Call for Editor-in-Chief for Human Relations
Closing date for applications: Thursday 3rd March 2011.
The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (TIHR) is seeking to appoint a new Editor-in-Chief for Human Relations to succeed Professor Stephen Deery from January 2012.
Human Relations is a leading international multidisciplinary social science journal which has been published for over 60 years. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for setting and maintaining the scholarly and professional standards of the Journal and for providing the strategic direction for its future development. He or she will work closely with an editorial team to manage the receipt and review of scholarly submissions and to encourage submissions and special issues. The Journal is published 12 times a year. The Editor-in-Chief's workload is expected to be about six days a month for which the post holder will be remunerated in accordance with a professorial grade at UK universities. Joint applications will be considered.
For further details and job and person specifications, please email Claire Castle, the Journal's Managing Editor: c.castle@tavinstitute.org .
Applications should include a brief CV (no more than five pages), supported by a letter (max. 1000 words) that outlines your experience and ability to perform the role.
The closing date for applications is Thursday 3rd March 2011.
Interviews will be held in the TIHR office in London early in May 2011.
The new Editor would be expected to start on 1st January 2012. There will be a period of overlap with the current Editor-in-Chief who would complete preparation of the December 2011 issue.
The Human Relations impact factor is 1.637!
Our Thomson Scientific (formerly ISI) impact factor increased to 1.637 for 2009. We are now 38/112 in the Management rankings and 7/68 in the Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary category. We are very grateful to our authors, reviewers and readers in helping us to achieve these results.
Journal performance statistics 2010
466 original submissions received.
8% acceptance rate.
Less than 11 weeks - mean time from manuscript submission to decision after peer review.
This month's FREE ACCESS article
Supervisory approaches and paradoxes in managing telecommuting implementation
Brenda A Lautsch, Ellen Ernst Kossek and Susan C Eaton
Human Relations 2010; 62 (6): 795–827
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Human Relations Reviewer of the Year Award 2010
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 previous 12 months.
We are delighted to announce that the prize for the Reviewer of the Year in the 2010 was awarded to Catherine Connelly (McMaster University, Canada). Catherine was able to attend the Human Relations Reviewers' Reception at the AoM in Montreal, at which the winner was announced. Catherine received vouchers worth £150 to spend on SAGE books or journals plus a free one-year subscription to Human Relations.
Many other reviewers have also provided outstanding support to the Journal. A list of reviewers from the previous 12 months is published in the December issue of the Journal each year.
We are enormously grateful to all of our reviewers, without whom we could not produce the Journal.
Careers new special issue and podcast!
This month sees the publication of a new special issue:
Interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary career studies
Guest edited by Svetlana N Khapova and Michael B Arthur.
CONTENTS:
Interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary career studies
Svetlana N Khapova and Michael B Arthur
Human Relations 2011; 64 (1): 3–17
In search of the blue flower? Grand social theories and career research: The case of Bourdieu's theory of practice
Katharina Chudzikowski and Wolfgang Mayrhofer
Human Relations 2011; 64 (1): 19–36
Contested terrain in careers: A psychological contract model
Kerr Inkson and Zella King
Human Relations 2011; 64 (1): 37–57
Careers, social context and interdisciplinary thinking
Barbara S Lawrence
Human Relations 2011; 64 (1): 59–84
Professional identity construction: Using narrative to understand the negotiation of professional and stigmatized cultural identities
Holly S Slay and Delmonize A Smith
Human Relations 2011; 64 (1): 85–107
Responsible careers: Systemic reflexivity in shifting landscapes
Svenja Tams and Judi Marshall
Human Relations 2011; 64 (1): 109–131
PODCASTS
Listen to our new podcast! 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.
Free access to the Careers Podcast.
Did you listen to our first podcast? It was downloaded over 2288 times between November 2009 and November 2010. 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’.
Free access to the Leadership Podcast.
Calls for papers for Special Issues
Reinventing retirement: New pathways, new arrangements, new meanings
Guest editors: Mary Dean Lee (McGill, Canada), Leisa Sargent (Melbourne, Australia), Jelena Zikic (York University, Canada), Bill Martin (University of Queensland, Australia).View full details about this call for papers
The deadline for submission is 31 January 2011 and this special issue is intended for publication early 2013.
Understanding job quality
Guest editors: Chris Warhurst (University of Sydney, Australia), Patricia Findlay (University of Strathclyde, UK) and Arne Kalleberg (University of North Carolina, USA).View full details about this call for papers
The deadline for submission is 30 April 2011 and this special issue is intended for publication in 2013.
