Negotiations and Conflict Management Research (NCMR) is the official
journal of the International Association for Conflict Management. NCMR
publishes fundamental research that focuses on theory and research on
conflict and conflict management across levels, including organizational
conflict, interpersonal conflict and inter-group conflict, and across a
range of domains including environmental conflict, crisis negotiations,
political conflict and cross-cultural conflict, as well as formal and
informal third party intervention, including mediation and arbitration.
The journal welcomes both full-length theory and empirical manuscripts, as
well as shorter “research notes” appropriate for single study empirical
papers. Diverse methods and approaches are also welcome. More
specifically, we seek to publish papers that:
(1) initiate, extend, validate or redirect a line of inquiry;
(2) provide a theoretically driven review and integration of an important
research area;
(3) draw upon and integrate perspectives from multiple disciplines;
(4) provide new empirical findings;
(5) make theoretical contributions;
(6) employ diverse methods;
In addition, NCMR seeks to provide high quality and timely feedback to
scholars, and provide scholars with individualized mentoring through our
mentoring program, where early career scholars can be mentored and receive
feedback on their manuscripts prior to submitting their work for review.
In addition, we seek to reward scholarship with our annual “Best Paper”
award.
For additional information, please see the journal webpage at http://www.iacm-conflict.org/ncmr/

the international journal of conflict management special issue on: Alternative Dispute Resolution of Workplace Conflicts

Conflicts between employers and employees can take on a variety of forms including lawsuits, informal complaints, grievances, strikes, picketing, etc. In this special issue we explore the many alternative ways that these conflicts can be resolved. These alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures may include negotiation, mediation, arbitration, fact-finding, ombudspersons, peer review, and many other combinations or permutations of thereof. This is a broad area and many different perspectives on this issue are welcome.

Important questions that could be addressed include the following: How do participants perceive the effectiveness and/or fairness of ADR systems? How does the use of ADR systems affect the outcomes for employers and employees? What are the contextual factors that explain the adoption of use of these systems? How do ADR systems differ across countries or cultures? Are alternative forms of dispute resolution systems fair at the micro or macro level of analysis? How do justice concepts relate to ADR systems in terms of predicting important outcomes for organizations (e.g., turnover, legal claiming, grievances, recommendation intentions, productive and counterproductive behaviors). What are the legal constraints and implications of the use of these systems? What theories (e.g., neo-institutionalism, cognitive choice, transaction cost economics) can be advanced through the study of these systems?

However, these are only examples of the types of questions that could be addressed. Other topics related to the general topic of ADR in organizations are also welcome.

This call for papers is aimed at a wide array of scholars–from different disciplines such as management, communications, psychology, sociology, economics, public administration, and law.

Studies using a variety of methodological techniques are encouraged including (but not limited to): laboratory studies, field studies, case studies, survey research, and analysis of archival data. Articles focused solely on theory development are also welcomed as are papers that present novel approaches to ADR systems in organizations in either domestic or international settings. Furthermore, studies that review the law of ADR systems are also encouraged.

Manuscripts should focus on the following criteria:
– Use clear exposition
– Be technically adequate
– Make a theoretical contribution (e.g., testing, creating or extending theory)
– Make an empirical contribution
– Be innovative, interesting, & novel
– Have potential implications for practice

Format
– Length: generally no longer than 35 pages (including everything: tables, references, figures, etc.)
– Double-spaced with 1 inch margins, 12-point Times New Roman font.
– Follow APA (5th ed.) format.

All papers will be blind reviewed. Manuscripts should be submitted in electronic form by November 1, 2006 to: Richard A. Posthuma, rposthuma@utep.edu

TEL-CoPs’06: 1st International Workshop on Building Technology Enhanced Learning solutions for Communities of Practice

to be held in conjunction with:
The First European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning
Crete, Greece, October 1 – 4, 2006
Overview:
The workshop focuses on the current research trends in technology
enhanced learning that aim at addressing the needs of Communities of
Practice. It advocates approaches that build on the synergy of
concepts such as multimedia information authoring and reuse, knowledge
management, argumentation and negotiation. It aims to bring together
scientists and engineers who work on designing and/or developing such
solutions, as well as the practitioners who evaluate them in diverse
real environments. Particular recognition will be given to approaches
that are built according to well-established pedagogical principles.
For more information on TEL-CoPs’06 see:

http://palette.cti.gr/workshops/telcops06.htm

or contact Nikos Karacapilidis,
For more information on the First European Conference on Technology
Enhanced Learning See:

http://www.ectel06.org/

or contact the organisers on

This call for chapters is for a forthcoming book by Chris Kimble and
Paul Hildreth, “Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments
for Educators” which is to be published in 2007 by Information Age
Publishing Inc. Details of the book and a full version of the call for
chapters can be found at:

http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/mis/CLEE/Call_for_Chapters.html

The aim of the book is to bring together the expertise of people who
have worked with Communities of Practice (CoPs) in authentic educational
settings across the world in a convenient, internationally based,
workbook for people in the field of training and education. It is
anticipated that this book will act as a resource for practitioners and
academics that work in the field of CoPs and education.
Prospective authors are invited to send a 500-word outline of their
chapter, by e-mail (Word document or plain text), to Chris Kimble
by May 26, 2006. The outline should clearly
explain the content of the proposed chapter and suggest a theme and
section under which it might appear in the final book.

This being the case, the time has come for detailed and insightful inquiry
in to the role, nature, uses and consequences of IM use in professional
communication. We invite thoughtful essays, empirical studies, and
experimental research on the nature of IM use in the workplace as part of
a special issue of IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication focused
on Instant Messaging.

Topic coverage can include, but is certainly not limited to:
User motivations for workplace IM use
*Effects of IM use in the workplace
*Problems with IM use in the workplace
*Issues of workplace IM implementation
*IM facilitation of business processes

IEEE Special Issue Guest Editor:
Tom Stafford
University of Memphis
+1 901-678-4628, voice
tstaffor@memphis.edu

Important dates:
January 1, 2007: All submissions due to guest editor.
June 1, 2008: Special issue is published.

Submission guidelines:
All submissions must be in English, and should represent the original work
of the authors. Improved versions of papers previously published in
conference proceedings are welcome, provided that no copyright limitations
exist. Submissions must be made electronically via e-mail to Tom Stafford,
Guest Editor. The manuscript should be included as an attachment in MS
Word or RTF format.
Information for authors is available at

http://www.ieeepcs.org/activities_publications_transactions_authors.php