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Call for Papers: Special Issue of Organization & Environment on "Non-Financial Disclosure and Real Sustainable Change Within and Beyond Organizations: Mechanisms, Outcomes and Complications"

  • 1.  Call for Papers: Special Issue of Organization & Environment on "Non-Financial Disclosure and Real Sustainable Change Within and Beyond Organizations: Mechanisms, Outcomes and Complications"

    Posted 11-25-2020 09:46
    **apologies for cross-posting**

    Are you are currently preparing a manuscript on non-financial disclosure/reporting for the AOM? Maybe then our special issue CFP is of interest for you:

    We know surprisingly little about whether, why, and how sustainability information disseminated to stakeholders translates into sustainability-related "outcomes." Insight into the causal chain that connects non-financial disclosure to outcomes such as reduced carbon emissions, enhanced biodiversity, or improved human rights is highly relevant but scarce. We believe that such outcomes hinge on the behavior of a diverse set of actors outside (e.g., equity and debt investors, the media, employees, governmental actors, nonprofit organizations, and pressure groups) and inside (e.g., board members, managers, and regular employees) of the disclosing organizations, and that these contexts of action require in-depth research.

    A range of disciplines finds research on non-financial reporting compelling, including accounting, strategic management, organization studies, and psychology. This has led to the application of a broad portfolio of methodologies and theories to a range of research questions. For this special issue, we embrace the full variety of levels of analysis and potential cross-level effects, methods, theoretical perspectives and disciplines to explore the phenomenon of non-financial disclosure and sustainable change within and beyond organizations.

    The submission deadline is March 29, 2021. The full version of the Call for Papers can be accessed here: https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/OAE/OAE_CFP_10.1177_1086026620923160-1588958922887.pdf

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    Rüdiger Hahn
    Endowed Chair
    U. of Duesseldorf
    Düsseldorf
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