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CFP Case Studies in Volunteering & NGOs

CFP – chapters for a case study book exploring communication and organizational issues in nonprofit and volunteer contexts

Book Editors:
Jennifer Mize Smith, Western Kentucky University, Department of Communication
Michael W. Kramer, University of Oklahoma, Department of Communication

Publisher:
This book proposal has been accepted by Peter Lang Publishing

Objective of the Book:
The purpose of this book is to provide empirically-based case studies that will compliment any number of other course materials, such as nonprofit textbooks or journal articles, used by teachers and scholars of nonprofit and volunteer studies.  Few of our current resources (books, texts, handbooks) address the micro-level, data-based analysis of communication and other organizational issues in nonprofit, volunteer, and philanthropic contexts.  Each chapter will present a case that illustrates one or more issues related to nonprofit organizations and their stakeholders (i.e., managers, staff, boards, volunteers, donors, and service recipients).  Cases should also address a broader conceptual or theoretical issue/framework of organizational studies.

Each case should have an open ending, followed by a series of 6-8 discussion questions proposed from at least two different theoretical/conceptual frameworks to encourage students to explore the case from multiple perspectives.  Questions should be designed to help students critically think about the particular nonprofit context, the organizational issues presented, the ways in which those issues could be addressed, whose interests are served, and potential consequences for the organization and its various stakeholders.

Contributors should consider a range of communication and organizational issues that address one or more nonprofit stakeholder groups, including NPO managers, staff, boards, volunteers, donors, and service recipients.  Topics may include but are not limited to the following:

Identity and Identification
Recruitment, Training, and Retention
Employee/Volunteer relations
Stress, Burnout, and Turnover
NPO Relationships and Collaborations
Marketing and Fundraising
Technology
Marketization and Professionalism
Newcomers and Socialization
Conflict, Voice, and Dissent
Supervision and Leadership
Role Negotiation, Uncertainty, and Expectations
Board Development
Corporate Partnerships, and Strategic Philanthropy
Staffing and Career Development
Mission, Mission Drift, and Founders Syndrome

Submission Process:
This edited book will present contributed case study chapters focusing on communication and other organizational issues in a nonprofit and volunteer context.  We seek case studies that are research based, focused on nonprofit-related issues, and open ended to allow for critical discussion. We invite interdisciplinary work that seeks to combine communication perspectives with other disciplinary knowledge.

For consideration, authors should submit an open-ended case study based on empirical research that is 2000-2500 words in length (not including title page).  In the initial draft, authors should also propose 6-8 discussion questions employing at least two different theoretical/conceptual frameworks.  In the submission email, authors should include a brief description of the research conducted that formed the basis of the case study.  The deadline for submissions has been extended to March 14, 2014.

Submissions will be peer reviewed and decisions about inclusion in the book will be made in early April.  Selected authors will be expected to produce a final draft with any requested revisions by June 1, 2014.

Inquiries may be addressed to either editor.  Submissions should be forwarded electronically (Microsoft Word document) to: Jennifer Mize Smith.

CFP international volunteering

Call for Chapter Proposals for Edited Book

Working Title: Volunteering and Communication Vol. II: Studies in International and Intercultural Contexts

Publisher: Peter Lang

Objective of the Book:
The purpose of this book is to give voice to the experiences of volunteers specifically in international and intercultural settings. Few of our current resources (books, texts, handbooks) address the micro-level, data-based analysis of volunteering and volunteer management with our first book being an exception.  There is even less scholarship on volunteering in international and intercultural contexts. There are a few chapters addressing it in our first book. This book will begin with a guest-authored literature review chapter. Then contributors will write data-based chapters that provide in-depth analyses of a particular issue, topic, or type of volunteer based on some theoretical or conceptual organizational or intercultural framework. Each chapter will include a very brief field report from a practitioner with experience in the volunteer situation explored in the chapter.

In particular, the editors are interested in studies that fit one of three types:

1) Experiences Volunteering Abroad: These should be studies of individuals volunteering in another country, for example, individuals from the United States doing volunteer work in another country.

2) Experiences of Volunteers Internationally: These should be studies of volunteers living in countries outside the United States, for example, the experiences of volunteers from the Netherlands or Brazil or any other country.

3) Experience of Volunteers in Intercultural Settings: These should be studies of volunteers working in settings where they must reach across intercultural boundaries to accomplish their goals, for example, Turkish volunteers working with Syrian refugees.

Book Editors:
Michael W. Kramer, University Oklahoma, Department of Communication
Loril M. Gossett, UNC Charlotte, Department of Communication Studies
Laurie K. Lewis, Rutgers University, Department of Communication

Submission Process:
This edited book will present contributed chapters focusing on the three types of volunteer experiences described above. Editors seek contributed chapters that are data-based, and focused on the management and experience of volunteering. All methodologies are welcome including quantitative, qualitative, or textual/rhetorical analysis, as well as interdisciplinary work that seeks to combine communication perspectives with other disciplinary knowledge.

For consideration, authors should submit a 1-2 page abstract of the proposed chapter (not including title page and references). This proposal should include a description of the study, including its theoretical or conceptual framework, its current status (e.g., already IRB approved, data being analyzed, etc.) and include a brief summary of results if available. These submissions are due to the lead editor no later than July 31, 2013.

Submissions will be peer reviewed and decisions about inclusion in the book will be made by August 31, 2013. Selected authors will be expected to produce a full draft of their chapters by January 10, 2014. These drafts will be reviewed by the book editors for final decisions on inclusion in the book. Those accepted will submit revised versions by May 1, 2014.

Inquiries may be addressed to any of the editors. Submissions should be forwarded electronically (word document) to:
Michael W. Kramer
mkramer AT ou.edu