Call for Papers
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following volume. Please e-mail the editors if you have any questions.
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Call for Chapters for the
Handbook of Research on Virtual Workplaces and the New Nature of
Business Practices
Editors: Pavel Zemliansky, Ph.D, James Madison University
Kirk St. Amant, Ph.D, Texas Tech University
Introduction to the Subject Area
Online communication technologies (OCTs) are continually changing how we
think about both the workplace and business interactions. More and more
employees perform their job duties outside of traditional workplaces.
The ability to work online offers more flexibility and responsiveness,
both of which are essential for business success in the new millennium.
OCTs can also enhance knowledge management (KM) by facilitating
information sharing across an organization. Simultaneously, managers,
workers, and educators who manage and work online or train others face
new challenges and problems. These challenges include issues of
corporate and employee time management, technology training, effective
online communication among employees and with clients, and others.
Objective of the Book
The Handbook of Research on Virtual Workplaces and the New Nature of
Business Practices will provide comprehensive coverage and definitions
of the most important issues, concepts, trends and technologies in the
fields of virtual workplaces and online work. The volume will feature
entries of about 5000-7500 words covering a wide range of topics related
to the subject of online workplace environments. Successful
contributions will provide definitions, explanations, and applications
of various pertinent topics and issues rather than in-depth discussions
of narrow subjects. The publication will help in providing researchers,
scholars, students and professionals’ access to the latest knowledge
related to online work and solving related problems and challenges.
Audience for the Proposed Text
∑ Executives, managers, and other business decision makers who need to
make informed choices about how their organizations can use virtual
workplaces effectively.
∑ Researchers (both academic and corporate) studying virtual
interactions and virtual workplace models for industry and academic
∑ Educators and trainers who increasingly find themselves using online
media to deliver teaching or training in professional practices
∑ Administrators of public sector or other non-profit agencies who wish
to incorporate virtual models and methods into their daily operations
Recommended Content Areas
Prospective subject areas and specific topics for this publication
include, but are not limited to, the following:
∑ Histories of Virtual Workplaces
∑ Tools and Techniques: the Mechanisms that Make Virtual Workplaces Possible
∑ Tips and Techniques: Practices and Perspectives for Success in Virtual
Workplaces
∑ Legalities and Confidentialities: Legal Issues, Professional Codes,
and Corporate Policies as Related to the Virtual Workplace
∑ Identity, Community, and Loyalty: Creating a Common Corporate Culture
or Identity within Virtual Workplace Environments
∑ Teaching and Training: Approaches on How to Best Train Employees to
Work Successfully in Virtual Environments
∑ Culture, Communication, and Cyberspace: International Issues Related
to Virtual Workplaces in an Age of Globalization
∑ Public vs. Private Sectors: Comparisons and Contrasts on the Uses of
Virtual Workplaces by Businesses and by Government/Public Sector
Organizations
Submission Procedure
Prospective authors are invited to submit chapter proposals of 200-500
words on or before June 15, 2006. In their proposal, prospective authors
should clearly explain:
• The purpose and the contents of their proposed chapter
• How their proposed chapter relates to the overall objectives of the book
Authors will be notified of the status of their proposal and sent
chapter organization guidelines by June 30, 2006. Drafts of chapters
will be due by August 31, 2006.
Please send inquiries or submit material electronically (Rich Text
files) to both editors at
zemliapx@jmu.edu
kirk.st-amant@ttu.edu
The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group Inc.,
www.idea-group.com, publisher of the Idea Group Publishing, Information
Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing, and Idea Group
Reference imprints, in early 2008.
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