Call for Regional Editors

Journal

Guest editor(s)

To build on the significant success of the Journal of Work-Applied Management, and prepare for ambitious future growth, the journal is seeking dynamic Regional Editors to join its board.

We are looking for Regional Editors who can cover one of the following:

Europe, the Middle East & Africa (x 1)
The Americas (x 1)
Southeast Asia (x 1)
Australasia (x 1)

About the Journal

The Journal of Work-Applied Management is an open access, peer-reviewed journal on management insights, where change, discovery and innovation are driven by work-based, work-applied, collaborative, and experiential approaches. Therefore, the journal publishes original articles which (1) Use work-based, work-applied, collaborative, and experiential approaches, such as case-based, reflective and action-oriented research methodologies, and (2) Are relevant to practitioners/researchers in developing and challenging this field of practice across public, private and community sectors and academic subject disciplines. It is now recognised as a quartile one journal within Scopus.

About the Role

The Regional Editors will be expected to assume the following responsibilities:

Managing manuscript peer review through an online submission system within a reasonable timeframe
Making recommendations on manuscripts to the Editor-in-Chief, ensuring the quality of accepted papers
Promoting the journal at conferences, through web channels, and by encouraging and inviting relevant manuscript submissions through their networks
Making suggestions on themed special issues of the journal on relevant topics, with a focus on their region, and seeking relevant Guest Editors
Any other tasks assigned by the Editor-in-Chief.

The ideal candidates will be expected to satisfy the following criteria:

Hold a doctoral degree in an appropriate discipline
Have prior experience as a peer reviewer or member of the Editorial Board of an international research journal, particularly for journals publishing work-based, work-applied, collaborative, and experiential research and change approaches
Have published in international peer-reviewed research, in topics relevant to work-based, work-applied, collaborative, and experiential research and change approaches
Be able to provide impartial judgement on other researchers’ work
Be fluent in English with good writing ability.

The benefits of the role include:

Full training and support in the ScholarOne submission and peer review system
Your name listed on the journal website
Early access to new research, helping you keep abreast of developments in the field
The opportunity to network with colleagues and peers (editors or board members) and to influence the journal's future development.

Applications

Interested candidates are invited to send an Expression of Interest including (1) a letter summarising how they meet the criteria stated above (max 500 words), (2) an up to date CV, and (3) a published, peer reviewed article relevant to in work-based, work-applied, collaborative, and experiential research and change approaches, to the Editor-in-Chief, Professor Tony Wall ([email protected]). We would like the successful candidates to start as soon as possible.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive editorial advisory board. We particularly welcome expressions of interest from scholars who identify as women, Black, or from other underrepresented groups in academic publishing.