CSR & HRM: Call for Chapter proposals

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS – Due Dec 1, 2011
 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: A DIVERSITY PERSPECTIVE
 Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012

Editors: Mine Karatas-Ozkan, Katerina Nicolopoulou, University of Southampton;
Mustafa F. Ozbilgin, Brunel University.
 
PUBLICATION SCHEDULE
Book chapter proposals received: Dec 1, 2011
Notification of accepted chapter proposals: December 15, 2011
Submission of full book chapters: February 20, 2012
Chapter authors receive reviews/ feedback: March 20, 2012
Submission of revised chapters: April 30, 2012
Book release: 2012
 
SCOPE of the BOOK
CSR has been at the forefront of strategic outlook of contemporary organizations of all kind. An important facet of CSR programmes has been its emphasis on effective management of diversity in organisations, with a view to enhance sustainability. The existing application of CSR programmes manifests in diversity management policies, inclusion of local communities and encouragement of corporate community involvement, such as enterprise activities, involvement of disadvantaged groups and collaboration with schools and universities. Strategic fit of CSR to the aims of an organisation and the community outreach is a success factor for CSR programmes. More specifically, CSR programmes can be successful in diversity management by encouraging and facilitating stakeholder dialogue, business involvement to enhance social inclusion at community level, equality for men and women, well-being in the workplace, financial inclusion in terms of sustainable services for underserved potential customers, and collaboration with a wider network of stakeholders within the community (e.g. universities, employment agencies etc.).
 
We would like to problematise the prevailing ‘legal-compliance’ underpinning of most of the CSR and diversity management programmes and address the issues surrounding this with an ultimate objective to explore good practices and approaches with regard to various aspects of diversity (gender, ethnicity, disability, age). In the book, we will include theoretical and empirical papers that explore how global organisations with global workforce could develop concrete activities to leverage their human resource management strategies in general, diversity management in particular, at different levels and in collaboration with stakeholders within their community. The proposed book will aim to share knowledge and understanding of the management processes involved in mainstreaming diversity through effective design and implementation of CSR programmes in organisations.

PROPOSALS
We would like to invite chapters (5,000-8,000 words) in the following areas:
• Conceptualisation of CSR and Diversity: Inter-, and trans-disciplinary perspectives
• Internal processes of CSR: Diversity Management cases
• Evaluation of Diversity Management initiatives within a broader CSR framework
• Strategy of university management in the context of social responsibility
• Relating personal, firm and market level factors to the degree of CSR activities in owner-managed entrepreneurial SMEs
• The case of diversity as a potential strategic issue with CSR implications
• How to involve stakeholders in CSR certifications
• Diversity and its management as a dialectic social-historical process
• CSR and diversity Management in the context of developing countries
• Integrated diversity agenda for European business, management and social policy at the regional level
 
This is not an exhaustive list. If you have ideas for any other topics that will fit with the wider scope of the book, please submit your one page proposal by December 1, 2011. Please make any inquiries and submit chapters to all editors: ; ;
 
The publisher’s guidelines for preparing chapters can be found here .
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