New Journal about HRM in China

Journal call for papers from Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management

Emerald presents the first journal to cater for a steadily-increasing number of researchers, practitioners and University lecturers focusing on a crucial field: the management of one fifth of the world’s workforce in China and the surrounding regions of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

A new journal for 2010, the publication of JCHRM comes at a time when Chinese Human Resource Management theory, research and practices have global implications. JCHRM will publish peer-reviewed content on Human Resource Management in Chinese companies in China and overseas, as well as studies on international MNCs operating in China.

Through the publication of the latest findings in the field, JCHRM aims to contribute to the promotion and development of efficient, effective and fulfilled workforces and to the enhancement of firm performance.

JCHRM will focus on:

• HRM in Chinese companies in China and surrounding regions
• HRM in Chinese companies overseas
• HRM in international MNCs doing business in China and surrounding regions, including comparative studies involving practices in other parts of the world

Coverage

Key research areas covered in the journal:

• Labour legislation and labour relations
• Cross-cultural HRM
• Professionalization of HRM
• Compensation systems and remuneration schemes
• HRM in a transitional economy
• HRM and leadership
• HRM in foreign-invested enterprises
• Job analysis and job design
• Recruitment and selection
• Performance management
• Training and career development
• Human resource planning
• Gender in HRM
• HRM in the private- and state-owned sectors
• HRM policy-making
• Electronic HRM
• HRM is SMEs
• Strategic HRM
• HRM education and curriculum design

Submit a Paper

JCHRM provides researchers, lecturers, practitioners, administrators, policy-makers and post-graduate students interested in human resource management in Chinese contexts with a forum for intellectual exchange and professional development.

The journal publishes:
• Research papers
• Comparative studies
• Practitioner perspectives
• Case studies
• Book reviews

The journal also welcomes papers discussing and critiquing human resource management education which promote teaching excellence and learning experience in the field.

All papers should be between 3,000 and 6,000 words in length.

The editor is currently assessing contributions to forthcoming issues.

Submissions to JCHRM are made using ScholarOne Manuscripts. Please see Submissions Process (below) for  details on how to create an account and submit a paper using ScholarOne Manuscripts.

Emerald can now offer Chinese-language guidance on submitting papers to JCHRM via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Please contact Emerald’s Editor and Author Support Executive, Kathy Xu, at edit@emeraldinsight.com.cn or +86 (0)10-8225 0912.

Papers should be supplied in Word format. All authors should be listed and authors' details must be uploaded in a seperate title page file. The authors should not be identified anywhere else in the article.

For ScholarOne Manuscripts specific author guides and resouces, please click on the ‘Instructions and Forms’ section in ScholarOne Manuscripts.

Visit www.emeraldinsight.com\jchrm.htm for full author submission guidelines and more Editorial Team details.

For more details please contact:

Editor, Greg Wang, PhD

Email: jchrm2010@aol.com