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Strategic Partnership Between Leadership and Work Climates to Elevate the Role of HR in Organizational Success

edited by Carlos Santiago Torner

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7498 | Submission Open

Keywords: human resources; leadership; work climates; well-being; organizational objectives; organizational strategy; occupational health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Strategic Management)

Public Management in the 21st Century: Innovations and Challenges in Governance

edited by

Ana-Maria Bercu

and Nevila Xhindi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2540 | Submission Open

Keywords: public management; governance; digitalisation; smart cities; policy; innovation

Reimagining Value Creation: Digital Business Models in a Global Context

edited by Yusaf H. Akbar and

Andrea Tracogna

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1162 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital business models; platform economy; global digital transformation; business model innovation; institutions and regulation

Thriving Through People: Human-Centered Strategies for Organizational Sustainability

edited by

Ana Maria da Palma Moreira

, Ivo Dias, Armanda Antunes and Andreia Borges

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1028 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; social sustainability; environmental sustainability; talent sustainability; leadership and sustainability; employee engagement; work design and innovation; well-being and human sustainability; sustainable HRM; ethics and governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Organizational Behavior)

Marketing in the Platform Economy—Performance, Value Creation, and Sustainability

edited by

Nnamdi O. Madichie

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 554 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital platforms; digital marketplaces; platform governance; responsible use of consumer data; algorithmic transparency; platform marketing strategies

Innovative Financing Tools for SMEs

edited by

Giuseppe Modaffari

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 426 | Submission Open

Keywords: SMEs; innovative financing; fintech; strategy; fraud risk; equity; debt; decision-making

From Projects to Strategy: How Project Management Drives Strategic Decision-Making in Modern Business

edited by

Ágnes Csiszárik-Kocsir

and

János Varga

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 406 | Submission Open

Keywords: project management; strategic decision-making; organizational competitiveness; sustainability challenges; risk management; innovation and agility; governance; transformational change

Making Marketing Effortless: Creating Online Brand Communities

edited by

Armand Faganel

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open

Keywords: online brand communities; online consumers; brand performance; collaborative community building; brand management; collaborative marketing

Companies 4.0: Digital Transformation, Organizational Change and Sustainable Challenges in the New Era

edited by Cristina Pérez Rico, Alicia Ferradás González, Carlos Fernández García and

Pilar Lorena Rivera-Badillo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; sustainable development goals (SDGs); organizational change; innovation management; ethical AI and governance; financial inclusion; sustainability; risk management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Organizational Behavior)

Understanding the Role of Generative AI in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

edited by

Mehtap Aldogan Eklund

and

Laurie Miller

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative AI; entrepreneurship; innovation; academic and educational entrepreneurship; international entrepreneurship; digital entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship education

(This special issue belongs to the Section International Entrepreneurship)

Lean Organizational Development in Digital Transformation: Capabilities for Rapid Adaptation in Volatile Contexts

edited by

Giuliano Marolla

Olivia McDermott

Francesco Zammori

and Parisa Sabbagh

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: lean organizational development; digital transformation; socio-technical systems; human-machine interaction; choice architecture; decision-making; technology appropriation; digital artifacts; digital governance; IT culture and digital culture; learning and capability building

(This special issue belongs to the Section Organizational Behavior)

Coaching for Positive Organizations and Innovation Management

edited by

Manuel Au-Yong-Oliveira

, António Sacavém,

Cicero Eduardo Walter

and

Ana Maria da Palma Moreira

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation management; positive organizations; coaching; development; solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Strategic Management)

Governance in the Age of Disruption: Board Strategy and Oversight for Volatile Markets

edited by Darko Tipurić

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: corporate governance; board of directors; strategic oversight; market volatility; organisational resilience; ESG accountability; artificial intelligence governance; geopolitical risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Strategic Management)

