Call for Papers: Special Issue of the Journal of Business Research on Introspection and Introspective Thought.
Deadline: 31 January 2010
Introspection is something everyone does but in research domains, it remains contested and controversial. For many scholars introspection is part of the interpretive consumer culture theory (CCT) domain and receives labels including introspection, subjective introspection or researcher introspection. However, while introspective narratives seemingly have a natural home in CCT, this type of research still seems to be forbidding even to CCT researchers. For others introspection is a psychological phenomenon informed by behavioral decision theory (BDT) which holds that introspection is difficult if not impossible in that people often do not know why they do things or how they arrive at decisions. Researchers viewing introspection this way also embrace a scientific framing so that introspective studies generally include multiple informants in experimental settings; introspection by a single researcher in narrative mode is not embraced as scientific.
This special issue invites all viewpoints. However, each submission should involve the researcher or researchers doing introspection. A study may be done in the context of non-researchers doing introspection as well, but the paper must include the researcher introspecting. A suggested list of topics is given below, but my construction of introspection should not be seen as a limit or constraint. The main idea is to provide a forum for out-of-the-box thinking and to unleash the hidden creativity and potential of researchers who have a story to tell. I suspect that there are scholars who have been looking for such an opportunity to share their ostensibly idiosyncratic but nonetheless relevant perspectives to map some underexplored or even hitherto unknown dimensions of everyday consumer and business life.
Possible topics include:
- Introspection on introspection
- Narrative or autobiographical introspection
- Introspection and self-observation
- Introspection as a literary approach
- Introspection in relation to phenomenological or ethnographic research.
- The place of introspection in consumer culture theory (CCT)
- Introspection and experiential consumption
- Introspection and various domains of business (e.g., organizational, marketing, financial)
- Introspection and poststructuralism
- Introspect on a theory or theme as a critique (e.g., on an aspect of CCT or behavioral decision theory (BDT)
- The relationship of introspection and identity
- The boundaries of what is revealed and what not (private versus public)
- The relationship of introspection and culture
- Introspection and embodiment
- Introspect on something you do not see in consumer or other business research to reveal understanding
- Introspection and the process of theory construction
- Introspection in terms of reflexivity in critically deconstructing academic research
- Introspection in relation to metacognition, consciousness and self-awareness
- Introspection and cognition and/or memory
- Introspection and affect
- Introspection in relation to fantasy or counterfactuals
- Introspection in interrogating issues of automatic versus deliberative responses to stimuli
- Introspection and neuroscience.
Guidelines
Papers should be less than 30 double-space pages in length (counting all pages) and follow all the guidelines of the Journal of Business Research. Electronic submissions are required. All papers accepted for review will be subjected to a double blind peer review procedure. All papers should be sent to Stephen Gould (Stephen.Gould@baruch.cuny.edu).
Society for Consumer Psychology Annual 2010 Winter Conference, Florida, February 25-27, 2010
The SCP conference provides opportunities for a high level of interaction among participants interested in consumer research and advancing the discipline of consumer psychology in a global society. Building upon the Society's excellence in mentoring young behavioral scientists, the conference facilitates the generation of cutting-edge consumer research rooted in social and cognitive psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, decision theory and other areas.
http://www.myscp.org
Journal of Consumer Psychology Special Issue: Nonconscious Processes in Consumer Psychology
The Journal of Consumer Psychology announces a call for papers on topics related to nonconscious processes in consumer psychology. Consistent with its tradition of publishing consumer psychology research that is cutting-edge, conceptually and theoretically important, and advances knowledge, the Journal of Consumer Psychology solicits academic papers to emphasize its continuing interest in promoting such research and increasing its impact. The Journal’s goal is to publish a Special Issue in January 2011. Eligible papers must be driven by a consumer psychology research problem that helps illuminate the role of nonconscious processes from a conceptual and theoretical perspective. Manuscripts to be considered should be submitted no later than January 1, 2010.
http://www.myscp.org
Journal website: http://ees.elsevier.com/jcps
European Conference of the Association for Consumer Research 2010
The 2010 European Conference of the Association for Consumer Research will be held at Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK from Wednesday 30th June through Saturday, 3rd July, 2010. A doctoral consortium will be held during the day on 30th June. Conference registration and the opening reception will occur on the evening of 30th June, with presentations from Thursday 1st July through to lunchtime on Saturday, 3rd July. Submissions for all EXCEPT the film festival must be received no later than Friday 21st December, 2009. Submissions for the film festival must be received no later than February 1, 2010.
Conference Co-chairs: Alan Bradshaw (alan.bradshaw@rhul.ac.uk), Chris Hackley (chris.hackley@rhul.ac.uk) and Pauline Maclaran (pauline.maclaran@rhul.ac.uk), Royal Holloway, University of London
Film Festival Co-chairs: Russell Belk, University of Utah, mktrwb@business.utah.edu and Robert Kozinets, York University, rkozinets@schulich.yorku.ca
Doctoral Consortium Co-chairs: Avi Shankar, University of Bath, A.Shankar@bath.ac.uk and Markus Giesler, York University, mgiesler@schulich.yorku.ca
International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research
Special issue call for papers on Tourism and Shopping Behaviour Research
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 15, 2009. May 1, 2010 Final paper due.
The International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research invites submission of manuscripts for a special issue focusing on tourism and shopping behavior. Shopping is an increasingly important element in leisure and tourism. Shopping during travel reflects the increasing emphasis on consumption in modern society, and the importance the acquisition of material goods assumes in many people’s lives. Leisure shopping is recognized as one of the most popular global tourist activities. In some destinations (e.g., Hong Kong and Paris) shopping has become a core activity of the tourist attraction where tourism is contributing significantly to the retail trade. This call for papers is an invitation to authors to contribute advances to the existing literature on shopping behavior of tourists.
Deborah C. Fowler and Jingxue “Jessica” Yuan, Texas Tech University, are serving as Guest Co-Editors for this special issue. Manuscripts prepared in IJCTHR style using MS-WORD should be submitted electronically. Prior to submission, ensure that your manuscript complies with the preparation guidelines for the International Journal of Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality Research as detailed under “Author Guidelines'' on the web or journal hard copy. Key dates for this special issue are:
July 15, 2009 Abstract of proposed article; list of contributing authors
August 15, 2009 Notification of acceptance of abstract
Nov. 30, 2009 Full paper due in APA style
Mar. 15, 2010 Notification of acceptance of article
May 1, 2010 Final paper due
Send abstracts (via electronic attachment) to one of the co-editors:
Dr. Deborah C. Fowler, Department of Nutrition, Hospitality & Retailing, Texas Tech University
Box 41240, Lubbock, TX 79409-1240, USA (Email: deborah.fowler@ttu.edu), Phone: (806)742-3068, Fax: (806)742-3042. Dr. Jingxue “Jessica” Yuan, Department of Nutrition, Hospitality & Retailing, Texas Tech University, Box 41240, Lubbock, TX 79409-1240, USA (Email: jessica.yuan@ttu.edu), Phone: (806)742-3068, Fax: (806)742-3042.
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