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Journal of Personnel Psychology Special Issue ‘The Role of Norms in Virtual Work’ – Call for Papers
Guest Editors: Karin S Moser (Department of Psychology, Whitelands College, Roehampton University London, UK), Carolyn Axtell (Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK)
The Journal for Personnel Psychology (JPP) announces a special issue on ‘The Role of Norms in Virtual Work’.
Norms are central in regulating cooperation and communication in work groups. Existing literature points to the importance of developing shared norms in virtual work, but although there is some literature on norms within on-line communities there is little research focusing specifically on how different types of norms operate within virtual work-based environments. Whilst the Social Identity Model of Deindividuation Effects (SIDE) mentions the importance of group norms in computer-mediated communication, other theories of group cooperation (e.g. social identity theory, group engagement model) point out the general importance of norms, but do not consider potential differences between face-to-face and virtual groups. Given that most work environments today encompass some form of virtual collaboration, this there is urgent need to understand the role of norms within virtual collaborative environments. There has been some research on the more explicit ‘rules’ of conduct within virtual student collaborations, which suggest that these norms can enhance trust and that emergent norms for knowledge sharing enhance the impact of formal incentives. However, overall there is little evidence of the impact that different types of norms have on collaboration and performance in virtual work settings.
The special issue on ‘The Role of Norms in Virtual Work’ wants to address this gap in research and invites contributions from all areas that focus on the role of norms in virtual work environments. We invite both empirical and theoretical contributions if they contain original unpublished empirical work or make a substantial theoretical contribution and advance our current understanding of norms in virtual work. Possible topics of inquiry could be:
• Differences between norms in face-to-face vs virtual work environments: e.g. at different levels of virtuality
• The role of informal vs. formal norms in virtual work environments: e.g., the impact of explicit norms such as communication protocols; norms and norm setting as management tools and intervention strategies; impact of descriptive and emergent social norms on virtual work environments (such as reciprocity, respect, and organisational citizenship behaviour)
• Norm violations and sanctions within virtual work: How are norms negotiated, maintained and sanctioned?
• Impact of location and geographical distance on role of norms.
• Cultural aspects of norms in virtual work: e.g., differences across cultures.
• Role of tools and technology for norm perception and norm enforcement; e.g., are there different norms for the use of mobile technologies like Smartphones than for other more ‘static’ technologies?
• Theoretical contributions on the role of norms in virtual work:
e.g., extensions of the SIDE model, social identity theory, group engagement model, etc.
• Methodological issues on measurement of norms in virtual contexts
Method of submission: Manuscripts, which should be clearly labelled as submissions intended for this Special Issue, must be submitted through JPP«s online review system, Editorial Manager, in accordance with regular JPP guidelines (see
http://www.editorialmanager.com/jppsy/ and
http://www.hogrefe.com/fileadmin/redakteure/hogrefe_com/Periodicals/Journal_of_Personnel_Psychology/jpp_authors.pdf).
All submissions will be anonymously reviewed, using the normal JPP review criteria while also taking into account the contribution of the paper to understanding norms in virtual work.
Deadline for submissions is October 31, 2011.
Informal enquiries on the Special Issue can be made to Karin Moser (
k.moser@roehampton.ac.uk) or Carolyn Axtell (
c.m.axtell@sheffield.ac.uk)
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Karin S. Moser, PhD
Associate Professor in Social and Organisational Psychology R
oehampton University London
Department of Psychology
Holybourne Avenue
London, SW15 4JD UK
phone: +44 (0)208 392 3719
e-mail:
k.moser@roehampton.ac.uk
website:
http://roehampton.ac.uk/staff/Karin%20SMoser/index.asp
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