CALL FOR PAPERS

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

26^th June - 28^th June, 2011

Singapore

Conference Theme:

Work, Life and Environment in Employment Relations: An International Perspective

• HRD and HRM policy
• Organisational culture and power
• ER processes: collective and individual
• Community resource development
• HRM outcomes: empowerment, job satisfaction and productivity
• Workplace learning
• Values, politics, power, ethics and HRD
• Employment relations at public policy level
• HR and corporate sustainability
• Leadership
• Other relevant Issues

Comparative studies focused upon different sectors such as public and private, or different countries, industries or occupations are especially welcome.  Papers addressing the conference theme or its sub-themes are invited.

Abstracts and/or full papers (refereed) will be accepted up to 28^th February, 2011

Conference abstracts can be submitted (maximum 600 words) for the blind reviewing process.  This form of submission will not be published in the Conference Proceedings as a full paper.  Only the abstract will be published in the Conference Proceedings.

A full paper, with a maximum of 12 Pages (as set out in the submission guidelines) will be subjected to a blind reviewing process.  If accepted, the paper will be published in full in the Conference Proceedings.

PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Submitted papers must NOT have been previously presented, scheduled for presentation, published, accepted for publication and, if under review, must NOT appear in print before the 2011 IERA Conference.

Papers represent the majority of the submissions and form the scholarly sessions of the Conference program. Below is a set of guidelines and formatting instructions to help you prepare your paper. Please read them carefully prior to submitting your paper. 

• A separate cover page, within the paper (doc. File) setting out the full names of each author, their position,  institution, postal address, email and phone numbers must accompany each abstract and paper.
• When submitting papers, the track in which they are to be included, should be indicated.
• The paper should be saved as a doc. file and named as “Surname – Track”.
• Abstracts should be no more than 500 words and provide a summary of the paper.
• Conference papers must not exceed 10 pages in single spacing including references, figures and tables.
• Abstracts and papers received before 28^th February, 2011 will be refereed prior to the conference.
• Papers submitted for refereeing will be double-blind refereed.
• All refereed and non-refereed abstracts and papers will be electronically published on CD.
• All abstracts and papers are accepted conditional upon at least one of the authors being a paid   registrant for the conference.
• Authors are limited to a maximum of two papers.

Papers for the 2011 IERA Conference, in addition to being published in the Conference Proceedings, may also be considered for publication in special edition of the journals that are published by IERA – the International Employment Relations Review (IERR) and the International Journal of Employment Studies (IJES).

Members of the 2011 IERA Conference Committee are:

Convenor:  Professor Chew Soon Beng ( asbchew@ntu.edu.sg )

Associate Professor Rosaland Chew ( archew@ntu.edu.sg )

Dr Keri Spooner ( Keri.Spooner@uts.edu.au )

Robyn Johns ( Robyn.Johns@uts.edu.au )

Denise Mortimer ( d.mortimer@uws.edu.au )

Members of the 2011 IERA Refereeing and Program Committee are:

Convenor: Dr Keri Spooner ( Keri.Spooner@uts.edu.au )

Dr Zeenie Hannif ( Zeenie.Hannif@uts.edu.au )

Robyn Johns ( Robyn.Johns@uts.edu.au )

Sarah Kaine ( Sarah.Kaine@uts.edu.au )

IERA membership is included in Earlybird, standard and full-time student registration fees.

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