CALL
FOR PAPERS
for
a special issue of the
International Journal of Human
Resource Management
NON-TRADITIONAL
EXPATRIATES
Paper
submission deadline: 31st January 2015 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 2015 31st January 2014
Acceptance notification: 30 April 2015
Publication:
2015
References
Brookfield
Global Relocation Services. 2012. Global relocation trends survey report.
Woodridge, IL.