Dear HR Division colleagues,
We would like to remind you about a Call for Commentaries from Group & Organization Management (GOM) for the forthcoming special issue titled "Unheard and Unspoken Voices: A Special Issue of Commentaries on Prior Management Scholarship." This CFP invites concise commentaries that critically engage with and extend previously published research across management domains. Each commentary should engage with a specific research article (this article does not have to be published in GOM, but it should be relevant to GOM).
Why HR scholars should consider this CFP
This special issue offers a high-visibility platform for HR researchers to:
- Discuss how foundational HR research applies in today's workplaces where AI is changing the way we work.
- Reflect on established HR theory and practice research and consider how they apply in different workplace contexts (e.g., remote work).
- Contribute constructive critique, propose alternative interpretations, or suggest future HR-centric research directions grounded in classic and contemporary literature.
- Foster scholarly discourse that connects HR phenomena to broader managerial and organizational debates.
Submission Highlights:
📅 Deadline: May 1, 2026 (for initial submissions)
✍️ Format: Short, impactful commentaries (typically about 5 pages) providing novel perspectives on prior work.
📍 Scope: Open to commentaries spanning organizational scholarship that advances dialogue, challenges assumptions, or identifies new research paths by commenting on a specific research article that is relevant to the readership of GOM.
We encourage submissions from all scholars, including PhD students, pre-tenure faculty, and leading scholars. Our goal is to foster important dialogues in management research and these dialogues require all voices to engage in the discussion!
📌 For detailed submission instructions, please visit: https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/GOM/Commentary_SI_CFP_Obenauer%20et%20al-1759159755.pdf?_gl=1*1t5sbhz*_up*MQ..*_ga*NTIxMjI1OTQ5LjE3NzExOTY0OTM.*_ga_60R758KFDG*czE3NzExOTY0OTIkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzExOTY0OTIkajYwJGwwJGg1NDg0MzM1NjM.
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William Obenauer
University of Maine
Orono ME
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