New Journal Call for Manuscript Proposals
Annals in Social Responsibility
Co-Editors:
Timothy M Devinney (Leeds) & Marc Orlitzky (South Australia)
Annals
in Social Responsibility is a new journal published once annually. We are currently seeking proposals for
manuscripts to be included in the inaugural issue or to be published in
subsequent editions.
Journal
Description & What Do We Publish?
Annals
in Social Responsibility (ASR) publishes articles covering the
significant developments in the area of Social Responsibility. ASR
is a multi-disciplinary journal that publishes work arising from traditions in
management, operations & supply chain management, marketing, economics,
accounting & finance, sociology, psychology, political science, law,
philosophy and other social and physical sciences that relate to the role that
individuals, groups and institutions play in understanding of responsibilities
and roles in society. Topics covered in the journal include major theoretical
and methodological developments as well as current research in the
aforementioned disciplines. Articles typically pertain to issues of corporate
social responsibility, environmental and organizational sustainability,
economic, corporate, social and political development, corporate, institutional
and societal governance, property rights, social institutions and NGOs, and
global issues of peace, conflict and human rights. Articles published appeal to a broad intellectual
audience in their respective fields.
To be accepted for publication a paper
must make a significant contribution to advancing knowledge about social
responsibility through new theoretical insights, managerial application,
methodology/dataor some combination thereof.
ASR has a particular interest in
publishing the following types of manuscripts:
1. Comprehensive,
state-of-the-art literature reviews that integrate diverse research streams and
identify promising directions for future investigations
2. Analytical
essays that offer new conceptual models or theoretical perspectives and use
these frameworks as a foundation for developing research propositions
3. Empirical
articles that report results from exploratory or hypothesis-testing studies
based on quantitative and/or qualitative methodologies
4. Methodological
papers that refine existing methodologies or develop new ones for investigating
particular issues or topics central to the fields of inquiry listed above.
ASR
Editorial Review Board
Submission
Process
ASR does not
accept article submissions without the initial submission of a proposal. The
objective of the proposal process is to be efficient in the processing of
articles. We want to know "what" you are going to say, "to
whom" you are going to say it, "why" what you are saying is
important, and "how" you are going to convince your audience of the
veracity of your argument. This allows the editorial team to provide author(s)
with information that facilitates the review process, while allowing us to be
proactive in working with authors.
Proposals should be no longer than 5
pages single-spaced with standard 1-inch margins and in a 12-point font. The
proposal must include the
following information with the
following headings.
The idea: The
specific important and innovative idea that is going to be the focus of the
article. This should not be long-winded
literal description but be a clear and concise statement of the big/new idea
that is at the core of what you are doing.
To whom is the article speaking:
While ASR is clearly speaking to
other scholars interested in issues of social responsibility, it is important
to frame your paper in a specific topical and disciplinary area in the first
instance. Hence, you need to outline who
might be the primary audience for your article.
For instance, is it the legal community, anthropologists, or marketing
scholars (i.e., to what extent is it disciplinary?)? Is it those interested in human rights, CSR
performance, or social innovation (i.e., to what extent is it phenomenon or
topic based?)?
The importance of the idea: Why
is your paper important? This needs to be understood as you address how you are
going to take your specific knowledge and frame it in a way that resonates with
your audience. In other words, why is it
important to your readership and not just to you?
How are you going to justify, defend and
communicate your idea: What is the theoretical and/or empirical
evidence the article will be presenting in order to convince your audience of
the veracity and importance of your idea? If you have specific data sources, outline what these are. If you are building a theoretical argument,
then outline how you are going to logically justify and defend that
argument. If your paper is empirical,
provide a brief overview of your methods (e.g., experimental design,
econometric model, statistical testing, etc.).
Although ASR will ultimately be using the ScholarOne platform, we are asking potential authors to submit their
proposals via a dedicated email address ([log in to unmask]) by 11:59 PM
(GMT) on 1 September 2014.
Accepted proposals will need to have
their manuscripts available for review within approximately one month of this
deadline (October 2014) if they are to be considered for the inaugural issue
(to be published in mid 2015). Hence,
proposals submitted before the deadline will be handled on a rolling basis, which
will give authors more time to work on the manuscripts.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the editors at this email ([log in to unmask]). DO NOT simply reply to this email as it will not go to the journal.