Call for papers

 

To address the conference theme of “Finding Solutions for a post-crisis society” we have framed the main conference topics under three disciplines: management, socio-policital and legal.

Full papers are invited on all subjects relevant to the spirit and objectives of the conference: to present, discuss and learn about the latest developments in finding solutions to the problems created by the latest financial crisis. The topics below are an indication of the planned scope of the conference, but are not meant to be restrictive.

 

SOLUTIONS FROM A MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE

- Collaborative organizations

- Rethinking leadership

- Entrepreneurship and economic development

- Corporate social responsability and sustainability

- Estrategy and change management 

- Social innovation

- Human resources management and new labor relations

- Value creation through public-private collaboration

 - International management

- Learning organitzations and knowledge management

 

SOLUTIONS FROM A SOCIO-POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE

- Changes in the labor market and segmentation

- Labour markets in Europe: towards a specialization?

- Business and union strategies towards crisis

- Youth employment and training

- The precarious employment

- The employment of women and situations of social vulnerability.

- Labour market and immigration in a crisis frame

- Employment policies in Europe

 

SOLUTIONS FORM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE

- Institutional strategies against the crisis

- Support to youth employment

- The protection of older workers.

- The fight against precarious employment: the precariat

- The management of job transitions: from training to work and from work to retirement.

- The promotion of employment of women and their maintenance in situations of social vulnerability.

- Balancing work and personal life of working people.

- Equality and diversity in the workplace.

- Social protection in situations of vulnerability and social exclusion.

- The role of collective bargaining in the post-crisis

- The protection of migrant workers

- Active Inclusion Policies

 

The conference proceedings will be published by Publicacions URV as book chapters, with its assigned ISBN.

INDEXING: The conference proceedings will be submitted for indexing  in SCOPUS, Thomson-Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI), Thomson Reuters ISI Index - Social Sciences & Humanities, and other relevant directories. This proceedings book will be available in e-book format and in Print on Demand.

Accepted papers will be considered for publication in the electronic journal IUSLabor and in the journal Sistema. Revista de Ciencias Sociales

At the same time, a selection of best full papers will be invited to submit extended versions for potential publication in a special research book published by Cambridge Scholar Publishing.

All contributions should be high quality, original and not published elsewhere or submitted for publication during the review period. Papers will be thoroughly reviewed by the Scientific Program Committee and external evaluators.