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Call for Chapters: Contingency, behavioural and evolutionary perspectives on public and non-profit governance (emerald book series volume 4)

Editors Luca Gnan, Alessandro Hinna and Fabio Monteduro (University of Rome Tor Vergata)

Description Governance in recent years has been an area of research in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. Clear efforts have been made in order to describe, understand, and interpret governance structures and mechanisms. Although research on governance has grown considerably in recent years, there are still major gaps and we believe that the contextual, behavioural and historical factors are of crucial importance in improving the understanding of the complex nature of public and non-profit governance.

The contingency approach states that governance structure and its effectiveness would be contingent on internal and external factors. Hence, what works in one setting, or at one point in time, may not work in another. For example, we undoubtedly know that the changing context of public service delivery has had important consequences for public and non-profit organizations. However, we still do not have a full understanding of what impact contextual factors would have on the different parts of the governance system. The behavioural approach is based on the view that governance is an open system with various influence and power relations among internal and external actors. This perspective emphasizes the importance of studying behaviour, decision-making processes, and relationships among the various actors involved in the governance system. We believe that there has been little research on how the various actors work together to co-produce governance functions. The evolutionary approach assumes that governance is an open system subject to change over time. Hence, governance structures and practices change over time and various learning processes take place at various levels: societal and institutional, organizational, group and individual level. We believe that there is a need for longitudinal and comparative research designs that not only focus on board characteristics and behaviour but explicitly examine how governance structures and practices change over time.

Our expectations We seek both theoretical and empirical chapters that tackle the issue of public and non-profit governance by adopting one of the perspectives mentioned in the description

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(contingency, behavioural and evolutionary). The text will be made up of about ten chapters submitted by different authors, and organized by the three editors. Each chapter should contain an original analysis. We expect a critical analysis and the consideration of the different points of view within the area should be addressed. Authors will be expected to work in close collaboration with the editors to ensure the abovementioned expectations are met. Additionally, all authors will be expected to review at least one other accepted chapters. A particular consideration will be given to papers presented in the thematic track on governance in public and non-profit organizations at European Academy of Management (EURAM) annual conferences and at International Research Society of Public Management (IRSPM) annual conferences.

Recommended Topics Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

the role, the behaviour and the effectiveness of the board of directors; the relationships between board, management and other internal and

external stakeholders; the association between board and organizational outcomes (performance,

innovation, etc.); innovations in governance, stakeholder involvement and coproduction; accountability, transparency and integrity of governance; measuring and assessing organizational performance; new forms of governance arrangements in service provision.

Submission Procedure Authors are invited to submit on or before April 30, 2015, his or her proposed chapter (full paper). All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Authors of accepted chapters will be notified by May 20, 2015 about the outcome of their proposals and about the reviewers comments. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by June 20, 2015. Volume 4 is anticipated to be released in the second half of 2015. Submit your proposal to: fabio.monteduro@uniroma2.it . Also send a carbon copy to luca.gnan@uniroma2.it and alessandro.hinna@uniroma2.it Important Dates April 30, 2015: Chapter Submission May 20, 2015: Notification of Acceptance and Review Result June 20, 2015: Final Chapter Submission June 30, 2015: Definitive notification of Acceptance

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Proposal Specifics A complete proposal submission requires:

1. Author bio(s): 75-100 words plus contact information, credentials, title & place of employment (on a separate page)

2. Indication of why you believe the chapter would fit in the outline described above (on a separate page)

3. Chapter proposal: about 10.000 words. The proposed chapter does not have to meet specific editorial requirements (only accepted manuscripts must conform to the editorial guidelines of the series), however we suggest to adhere to the following structure (per chapter): Title page (Title, Author(s), Affiliations) Running head (up to 65 characters in length) Structured Abstract Main text

try to subdivide into sections using headings/subheadings Headings of sections and subsections must be short, clearly defined

and not numbered Acknowledgements Appendix References: APA 6th Edition is used. Figures Tables

Full author guidelines can be found on http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/ebookseries/author_guidelines.htm

Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by Emerald Group Publishing. Emerald is a global publisher managing a portfolio of over 295 journals and over 2,500 books and book series volumes. The cornerstone of Emeralds portfolio is the well respected and established book series, which includes our book series entitled Studies in Public and Non-Profit Governance (see below).

Book Series For release in the Emerald Book Series Studies in Public and Non-Profit Governance (http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/books/series.htm?id=2051-6630) Series Editor(s): Luca Gnan, Alessandro Hinna and Fabio Monteduro ISSN: 2051-6630 Studies in Public and Non-Profit Governance (SPNPG) is a new annual series publishing double-blind peer reviewed articles in a growing area of governance research.

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The series focuses on the micro level of governance in public and non-profit sector. Compared to the wider debate on corporate governance in the private sector and to the literature on the macro and meso levels of governance in the public sector, the organizational (micro) level of governance remains a neglected area of governance in the public and non-profit sector. Therefore, governance systems, mechanisms and roles are primarily investigated at organizational level.

SPNPG allows for the establishment of an engaged community of researchers very active in the field. It aims to contribute to the definition of the theoretical components that assign an innovation role to governance systems in public and non profit organizations. It also highlights the opportunity for a deeper analysis of governance mechanisms in their relationships with both the external (stakeholders) actors and the internal (management) actors and address the conditions which enable governance mechanisms to effectively cover their own roles.

Inquiries Fabio Monteduro fabio.monteduro@uniroma2.it Alessandro Hinna alessandro.hinna@uniroma2.it Luca Gnan luca.gnan@uniroma2.it