Community, Work and Family

Call for Papers for a special issue focusing on - Community and Work-Life Issues in a Global Context: New Perspectives in a Changing World

Special Issues Editors:
Associate Professor Anne Bardoel
Department of Management, Monash University, Australia
Email: anne.bardoel@buseco.monash.edu.au

Professor Helen De Cieri
Department of Management, Monash University, Australia
Email: helen.decieri@buseco.monash.edu.au

Submissions due 1 November 2007

Instructions to Authors:
Please follow the journal guidelines shown at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/ccwfauth.asp
but sent an electronic copy of your paper to anne.bardoel@buseco.monash.edu.au
Please indicate the special issue title in your covering email.

Complexities and ongoing developments in international business present many important challenges, demands and opportunities for scholars and practitioners interested in community and work-life issues.  To think globally does not preclude attention to local environments and it is important that policy makers and practitioners give attention to identifying and understanding strategic work-life policy development at the national local and community level as well as within a wider global context.  Despite the potential benefits associated with global work-life strategies, the specific challenges associated with the development of effective work-life strategies that balance global and local demands need to be identified and understood.  In addition, there are specific and unique challenges related to the development of human capital with regard to community, work and family issues, particularly in newly industrializing and developing economies.  Despite growing awareness of these challenges, demands and opportunities, there has been little discussion amongst researchers regarding work-life balance as a concern in a global context.

The goal of this Special Issue is to explore and investigate community and work-life issues across the world. We particularly encourage contributions exploring previously 'unheard' voices and new perspectives.  There are many issues relevant to the management of work-life issues in a global context. We welcome papers including, but not restricted to:

• The management of development of global work-life strategy and practice in multinational enterprises (MNEs);
• Global work-life issues in the context of strategic human resource management;
• Cross-cultural and comparative studies of community, work and family issues; Perspectives of multiple stakeholders in communities, work organisations and families;
• Work-life issues in developing and newly industrializing economies;
• Unresolved issues and directions for new research in community, work and family

We welcome conceptual and empirical articles, and encourage cross-disciplinary perspectives and a broad range of research approaches and methodologies.