees: A complex adaptive systems lens for mentoring
Rachel Jones and James Corner
Human Relations 2012; 65(3)
volume 65, number 4, April 2012
CONTENTS
Enriched job design, high involvement management and organizational performance: The mediating roles of job satisfaction and well-being
Stephen Wood, Marc van Veldhoven, Marcel Croon and Lilian M de Menezes
Human Relations 2012; 65(4)
Understanding the antecedents, the outcomes and the mediating role of social capital: An employee perspective
Marjo-Riitta Parzefall and Volker G Kuppelwieser
Human Relations 2012; 65(4)
Being important matters: The impact of work/family centrality on the family-to-work conflict—satisfaction relationship
Jessica Bagger and Andrew Li
Human Relations 2012; 65(4)
Doing what she thinks is best: Maternal psychological wellbeing and attaining desired work situations
Erin Kramer Holmes, Jenet Jacob Erickson and E Jeffrey Hill
Human Relations 2012; 65(4)
Kafka's mythology: Organization, bureaucracy and the limits of sensemaking
Iain Munro and Christian Huber
Human Relations 2012; 65(4)
Contact
Please send comments or queries about this newsletter, or any aspect of the Journal, to Claire Castle, Managing Editor