New Editorial Board members
We are very happy to welcome the following new members of our Editorial Board:Michael W Kramer (University of Oklahoma, USA) Susan Lambert (University of Chicago, USA) Jaesub Lee (University of Houston, Texas, USA) Guowei Jian (Cleveland State University, USA) Nathan Bowling (Wright State University, USA) Evangelia Demerouti (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands) Fred Walumbwa (Arizona State University, USA)
Our warm thanks go to...
...the following people who retired from the Board recently:Jone Pearce (University of California, Irvine, USA) Jiing-Lih Farh (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong) Ann L Cunliffe (University of New Mexico, USA) Sarah Tracy (Arizona State University, USA) Anand Narasimhan (IMD International, Lausanne, Switzerland) Andrew Sturdy (University of Bristol, UK) John M Jermier (University of South Florida, USA) Vanessa Urch Druskat (University of New Hampshire, USA) Frank J Barrett (Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, USA)
View all members of the Human Relations Editorial Board
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
26th Annual SIOP Conference, 14–16 April 2011, Chicago, USA
Terry Beehr, Associate Editor, will be representing Human Relations at SIOP.
Please email us if you would like to make an appointment to meet Terry to discuss a possible future submission, or any other journal matter.
European Congress on Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP)
15th Conference of EAWOP, 25–28 May 2011, MECC Maastricht, The Netherlands
Please email us if you would like to make an appointment to meet Kevin to discuss a possible future submission, or any other journal matter.
International Communication Association (ICA)
61st Annual Conference, 26–30 May 2011, Boston, USA
Please email us if you would like to make an appointment to meet Gail to discuss a possible future submission, or any other journal matter.
Academy of Management (AoM)
West meets East: Enlightening, Balancing, and Transcending, 12–16 August 2011, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Please drop by the SAGE stand between Saturday 13 and Monday 15 August, for a free copy of Human Relations, information on current calls for papers and a Human Relations pin badge in this year's colour.
Editors will be available throughout the conference to discuss the Journal, our aims and scope, and submission and peer review procedures. If you would like specific advice about the suitability of a paper for submission to the Journal or to discuss any other journal matter, please email us to make an appointment to meet a member of the Editorial Team.
Stephen Deery, Editor-in-Chief, will be available to discuss possible submissions in the field of HRM and organizational performance.
Sam Aryee, Associate Editor, will be available to discuss possible submissions of cross-cultural research in the areas of strategic human resource management, employee-organization relationship, organizational justice, power and politics in organizations, counterproductive workplace behaviours and work-family interface.
Karen Lee Ashcraft, Associate Editor, will be available to discuss papers in the field of organizational communication and discourse, alternative organizational forms, organizational and occupational identity, critical and feminist approaches, gender and race relations, and qualitative methods, especially ethnography.
Terry Beehr, Associate Editor, will be available to discuss possible submissions about job stress, career movement, job satisfaction and motivation, retirement, and leadership.
Gail Fairhurst, Associate Editor, will be available to discuss possible submissions about organizational communication, leadership, and organizational discourse processes.
We will be hosting the Human Relations Reviewers' Reception on the evening of Saturday 13 August, to thank our reviewers, authors and other friends of the Journal for their contributions to our success. We will also be announcing the winner of our 2011 Reviewer of the Year Award - could it be you?American Sociology Association (ASA)
Social conflict: Multiple dimensions and arenas, 13–16 August 2011, Chicago, USA
Please email us if you would like to make an appointment to meet Paul to discuss a possible future submission, or any other journal matter.
National Communication Association (NCA)
97th Annual NCA Convention, 17–20 November 2011, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Karen Lee Ashcraft, Associate Editor, will be representing Human Relations at the NCA.
Please email us if you would like to make an appointment to meet Karen to discuss a possible future submission, or any other journal matter.
OnlineFirst articles
Human Relations offers OnlineFirst, by which forthcoming articles are published online before they are scheduled to appear in print. More details, including how to cite OnlineFirst articles can be found on the OnlineFirst Fact Sheet.