Sustainable Governance in the Digital Era: From ESG Adoption to Strategic Value Creation

edited by

Alexandra Zamfirache

and

Eliza Ciobanu

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable governance ESG; digital transformation; strategic value creation; organizational performance; stakeholder engagement; corporate sustainability; responsible innovation data driven decision-making; AI and digital technologies in governance sustainability; reporting ESG metrics and impact assessment; digital ethics and accountability sustainable business models; organizational maturity in ESG

Digital Capabilities in Innovation and Strategy amid Technological Development and Economic Uncertainty

edited by

Andrejs Čirjevskis

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 41081 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital dynamic capabilities; open innovation; digital servitization; micro-foundations of digital capabilities; technological development and economic uncertainty; interplay of digital capabilities and open innovation; future research directions

Strategic HR Integration of Self-Leadership: Well-Being, Work Happiness and Performance in Organizations

edited by

Rune Bjerke

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 1580 | Submission Open

Keywords: self-leadership; strategic human resource management (SHRM); health-promotion; psychological capital (PsyCap) and self-efficacy; employee well-being and resilience; work happiness and engagement; innovation; creativity; and SDL; organizational performance and retention; emotional self-regulation and coping; digitalization; AI; learning; and future-fit HRM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Leadership)

Emerging Trends in Organizational Management and Business Innovation: Theory and Practice

edited by

Ilona Skačkauskienė

Viktor Koval

and Natalia Sulikashvili

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 519 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative management methods; change management; entrepreneurship innovation; transformative technologies; green human resource management; innovative organizational design and culture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Strategic Management)

Managing Diversity: Shaping the Future of Work

edited by Gaëlle Falcon, Emilie Doutreloux, Marie-Eve Dufour and Marie-Eve Paquet

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open

Keywords: diversity management; DEI; minorities; future of work; work design; systemic inequality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gender, Race and Diversity in Organizations)

Business Process Management and Innovation: From Theory to Practice

edited by Irene Samanta

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: business process management; innovation; digital transformation; process mining; automation; organizational performance; innovation management; AI-enabled processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Strategic Management)

Building Capabilities for Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Digital Era

edited by

Mehrzad Saeedikiya

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: capability building; sustainable innovation; entrepreneurship; digital era; digital capabilities; innovation capabilities; corporate sustainability; entrepreneurial ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Strategic Management)

Transforming Entrepreneurship for Sustainability: Integrating Innovation, Strategy, and Social Impact

edited by

Caroline Tan

and

Saniyat Islam

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable entrepreneurship; circular economy; innovation strategy; social impact; digital commerce; responsible scaling; entrepreneurial ecosystems; UN sustainable development goals; technology-enabled sustainability; cross-sector business models

(This special issue belongs to the Section International Entrepreneurship)

Servant Leadership and Organizational Well-Being: Bridging Ethics, Empathy and Performance

edited by

Sigrún Gunnarsdóttir

and Haukur Freyr Gylfason

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 714 | Submission Open

Keywords: servant leadership; well-being; empathy; ethics; performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Leadership)

Critical Perspectives on Management, Accounting, and Finance: Power, Ethics, and Accountability

edited by

Helena Costa Oliveira

and

Amélia Ferreira Da Silva

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 583 | Submission Open

Keywords: society; power; accountability; moral; ethics; politicization; inequalities; digitalization; artificial intelligence; critical thinking; transparency; resistance

Decent Work and Sustainable Development in the Care Economy: Meaningfulness and Equity in Undervalued Essential Roles

edited by

Subas Dhakal

Kehinde Aluko

and John Burgess

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 414 | Submission Open

Keywords: care economy; decent work; sustainable development; frontline workers; unpaid care work; decent work deficit; undervaluation of work; vulnerable employment; policy intervention; social protection; labor standards; work precariousness; work dignity; work rights and well-being

Leadership and Human Resource Management in Economic Development

edited by Evangelia Siachou and

Demetris Vrontis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4058 | Submission Open

Keywords: economic sustainability; green HRM; HRM devolution; leadership; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Leadership)

