Call for Papers – Philosophy of Management Journal
God/god and Management
Special Issue Editors:
Mark Dibben PhD, Associate Professor of Management, University of Tasmania and Visiting Professor, Centre for Process Studies, Claremont School of Theology
, CA mark.dibben@utas.edu.au
In order to further efforts to establish management, itself, as a subject worthy of philosophical and theological analysis this call for papers is established.
We recognize that the use of the word God/god is fraught with all kinds of challenges. It is with that in mind that we invite authors and researchers to submit on a broad spectrum of understandings to a special issue of the Philosophy of Management Journal, on the question of 'God/god and management'.
While there is a growing body of literature addressing the relation of spirituality/religion and business, it generally takes the perspective of the social sciences, and little recent attention has been paid to philosophical and theological perspectives that may address the influence/confluence/importance/relevance of the existence or not of God/god to management. The reality, belief or concept of God/god can be addressed from all possible perspectives from the Buddhist non-dual to the personal god of Christianity, from polytheism to monotheism, from ancient to postmodern conceptions, from various gendered and non-gendered forms, from the philosophical to the theological, and the various atheistic forms.
We recognize that ontological/metaphysical and epistemological issues have ethical as well as other implications for management practice, but the focus of this issue is rather more on the ontological/metaphysical and epistemological elements. Thus, papers should not be focused on ethical questions, unless these arise from ontological or epistemological issues. This approach clearly ties God/god (reality, belief, concept) to management. Lastly, for our immediate purposes, management is exclusively construed to be about managing (and leading) people and the organization.
In conjunction with the special issue, and also open to others wanting to explore these ideas, we will be proposing a stream on 'God/god and management' for the 2017 Philosophy of Management conference. This will give all a chance to workshop, explore further, and develop their ideas with like-minded participants.
Abstracts of no more than 1000 words should be sent to both special issue editors by February 1, 1017. Subsequently invited papers should then be submitted to the journal by October 1, 2017. All papers will go through the journal's usual double blind review process. Please direct informal inquiries to the special issue editors.
Graham K Henning
BComm JD MBA PhD
Associate Professor of Management
School of Business
Adelphi University