Entrepreneurship and the Creation of Decent Work for All

Synthèse

This multi-journal collection explores how entrepreneurship can contribute to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8, which focuses on productive employment and decent work for all. The initiative recognizes that labor markets and employment quality are shaped by societal, environmental, political, and economic factors, and that entrepreneurial activity could be instrumental in creating better working conditions, fair compensation, and improved job opportunities across diverse contexts.

The collection invites research examining the interconnections between entrepreneurship and working conditions, seeking to understand mechanisms through which new ventures and small businesses can foster employment quality. Contributions may be research or review articles submitted to one of nine participating journals, with rigorous peer review conducted according to each journal's standards.

Thèmes proposés

• Equal pay for work of equal value
• Gender discrimination in employment
• Immigration and employment
• Labor shortages after COVID-19
• Modern slavery and child labor
• Labor policy
• Entrepreneurial enterprises, SMEs, and family businesses
• Global entrepreneurial firms: organization design, emerging conceptions in entrepreneurship (i.e. born globals), globalization's challenges and opportunities, cultural differences
• Remote work
• Opportunity entrepreneurship as a direct way to generate high quality employment
• Measuring and dealing with positive and negative externalities of new businesses