Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is compiling a list of the Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces. The best small, medium and large employers will be announced in Employee Benefits News and at benefitnews.com, along with the top ten in each state and industry.

Click here to fill out the short survey: http://www.adoptionfriendlyworkplace.org/afw/afw_index.asp.

Call for Papers: 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences
Deadline for Submission: January 24, 2007

"The main goal of the 2007 Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences is to provide an opportunity for academicians and professionals from various social sciences related fields from all over the world to come together and learn from each other. An additional goal of the conference is to provide a place for academicians and professionals with cross-disciplinary interests related to social sciences to meet and interact with members inside and outside their own particular disciplines."

Click here for more information: http://www.hicsocial.org/cfp_ss.htm.

Global Perspectives- Call for Papers: Twelfth World Congress of Social Economics

Theme: "Social Values and Economic Life"
Deadline for Submission: January 31, 2007

The conference will take place at the University of Amsterdam on June 8-10, 2007. Possible topics include: “The concept of 'career', gender and friendship, professionalism and professional identity, feminist theory, methodology, ethics and organizations, colonialism in organizations, complexity and diversity in the workplace, sexualities in organization, men and masculinities, identity and subjectivity, power and resistance, home/tele working, gender and technologies, alternative organization, management, managers and management practice, eroticism and embodiment, romance, love and organization, new managerialism, harassment and discrimination, race and ethnicity, social exclusion, intimacy and organization.” Please submit paper abstracts of no more than 500 words.

Click here for more information: http://www.socialeconomics.org/callMay30.htm.

Global Perspectives- Call for Papers: 16th Annual IAFFE Conference on Feminist Economics
Deadline for Submission: January 31, 2007

"Panel proposals and individual paper submissions are invited on any aspect of feminist inquiry into economic issues. As this is the first IAFFE conference to be held in Southeast Asia, we particularly encourage
participation of researchers, policy makers and activists from this region. Important themes include migration
and migrant workers, trade and its impact on women, sex work and the sex trade, informal work, women
and politics in Asia, and aging. Interdisciplinary approaches are welcome."

Click here for more information: http://www.iaffe.org/downloads/CallforPapers__Thailand.pdf.

Special Issue: Journal of African American Studies

Theme: "African Americans: Benefits and Challenges of Working at Predominantly White Institutions: Strategies for Thriving"
Deadline for Submission: February 1, 2007

"Manuscripts should focus on the challenges and benefits of work experiences in predominantly white colleges and universities, specifically the emotional, psychological, physical, legal, social, and or spiritual consequences that are experienced as a result of being “the only one” or of being “a numerical minority” at their institutions.  Further, authors will also give recommendations for ways in which the challenges that they face can be addressed by themselves as well as administrators, colleagues, and students within these institutions. Four copies of the manuscripts should be submitted to the guest editor below.  Manuscripts will be between 18 and 25 pages and submitted with APA referencing.  Manuscripts will be submitted for peer-review.  Further, some accepted manuscripts may be included in an edited book to be published based on this special issue.  In the event that some manuscripts are deemed outstanding but cannot be fitted into this specific issue, they would be given strong consideration for inclusion in the forthcoming edited book. "

Send manuscripts to: Dr. Rudolph Alexander, Jr., Guest Editor, College of Social Work, Ohio State University, 1947 College Road, Columbus, OH 43210. E-mail: alexander.2@osu.edu.

Global Perspectives- 2nd Annual Conference of Work and Family
Deadline for Submission: March 24th, 2007

"Conference themes: research of (international) family-responsible programs, policies and practices, cross-cultural research of work and family, research on decision-making in a work and family context, the study of expatriates and their families, and coping and strategies for creating work-family enrichment. Our aim is deviate from the traditional conference characterized by very short presentations and limited time for feedback, and to stimulate high-quality, face-to-face interactions and discussions. Therefore paper presentations are scheduled to last 45 minutes each."

Click here for more information: http://www.iese.edu/en/RCC/ICWF/Home/Home.asp.

Send manuscripts in a Word file of no more than 30 pages to Aline D. Masuda at amasuda@iese.edu. Indicate which line of research to which your submission corresponds: POLICIES; CROSS; DM; EXPATS or COPING. Save your file as follows:  ICWF_Track_Author. An example would be ICWF_POLICIES_Johnson. All authors will receive notification by May 15th, 2007.  

Special Issue: Human Relations

Theme: "Workers, Risk and the New Economy"
Deadline for Submission: July 13, 2007

Theme: "Workers, Risk and the New Economy"

Deadline for Submission: July 13, 2007

"Possible subjects include: “Low-wage workers and economic insecurity, migrant workers, insecurity and the management and negotiation of risk (for example through family or communal resources), gendered and racialized experiences of risk, dangerous technologies and the negotiation of risk, risk and opportunity—under what circumstances can taking a risk bring benefits, and what kinds of workers are most likely to reap the rewards, changes over time—is ‘risk’ as new as is sometimes supposed, and what can a historical perspective say, the role of institutions in regulating risk.

Click here for more information: http://www.humanrelationsjournal.org/.

Questions about the submission process, contact Alice Gilberson at editorial@humanrelationsjournal.org.

To discuss paper ideas, contact Paul Edwards at p.k.edwards@warwick.ac.uk.

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Conference Announcements

College and University Work/Family Association: 13th National Conference

Theme: "Strategic Partnerships: On Campus and in the Community"
Where: Hotel Mar Monte, Santa Barbara, CA – When: February 7-9, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.cuwfa.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=23895.

For more information, click here: http://www.worldatwork.org/worklife2007.

For more information, click here: http://www.naccrra.org/symposium/.

Arizona Fathers and Family Coalition, Inc.: 8th National Conference on Fatherhood and Families

Theme: "Building Community Bridges to Empower Fathers and Families"
Where: Phoenix, AZ – When: February 28-March 2, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.azffc.org.

For more information, click here: http://www.essnet.org/annualmeeting.htm.

Global Perspectives- Community, Work and Family: Second International Conference
Where: Lisbon, Portugal - When: April 12-14, 2007

For more information contact Maria Das Dores Guerreiro at maria.guerreiro@iscte.pt or visit the official site at http://cwf2007.com.sapo.pt.

Global Perspectives- British Sociological Association: Annual Conference 2007
Theme: Social Connections: Identities, Technologies, Relationships

Where: University of East London - When: April 12-14, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/Conference.htm.

The Council of Contemporary Families' Tenth Anniversary Conference

Theme: What Works For Today's Families? And What Doesn't? A Decade of Research, Practice, and Dialogue
Where: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL – When: May 4-5, 2007

For more information, click here:
http://www.contemporaryfamilies.org/subtemplate.php?t=conference&ext=1AnniversaryConference.

Global Perspectives - IESE Business School: International Conference of Work and Family

Theme: "Harmonizing Work, Family, and Personal Life: Strategies for Crossing Boundaries"
Where: IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain –  When: July 9-11, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.iese.edu/en/RCC/ICWF/Home/Home.asp.