CLASP Call for Innovations: Flexible Workplaces

Deadline for Submission: March 31, 2007

"This month please tell us about your own innovation – or one that you have heard about --related to workplace flexibility for low-wage workers. We are open to hearing about any innovation that comes to mind, so the following is simply suggestive not prescriptive: scheduling tools, predictable schedules, "no clock" scheduling, remote work, or part time work."

Click here for more information: http://blog.clasp.org/opportunityatwork/2007/03/march_call_for_.html.

Submit nominations to: innovations@clasp.org.

Special Issue: Human Relations

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

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.

Special Issue: Human Relations

Theme: "Work-Life Initiatives and Organizational Change"
Deadline for Submission: January 31, 2008

Click here for more information: http://www.tavinstitute.org/humanrelations/special_issues/work_life_initiatives.html.

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

Submit online at: http://www.humanrelationsjournal.org.

Conference Announcements

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.

Women Work!: 2007 Conference
Where: Washington, DC - When: April 22-25, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.womenwork.org/network/conferences/schedule.htm.

The Conference Board: Annual Diversity Conferences
Where: Hilton New York, New York, NY - When: April 25-26, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.conference-board.org/diversity.

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 Conference Board: Women's Leadership Conference
Where: Coronado Island Marriott, San Diego, CA - When: April 26-27, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.conference-board.org/women.htm.

European Academy of Management 2007 Conference

Theme: "Current Management Thinking: Drawing from Social Sciences and Humanities to Address Contemporary Challenges"
Where: Paris, France - When: May 16-19, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.euram2007.org/r/default.asp?iId=GKELI.

The Conference Board: Annual Diversity Conferences
Where: Westin River North, Chicago, IL - When: May 23-24, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.conference-board.org/diversity.

Sixth Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences
Where: Waikiki, HI - When: May 30-June 2, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.hicsocial.org/index.htm.

Global Perspectives- Twelfth World Congress of Social Economics

Where: University of Amsterdam - When: June 7-9, 2007

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

The Conference Board/Families and Work Institute 2007 Work Life Conference

Theme: "How the Global Economy is Affecting Work Life: What Work Life and HR Professionals Need to Know"
Where: Marriott Financial Center, New York, NY - When: June 12-13, 2007

For more information, click here: http://familiesandwork.org/site/events/conferences/2007WorkLifeConferenceAgenda.pdf.

59th Annual SHRM Conference and Exposition
Where: Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV - When: June 24-27, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.shrm.org/conferences/annual/.

Global Perspectives- Eastern Academy of Management : International Conference on Managing in a Global Economy XII

Theme: "Culture: Integration and Innovation"

Where: Amsterdam, The Netherlands - When: June 24-28, 2007

Click here for more information: http://eami.aquinex.com/.

Global Perspectives- Gender, Work and Organization: 5th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference

Where: Keele University, Staffordshire, UK - When: June 27-29, 2007

Click here for more information: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/conf_information.pdf.

Global Perspectives- International Association for Feminist Economics 16th Annual Conference

Where: Bangkok, Thailand - When: June 29-July 1

Click here for more information: http://www.iaffe.org/conferences/annual/index.php.

Global Perspectives- Seventh Annual Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities & Nations

Where: Amsterdam, The Netherlands - When: July 3-6, 2007

Click here for more information: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/welcome.html.

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.

Global Perspectives - Australian Social Policy Conference 2007

Theme: "Building Community Capacity and Social Resilience"
Where: University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia –  When: July 11-13, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/ASPC2007/index.htm.

Global Perspectives - HILDA Survey Research Conference

 Where: University of Mebourne, Melbourne, Australia –  When: July 19-20, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/conf/hildaconf2007/.

Academy of Management 2007 Meeting

Theme: "Doing Well by Doing Good"
Where: Philadelphia, PA –  When: August 3-8, 2007

For more information, click here: http://meeting.aomonline.org/2007/.

American Sociological Association 102nd Annual Meeting

Theme: "Is Another World Possible?: Sociological Perspectives on Comtemporary Politics"
Where: New York, NY –  When: August 11-14, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/meetings/2007_annual_meeting_convention_home.

American Psychological Association 115th Annual Convention

Where: Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA –  When: August 17-20, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.apa.org/convention07/.

69th Council on Family Relations Annual Conference
Where: Pittsburgh Hilton, Pittsburgh, PA - When: November 7-10, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.ncfr.org/conf/current/annual.asp.

Gerontological Society of America 60th Annual Scientific Meeting
Where: Hilton San Francisco, San Francisco, CA - When: November 16-20, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.agingconference.com/.