This special issue focuses on intercultural relations in contemporary digital environments and unequal global contexts, with particular emphasis on the Global South and non-WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) populations. The call seeks to expand scholarly understanding by centering research from and about regions often underrepresented in intercultural communication literature.

Appel publié par International Journal of Intercultural Relations. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Timeline

• April 30, 2027: Submission deadline

Green HRM (GHRM) integrates environmental responsibility into HR practices and procedures, enabling organizations to achieve sustainability goals while transforming employees into sustainability advocates. However, most GHRM research originates from the Global North, leaving implementation in the Global South—Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East—insufficiently studied and scattered across specific contexts.

This gap in scholarship risks producing GHRM frameworks disconnected from the socioeconomic and institutional realities of Global South countries. The special issue seeks to address this by inviting conceptual papers, empirical research, and scholarly discussions that examine how GHRM can advance sustainability, social justice, and economic stability in resource-constrained environments while exploring the unique obstacles and opportunities for GHRM adoption in Global South organizations.

Appel publié par International Journal of Organizational Analysis. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Contextualizing GHRM in the Global South (i.e. the adoption of GHRM, implementation barriers, contribution to sustainability)
• GHRM and work outcomes in the Global South (i.e. the effect of GHRM on green and non-green individual and organizational outcomes)
• How GHRM can enhance staff well-being in informal staffing settings (i.e. the relationship between GHRM and workplace happiness, job security, and inclusive practices of staffing, etc.)
• GHRM in sector-specific context in the Global South (i.e. manufacturing, IT, higher education, hospitality, etc.)
• National perspectives of GHRM in the Global South (i.e. how GHRM can facilitate effective economic transitions given the frequent scarcity of the resources and climate vulnerability)
• Leadership, organizational culture, management commitment to sustainable practices (how the aforementioned factors can shape GHRM practices in contexts where pro-environmental values may be nascent)
• GHRM and Organizational Resilience in the Global South (i.e. why and how GHRM can serve as a tool that contributes to organizational resilience in the light of environmental and operational disruptions)
• The role of AI and digital transformation in enabling GHRM in the Global South
• Success stories and case studies of organizations that pioneered the implementation of GHRM in the Global South

Timeline

• July 4, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• November 30, 2026: Closing date for manuscripts submission

Sarthak Mondal, University of Portsmouth

Sahen Gupta, University of Portsmouth

Govindasamy Balasekaran, National Institute of Education, Singapore

Jo Clarke, Leeds Beckett University

The global sport industry has historically been shaped by theories and management approaches originating in the Global North, which often fail to account for the institutional, political, economic and cultural realities of sport in the Global South. This epistemic gap means that practitioners and policymakers in emerging economies lack conceptual tools tailored to their specific contexts, limiting the effectiveness of governance and development initiatives.

This special issue positions the Global South as a primary site of theoretical production and institutional innovation rather than merely a testing ground for Northern theories. Recent developments in cricket franchises, African football, Southeast Asian esports, and Gulf sport mega-events demonstrate distinctive governance and investment configurations that require bespoke analytical frameworks.

Appel publié par Managing Sport and Leisure. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Sport Economics, Policy and Governance Frameworks in Global South contexts, including financial sustainability, funding models, and policy transfer
• Strategic Sport Leadership and Institutional Development in emerging economies
• Technology, Innovation, Society and Culture in Sport, including data analytics and digital platforms
• Emerging Trends in Sport Management such as esports, hybrid leagues, and athlete entrepreneurship
• Multidisciplinary Integration in Sport Systems drawing on economics, sociology, psychology, and political science

Timeline

• October 15, 2026: Abstract deadline
• April 30, 2027: Manuscript deadline

Simone Barakat, Fundação Getulio Vargas

Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes, Hanken School of Economics

Seray Ergene, University of Rhode Island

Steffen Farny, Leuphana University Luneburg

Judy Muthuri, University of the West Indies

Contemporary sustainability challenges increasingly foreground organizations as embedded within complex social-ecological systems rather than operating independently from them. While ecological degradation and resource constraints affect organizations worldwide, these challenges are more immediate and structurally embedded in the operating environments of the Global South. These challenges are not just a background context to which organizations must adapt but an outcome of long-standing patterns of extraction, uneven development, and entrenched social inequalities that continue to shape what sustainability can mean in practice.

