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Dear Colleague
This is to invite you to submit your paper to the Special Issue of the Journal of Organizational Change Management.
The subject is fascinating, and there is a big gap in the academic literature!
Journal of Organizational Change Management
Call for Papers
Special Issue
AGE-ility Challenges & Management Agendas for the [international] Organisation
A Special Issue linked to AIRC3, The Ashridge International Research Conference, 19-20 July 2013
Multigenerational Challenges:
integrating younger and older ages in managing the organisation
Deadline for JOCM submission: 15 September 2013
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Manuscripts ( 4000-5000 words) should be submitted as an email Word attachment to
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by September 15th, 2013.
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Please indicate clearly, both in the email heading and on your paper, that your submission is for
“JOCM”.
Guest Editors:
Professor Carla Millar, Fellow, Ashridge, UK and
Professor International Marketing & Management, University of Twente, NL
Dr. Victoria Culpin, Dean of Faculty and Director of Research, Ashridge Business School, UK
Businesses and organisations throughout the world are facing the challenges of employing an ageing workforce. Uncertainties
pose challenges for companies and governments, and increase cross-generational and cross-cultural tensions between them.
The developed world is undergoing a remarkable transformation as its societies age, and the impact of this will ripple through
all sectors of the global economy. In the West, leadership and management of an increasingly ageing workforce will pose new challenges for managers and to the structures and working practices of their organisations. There has, to date, been no substantive
research on the impact of these demographic changes on the practice of management in the developed world and the implications for the next generation of its leaders and managers.
Simultaneously, emerging and developing countries (led by, but not limited to, the BRICS economies), are undergoing rapid
industrialisation and modernisation. These efforts have been, and mostly continue to be, led and managed by generational cohorts with little or no histories (or training) within their own countries of company leadership and management development. Younger
people (sometimes called Generation Y, and born in the late 70’s and early 80’s) are increasingly entering emerging and developing country workforces with different expectations and assumptions than those of the people leading and managing their companies.
There is, to date, little substantive research on (optimizing) the effectiveness and of cross-generational working in companies within emerging/developing countries.
The main issues and questions arising include:
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Creating novel approaches to managing an ageing and multi-generational workforce: how to manage ‘longer generations’ / senior talent management
/ end of career transitions / creative use of older generation during transitions
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Generating
new theories of both motivation and leadership issues, namely the motivation of the younger generation to manage older generations well and the motivation of older
generation to manage/mentor the younger generation or be managed by them
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Studying
Implications for employee engagement: the heart of positive organisations/ meaningful work
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Designing Interaction of increasing multi-generational work-patterns and accounting for the changing role of women in management / work-life
balance
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Tracing the role of stakeholder led innovation and strategy on managing the longer generation / the change the organisation needs to make
outside its own boundaries
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Identifying cultural differences in ageing and dealing with an older generation
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Detecting challenges for management development for the multi-generation at work
At the end of the day we would like to know what developed, emerging and developing country-based leaders and managers can
learn from each other about multi-generational working.
Specifically, we are seeking submissions that address one or more of the following topics (and we note at the outset that this is not an exhaustive
listing nor are they in a prioritized order); they must have a major focus on challenges for multi-generational organisations
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Theoretical
or experience papers that analyse these issues;
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Theoretical models for multi-stakeholder engagement in ageing and well-being at work and where in the organisation such skills should be
placed;
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Theory embedded richly textured examples of successes and/or failures in such engagements that provide clear and unambiguous insights and
lessons for managers moving forward;
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Issue groups for the young;
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New career management challenges for men and women now the age barrier changes;
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Cultural differences and influences in managing multi-generational organisations
Review Process and Submission
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All manuscripts will be double-blind reviewed.
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Manuscripts ( 4000-5000 words) should be submitted as an email Word attachment to
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by September 15th, 2013.
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Please indicate clearly, both in the email heading and on your paper, that your submission is for
“JOCM”.
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Paper details:
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First page: manuscript title and names, institutional affiliation, and contact information for each of the authors.
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Second page: manuscript title and brief (100 word maximum) biography of each of the authors.
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Third page: manuscript title and brief (250 word maximum) abstract of the paper.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Carla Millar and Vicki Culpin
Guest Editors JOCM
Prof. dr. Carla C.J.M. Millar
Professor, International Marketing & Management
University of Twente
School of Management & Governance
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