Future-Proofing Organizations Through Common Good Human Resource Management (CGHRM): Opportunities and Challenges
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Call for Papers
Future-Proofing Organizations Through Common Good Human Resource Management (CGHRM): Opportunities and Challenges
Journal: The International Journal of Human Resource Management
Submission window: 1 May 2026 – 30 June 2026
Deadline: 30 June 2026
This special issue examines how organizations can future-proof themselves through Common Good Human Resource Management (CGHRM), especially in a world shaped by climate volatility, technological disruption, demographic change, and rising stakeholder expectations. The call frames CGHRM as an approach that aligns people systems with societal value creation while also supporting organizational viability and resilience. It emphasizes dignity, reciprocity, purpose, accountability, and sustainability as core principles.
The issue seeks conceptual and empirical work that clarifies how CGHRM extends beyond conventional sustainability-oriented HRM approaches such as Green HRM, Socially Responsible HRM, and Triple Bottom Line HRM. It also highlights the need to bridge moral philosophy with micro-HR processes by studying how values such as solidarity and respect translate into recruitment, governance, rewards, employee sensemaking, and discretionary behavior. Another major theme is evaluation, especially the development of better metrics that can trace the impact of HR practices on ecological, social, ethical, and SDG-relevant outcomes.
Special Issue Editors
Yuhuan Xia, Shandong University, China.
Di (David) Fan, RMIT University, Australia.
Wei Liu, Qingdao University, China.
Rekha Rao-Nicholson, Greenshoots Pvt Ltd, Bristol, UK.
Scope
The call welcomes studies on resilience, employee well-being, stakeholder trust, ethical culture, inclusive leadership, fairness, justice, and the tensions employees may experience between performance expectations and common-good commitments. It also invites work on organizational governance, strategic HR design, methodological innovation, and context-sensitive research in different institutional, cultural, or industry settings. Both theoretical and practical contributions are encouraged, especially those showing how CGHRM can strengthen long-term adaptability and legitimacy.
Submission details
Manuscripts should be submitted via ScholarOne and clearly indicate the special issue title in the cover letter. The call notes a submission window from 1 May 2026 to 30 June 2026, with review and publication stages extending into 2027 and 2028.
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