Appel publié par Organization & Environment. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Organizing for Environmental Sustainability across Communities and Regions - How do communities and organizations work together to govern natural resources and shared ecological commons?
• How do sustainability standards, certifications, and supply-chain rules influence organizational practices across regions?
• How do organizations manage environmental interdependencies across local and global contexts?
• What challenges arise when local ecological priorities clash with global market or regulatory pressures, and how do organizations deal with these challenges in practice?
• Organizing with Nature from a Global South perspective - How do organizations in the Global South manage their activities within the carrying ecological capacity of the planet (i.e., planetary boundaries), particularly under conditions of resource constraints and institutional fragility?
• How do organizations in the Global South engage with degrowth, sufficiency, circular, or regenerative practices?
• What tensions do organizations in the Global South face between economic survival and ecological realities, and how do they navigate these circumstances in practice?
• How organizations in the Global South conceptualize and manage their embeddedness within social–ecological systems and attempt to develop a regenerative dynamic with nature?
• Power, Inequality, and the Governance of Nature - What are the sources of environmental injustices currently in the global South? How are they experienced? What are some resistances to these injustices, and how do they unfold? What are some policy mechanisms (if any) to address these injustices?
• How do power asymmetries manifest in sustainability governance and transnational regulations?
• How do corporations influence environmental policy and access to natural resources?
• How do resistance and counter-organizing emerge around contested environmental futures?
• Stakeholders and Environmental Sustainability from a Global South Perspective - How do organizations in the Global South engage with stakeholders in relation to environmental sustainability?
• How are the interests of diverse stakeholders, such as communities, governments, NGOs, and other stakeholders, navigated around environmental risks and resource use?
• How do stakeholder relationships influence organizational decisions and practices related to environmental sustainability?
• How do power asymmetries and dependency relations among stakeholders shape environmental outcomes and organizing processes?

Timeline

• October 20, 2026: Paper Development Workshop
• February 28, 2027: Full manuscript submission deadline

Edwina Pio, Auckland University of Technology

Stephen Kalilpakdee, Assumption University of Thailand

This special issue seeks to advance Human Resources Management (HRM) research by centering perspectives, experiences, and contexts from the Global South. While HRM scholarship has traditionally been dominated by Western theoretical frameworks and assumptions, there is a critical need to develop contextually-grounded HRM knowledge that reflects the unique institutional, economic, social, and cultural realities of countries and regions in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and other parts of the Global South.

The special issue welcomes empirical studies, theoretical contributions, critical reviews, and methodological innovations that challenge dominant HRM paradigms and offer new insights into how organizations manage human resources in Global South contexts. We are particularly interested in research that moves beyond adapting Western HRM models and instead develops indigenous, culturally-sensitive, and locally-relevant approaches to understanding people management.

Appel publié par Human Resource Management Journal. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Exploring alternative theoretical frameworks and paradigms for HRM in the Global South
• Indigenous and culturally-rooted HRM approaches and practices
• HRM in informal economies and non-traditional work arrangements
• Human agency, worker voice, and resistance in HRM systems
• HRM's role in addressing inequality, social justice, and sustainable development
• Technology, digitalization, and their impacts on HRM in emerging economies
• HRM in post-colonial and transitional contexts
• Labor standards, worker protection, and ethical HRM practices in the Global South
• Comparative HRM studies across Global South regions
• Organizational learning and knowledge management in Global South contexts

Timeline

• December 1, 2026: Submission window