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volume 64, number 2, February 2011
CONTENTS
The antecedents of a 'chilly climate' for women faculty in higher education
Cheryl L Maranto and Andrea EC Griffin
Human Relations 0018726710377932, first published on September 29, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0018726710377932
The role of social identity, appraisal, and emotion in determining responses to diversity management
Veronique Tran, Patricia Garcia-Prieto and Susan C Schneider
Human Relations 0018726710377930, first published on September 27, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0018726710377930
'Being yourself' in the electronic sweatshop: New forms of normative control
Peter Fleming and Andrew Sturdy
Human Relations 0018726710375481, first published on September 23, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0018726710375481
The trouble with sanctions: Organizational responses to deviant anger displays at work
Deanna Geddes and Lisa T Stickney
Human Relations 0018726710375482, first published on November 2, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0018726710375482
Exploring touch as a positive workplace behavior
Bryan Fuller, Marcia J Simmering, Laura E Marler, Susie S Cox, Rebecca J Bennett, and Robin A Cheramie
Human Relations 0018726710377931, first published on November 10, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0018726710377931
Liminality and the practices of identity reconstruction
Nic Beech
Human Relations 0018726710371235, first published on September 23, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0018726710371235
volume 64, number 3, March 2011
CONTENTS
Diversity faultlines, shared objectives, and top management team performance
Daan van Knippenberg, Jeremy F Dawson, Michael A West and Astrid C Homan
Human Relations 0018726710378384, first published on November 10, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0018726710378384
Emotional politics in cleaning work: The case of Israel
Orly Benjamin, Deborah Bernstein, and Pnina Motzafi-Haller
Human Relations 0018726710378383, first published on November 2, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0018726710378383
Beyond righting the wrong: Supervisor–subordinate reconciliation after an injustice
Meena Andiappan and Linda K Treviño
Human Relations 0018726710384530, first published on December 17, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0018726710384530
Union representation and training: The impact of Union Learning Representatives and the factors influencing their effectiveness
Nick Bacon and Kim Hoque
Human Relations 0018726710378055, first published on November 2, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0018726710378055
The language of interests: The contribution of discursive psychology
Andrea Whittle and Frank Mueller
Human Relations 0018726710386395, first published on November 17, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0018726710386395
'It's good to be angry': Enacting anger in construction project management to achieve perceived leader effectiveness
Dirk Lindebaum and Sandra Fielden
Human Relations 0018726710381149, first published on November 10, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0018726710381149
Enabling selves to conduct themselves safely: Safety committee discourse as governmentality in practice
Joel Rasmussen
Human Relations 0018726710380976, first published on November 2, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0018726710380976
volume 64, number 4, April 2011
SPECIAL ISSUEBeyond the enterprise: Broadening the horizons of international HRM
Guest Editors: Rick Delbridge, Marco Hauptmeier and Sukanya Sengupta
CONTENTS
Beyond the enterprise: Broadening the horizons of international HRM
Rick Delbridge, Marco Hauptmeier and Sukanya Sengupta
Human Relations 2011; 64(4)
National institutions and employers' age management practices in Britain and Germany: 'Path dependence' and option creation
Michael Muller-Camen, Richard Croucher, Matt Flynn and Heike Schröder
Human Relations 2011; 64(4)
The sub-national embeddedness of international HRM
Phil Almond
Human Relations 2011; 64(4)
Forging a comparative institutional advantage in Argentina: Implications for theory and praxis
Daniel Friel
Human Relations 2011; 64(4)
Policy transfer from advanced to less-advanced institutional environments: labour market orientations of US MNEs in Turkey
Kadire Zeynep Sayım
Human Relations 2011; 64(4)
Employment relations in global production networks: Initiating transfer of practices via union involvement?
Michael Fichter, Markus Helfen and Jörg Sydow
Human Relations 2011; 64(4)
volume 64, number 5, May 2011
CONTENTS
It may not be what you think: Gender differences in predicting emotional and social competence
Scott N Taylor and Jacqueline N Hood
Human Relations 0018726710387950, first published on December 29, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0018726710387950
Cross-cultural perception and power dynamics across changing organizational and national contexts: Curaçao and the Netherlands
Coen Heijes
Human Relations 0018726710386394, first published on December 23, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0018726710386394
Connecting religion and work: Patterns and influences of work-faith integration
Monty L Lynn, Michael J Naughton, and Steve VanderVeen
Human Relations 0018726710386396, first published on December 17, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0018726710386396
'One mirror in another': Managing diversity and the discourse of fashion
Anshuman Prasad, Pushkala Prasad and Raza Mir
Human Relations 2011; 64(5)
Pit sense: Appropriation of practice-based knowledge in a UK coalmine
Ken Kamoche and Kevin Maguire
Human Relations 0018726710386512, first published on December 17, 2010 as doi:10.1177/0018726710386512
Contact
Please send comments or queries about this newsletter, or any aspect of the Journal, to Claire Castle, Managing Editor