Hello, All:
Following this message is a Call for Papers for a special issue of the
_Journal of Organizational Behavior_ on the theme of Terrorism,
Disaster, and Organizational Management. Please forward the Call to
anyone who may have a relevant manuscript to submit, and advance
apologies for any
cross-posting of this message and Call that you might receive. Keith
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TERRORISM, DISASTER, AND ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT
The editors of the Journal of Organizational Behavior intend to
publish a special issue of the journal on the subject of Terrorism,
Disaster, and Organizational Management.
Guest Editor: Keith James, Department of Psychology, Portland State University
Research is needed on organizational efforts to address threats from
catastrophic events such as terrorism and natural disaster. To this
point, however, the organizational sciences have given relatively
little attention to studies aimed at understanding terrorism/disaster
prevention and response by either single organizations (be they
private- or public-sector or non-profit ones), or by
multiple-organization networks. Some theories and models adapted from
organizational topics might have some relevance to understanding
terror/disaster management, but explicit, systematic examination of
the relevance of such theories is necessary. Moreover, the unique
dynamics (e.g., near-universal generation of powerful emotions;
potential substantial disruption of organizations? surrounding
environments) of disaster and terror events are likely to render such
catastrophes somewhat distinct in processes, worker outcomes, and
organizational effects from even other types of crises. On the other
hand, the extreme nature of the dangers and demands that
disaster/terror can pose for organizations and their members may allow
them to be used to illuminate fundamental organizational strategies,
mechanisms, processes and outcomes such that broadly-relevant
scientific and practical knowledge results. In line with the need for
increased understanding of this topic, the papers in this special
issue are intended to provide new data and models that illuminate
disaster planning-and-response effectiveness in and by organizations.
In order to contribute to understanding of the management of
disaster/terror by organizations or inter-organizational systems,
organizational scholars need to address questions such as: What,
exactly, are the distinctive organizational, worker, leadership and
management demands generated by catastrophe and chaos? How can the
need to be ready and able to respond to the punctuated equilibrium of
disasters be reconciled with the requirements for functionality during
"normal" times? What tools, techniques, or systems might help
organizations and their members plan for and successfully navigate
disasters? Those are only example topics. Many others are possible.
Submissions of manuscripts are encouraged that report empirical
studies of any aspect of disaster/terror-related efforts by either
single organizations, or by multi-organization networks. In addition
to providing new information bearing on questions such as those given
above, this special issue is also intended to catalyze exploration and
exploitation of the potential value of the study of organizations and
disaster/terror for advancing organizational science, in general.
While the special issue will consist of data-based papers, study
results should also be used for theory-building, and authors should
link the specific theme of this special issue to the broader
organizational-behavior literature.
Contributors should note:
? This call is open and competitive, and the submitted papers will be
blind reviewed in the normal way.
? Submitted papers must be based on original material not under
consideration by any other journal or outlet.
? For empirical papers based on data sets from which multiple papers
have been generated, the editor must be provided with copies of all
other papers based on the same data.
? The editor will select a number of papers to be included in the
special issue, but other papers submitted in this process may be
published in other issues of the journal.
The deadline for submissions is April 10, 2009. The special issue is
intended for publication mid-2010.
Papers to be considered for this special issue should be submitted
online via
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/job (selecting "Special
Issue Paper?" as the Manuscript Type). Please direct questions about
the submission process, or any administrative matter, to Managing
Editor, Kaylene Ascough,
k.ascough@uq.edu.au
The editor of the special issue is very happy to discuss initial ideas
for papers, and can be contacted directly:
Keith James, Special Issue Editor,
keithj@pdx.edu