Call for Papers – Journal of International Business Studies (ABS 4*; FT50; UTD24) Special Issue on "Microfoundations of International Business: Integrating Insights from HRM and Organizational Behavior"
Researchers in International Business, HRM, OB, psychology, strategy, and related fields-this special issue is worth your attention. The guest editors are calling for work that bridges micro-level behaviors, cognition, emotion, and decision-making with macro-level international business outcomes. It's overdue and a prime opportunity to help reset the conversation in the field.
The Special Issue welcomes conceptual, empirical (both quantitative and qualitative), multilevel, and mixed-method papers (excluding review papers), as well as interdisciplinary contributions.
Full details are in the official call (attached).
Guest Editors: Jeoung Yul Lee, Riikka M. Sarala, Nadia Zahoor, Samuel Adomako & Fang Lee Cooke
Submission Window: November 16–30, 2026, via the JIBS submission system.
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Jeoung Yul Lee, PhD
Professor of International Business, EMLYON Business School, Lyon, France
Consulting Editor, Journal of International Business Studies (ABS 4*; FT50; UTD24)
Lead Guest Editor, Journal of International Business Studies Special Issue on Microfoundations of IB: Integrating Insights from HRM and OB - Read the full Call for Papers here.
Associate Editor, Human Resource Management Journal (ABS 4*)
Associate Editor, The International Journal of Human Resource Management (ABS 3)
Associate Editor, Journal of Business Research (ABS 3)
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