Call for Papers
Special Issue of Journal of Managerial Psychology (JMP)
Deadline: March 1, 2012
Title:
Understanding Ethnic Privilege and Power at Work, Organizations and Management
Special Guest Editors:
Dr Akram Al Ariss, Champagne School of Management, France
Professor Mustafa Özbilgin, Brunel Business School, UK
Dr Ahu Tatli, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Dr Elaine Swan, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Professor Kurt April, University of Cape Town, South Africa
In social sciences, there is a growing field of cross disciplinary studies on unearned ethnic privilege, usually held by dominant ethnic groups. Origins of ethnic privilege scholarship can be traced back to black feminist scholars and critical race theorists such as Baldwin, Goldberg, Du Bois, Elson, hooks, Fanon and Morrison (Garner, 2006). Rather than focusing solely on ethnic minorities, we look for manuscripts which question taken-for-granted privileges invested in ethnicity at work and in societies. One such unearned privilege is whiteness in societies which is tarnished by colonialism and racism. Ethnic privilege and whiteness as a variant of it remains uncontested and under-researched in studies of work, organization and management (Grimes, 2001).
In this special issue, we seek to house manuscripts on ethnic privilege that shape relations, processes, contexts and outcomes of work. Ethnic privilege is of key relevance to our increasingly diverse societies that are characterized by a flow of international human resources across countries through migration and expatriation (Al Ariss, 2010; Al Ariss and Özbilgin, 2010; Bell, Kwesiga, & Berry, 2010; Carr, 2010). These ethnic privileges can be encountered in the management of people in the workplace, in the structuring of organizations and institutions, among other situations. Whiteness involves historical and contemporary processes of capitalism, colonialism, racism, politics all of which influence work, organization and management (Grimes, 2001).
Understanding ethnic privileges (i.e. whiteness) that are often unquestioned in the context of work, organization and management contributes to deconstructing many of the oppressions and discrimination that ethnic minorities face at work (Nkomo, 1992; Hunter, Grimes, and Swan, 2007; 2009). Therefore, the objective of this special issue is to stimulate an academic debate regarding whiteness in the management of people at work. This special issue will provide an intellectual space to review and extend on existing theories on ethnic privileges, therefore informing the research and practice in management, psychology and other allied fields. Therefore, this special issue opens up a critical debate on the meaning and outcomes of ethnic privileges such as whiteness by bringing a cross disciplinary understanding of ethnic mechanisms, practices, discourses, desires, and relations of power in work-related relations and processes.
We invite contributions which explore ethnic privileges in the context of work, organization and management from varied methodological and theoretical traditions, and across different international contexts and disparate fields (i.e. management, psychology, sociology, organization studies, among others). Potential submissions may seek to cross disciplinary boundaries, and have theoretical and practical implications, in order to develop new perspectives and insights into understanding power privileges held by ethnic majority in the management of people in organizations. Papers may conceptualize and investigate these privileges from micro-individual experiences or meso-organizational relations and processes (e.g. influence of workplaces on the dynamics of racialized relations).
The deadline for receipt of manuscripts is
March 1, 2012.
Please submit papers of 6000 words or less, not counting references, appendices, figures, and tables, in MS Word via email attachment to Kay Wilkinson, Editorial Administrator for the JMP, at kwilkinson@emeraldinsight.com. Please do not upload papers to the online Scholarone system. You should also note that the manuscript is for the special issue on Understanding Ethnic Privilege and Power at Work, Organizations and Management. Of course, any other questions about the special issue may be addressed by contacting the guest editor directly. Manuscripts are expected to follow the JMP submission guidelines outlined at
http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=jmp
Please note that JMP has an impact factor of 2.15 (Thomson Reuter's Journal Citation Report, 2010)
It is ranked as a top 21% journal in Applied and Social Psychology.
The average turn around time is 44 days (starting July, 2011), but reviews for special issues may take longer.
Regards,
Dianna L. Stone