The Academy of Management Learning & Education is soliciting proposals from individuals interested in serving as Guest Editor(s) for its 2012 Special Issue (V11N3, September).  Guest editor responsibilities include identifying an appropriate special issue theme and reviewing and securing material appropriate for each of AMLE’s four content sections.  Typically, those four sections will be comprised as follows:  Research & Reviews (4 – 6 peer-reviewed, empirical or theoretical papers, totaling approximately 150 manuscript pages), Exemplary Contributions (1 – 2 invited papers by acknowledged leaders in the relevant discipline, totaling approximately 50 manuscript pages), Essays, Dialogues & Interviews (4 – 6 peer-reviewed papers, any mix, totaling approximately 50 manuscript pages), and Book & Resource Reviews (4 – 6 invited reviews, totaling approximately 25 manuscript pages).  AMLE will work with Guest Editors to arrange referees and review processing, with all papers being reviewed by at least one Editorial Board member.  Guest Editors are expected to maintain all due diligence, have some editorial experience, and attend the annual Editorial Board meetings at the Academy of Management meetings. 

Proposals should include:

• Contact information, including phone, e-mail and postal addresses, of Guest Editors.
• Qualifications of Guest Editors, including previous editorial experience. 
• 500 - 1000 word overview of proposed theme.
• Plans for inviting Exemplary Contributions, identifying materials for Book & Resource Reviews, suggestions for Research & Reviews and Essays, Dialogues & Interviews, and suggestions for circulating a Call for Papers beyond publication in the Academy’s four journals.  Guest editors are welcome to encourage papers for Research & Reviews and for Essays, Dialogues & Interviews, but these must be peer reviewed.
• A timeline beginning with an initial Call for Papers that will appear in AMLE V9N4, December 2010, allowing for initial submission and revise & resubmit processing, and concluding with final papers being completed by April 2012 (16 months), so as to allow time for copyediting and production, for publication in September 2012 (V11N3).  
• A draft Call for Papers

Previous special issues include Entrepreneurship Education, Guest Co-Editors P. Greene, J. Katz & B. Johannisson (V3N3); Service Learning in Management Education, Guest Co-Editors A. Kenworthy-U’ren & T. Peterson (V4N3);  Ethics and Social Responsibility in Management Education, Guest Co-Editors K. Thompson & R. Giacalone (V5N3); Challenges and Opportunities of Executive Education, Guest Co-Editors B. Buchel & D. Antunes (V6N3),  Diversity Education, Guest Co-Editors M. Bell and D. Kravitz, (V7N3, 2008), and Developments in Technology Management Education, Guest Co-Editors D. Siegel, P. Phan, & M. Wright (V8N3, 2009), and Sustainability in Management Education, Guest Co-Editors M. Starik, G. Rands, A. Marcus & T. Clark (V9N3, 2010).

Queries to and conversations with the editor prior to submitting special issue proposals are encouraged. Please direct all questions or requests for copies of prior successful proposals to the editor. The editor and associate editors will evaluate proposals. 

Special issue proposals should be submitted to J. B. Arbaugh at arbaugh@uwosh.edu by
15 September 2010. 

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