Toward Society-Centred Responsible Leadership: Perspectives on Theory, Practices, and Challenges
Journal of Management Studies Special Issue Call for Papers
Submission Period: 1-31 October 2025
Guest Editors:
Ziyun Fan, University of York, UK
Diansha Wang, University of Glasgow, UK
Christian Voegtlin, ZHAW School of Management and Law, Switzerland
Jonathan Doh, Villanova University, US
JMS Supervising Editor:
Hannes Leroy, Erasmus University, Netherlands
Societies and businesses experience interconnected grand challenges and sustainable crises from the COVID-19 pandemic to the surging climate concerns evolving into disputes about the future of working and living conditions. In light of corporate mismanagement and scandals accompanied by failing states and weak governments, social and political pressures are mounting on corporations to be responsible in their decision-making and corporate purpose (Suddaby, Manelli & Fan, 2023), within which leaders play a fundamental role (Grint, 2024; Tourish, 2020; Wickert, 2021). Multiplying calls are voiced by scholars, policymakers, and practitioners for a form of responsible leadership (RL) that takes into account not only different stakeholder groups (Maak & Pless, 2006; Doh & Quigley, 2014; Stahl & Sully de Luque, 2014; Waldman & Siegel, 2008) but also the multiplicity of risks around our natural, social, and political environments (Pless, et al, 2022; Waldman, et al., 2019) in the decision-making of corporations (de Bettignies, 2014; Maak, Pless & Voegtlin, 2016).
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