Special Issue of Business & Society
Call for Papers
Quants and Poets: Advancing methods and methodologies in B&S research
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Guest editors:
Andrew Crane, York University
Irene Henriques, York University
Bryan Husted, York University and ITESM
Dirk Matten, York University
Background to the Special Issue
Businesses are increasingly being challenged by societal actors to explain,
justify or change their behavior with respect to their role in creating,
maintaining and/or ignoring societal challenges such as climate change,
human rights issues, income inequality, environmental degradation and
poverty. Business & Society (B&S) researchers are tasked to examine these
issues and this, more often than not, necessitates strong qualitative
and/or quantitative methodologies to explore the complex questions that
arise. Unlike other fields such as finance where data may be more readily
available, B&S researchers frequently need to collect their own data
(qualitative and quantitative) from multiple sources, develop new metrics
to measure social activity or performance, and unravel the deeper level
meaning of social initiatives by business. B&S issues also differ from much
management research in that they inevitably deal with a multiplicity of
indicators and interpretations.
To date B&S research has struggled to meet these methodological challenges.
This special issue encourages B&S researchers to advance our understanding
of existing and more novel methods and methodologies so that we can deal
better with the qualitative and quantitative conundrums we face. Examples
include: consideration of whether complex multi-dimensional constructs such
as CSR and social impact should be operationalized empirically, and if so,
how; what tools can we use to convincingly interpret the variety of
meanings of social responsibility that may arise across stakeholders,
countries and contexts; how to deal with social desirability bias,
selection bias, and endogeneity issues in B&S measures; how to effectively
use social media data to empirically analyze stakeholder expectations of
social performance; when and how best to use mixed methods techniques to
address complex social responsibility phenomena; how to incorporate
historical analysis into B&S research; and how best to uncover latent,
marginalized or unspoken voices and perspectives in B&S research.
Types of Submissions Solicited
With this call for papers we therefore seek to expand our knowledge of
methods and methodologies by encouraging B&S scholars to:
· critically categorize, analyze and evaluate the methodologies in the
existing B&S literature;
· identify and problematize methodological challenges specific to
research in the B&S field;
· highlight methodological challenges currently overlooked in B&S
research;
· apply new methods and methodologies from other disciplines to B&S
research;
· develop new methods and methodologies for B&S research;
· provide a showcase for excellent examples of quantitative and
qualitative research design in B&S research;
Two types of papers will be considered for publication in the special
issue: (i) Full Papers addressing any aspect of B&S method and
methodologies (approx. 40 pages); (ii) shorter length Research Notes that
deal with a specific technical issue or problem in a B&S method.
SUBMISSION PROCESS AND DEADLINES
Authors should submit their manuscripts through ScholarOne by July 1, 2015
to
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/bas. Be sure to specify in the cover
letter document that the manuscript is for the special issue on “Quants &
Poets: Advancing methods and methodologies in B&S research”. Manuscripts
should be prepared following the Business & Society author guidelines. The
editors welcome informal enquiries related to the proposed topics. All
articles will be double-blind peer reviewed by at least two anonymous
referees.
(See attached file: Special Issue call Quants and Poets Short version.docx)
Best,
Andy Crane, Dirk Matten, Irene Henriques, Bryan Husted
York University
Schulich School of Business
4700 Keele Street, Toronto, M3J 1P3
baseditors@schulich.yorku.ca
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