Dark Sides of Business and Higher Education Management
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Editors Agata Stachowicz-Stanusch and Gianluigi Mangia
Why dark side and higher education
There are several reasons for that. The very first reason has been provided by the know-how (practice) in management, since the last decade has been abundant in numerous examples of corruption scandals in modern organizations and instances of management misconduct that have eroded public faith (such as Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, Adelphia, Arthur Andersen, Parmalat). It made us realize that there is highly active dark side to organizations that is quite unknown in management studies. However majority of the research and scientific publications on business and education management have been focusing on the positive, even romantic aspects of the organizations, leaders' behavior, the analysis of the positive influence of these behaviours on the members of a given organization and organizations as a whole. In current book and journal publications the "dark side" is pursuit as abnormal, dysfunctional or pathological aspects of business and education while the "dark side" is not exceptional; it is part of the normal community of everyday organizational activities.
The Second, research on the "dark side " is a new, emerging source of research in the area of Business and Higher Education Management.
The Third one can observe a significant gap in the market of scientific publications, both non-serial publications and periodicals in the above-discussed topics. Based on our personal experience, it may be the first book collection on this subject in the world.
The Fourth it is virtually impossible to carry all the works and research on the development of positive, bright sides of business and higher education without a thorough knowledge and understanding of the destructive, dark sides organization that have led and still lead to the collapse of many organizations and a decline in public confidence in the corporations and their leaders.
The examples of possible topics
· Corruption, bribery, organizational crime, fraud,
· Plagiarism, cheating ,lying, spin and impression management
· Harassment, bullying, discrimination, victimization, management by fear, stress.
· The dark sides of creativity, emotional intelligence and the dark side of learning.
· Dark sides of modern technologies., project management
· Ambition, greed, careerism, obsession, revenge ( dark sides of leadership)
· Secrecy, espionage, disinformation, surveillance, sabotage.
· Abuse of power, aggression, intimidation, extortion, violence, ...
Publisher Information
This book is scheduled to be published by Business Expert Press in PRME book collection
Send proposals and inquiries to both
Agata Stachowicz-Stanusch - agata.stachowicz@polsl.pl
Gianluigi Mangia - mangia@unina.it
Publication schedule
Book chapter proposals received: July 15, 2014
Notification of accepted chapter proposals: July 20, 2014
Receipt of full book chapters: November 1, 2014
Chapter authors receive reviews with feedback: February 1, 2015
Final revisions due: March 1, 2015
Submit a one-page or so chapter proposal. Also, include for each of the coauthors a brief biography including terminal degree, current institutional affiliation and position, and a listing of any related publications. For each coauthor include contact information, so we can readily contact you such as: email address, mobile phone, work phone, home phone, and Skype (if you do not mind us contacting you through these).
Send proposals and inquiries to:
Agata Stachowicz-Stanusch agata.stachowicz@polsl.pl <mailto:agata.stachowicz@polsl.pl>
Best Regards
Agata Stachowicz-Stanusch, Professor of Management
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