Wided Batat, University of Lyon 2

Boris Bartikowski, Kedge Business School

Zhiyong Yang, Miami University

Kelley Cours Anderson, College of Charleston

Contemporary organizations navigate hybrid work cultures and digital transformation, yet many firms—especially micro enterprises and family businesses—remain in closed ecosystems lacking phygital integration. This special issue explores how phygital leadership, which seamlessly merges physical and digital workplaces, can be adapted across diverse organizational contexts.

Phygital leadership represents a human-first framework emphasizing integration of digital and physical environments. The Phygital Research Paradigm proposes that successful transformation requires identifying enablers such as human capabilities, technological platforms, and material supports to achieve value through seamless transitions between physical and digital modes.

The special issue invites scholars and practitioners to explore phygital leadership's strategic significance and implementation pathways for developing human-centric business models suited to hybrid work cultures, addressing gaps in narrowly focused digital leadership research.

Appel publié par Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Evolution of leadership styles in phygital environments
• Human-centric organizational innovation in the phygital ecosystem
• Dual-plane leadership transformation: physicalization vs. digitalization
• Ethical design and responsible phygital practices
• Stakeholder engagement and phygital value co-creation
• Phygital leadership-driven well-being and social impact
• Phygital workplace culture, equity, and inclusivity
• Technology-human interaction in phygital leadership models
• Strategic implementation and scaling of phygital leadership
• Cognitive and emotional labor of phygital leaders
• The role of data-driven systems and AI tools co-construct leadership decision-making
• Rethinking contemporary competency models for phygital leadership
• Leadership communication and symbolism in the metaverse
• Phygital leadership as a strategic capability in digital transformation

Timeline

• May 15, 2026: Deadline for abstract submission to the APA Summit 2027
• July 10, 2027: Deadline for submitting full manuscripts for the Special Issue

This special issue focuses on the transformative potential of Extended Reality (XR) technologies—including Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR)—in enhancing decision-making processes and driving organizational transformation. As organizations increasingly face complex challenges requiring rapid, data-driven decisions, XR technologies offer innovative approaches to visualize information, simulate scenarios, and facilitate collaborative problem-solving in immersive environments.

The special issue welcomes original research contributions that explore how XR can improve decision support systems across various organizational contexts. We are interested in studies examining the effectiveness of immersive technologies in enhancing situational awareness, reducing decision-making time, improving decision quality, and fostering organizational innovation. Both theoretical frameworks and practical implementations are encouraged.

Appel publié par Decision Support Systems. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Applications of XR technologies in decision support systems
• Immersive visualization for complex data analysis
• VR/AR/MR interfaces for business intelligence
• XR-based training and knowledge transfer for organizational learning
• Human-computer interaction in extended reality environments
• User experience and usability in XR decision support applications
• Integration of XR with artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Real-time collaboration in virtual/mixed reality spaces
• XR applications in crisis management and emergency response
• Organizational change management through XR adoption

Timeline

• January 31, 2027: Full paper submission deadline

Asha Thomas, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Moreno Frau, Corvinus University of Budapest

Dominyka Venciūtė, ISM University of Management and Economics

Across contemporary organizations, advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming AI from a discrete technological resource into a systemic organizational capability that actively shapes decision-making, business model innovation, and competitive advantage. Traditionally, AI interfaces have largely been reactive, responding to human prompts and predefined inputs. The emergence of Agentic Artificial Intelligence represents a fundamental shift, as agentic systems are designed to operate with increasing autonomy, enabling goal-driven planning, workflow orchestration, coordination across systems, and machine-initiated action with limited human intervention.

Appel publié par Journal of Enterprise Information Management. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• How does Agentic AI enable new forms of value creation, capture, and measurement in organizations? Under what conditions can agentic systems also lead to value co-destruction or unintended negative outcomes due to misaligned autonomy, resource integration, or decision logic?
• How do organizations design governance, accountability, trust, and regulatory compliance mechanisms for Agentic AI systems operating with increasing autonomy? What challenges arise when human oversight is limited or distributed across functions?
• How do ethical considerations, responsibility, and moral agency evolve when AI systems act as semi-autonomous organizational actors rather than decision-support tools?
• How does Agentic AI reshape business process redesign, orchestration, and automation across organizational functions such as marketing, human resource management, operations, finance, and customer engagement?
• In what ways is artificial intelligence becoming normalized within organizational and marketing practice, shifting from experimental adoption to routinized, AI-embedded decision-making and workflows?
• How does Agentic AI influence workforce transformation, the future of work, and human resource management practices, including recruitment, performance evaluation, learning, and employee autonomy?
• How does the adoption of Agentic AI differ across organizational contexts, such as small and medium-sized enterprises versus large corporations, and what factors shape successful implementation and impact?
• How do emotional, relational, and interactional dynamics shape human–AI engagement in Agentic AI–driven sales, marketing, and customer experience contexts?
• How can human–AI collaboration and human-in-the-loop design be sustained when AI systems increasingly initiate actions, coordinate tasks, and learn autonomously?
• How do multi-agent systems, coordination mechanisms, and organizational architectures evolve as multiple human and artificial agents interact within complex socio-technical environments?
• How can existing theories of agency, organizational learning, and socio-technical systems be extended or reconfigured to explain machine agency and autonomous action in Agentic AI–enabled organizations?
• How does Agentic AI transform knowledge management, organizational learning, and decision support by enabling systems that not only retrieve and integrate knowledge but also reason, adapt, and act upon it?

Timeline

• March 1, 2026: Opening date for manuscript submissions
• September 30, 2026: Closing date for manuscript submissions