Call For Chapters 2022 : Handbook of Research on Activating Middle Executives’ Agency to Lead and Manage During Times of Crisis

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Handbook of Research on Activating Middle Executives’ Agency to
Lead and Manage During Times of Crisis, A book edited by:
Ann-Marie Wilmot (The University of the West Indies, Mona);
Canute Thompson (The University of the West Indies, Mona)

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before November 3, 2021, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by November 17, 2021 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by March 3, 2022, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors will also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Handbook of Research on Activating Middle Executives’ Agency to Lead and Manage During Times of Crisis. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process. All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager. PROPOSE A CHAPTER: https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/submit/5569


Introduction

The role of lead executives of educational institutions and the wider business industry is demanding under normal circumstances, but more so during times of institutional crisis. Covid-19, for example, has disrupted the traditional modes of leading, crisis management, and resolution. Previous crises such as the global recession in 2007/8, forced changes in the practices of higher education, national economies, and some businesses, for good. There will be other crises to which countries, businesses and educational institutions will have to respond.
The existence of ongoing internal organizational crises plus crises triggered by external events and shocks, require that leaders and managers be equipped with the tools to manage during such crises. However, very often, organizational decision-making in times of crisis is controlled by top management. Consequently, middle and lower-level managers must wait on decisions from “higher up” and often, not only struggle to continue serving their publics, clients, customers, and students effectively, but they themselves feel lost, uncertain, insecure, afraid, helpless, anxious, and forsaken in their roles.
Lead administrators/executives are also placed under intense pressure to ensure that the management and leadership processes of their institutions, during these times, maintain the highest quality standards to accomplish their goals efficiently and effectively, despite their struggles to serve their respective audiences and address their own feelings, frailties and insecurities. Applying the principles of shared leadership can aid in maximizing the achievement of institutional goals and reduce pressure at both levels when mid-tier executives are empowered to function in these capacities. Of interest if the issue that though they are positioned to play a crucial role, they are not always optimized to effect them. Therefore, the need exists for a handbook of original research that provides some of the requisite theoretical knowledge, application, and supervisory training framework of innovative strategies which show how some organizations have empowered their middle managers to cope in times of crisis as well as to train middle executives to become more agentic to lead and manage during a crisis.

Objective of the book

The purpose of this cross-sectorial edited volume is to utilize empirical research in the area of leadership in times of crisis to:
(1) Provide leaders with the theoretical underpinning and practical applications tools and skills to equip middle leaders to meaningfully participate in crisis management and resolution in institutions for improved outcomes.
(2) Give leaders access to a multi-pronged framework for building middle leaders’ crisis response efficacies, from a wide range of researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians.
(3) Invite top-tier educational and industry practitioners to reflect on how they have led during times of crises and provide scaffolding to re-shape or revolutionize their current practices or adopt new ones, pulling from the cases, theories, and application frames.
The volume will contribute fresh insights to the educational and business literature, appealing to leaders who need to strengthen their proficiencies and the efficacy of those they are preparing to empower as they lead. It will also add to the literature targeting mid-level executives who take a self-directed approach to professional development.

Target audience

This book targets multi-sectoral interests in educational leadership, management, educational researchers, and the wider business community. Therefore, school principals, vice-principals, schools’ board chairs, college and university presidents, other executive members, department chairs, team leaders, industry leaders, human resource development personnel, educators in leadership and management, and students of leadership and management will find this handbook appealing.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following
This book is envisioned to be a manual in the area. Therefore, we invite each contributor to pull inspiration from the broad thematic strands, listed below, to write chapters that will also include a theoretically grounded workplace application segment with practical implementation guides.

Performance Management
- Functions/Roles and Responsibilities of mid-tier Executives
- Pivoting Low Performing faculties/departments/teams through Crisis Management
- Productivity in times of crisis – The Role of Heads of Department
- Executive Committees, School/college board’s Role, and Crisis Management
- Leveraging the positions of deans to inspire excellent leadership in times of crisis: Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Professional Development
- Learning Communities- Professional Development, and the mid-tier Executive
- Coaching and Mentoring for Crisis resolution and management
- Professional Learning Communities and Crisis Management in Schools and Industries: Fresh Perspectives
- Building bonds and enriching team spirit in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons on New Approaches to Holistic Professional Development
- Building Professional Efficacies for Crisis Management

Organizational Policy

- Organizational Crisis Management Policy: Exploring New Approaches
- Planning for student learning in higher educational institutions, during periods of crisis: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Data-informed Policy Making: Philosophies, Cases and Applications
- The Often-Forgotten People in Policymaking: Expectations and Coping Mechanisms of Support Staff During Times of Crisis

Sustainable Development

- Sustainable Development Approaches/practices/strategies to Crisis Management
- Persistent Crisis Cycles: Dismantling Toxic Work Cultures with sustainable leadership
- Mid-tier Leaders’ Self-care and Coping Strategies in Times of Crisis: Their Experiences
- Partnerships and other Collaborative approaches for Sustainable Development in Learning Lessons from Crises

Strategic Communication & Crisis Management

- Communication, Crisis Management, and Leadership
- Onboarding New /Faculty/Industries Hires during times of Crises

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Handbook of Research on Activating Middle Executives’ Agency to
Lead and Manage During Times of Crisis, A book edited by:
Ann-Marie Wilmot (The University of the West Indies, Mona);
Canute Thompson (The University of the West Indies, Mona)

Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2022.

Important Dates

November 3, 2021: Proposal Submission Deadline
November 17, 2021: Notification of Acceptance
March 3, 2022: Full Chapter Submission
May 1, 2022: Review Results Returned
June 12, 2022: Final Acceptance Notification
June 26, 2022: Final Chapter Submission

Ann-Marie Wilmot, EdD & Canute S. Thompson, PhD
Faculty of Humanities and Education
School of Education
The University of the West Indies, Mona
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