Special Issue on "Health, Economics, and Family Role"

Manuscript Submission Due Dat: March 1, 2010

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Submitted by Manouchehr (Mitch) Mokhtari - Guest Editor

14^th - 18^th October 2009 - Charité Berlin, Germany

"The Evolution of Medicine"

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Submitted by Rubina HAKEEM, IFHE Representative

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Sustaining the Home Economics profession in New Times - A Convergent Moment

Submitted by Donna PENDERGAST

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Home Economics in the 21^st Century Position Statement

Submitted by Donna PENDERGAST

Since the 2006 IFHE Council Meeting, the IFHE Think Tank Committee has focussed on the development, finalisation and strategies for dissemination of the Home Economics in the 21^st Century Position Statement, which has been developed by members of the Think Tank Committee through an extensive consultative process.

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Quotation: "The intent of this meta-review was to pofile the ideas contained in this collection of 13 books so we can speculate about what new ideas are needed for our future."

Submitted by: Sue L.T. McGREGOR

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An Essay on Households, the Economy and the Environment

Submitted by: Catherine LEVITEN-REID, Ph.D. Candidate

University of Wisconsin-Madison - School of Human Ecology - Department of Consumer Science

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Journal of Family and Economic Issues

To be Published in December, 2010

Manuscript Submission Due Date: October 31, 2009

This special issue of the Journal of Family and Economic Issues invites original empirical or theoretical research papers relevant to family business. The need for better understanding of family business issues is greater today than at any other time due to current economic and demographic trends. Not only does the current situation pose challenges to family business owners and managers, but it also provides opportunities for reseachers to influence policy makers, business consultants, and practitioners. This special issue will bring together papers that investigate brad topics in family businessm and both quantitive and qualitative papers are welcome.

Suggested areas of research for this special JFEI issue include, but are not limited to the following:

• Managerial strategies for family owned businesses
• Resource management and family owned businesses
• Trends in family owned businesses
• Family business succession/continuance
• Family relations and family business issues
• Family business success and performance measures
• Family business wellbeing and financial issues
• Cross-cultural analyses of family businesses
• Family business behaviors in disaster and crisis conditions
• Growth and sustainability issues for family owned businesses

We would welcome papers which are related to any of the above themes for our 2010 special issue of JFEI.

 

Submission Guidelines
Please follow the 5^th Edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association to prepare your manuscript. The manuscript should not be more than 35 pages in length, including text, tables, figures, and references. Send an electronic copy of the paper to the journal's submission website at http://www.springerlink.com/content/1058-0476 on or before October 31, 2009. In the author's note please indicate that the submission is for the "Family Business" special issue. The special issue will be published in December 2010.

For more information please contact:

Linda S. NIEHM, Ph.D., Guest Editor
Department of Apparel, Educational Studies, and Hospitality Management
1066 Le Baron Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-1120, USA
E-mail: niehmlin@iastate.edu
(515) 294-1930 (Office) or (515) 231-6157
(515) 294-6364 (Fax)

Jane SWINNEY, Ph.D., Associate Guest Editor
Department of Design, Housing and Merchandising
445 HES Building
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
e-mail: swinnej@okstate.edu
Phone: (405) 744-6552

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