Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of Managerial Psychology (JMP)
Employee Behavior in China
Editor:
Dianna L. Stone
University of Texas at San Antonio
Guest Editors:
Linda C. Isenhour, Eastern Michigan University
Donald Lien, East Asia Institute, University of Texas at San Antonio
China is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Some estimates indicate that there are over 3.25 million Chinese corporations employing 774.80 million people (National Bureau of Statistics of China, 2009). Given the rapidly expanding business economy in China, there have been numerous changes in its business environment, and organizations face many new challenges associated with attracting, motivating, and retaining employees. In view of these changes, a better understanding is needed of the factors that influence employee behavior in China. The primary reason for this is that much of the extant research on the topic has been based in Western theoretical models that do not always consider differences in culture and values (Stone & Stone-Romero, 2008; Triandis, Dunnette, & Hough, 1994). As a result, some of the existing research may not be relevant for understanding employee behavior in Chinese organizations because individuals in the Chinese culture may endorse a very different set of cultural values than their counterparts in Western cultures. For instance, some research shows that those in the Chinese culture are more likely to value (a) collectivism, (b) high power distance, and (c) a long term time orientation than those in the West (Hofstede, 1980).
In view of these arguments, the primary purpose of this special issue is to foster additional theory development and research on employee behavior in China. It merits noting that we consider all individuals who are not owners of a company as employees. Thus, managers are also considered employees of organizations. We welcome conceptual manuscripts that develop new theoretical models or add cultural differences to existing models of individual or small group behavior in organizations. We also invite empirical manuscripts that make important contributions to employee well-being, organizational effectiveness, or society as whole. They may be from a wide array of disciplines including Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Vocational Psychology, and Cross-cultural Psychology. Topics for these manuscripts may include, but are not limited to:
Work Motivation
Individual Differences in Cultural Values or Work Values
Job Attitudes
Leadership
Small Groups or Teams
Organizational Justice
Job Design
Employee-employer relationships (e.g., Perceived organizational support, Psychological contracts)
Work-Family Issues
Diversity
Career Issues
Recruitment
Selection
Training
Performance Management
Rewards or Compensation
The deadline for receipt of manuscripts is August 1, 2010. Please submit manuscripts in MS Word format via email attachment to Kay Wilkinson, Editorial Administrator for the JMP, at kwilkinson@emeraldinsight.com. You should also note that the manuscript is for the special issue on "Employee Behavior in China."
Manuscripts are expected to follow the JMP submission guidelines outlined at
http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=jmp
In keeping with ethical standards of research, each author who submits a manuscript to JMP must ensure that the original data or results presented in the manuscript have not been published in whole or in part elsewhere. The primary reason for this is that duplicate publication distorts the knowledge base in a field and may lead to erroneous inferences regarding a given phenomenon. Authors for whom English is not a first language are encouraged strongly to use Emerald Publishing Editing Services prior to submitting their manuscripts. Information about these services can be found at http://info.emeraldinsight.com.
This special issue is open and competitive. Submitted papers will undergo the normal rigorous, double-blind review process to ensure relevance and quality. Thus, all manuscripts will be subject to double-blind peer reviews. Interested authors are encouraged to send questions or a short description of their proposed manuscript to the Guest Editor, Linda Isenhour, by May 1, 2010 (lisenhou@emich.edu). This will facilitate a timely planning of the special issue.