conference: 12TH IHRM CONFERENCE: 10-13TH DECEMBER, 2012

"12TH IHRM CONFERENCE: 10-13TH DECEMBER, 2012"
at: MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, INDIA
Theme: DREAM, DISCOVER, DARE, INNOVATIONS IN THE GLOBAL VILLAGE: ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL HRM

Dear Colleagues

It gives us immense pleasure to invite you to the 12th International Human Resource Conference to be held at the Management Development Institute, India during December 10-13, 2012. 

The conference will bring academia and HR representatives from all over the world to congregate, interact and exchange views. The conference will serve as an ideal platform to stimulate and build upon ideas resulting in professional and academic development.

The first International Human Resource Management Conference took place in the late 1980’s and for more than 20 years has been held biennially.  IHRM Conferences have been hosted in Singapore, Hong Kong, Ashridge (UK), Gold Coast ( Australia), San Diego (USA), Paderborn (Germany), Limerick (Ireland) , Coimbatore (India) ,Cairns (Australia), Tallin (Estonia) and Santa Fe, New Mexico and Birmingham (UK). In December 2012, 12th IHRM conference will be hosted in Gurgaon (India), at Management Development Institute.

Aligned with the conference theme, we invite submissions that cover conceptual, theoretical and empirical investigations that adopt different methodologies and highlight the context-specific nature of IHRM systems. Papers that address but are not necessarily restricted to the following topics are especially invited:

 1.  Emerging Business Landscape & Innovation- Challenges, Issues & Implications

 2.  Innovation capability alignment with organizational strategy & firm performance in emerging sectors for global outreach

 3.  Green footprint, Grass root & sustainable Innovation: The Global challenge for integrating change

 4.  Networking and Innovation strategy- Implications for Global village, mergers and acquisitions

 5.  Innovative global talent management in different sectors: Challenges for Leadership

 6.  Innovative & Strategic People Management Practices: Global International HRM Implications in diverse sectors

 7.  Respecting Ethics, values and culture for global -- innovations sustainability

 8.  Managing the demands of virtual , transnational organizations, teams & managers in emerging sectors

 9.  Managing Power & Politics for sustainable innovation in the global workplace-- Leadership challenges

 10. Transnational Virtual Unions in emerging markets

 11. Challenges in Transnational Organizations

 12. Less is More in the Global Village

The conference programme will consist of keynote speeches, symposia, competitive paper sessions, interactive paper sessions, and career development workshops for doctoral and early career researchers.

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for all submissions: 30th June 2012

Final paper status announcement: 30th September 2012

REGISTRATION

Early Bird Registration fee for International delegates - 300 US Dollars (Latest by 30th September 2012)

Registration fee for International delegates later than 30th September 2012 - 350 US dollars

Early Bird Registration fee for Indian Academic delegates – Rs. 6000/-

Early Bird Registration for Practitioners without paper presentation-Rs.10,000/-

Registration fee for Indian Academic delegates later than 30th September 2012 – Rs. 8000/-

Registration fee for Indian delegates from Industry – Rs. 15000/-

Registration for Research Scholars – Rs. 4000/-

Please note Best Papers which are internationally reviewed will be considered for a special Issue of an International Journal with high Impact factor, and Practitioner papers and case studies will be considered for an edited book by a publisher of repute.

For further details please check the attached conference flyer or visit the conference website at http://ihrm2012.enfli.in/. In case of a query, simply drop in a mail to us at ihrm.mdi@gmail.com, ihrm.mdi@gmail.com

Looking forward to your presence at the conference. Please share this CFP with your colleagues.

A confirmation mail sharing your intent to participate is requested at ihrm.mdi@gmail.com