Dear Colleagues,
CALL FOR PAPERS
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Special Issue:
“NON-TRADITIONAL EXPATRIATES”
Paper submission deadline: 31st January 2014
Guest
Editors:
Yvonne
McNulty and Kate Hutchings
It has been suggested that for nearly 50 years a
steady stream of academic research has studied traditional,
organizationally-assigned expatriates (Adler, 2002; Taylor, Napier, & Mayrhofer, 2002; Vaiman & Haslberger, 2013), whom have typically been senior, Western, males in their late 40s or
early 50s, with an accompanying female spouse and children. Over the past
decade the profile of the traditional expatriate has changed (see Brookfield Global Relocation Services, 2012), largely because society, particularly in the
Western world, reflects considerable deviation from the traditional household
composition of the past: fewer nuclear families, smaller numbers of household
members, and more couples living together out of wedlock often with children (Duxbury, Lyons,
& Higgins, 2007; Office for National Statistics, 2012). Undoubtedly, the global talent pool today is staffed with more
non-traditional expatriates than ever before – among them executive women,
married couples without children, female breadwinners, single and unaccompanied
men and women, younger early-career people, empty-nesters and semi-retired people
over 60, split families, and same-sex partnerships. Yet, the experiences of
women and men within this non-traditional expatriate population are not well
known.
In this Special Issue, we invite submissions focused on non-traditional expatriates. We define non-traditional expatriates as including the following types of arrangements (noting that this may not be an exhaustive list):
Our goal in this Special Issue is to explore the experiences of non-traditional expatriates and in doing so contribute to balancing the picture that existing research provides of the profile of expatriates. Specifically, we aim to: (i) address the gap in research that has not sufficiently addressed the experiences of this segment of the global talent pool; and (ii) propose a future research agenda to guide more scholarly work in this area. Topics that might be explored (among others) include:
Submission
Guidelines
We welcome
quantitative, qualitative (including case studies) and conceptual papers that
provide unique insights into non-traditional expatriates and non-traditional
expatriation. Single-country studies are also welcome provided the focus
remains on topic. Findings and/or conceptualisations should have theoretical
and policy implications, and seek to inform management practice. The editors of
the Special Issue will be pleased to discuss initial ideas for papers via email.
Submitted
papers must be based on original material not under consideration by any other
journal or publishing outlet. The editors will select up to 8 papers to be
included in the special issue, but other submissions may be considered for
other issues of the journal. All papers will be subject to a double-blind peer
review in accordance with the journal guidelines,
Manuscripts
should be submitted online using the International Journal of Human Resource
Management ScholarOne Manuscripts site (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rijh)
and in accordance with the author guidelines on the journal’s home page. New
users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions
should be made via the Author Centre. To submit your manuscript to the Special
Issue on ‘Non-Traditional Expatriates’, choose the title of the Special Issue
from the Manuscript Type list. When you arrive at the ‘Details and Comments’
page, answer ‘yes’ to the question ‘Is this manuscript a candidate for a
special issue’ and insert the title of the special issue in the text field
provided.
Important Dates
Paper
submission deadline: 31st January 2014
Acceptance
notification: 31st August 2014
Publication: 2015
Yvonne McNulty
Kate Hutchings
References