Special Issue Topic:

‘Adapting to a More Flexible Future: The Role of Human Resource Management in Virtual Work’

 

Submission window: 1 – 31 March, 2026

Special Issue Guest Editors

Fabian Jintae Froese, Chair Professor of Human Resource Management and Asian Business, University of Goettingen, Germany, Joint Appointment Professor of International Business, Yonsei University, South Korea, and International Visiting Professor, Leeds University, UK: ffroese@uni-goettingen.de

Sumita Raghuram, Professor in Human Resource Management, Lucas College and Graduate School of Business, San José State University, USA: sumita.raghuram@sjsu.edu

Bradford Bell, William J. Conaty Professor in Strategic Human Resources, Director of the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, Cornell University, USA: brad.bell@cornell.edu

Tobias Blay, Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior, University of Goettingen, Germany: tobias.blay@uni-goettingen.de

Agnes Baeker, Associate Professor of Leadership, Department of Management and Organization, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands: a.baeker@vu.nl

Human Resource Management (FT50) invites submissions for a Special Issue on ‘Adapting to a More Flexible Future: The Role of Human Resource Management in Virtual Work’.This Special Issue addresses how HRM can manage the challenges and opportunities of virtual work. Related research questions can be found in the full call for papers.

For more information and the full call, please visit the Human Resource Management (Wiley) website or see the attached link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/assets/1099050X/cfp/CfP-Virtual-Work-HRM-1745972692723.pdf

Online workshop on June 18, 2025, 6pm German time, 12pm New York (US East Coast) time

To meet the editors, learn more about the call, ask questions, and help authors improve their manuscripts, the editorial team is organizing an online workshop. If you are interested in attending, please email Tobias Blay (tobias.blay@uni-goettingen.de) for the Zoom link.

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