Call for Chapters: Enhancing Employee Engagement and Productivity in the Post-Pandemic Multigenerational Workforce

The post-pandemic era has created extensive disruptions in many areas of business and society that are easily verified. Such disruptions have certainly extended to the human resources management function that was already experiencing labor shortages and other challenges in the USA and elsewhere before 2020. This publication examines the disruptions in-depth and their influences as they relate to the current hiring, effective retention, engagement, and productivity of available talent in an era of growing global skills gaps and a rapidly ageing world population within the context of a multigenerational workforce.

The purpose of this publication is to provide a holistic perspective of how the global landscape has changed with regards to effective human resources management in the post-pandemic world, and the resulting effect on employee engagement and productivity within a multigenerational workforce.

The primary target audience for this publication is scholar-practitioners who require a contemporary resource for their work in the human resource management sphere. The secondary target audience is graduate students who seek the same holistic resource.

• Employee Engagement in International Business
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
• Human Productivity
• Job Satisfaction
• Work-Life Balance
• Global Skills Gap
• Employee Turnover Costs
• Domestic vs International Human Resources Management (HRM)
• Multigenerational Workforces
• Hiring and Retention Practices
• Post-Pandemic Organizational Culture
• Employee Engagement
• The Great Resignation
• Remote Work Policies
• Wage Stagnation
• Cost of Living
• Retention Processes
• Psychology of Recruitment
• Rewards Systems Management
• Employer Apathy
• Compensation Levels
• Disability, Health, and Life Insurance Plans
• Organizational Behavior and Leadership
• Human Resources Analytics
• Employee Separation and Non-Compete Agreements
• Change Management
• Legal, Ethical, and Risk Issues in Human Resources
• Strategic Recruitment and Retention
• International HRM Considerations
• Employee Benefits
• Deferred Compensation Plans
• Flexible Work Schedules
• Government Regulations
• Educational Benefits and Programs
• Information Technology in HRM
• Diversity Management Issues
• Career Planning
• Intrapraneurship
• Employee Empowerment
• Mentoring and Coaching
• Productivity Improvement
• Employment Forecasting
• Global Issues for HR Executives
• Employee and Managerial Skill Development

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before June 15, 2023, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by June 29, 2023 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by July 13, 2023, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Enhancing Employee Engagement and Productivity in the Post-Pandemic Multigenerational Workforce. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery^® online submission manager.

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2024.

June 15, 2023: Proposal Submission Deadline
June 29, 2023: Notification of Acceptance
July 13, 2023: Full Chapter Submission
September 10, 2023: Review Results Returned
October 22, 2023: Final Acceptance Notification
November 5, 2023: Final Chapter Submission

Angela Even


Purdue University


angela.even@purdueglobal.edu





Bryan Christiansen


Southern New Hampshire University


b.christiansen@snhu.edu