REMINDER: June 1st Deadline: ETP Special Issue on "Team Composition, Compensation, and Behavior Dynamics"

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

From: Erik Monsen [mailto:erik.monsen at strath.ac.uk] 
Date: Tue 10 May 2011 13:16

CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline: June 1st, 2011

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, University of Strathclyde (erik.monsen at strath.ac.uk) 
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 online via the ScholarOne website 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 (email: erik.monsen at strath.ac.uk; phone +44 141 548 3157 ; fax +44 141 552 7602) 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.