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Call for Papers
Journal of Management Special Issue on
Managing in the Information Age
Special Issue Editor: Rhonda K. Reger (Smith School of Business, University of
Maryland-College Park)
The information age is bringing a reexamination of virtually every aspect of
management theory and practice, threatening accepted notions of organizations as
entities, industry competition, inter-organizational relationships, corporate
governance, and the role of top managers in knowledge-intensive organizations.
It is hastening trends toward industry convergence, and creating new
intermediation models in industries as diverse as book selling and financial
services. Almost every industry is involved in a fundamental questioning of
long-accepted business models.
This period also has challenged all aspects of the management of people. New
models of organizational behavior emphasize the democratization of leadership,
virtual teams, and real time electronic communication. They suggest the need
for more flexible structures of decision making and communication rather than a
continuing reliance on the management of social capital through hierarchical
command and control. Human capital needs in rapidly changing firms are causing
managers and researchers to reexamine and re-negotiate every aspect of the
traditional employment contract. This re-examination includes the meaning of
organizational membership, methods of employee attraction, formal and informal
programs of continuous learning, organizational reward practices, and the nature
of career paths in an information economy.
The pervasiveness of the Internet and the development of knowledge management
"shareware" such as Lotus Notes is contributing to the globalization of markets
and industries. How technology facilitates cross-border collaboration of
individuals, teams, divisions, and companies to challenge accepted notions of
global competition and cooperation is also of interest. Human-technology
interfaces open a range of topics including the nature of organizational
cognition, and the effects of instantaneous communication and information
overload.
The topics of this special issue are purposefully broad. The Journal of
Management welcomes empirical, conceptual, and methodological manuscripts
focusing on individual, team, organization or organization field levels of
analysis. Work that cuts across multiple levels of analysis is especially
welcome, as is work utilizing either theory testing or theory development. We
urge you to join us in showcasing the best work that sheds light on the changing
landscape of managing in the information age.
Submissions
To be considered for publication, manuscripts must be received by May 1, 2000.
Send manuscripts including a cover letter that specifically states that the
paper is to be considered for the special issue to
Dr. Micki Kacmar
Department of Management
College of Business
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1110
Details concerning the Journal of Management's procedures and evaluation
criteria are printed in all issues of the journal in a section entitled
Information for Contributors and are available on the JOM website:
http://www.fsu.edu/-jom
Request for ad hoc reviewers: if you are interested in reviewing for this
special issue of JOM, please contact Rhonda Reger (
rreger@rhsmith.umd. edu)
describing your relevant expertise and reviewing experience.