Call For Papers, Proposals and Awards

• Special Issue Call for Papers: Anticipated and Unanticipated Consequences of Work-Family Policy
  Editor: Stephen Sweet, Department of Sociology, Ithaca College, USA
  
  The journal Community, Work, & Family invites submissions to a special issue on the topic of “Anticipated and Unanticipated Consequences of Work-Family Policy.”  Submissions should focus on contemporary debates concerning the extent to which work-family policies achieve their intended goals, as well as any unexpected outcomes (positive or negative) that also result from their implementation.  The journal especially seeks contributions that advance international comparative perspectives on work-family policy and practice. 

  Submissions can take the form of regular full length articles (5,000-10,000 words), short reports (2000 words), or personal accounts (2000 words). 

  Electronic copies should be sent to the journal by email to cwf@mmu.ac.uk no later then June 10, 2010.  For further details about the format of submission of papers, please refer to the Community, Work & Family website for notes for contributors at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/ccwfauth.asp.

  Include in the submission a request to have your submission considered for this special issue.

  Please direct questions concerning this issue to the guest editor, Stephen Sweet (ssweet@ithaca.edu).

• 2010 Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society: Call for Papers
  Theme: Economic Crisis and New Social Realities
  Due date: October 30, 2009
  Conference: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Cambridge, MA, March 18-21, 2010
  Questions should be sent to easterns2010@gmail.com
  
  
• World Congress on Sociology: Men, Work and Parenting
  Linda Haas (US) and Margaret O'Brien (UK) are co-organizing a session at the upcoming World Congress of Sociology on "Men, work and parenting." The XVII World Congress will be held July 11-17, 2010 in Gothenburg Sweden. They are seeking papers that address linkages between men, work and parenting.
  
  Possible topics include: men's constructions of caring; effects of public policy on men's ability to combine paid work and family caregiving; impact of employment on men's caregiving; men's strategies for work-family harmonization; men's breadwinner attitudes and behavior; men's work and family tradeoffs; effects of overload and overwork on men's relationships in families; impact of caregiving on men's employment; men's use of workplace or government policies designed to facilitate combining work and family;
  characteristics of father-friendly workplaces; the fatherhood "wage premium." Papers that include diversity by race, ethnicity, sexual
  orientation, marital status and social class as well as those that cover more than one society are especially sought.

  People interested in presenting a paper can submit a 20-page paper (including an abstract) to both co-organizers for an October 30 deadline. It is also possible to send just an abstract in advance, by September 30, to seek feedback on its appropriateness for the session, before a full paper is sent. The abstract should include: a. Author's and co-author's full names, highest university degree held, current positions including institutional affiliation with complete mailing address, phone numbers, and email addresses. b. Paper Title (recommended maximum length 12 words) c. Abstract (up to 300 words that must include the following from the paper:
  objectives, methods, results and conclusion). d. Preferred keywords (up to 5).

  Papers should be sent to both: Linda Haas (lhaas@iupui.edu) and Margaret O'Brien (m.o-brien@uea.ac.uk).
  

• Journal of Family and Economic Issues: Call for Papers
  Special issue: Family Business
  This special issue invites original empirical or theoretical research papers relevant to family
  business. The need for better understanding of family business issues is greater today than at any other time due to current economic and demographic trends. Not only does the current situation pose challenges to family business owners and managers, but it also provides opportunities for researchers to influence policy makers, business consultants, and practitioners. This special issue will bring together papers that investigate broad topics in family business, and both quantitative and qualitative papers are welcome.

  Suggested areas of research for this special JFEI issue include, but are
  not limited to the following:

  Managerial strategies for family owned businesses
  Resource management and family owned businesses
  Trends in family owned businesses
  Family business succession/continuance
  Family relations and family business issues
  Family business success and performance measures
  Family/business wellbeing and financial issues
  Cross-cultural analyses of family businesses
  Family business behaviors in disaster and crisis conditions
  Growth and sustainability issues for family owned businesses

  Submission guidelines: Please follow the 5th Edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association to prepare your manuscript. The manuscript should not be more than 35 pages in length, including text, tables, figures, and references.
  
