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Topics of Submission

1. Changing employment relations

  • 1.1. Industrial relations
  • 1.2. Part-time work
  • 1.3. Temporary employment
  • 1.4. Self-employment
  • 1.5. Job insecurity
  • 1.6. Employability
  • 1.7. Union attitudes and participation
  • 1.8. Power and influence
  • 1.9. Globalization

2. Employee well being

  • 2.1. Work stressors
  • 2.2. Burnout and fatigue
  • 2.3. Psychobiological stress reactions
  • 2.4. Recovery and unwinding
  • 2.5. Coping and social support
  • 2.6. Well-being
  • 2.7. Engagement

3. Health and interventions

  • 3.1. Absenteeism and sick-leave
  • 3.2. Stress management
  • 3.3. Workplace health promotion
  • 3.4. Prevention and intervention

4. Worktime arrangements and Work-Family Interface

  • 4.1. Work time arrangements
  • 4.2. Flexible work hours
  • 4.3. Shift work
  • 4.4. Scheduling of work
  • 4.5. Work-family balance
  • 4.6. Work-family conflict
  • 4.7. Family-friendly organizations

5. Personnel selection

  • 5.1. Recruitment
  • 5.2. Construct validity
  • 5.3. Criterion validity
  • 5.4. Job analysis and competency modeling
  • 5.5. Fairness and Applicant reaction

6. Human resource management

  • 6.1. Reward systems
  • 6.2. Performance appraisal
  • 6.3. Psychological contract
  • 6.4. Training and development
  • 6.5. Career planning and management
  • 6.6. Occupational choice and careers guidance
  • 6.7. Diversity in the workplace
  • 6.8. Equality in the workplace
  • 6.9. Strategic HR

7. Leadership and management

  • 7.1. Antecedents and outcomes of leadership
  • 7.2. Leadership development
  • 7.3. Managing flexibility
  • 7.4. Managing diversity
  • 7.5. Conflict management
  • 7.6. Negotiation skills and processes
  • 7.7 Decision-making
  • 7.8. Leadership and Followership
  • 7.9. E-Leadership and leadership across distance

8. Sustainable environment and organizations

  • 8.1. Productivity
  • 8.2. Service quality
  • 8.3. Climate change
  • 8.4. Environmental preservation and protection
  • 8.5. Sustainable development
  • 8.6. Organizational Ehics and Social Responsibility

9. Organizational Change and Development

  • 9.1. Organizational change processes
  • 9.2. Organizational development programs
  • 9.3. Merger and acquisitions
  • 9.4. Downsizing and outplacement
  • 9.5. Outsourcing
  • 9.6. Privatization
  • 9.7. Managing organizational change
  • 9.8. Consulting, coaching and counseling
  • 9.9. Organizational Learning
  • 9.10. Knowledge transfer

10. Labor market issues

  • 10.1. Labor market entry
  • 10.2. Career patterns and mobility
  • 10.3. Turnover
  • 10.4. Unemployment
  • 10.5. Return-to-work
  • 10.6. The aging workforce and retirement

11. Technology at work and human-machine-systems

  • 11.1. Managing technical innovation
  • 11.2. Person-technology interface
  • 11.3. Human factors and ergonomics
  • 11.4. Cognitive load

12. Occupational and organizational safety

  • 12.1. Human error and accidents
  • 12.2. Leadership and safety
  • 12.3. Risk and safety management
  • 12.4. Safety climate and safety culture
  • 12.5. Reporting systems and event analysis

13. Macroergonomics / Work design

  • 13.1. Work analysis and evaluation
  • 13.2. Work system design
  • 13.3. Environmental stressors at work

14. Organizational Behavior

  • 14.1. Work attitudes and values
  • 14.2. Organizational commitment and identification
  • 14.3. Work motivation
  • 14.4. Performance
  • 14.5. Trust
  • 14.6. Organizational justice

15. Organizational Structure, Culture and Climate

  • 15.1. Organizational structure and design
  • 15.2. Organizational culture
  • 15.3. Multi-cultural organizations
  • 15.4. Organizational climate
  • 15.5. Organizational communication
  • 15.6. Organization theory

16. Teams and workgroups

  • 16.1. Group and team processes
  • 16.2. Inter-group relations at work
  • 16.3. Team building and effectiveness
  • 16.4. Team work, creativity and innovation
  • 16.5. Diversity in work teams
  • 16.6. Cyberspace and virtual teams

17. Emotions in the workplace

  • 17.1. Emotional labor
  • 17.2. Management of emotions at work
  • 17.3. Emotions and organizational contexts

18. Research and methodology

  • 18.1. Research design
  • 18.2. Measurement and psychometrics
  • 18.3. Statistics and mehodological issues
  • 18.4. Advances in quantitative research methods
  • 18.5. Field and Experimental Research
  • 18.6. Cross-Cultural Research

19. Consumer behavior and marketing

  • 19.1. Consumer behavior
  • 19.2. Marketing

20. Entrepreneurship / Self Employment

  • 20.1. Entrepreneurial personality and entrepreneurial decision making
  • 20.2. Founding Success and Business Success
  • 20.3. Self employment, Intrapreneurship, Family Business

21. Economic psychology

  • 21.1. Financial decision making
  • 21.2. Saving, spending, credit use, tax behavior
  • 21.3. Financial crisis