Call for papers: Consulting to, and about, entrepreneurs

• Marc B. Sokolopens in new window 
• Theodore L. Hayesopens in new window

This is a call for papers at Consulting Psychology Journal (CPJ). The topical thematic areas include consulting to, and about, entrepreneurs.

Consulting Psychology Journal is an ideal outlet for papers regarding consulting to, and about, entrepreneurs. CPJ’s audience includes many entrepreneurial psychologists, professionals who consult to entrepreneurs, and researchers who conduct empirical studies of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial success. We believe that there is considerable insight to be gained across these three cohorts in terms of lived experience, consultant experience, and research experience to impact the science and practice of consulting with entrepreneurs.

Submissions can include: empirical studies, case studies, literature reviews, personal journeys/lessons learned, or theory-building/conceptual papers. We also solicit entrepreneurs to participate in recorded focus groups that would be analyzed by artificial intelligence platforms to elicit ‘lived experience’ themes and draw contrasts with published hypotheses.

CPJ’s general approach to entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship is intrapersonal with a focus on the how and why of phenomena. Applied psychologists who might publish in Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, or Personnel Psychology cover a variety of areas but typically publish empirical, interpersonal studies that use measures to predict performance or entrepreneurial status, which generally means segmenting the successful from the less successful.

This call for papers welcomes both intrapersonal and interpersonal manuscripts. These include empirical studies, case studies, reviews, or theory-building/conceptual papers. The authors will bring the topics to the journal. We anticipate that these topics may include but not be limited to: overviews of entrepreneurial studies or of the nature of entrepreneurship; the nature and practice of entrepreneurship outside the US; the disruptive role of artificial intelligence; definitions of entrepreneurial success and the prediction of that success; longitudinal case studies; development of models of entry into or exit from entrepreneurship; organizational dynamics affecting entrepreneurial activity.

Additionally, we believe that because members of APA Division 13, which constitutes the majority of CPJ readers, are entrepreneurial, their ‘lived experience’ as entrepreneurs—much like the 2020 special issue—would inform understanding of the barriers faced with successes and failures along the way.

For more information about the journal, visit the Consulting Psychology Journal homepage.

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