CFP: Team Composition, Compensation, and Behavior Dynamics (ETP)

[entrepreneurship-phd at lists.uni-due.de]

From: Erik Monsen [mailto:monsen at econ.mpg.de] 
Date: Fri 30 Apr 2010 10:37

Team Composition, Compensation, and Behavior Dynamics
Call for Papers
Special Issue of /Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice/ on
Team Composition, Compensation, and Behavior Dynamics in Small, Family, and New Ventures

Guest Editors

Tim Barnett, Mississippi State University (tim.barnett at msstate.edu)

James J. Chrisman. Mississippi State University 
(jchrisman at cobilan.msstate.edu),

Erik Monsen, Max Planck Institute of Economics (monsen at econ.mpg.de)

Allison Pearson, Mississippi State University 
(allison.pearson at msstate.edu)

Leon Schjoedt, University of Central Florida (leonschjoedt at ymail.com).

Although there is a well-developed management literature on organization 
behavior and human resources, these topics have not received comparable 
attention in the entrepreneurship literature. Research suggests that 
entrepreneurs behave differently than managers in large, established 
firms (Schjoedt & Shaver, 2007) and employees and managers in 
entrepreneurial organizations exhibit different behavioral dynamics as 
well (Monsen & Boss, 2009). Importantly, behavioral theories meant to 
apply to large, established organizations may not always transfer well 
to entrepreneurial firms. However, research is only starting to come to 
grips with the types and extent of these potential differences. Much of 
the work conducted has been limited to top management teams (e.g., 
Ensley & Pearson, 2005; West, 2007) and human resource policy issues 
(e.g., Katz et al., 2000). A few studies have investigated team 
composition (Zimmerman, 2008), compensation (Monsen et al., 2010), and 
behavioral dynamics (Ensley & Pearson, 2005) but there has not been a 
concerted effort to develop theory that applies specifically to 
entrepreneurial firms. The same is true for family businesses, where the 
agency costs from adverse selection and moral hazard suggest there is a 
need for studies that contribute to a better understanding of the 
appropriate composition and compensation of employee and management 
teams, their behavioral dynamics, and the consequences of different 
approaches in practice (e.g., Barnett & Kellermanns, 2006; Chua et al., 
2009).

To encourage more systematic attention to these topic areas, we invite 
submissions to a special issue of /Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 
(ET&P)/ that deal with Team Composition, Compensation, and Behavior 
Dynamics in Small, Family, and New Ventures/./ The purpose of this 
special issue is to publish work that will significantly enhance our 
theoretical and empirical understanding of these topics. In particular, 
we seek to identify the empirical and theoretical limits of established 
research frameworks (Chrisman, et al., 2008; Pearson, et al., 2008) and 
develop new and more robust frameworks that work in the extreme and 
special cases of entrepreneurial, family, and small organizations.

Potential themes for submissions to the special issue can include, but 
are not limited to:

   1. Team formation, composition, and changes in team composition.
   2. Attitudinal and behavioral effects of team demography and
      heterogeneity.
   3. Human and social capital of the entrepreneurial team.
   4. Management succession and professionalization.
   5. Procedural and distributive justice in compensation decisions.
   6. Individual vs. group level compensation.
   7. Innovative compensation schemes and theories.
   8. High performance human resource practices.
   9. Communication in teams.
  10. The influence of family altruism on the behavioral dynamics of
      family firms.
  11. Power and politics in entrepreneurial teams.
  12. Conflict and team decision making.
  13. Entrepreneurial team influence on venture performance and growth.

We invite empirical, conceptual, methodological, and literature review papers for submission. All papers will undergo the usual double-blind /ET&P/ developmental review process and must meet the publication standards of the journal. Final acceptance of approved papers will be contingent on incorporating reviewers' feedback to the satisfaction of the editors.


Authors should follow the guidelines as stated in /ET&P/'s Information 
for Contributors of Manuscripts. Manuscripts should be submitted to 
_http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/etp_ no later than June 1, 2011. Papers 
will be accepted between May 1, 2011 and June 1, 2011 only. Papers 
submitted before May 1, 2011 or after June 1, 2011 will be returned to 
the authors but may submitted for general consideration in the journal. 
Authors should indicate "Special Issue" as the manuscript type and 
should specify that the submission is for the special issue on Team 
Composition, Compensation, and Behavior Dynamics in Small, Family, and 
New Ventures. All papers will be subject to the journal's normal 
double-blind review process. Publication is scheduled for January 2013 
(volume 37, issue 1). Please contact Erik Monsen (_monsen at econ.mpg.de 
<mailto:monsen at econ.mpg.de>_; phone +49-3641-686736; fax 
+49-3641-686710) if you have any questions about the special issue.

*REFERENCES*

Barnett, T., & Kellermanns, F. W. (2006). Are we family and are we 
treated as family? Nonfamily employees' perceptions of justice in the 
family firm. /Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 30/(6), 837-854.

Chrisman, J. J., Steier, L. P., & Chua, J. H. (2008). Toward a 
theoretical basis for understanding the dynamics of strategic 
performance in family firms. /Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 
32/(6), 935-947.

Chua, J. H., Chrisman, J. J., & Bergiel, E. B. (2009). An agency 
theoretic analysis of the professionalized family firm. 
/Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 33/(2), 355-372.

Ensley, M. D., & Pearson, A. W. (2005). An exploratory comparison of the 
behavioral dynamics of top management teams in family and nonfamily new 
ventures: Cohesion, conflict, potency, and consensus. /Entrepreneurship 
Theory & Practice, 29/(3), 267-284.

Katz, J. A., Aldrich, H. E., Welbourne, T. M., & Williams, P. M. (2000). 
Guest editor's comments - special issue on human resource management and 
the SME: Toward a new synthesis. /Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 
25/(1), 7-10.

Monsen, E., & Boss, R. W. (2009). The impact of strategic 
entrepreneurship inside the organization: Examining job stress and 
employee retention. /Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 33/(1), 71-104.

Monsen, E., Patzelt, H., & Saxton, T. (2010). Beyond simple utility: 
Incentive design and tradeoffs for corporate employee-entrepreneurs. 
/Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice/, 34(1), 105-130.

Pearson, A. W., Carr, J. C., & Shaw, J. C. (2008). Toward a theory of 
familiness: A social capital perspective. /Entrepreneurship: Theory & 
Practice, 32/(6), 949-969.

Schjoedt, L., & Shaver, K. G. (2007). Deciding on an entrepreneurial 
career: A test of the pull and push hypotheses using the panel study of 
entrepreneurial dynamics data. /Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 
31/(5), 733-752.

West, G. P. (2007). Collective cognition: When entrepreneurial teams, 
not individuals, make decisions. /Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 
31/(1), 77-102.

Zimmerman, M. A. (2008). The influence of top management team 
heterogeneity on the capital raised through an initial public offering. 
/Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 32/(3), 391-414.