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The Humanistic Management Journal is a double-blind peer reviewed journal that spans disparate fields including business ethics, environmental sustainability, social responsibility and management studies, in a humanistic research paradigm. It is a venue for thought leaders from academia, practice and public policy:

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Check Out Our Collections

Well Being and Flourishing as Goal of Humanistic Management

This themed collection aims to bring together all the papers written on Well Being and Flourishing as Goal of Management. It is exploring the conceptual foundations of well-being and flourishing as relevant outcomes for managerial practice. The collection also explores how Well-Being and Flourishing are supporting a humanistic paradigm for management. Furthermore, the collection explores how the concepts can serve as foundation of a new understanding for leadership more broadly, inform teaching, research, practice and policy.

Humanistic Management Education

This themed collection aims to bring together papers written on Humanistic Management Education and Pedagogy. It is building on prior volumes on Humanistic Education and Humanistic Management Pedagogy. The collection provides conceptual work and applied research on how to engage learners in personal development, and self-awareness practices. Other pieces focus on the pedagogy of applying dignity-based and well-being oriented management and leadership practices.

Dignity as Foundation of Humanistic Management

This themed collection aims to bring together all the papers written on Dignity as a Concept and as Foundation of Humanistic Management. It is exploring the conceptual and practical relevance of dignity and how it can support better management and leadership practices. The collection also explores how the concept can serve as foundation of a new paradigm for leadership more broadly, inform teaching, research, practice and policy.

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Editor-in-Chief

Michael Pirson, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, USA

Associate Editors

David M. Wasieleski, Department Chair, Management & Marketing; Professor of Management & Business Ethics, Duquesne University

Claus Dierksmeier, Professor and Director, Center for Global Ethic (Weltethos Insitut), University of Tuebingen, Germany

Domènec Melé, PhD, Professor of Business Ethics, IESE Business School, Spain

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Overview

Humanistic Management Journal is a venue for multi-disciplinary research promoting human dignity and well-being in economic systems.

  • Focuses on the interplay of business ethics, environmental and social sustainability, and management studies.
  • Promotes humanistic management trends towards social entrepreneurship and cooperative capitalism.
  • Offers a platform for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers interested in life-conducive economic systems.
  • Implements a double-blind peer review system for quality assurance.

Editor in Chief
Michael Pirson PhD

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Aims and scope

The humanistic management journal focuses on the protection of human dignity and the promotion of human well-being within the context of organizing. Work within the above paradigmatic pillars can focus on the individual, group, organizational, systemic, and philosophical levels. The journal encourages contributions from various disciplinary perspectives representing the consilience of knowledge, e.g. contributions from  psychology, sociology, economics, cybernetics, physics, evolutionary biology, anthropology etc, as well as interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary contributions are encouraged. In similar fashion, perspectives from academia, practice and public policy are encouraged. As social business and entrepreneurship and conscious, regenerative, and cooperative capitalism gain visibility, this is a forum for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers interested in a life-conducive economic system for which humanistic management is critical.

Primary research or secondary analysis of primary research request a minimum of two peer reviewers and follow external peer-review according to the journal’s editorial procedures as described here.  Further details on how reviewers are selected can be found here.   

Editorial board

Editor in Chief

  • Michael Pirson PhD

    Fordham University, New York, United States

Associate Editors

  • Elena P. Antonacopoulou PhD

    American University of Beirut, Cyprus

  • Joan Fontrodona MBA, PhD

    IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain

  • Matthew T. Lee PhD

    Baylor University, Waco, United States; Harvard University, Cambridge, United States

  • Domènec Melé MSc, PhD

    IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain

Editorial Board

  • Romina Boarini PhD

    Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques, Paris, France

  • Jane Dutton PhD

    University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States

  • Ed Freeman BA, PhD

    University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States

  • Mary Gentile PhD

    Babson College, Wellesley, United States; Founder, Giving Voice to Values, United States

  • Anil Gupta PhD

    Founder, Honey Bee Network, India; Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, India

  • Andre Habisch PhD

    Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt, Germany

  • Jonas Haertle PhD

    United Nations Global Compact (PRME), United States

  • Donna Hicks PhD

    Harvard University, Cambridge, United States

  • Ellen Langer PhD

    Harvard University, Cambridge, United States

  • Chris Laszlo PhD

    Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States

  • L. Hunter Lovins PhD

    Natural Capitalism Solutions (NCS), United States

  • Roger Martin PhD

    Rotman School of Business, Canada, retired 2013

  • Henry Mintzberg PhD

    McGill University, Montreal, Canada

  • John-Christopher Spender PhD

    Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland

  • Consuelo Garcia la de Torre PhD

    Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

  • Shann Turnbull PhD

    Institute for Self-Governance, Australia

  • Sandra Waddock BA, MA, MBA, PhD

    Boston College, Boston, United States

Review Board

  • Ricardo Aguado PhD

    Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, Spain

  • Osmar Arandia PhD

    University of Monterrey, Garza García, Mexico

  • Robert Blomme PhD

    Nyenrode Business University, Breukelen, The Netherlands

  • Jeanne Buckkeye PhD

    University of St. Thomas - Minnesota, Saint Paul, United States

  • Cinzia Cessi PhD

    University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

  • Juan Felipe Espinosa PhD

    Federico Santa María Technical University, Valparaíso, Chile

  • Ignacio Ferrero PhD

    Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

  • Michela Floris PhD

    University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

  • Ernestina Giudici PhD

    University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

  • Harry Hummels PhD

    Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

  • Sertan Kabadayi PhD

    Fordham University, New York, United States

  • Tae Wan Kim PhD

    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States

  • Monika Kostera PhD

    Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

  • Mario Maguirre PhD

    University of Monterrey, Garza García, Mexico

  • P. Mattijs Mbal PhD

    University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom

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Ethics & disclosures

The journal is committed to maintaining the highest level of integrity in the content published.

This journal has a competing interest policy in place.

All Springer Nature journals require authors to comply with international, national and/or institutional standards of research reporting. This is particularly important for studies involving human and/or animal participants, their data and biological material, and Informed Consent.

The journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). It subscribes to COPE's principles for addressing misconduct. This means the journal is committed to investigating any allegations of misconduct, to maintain the integrity of research.

The journal may use plagiarism detection software to screen submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the (COPE) guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.

Research content published in this journal is peer reviewed (double-anonymous).

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