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Journal of Management Studies
Call for Papers
PROFESSIONS AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
Guest Editors: <st1:personname productid="Daniel Muzio" w:st="on">Daniel Muzio</st1:personname> (<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Leeds</st1:placename>), <st1:personname productid="David Brock" w:st="on">David Brock</st1:personname> (<st1:placename w:st="on">Ben-Gurion</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>) and <st1:personname productid="Roy Suddaby" w:st="on">Roy Suddaby</st1:personname> (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Alberta</st1:placename></st1:placetype></st1:place>)
In this Call for Papers we propose a substantial re-theorization and empirical re-examination of professions and professional service firms and their relationship to the dynamics of institutional change<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname>
Theoretically we seek papers that focus on the institutional work (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Lawrence</st1:city></st1:place>, et al<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname>, 2009) of professions in the context of business and the capital market system<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname> Specifically, we are interested in research that theorizes the role of professionals and professional service firms in creating, maintaining and changing key societal institutions<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname> We thus encourage submissions that focus on, but are not limited to:
· The role of professionals and professional service firms in creating, maintaining or changing key institutions within capital markets
· The role of professionals and professional service firms in creating, maintaining or changing key institutions within government and society
· The changing social, normative and ethical role of professionals and professional service firms
· The role of professionals and professional service firms in the diffusion of institutional logics
· Changes in status, identity, function and role of professionals embedded in corporations as in-house professionals (i<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname>e<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname> in-house lawyers, consultants, internal accountants etc<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname>)
· The emergence of new forms of business professions and professional service firms
Empirically, we seek papers that document and analyse how broader institutional changes have impacted on professional services firms and their activities<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname> We thus encourage submissions that focus on, but are not limited to:
· Changes in the structure and organizational design of professional service firms (including multidisciplinary firms, publicly traded professional firms and transnational professional firms)
· The emergence and role of new managerial practices within professional occupations and professional service firms
· Emerging networks of professionals and professional firms (including alumni networks and global professional firm networks)
· Changes in the nature of professional work (such as the off-shoring professional services and the impact of new technologies)
· Changes in professional identities as a result of the increasingly organizational context of professional work
· Changes in the status and perception of professionals as a consequence of the increasing deregulation and fragmentation of the professions
· Changes in the power relationship between professions and clients
While much recent research has focused on traditional business professions (consultants, lawyers and accountants) we also encourage studies of professionals and professions that have received somewhat less analytic attention – such as engineering, health care, information technology and lobbying<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname> We also encourage studies that examine multiple professions or the field as a whole<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname>
We also encourage papers that challenge the assumptions of this Call for Papers – i<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname>e<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname> papers that question the extent of change in professional service firms, their role as agents of institutional change or the relevance of professionals and professional service firms as a managerial construct<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname>
Papers may take varying methods and approaches: conceptual, theory building, meta-analytical and empirical<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname> Recognizing the multidisciplinary nature of this area, submissions may draw on history, geography, political theory, sociology, economics and organization theory<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname>
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Submissions should be prepared in accordance with the JMS Style Guide for Authors: see http://www.wiley.com/bw/submit.asp?ref=0022-2380<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname> Manuscripts should be electronically submitted by e-mail to professions.special.issue@googlemail.com <st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname> The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2010<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname> Papers will be reviewed by the guest editors as soon as they are received and, if suitable for the special issue, immediately entered into double-blind review processes in accordance with JMS standard procedures<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname> Please direct any questions regarding this Special Issue to the guest editors <st1:personname productid="Daniel Muzio" w:st="on">Daniel Muzio</st1:personname> at dm@lubs.leeds.ac.uk, <st1:personname productid="David Brock" w:st="on">David Brock</st1:personname> at dmb@bgu.ac.il, or <st1:personname productid="Roy Suddaby" w:st="on">Roy Suddaby</st1:personname> at roy.suddaby@ualberta.ca<st1:personname w:st="on">.</st1:personname>
For more details see http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/JMS_callforpapers.pdf