Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie, Leipzig University

Yuliya Shtaltovna, HS Fresenius

Paul Agu Igwe, University of Lincoln

Priscilla Bahaw, The University of the West Indies

Chibueze Tobias Orji, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

This special issue seeks empirical research on how student entrepreneurship influences the transition from university education to employment in emerging economies. The focus is on understanding how entrepreneurial experiences during higher education contribute to career development, employability skills, and readiness for labour market entry.

The call addresses a gap in research regarding student entrepreneurship's role in university-to-work transition, despite evidence that entrepreneurial activities provide experiential learning opportunities for developing workplace skills. The special issue aims to inform policymakers, university administrators, and industry experts about improving graduate employment outcomes while contributing to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals related to quality education, decent work, and reduced inequalities.

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Potential topics

• Student Entrepreneurial Activities as a Pathway to University-to-Work Transition: exploring how students' engagement in small and micro-businesses might facilitate or hinder their transition into the labour market
• Career Development and Employability Skills Acquisition: exploring how students' entrepreneurial engagement contributes to or hinders the development of essential employability skills and career readiness
• Institutional and Contextual Factors in Emerging Economies: exploring how factors such as institutional support, government policies, culture and economic conditions shape student entrepreneurship and university-to-work transition outcomes
• Cross-regional Comparative Insights & Theoretical Advancement: examining comparative perspectives on how student entrepreneurship affects university-to-work transition in different regions
• Inner Development Goals and the Human Dimension of Entrepreneurship: integration of the IDGuide into entrepreneurship and business education, and how cognitive, social, and self-leadership competencies promote entrepreneurial behaviour and employability among students

Timeline

• November 1, 2025: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• October 1, 2026: Closing date for manuscripts submission

Mirit K. Grabarski, Lakehead University

Galina Boiarintseva, Niagara University

Maria Hameed Khan, Queensland University of Technology

Maria Mouratidou, Liverpool John Moores University

This special issue addresses the interconnected but distinct concepts of meaning, meaningfulness, and purpose in work contexts. The call recognizes that while multiple career theories incorporate meaning-related dimensions, these concepts remain closely intertwined and often used interchangeably, creating conceptual confusion. The editors aim to clarify how meaning relates to personal interpretations and values, meaningfulness to emotional fulfillment and engagement, and purpose to long-term direction and aspirations.

The special issue seeks theoretical and empirical contributions that advance understanding of how people derive significance from their work and what sustains fulfillment over time. The focus is on positive impact and purposeful work rather than career success generally, with the goal of integrating these dimensions into a comprehensive framework for understanding human fulfillment at work.

The call welcomes submissions from researchers worldwide examining how work aligns with values, provides decent conditions, interacts with technology and life roles, enables calling and transcendent goals, and sustains meaning across careers.

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Potential topics

• Authenticity and alignment of work with personal values
• Decent work and meaningfulness across occupations
• Human and technological interactions and the future of work
• The place of work in a whole-life framework
• Calling and serving higher purpose through work
• Sustaining purpose and meaning over time

Timeline

• February 1, 2027: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• March 1, 2027: Closing date for manuscripts submission

Sophie Hennekam, Audencia Business School

Bettina Lynda Bastian, American University in Bulgaria

Bruno Felix, Fundação Dom Cabral

This special issue explores how neurodiversity and gender intersect in workplace settings. Neurodivergent individuals possess valuable cognitive strengths but face significant employment challenges including high unemployment, discrimination, and limited career advancement, often due to neurotypical workplace norms.

Gender compounds these challenges, as neurodivergent women and gender-diverse individuals navigate both ableist expectations and societal gender norms. Diagnostic criteria biased toward male presentation result in underdiagnosis for other genders. Despite growing awareness of neurodiversity, organizational research remains limited, particularly regarding intersections with diverse gender identities.

The special issue invites empirical, conceptual, and practice-based research applying organizational theories to understand neurodivergent workers' experiences. It welcomes unconventional methodologies, interdisciplinary collaborations, and submissions from neurodivergent scholars, aiming to generate insights beneficial to both organizational practice and scholarship.

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Potential topics

• Unique challenges and opportunities neurodivergent and gender-diverse individuals face in the workplace
• Co-occurrence of multiple forms of neurodivergence and its impact on workplace experiences
• Role of organizational culture, co-workers, and diversity policies in shaping experiences of neurodivergent individuals
• How societal norms surrounding femininity affect workplace experiences of neurodivergent women
• Intersection of neurodivergence with other marginalized identities
• Insights from experiences of gender-diverse neurodivergent individuals regarding gender norms and identity expression
• Participatory research methodologies that empower neurodivergent voices
• Manifestation of stereotypes about neurodiversity differently for men and women in professional environments
• Navigation of identities by non-binary or gender-diverse individuals within predominantly ableist workplaces
• Role of cultural perceptions in shaping experiences of neurodivergent individuals across different genders
• Organizational support for neurodivergent individuals and creation of inclusive climate at work, including HRM policies and practices
• Coping strategies of neurodivergent individuals and gender differences in coping
• Identity management strategies and gender disclosure decisions of gender-diverse neurodivergent individuals at work

Timeline

• Invalid DateTime: Publication of Special Issue
• January 3, 2026: Call for papers online
• September 15, 2026: Papers due from contributors
• December 15, 2026: First round of blind review and editorial decisions
• March 15, 2027: Revised manuscripts back from contributors
• June 15, 2027: Second round of blind review and editorial decisions
• September 16, 2027: Final recommendations for publication or reject decisions