  Send an electronic copy of the paper to the journal's submission website on or before October 31, 2009. In the author's note, please indicate that the submission is for the "Family Business" special issue. The special issue will be published in December 2010.
  
  For more information please contact: Linda S. Niehm (niehmlin@iastate.edu) or Jane Swinney (swinnej@okstate.edu).

• 2010 American Psychological Association Annual Convention: Call for CE Workshop Presentations
  Due date: November 2, 2009
  Conference: San Diego, CA, August 12-15, 2010
  
  
• Working Mother Media: Best Companies for Hourly Workers Surveys
  In partnership with Corporate Voices for Working Families, an organization devoted to improving the lives of working families, Working Mother is now developing the Best Companies for Hourly Workers application. This application will ask companies to report availability and usage of programs that support hourly workers.

  All companies that apply, including those that don't make the list, will receive feedback showing how they compared to all other applicants. Meanwhile, all winning companies will be featured in the May 2010 issue of Working Mother magazine, and on workingmother.com. Winning companies will also be invited to celebrate their honor at an event to be held next year in New York City.

  Your company is eligible to apply to the Working Mother Best Companies for Hourly Workers initiative if it has a minimum of 500 employees in the United States, at least half (50%) of whom are nonexempt.
  
  If you have any questions about the application, eligibility requirements, or anything else pertaining to this initiative, please contact Kristen Willoughby, Manager, Editorial Research & Initiatives, at 212-219-7491 or kristen.willoughby@workingmother.com.
  
  Companies are encouraged to register now to stay informed of upcoming deadlines. The application itself will go live on July 17, 2009, and will remain open to applicants until October 16, 2009.
  
  
• Community, Work & Family: Call for Papers
  Special Issue: Technology and Community
  
  Technology has permeated all aspects of social life and has steadily transformed the way in which we live. The notion of community in particular has been affected, as technology demonstrates the potential to influence how community is actualised, experienced and maintained.

  This special issue calls for papers which explore the diverse manner in which technology is impacting on community and/or the interface between community and work and family. In this instance, community can refer to a geographical location, a virtual community or a psychological experience (e.g. sense of community).

  This call for papers invites reports of original research, reviews of research and discussion articles from colleagues working in the area.

  For further details about the format for papers please refer to the Community, Work & Family notes for contributors at www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/ccwfauth.asp.

  Articles must be submitted by email to cwf@mmu.ac.uk by the 18th December 2009 and must be clearly labelled "Special Issue: Community and Technology".

  Any further queries about the special issue can be directed to Asiya Siddiquee at A.Siddiquee@mmu.ac.uk.
  

• International Association for Feminist Economics 2010 Conference: Call for Papers
  Theme: Global Economic Crises and Feminist Rethinking of the Development Discourse (Crisis Economica Global Y Revision Feminista del Debate Sobre el Desarrollo)
  Due date: February 1, 2010
  Conference: Argentina, Facultad de Ciencias Economicas de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. July 22-24, 2010
  
  
• Journal of Vocational Behavior: Special Issue Call for Papers
  Topic: Career and Work Concerns of Diverse and Understudied Workers: Current Knowledge and Future Implications
  Submissions that will be considered are empirical studies or meta-analytic reviews (conceptual papers are not appropriate) that explore any employee work or career topic using a sample or samples that are distinct from those explored in past studies, and thus, contribute a perspective to the literature from the vantage point of that employee type.
  
  Wendy Casper and Jennifer Swanberg are the co-editors for this special issue and both are happy to answer questions from authors who may wish to submit articles. In submitting your article to the special issue, please submit online as you would typically submit to JVB, and choose “Special Issue: Understudied Populations” as your submission type. The deadline for this special issue is August 2010.