Rethinking Talent Management for Sustainable Organizations

edited by

Nhung T. Hendy

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3937 | Submission Open

Keywords: talent; talent acquisition; talent identification; talent management; human capital management; human capital theory; paradox theory; competencies; human capital industry; global talent management

Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, and Organizational Performance: Emerging Trends in Management and Evaluation

edited by

Fayyaz Qureshi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 948 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligence; (AI) digital transformation; organizational performance; strategic management; innovation & agility; change management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Organizational Behavior)

Research on the Application of Emerging Technologies in Marketing

edited by

Daehwan Kim

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 821 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging technologies; technology-driven marketing; artificial intelligence (AI); augmented reality (AR); virtual reality (VR); blockchain marketing applications; internet of things (IoT) in marketing; big data analytics; consumer behavior; digital transformation in marketing

Harnessing Smart Technologies for Enhancing Organizational Sustainability and Green Growth: Managerial and Administrative Perspectives

edited by

Rohit Bansal

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 785 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart technologies; green growth; sustainability; technological innovation; smart energy; renewable solutions; artificial intelligence; internet of things; big data analytics; blockchain technology; administrative science; environmental monitoring; industry 6.0; managerial perspective

(This special issue belongs to the Section Organizational Behavior)

Digital Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Generative AI

edited by Yongseok Jang,

Byungchul Choi

and

Rama Krishna Reddy

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 614 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation entrepreneurship; small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); generative artificial intelligence (GenAI); entrepreneurial processes; resilience and adaptation; opportunity enactment; strategic choices; firm-level resilience; comparative perspectives

(This special issue belongs to the Section Strategic Management)

Crisis Management in the Nonprofit Sector: Strategies, Resilience and Impact

edited by Jennifer A. Pope and Moumita Acharyya

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonprofit management; crisis/crises; leadership; resilience; risk management; community volunteering; innovation; governance/regulation; digitalization; stakeholder management

Research on Female Entrepreneurship and Diversity—2nd Edition

edited by

Carlos Bazan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14734 | Submission Open

Keywords: entrepreneurship; gender; diversity; intersectionality; entrepreneurial intention; entrepreneurship education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gender, Race and Diversity in Organizations)

AI Development and Employment Transformation

edited by Stephanie Smith

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 349 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; employment transformation; future of work; job design and task reconfiguration; algorithmic management; human-AI collaboration; workforce skills and reskilling; organizational governance; employee autonomy and control; work and inequality

Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by Frances M. Amatucci and

Liang Xu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: entrepreneurship; generative artificial intelligence; design thinking; Industry 4.0; new venture creation; entrepreneurial processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section International Entrepreneurship)

Corporate Reputation: Why It Matters and How to Manage It

edited by

Teresa Barros

Susana Bernardino

Paulo Botelho Pires

, Ricardo Bahia Machado and

José Duarte Santos

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open

Keywords: corporate reputation; stakeholder theory; institutional theory; legitimacy; corporate branding; stakeholder trust; social enterprise; social impact; ESG accountability; financial markets; reputational risk; crisis management; purpose-washing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Strategic Management)

Complex Human–AI Collaboration in the Workplace of the Future: Identity Work, Agency, and the Reconfiguration of Competencies

edited by

Marie-Noelle Albert

Alae Eddine Nassar

and

Andrée-Anne Deschênes

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-AI collaboration; complexity; workplace; identity; agency; competences

(This special issue belongs to the Section Organizational Behavior)

Identity Matters: Advancing Diversity and Inclusion Through Effective Human Resource Management

edited by Nasima Carrim and Munish Gupta

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open

Keywords: human resource management; diversity and inclusion; workplace identity; inclusive leadership; organisational culture; equity and belonging; employee wellbeing; intersectionality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gender, Race and Diversity in Organizations)

The Age of AI in the Management of Businesses and Supply Chains

edited by Edit Mária,

László Buics

and

Marco Cucculelli

submission deadline 30 Nov 2027 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; digital supply chains; Industry 4.0 and 5.0; hybrid decision making; human-machine collaboration

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