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The Journal of Organizational Behavior (JOB) is soliciting proposals from scholars interested in serving as Guest Editors for Special Issues to launch in 2023. Guest Editors' responsibilities include proposing a special issue theme that addresses a topic of current or emerging importance in the field of Organizational Behavior. For accepted proposals, the Guest Editors will then recruit papers addressing the theme, recruit appropriately qualified reviewers (two per paper, including at least one JOB Editorial Board member), and manage the review and revision process. JOB Special Issues typically include between six and ten papers. JOB will assist with administration of the Special Issue, including arranging for submissions via the Journal's ScholarOne Manuscripts website and reviewer recruitment. Guest Editors are expected to maintain due diligence throughout the entire process, to have extensive experience publishing in the field, and to have one or more Guest Editors with editorial experience.

Proposals should include:

• Guest Editors' contact information, including phone, email, and postal addresses.
• Qualifications of Guest Editors, including previous editorial experience.
• A 500 to 1000-word overview of the proposed theme.
• Plans for publicizing the special issue, recruiting submissions, and recruiting qualified reviewers.
• A timeline, beginning with an initial Call for Papers (assume the first call will appear on the JOB website in mid-2023), and allowing for initial submission, revise and resubmit processing, and concluding with final papers being completed approximately three months prior to the publication date (typically 24-30 months after the call for proposals is released).
• A draft Call for Papers (up to 1000 words). Please see the JOB website for examples of current calls.

Previous Special Issue topics include "Contextualizing Workplace Mistreatment" (41:8), and "Justice Enactment – Research on 'Doing Justice' in Organizations" (42:6), among others.

Some of the current and forthcoming topics include: "Work Passion Research: Taming Breath and Promoting Depth," "Collective Reactions to Organizational Change" and "The Power of Play in Organizations: Implications for Well-being and Work Effectiveness" among others.

All proposals will be reviewed after the submission deadline which is Monday November 21, 2022. Proposals will be evaluated by Editor-in-Chief Dr. Christian Resick in consultation with the Associate Editors. Please direct all questions to Christian at cresick@drexel.edu.

Special issue proposals should be submitted to Dr. Martina Wiesenberger in the JOB editorial office at JOBedoffice@wiley.com.

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Christian Resick
Drexel University
Philadelphia PA
(215) 895-1052
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