International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management

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International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management (IJCLM)
Editor in Chief
Associate Prof. Marco Valeri
ISSN online
1759-0264
ISSN print
1759-0256
4 issues per year

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IJCLM subscribes to a broad understanding of complexity in leadership, governance, management and organisational dynamics. Its explores how various concepts such as complexity, nonlinearity, consciousness, intrinsic intelligence, collective intelligence, connectivity, autopoiesis, adaptation, diversity, self-organisation, emergence, dissipation, edge of chaos, butterfly effect and sustainability may help generate new effective leadership, governance and management theories, strategies and practices. It also explores how such fresh mindsets and strategic nonlinear thinking may become an integral part of all innovative and competitive organisations, economies and nations.

Topics covered include

  • New theoretical comprehension, associated issues and strategies
  • Empirical research in frameworks and practices
  • Case studies of human systems
  • Theoretical discourse of various theories
  • Complexity lens/metaphors and their usage
  • Complexity adaptive dynamics, complexity/intelligence-centric processes
  • Particular sectors/activities
  • Leadership at the edge of chaos/rugged landscape
  • Leadership sensitive to initial input, innovation and creativity
  • Nonlinear intelligence/thinking, knowledge management, organisational learning
  • Complexity/intelligence mindset, intelligence paradigm

Objectives

IJCLM is an international peer-reviewed journal. It aims to promote a deeper comprehension and to provide dialogue across country borders and cultures on the issues of complexity in leadership, governance and management. In this respect, it aims to serve as a platform where new philosophies, theories, empirical research findings and case studies can be published and shared internationally.

Readership

IJCLM is a vehicle which provides the latest findings, developments and thinking in management, governance and leadership to corporate leaders, company managers, business consultants, education leaders, national policy makers, military leaders, academics and researchers. IJCLM is also a forum through which different stakeholders worldwide can disseminate new thinking, theories, strategies and practices involved in complexity in leadership, governance and management, thus learning from each other's expertise and experience.

Contents

IJCLM publishes original papers in theoretical development and empirical research, case studies, discussion papers, conference reports, book reviews, commentaries and news dealing with the frontiers of complexity in leadership, governance and management. Special Issues devoted to unique, important themes in the domain of complexity and complex adaptive dynamics in leadership, governance and management will also be published from time to time. IJCLM welcomes worldwide contributions from academics, researchers, policy makers, corporate leaders, educators, and business consultants and practitioners with interest in the topics specified.

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Editor in Chief

  • Valeri, Marco, Niccolò Cusano University, Italy
    (marco.valeri@unicusano.it)

Honorary Editorial Advisor

  • Ng, Pak Tee, National Institute of Education, Singapore

Associate Editor

  • Salloum, Charbel, EM Normandie Business School, France

Editorial Board Members

  • Bento, Fabio, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
  • Bratianu, Constantin, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
  • Chanda, Sasanka Sekhar, Indian Institute of Management Indore, India
  • Chemli, Samiha, University of Deusto, Spain
  • Clegg, Stewart, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Copuš, Lukáš, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Fan, Ziyun, University of York, UK
  • Glinka, Beata, University of Warsaw, Poland
  • Jermier, John, University of South Florida, USA
  • Kallmuenzer, Andreas, Excelia Business School, France
  • Kowch, Eugene G., University of Calgary, Canada
  • Kurleto, Małgorzata, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland
  • Lichtenstein, Benyamin, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
  • MacGillivray, Alice, Royal Roads University, Canada
  • Magala, Slawomir Jan, Erasmus University, Netherlands
  • Marion, Russ, Clemson University, USA
  • Mehrotra, Nirmita, Gautam Buddha University , India
  • Micelotta, Evelyn, University of Ottawa, Canada
  • Muldoon, Jeffrey, Emporia State University, USA
  • Ng, Desmond, Texas A&M University, USA
  • Nigro, Claudio, University of Foggia, Italy
  • Okumus, Fevzi, University of Central Florida, USA
  • Pechlaner, Harald, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany
  • Ramadani, Veland, South-East European University, North Macedonia
  • Rechkoska-Shikoska, Ustijana, University for Information Science and Technology "St. Paul the Apostle", North Macedonia
  • Reina, Rocco, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy
  • Robertson, Duncan A., University of Oxford, UK
  • Secchi, Davide, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

A few essentials for publishing in this journal

  • Submitted articles should not have been previously published or be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
  • Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written (more details available here) and the author has cleared any necessary permissions with the copyright owner if it has been previously copyrighted.
  • Briefs and research notes are not published in this journal.
  • All our articles go through a double-blind review process.
  • All authors must declare they have read and agreed to the content of the submitted article. A full statement of our Ethical Guidelines for Authors (PDF) is available.
  • There are no charges for publishing with Inderscience, unless you require your article to be Open Access (OA). You can find more information on OA here.

    • Submission process

    • All articles for this journal must be submitted using our online submissions system.
    • View Author guidelines.


Journal news

Editor's call for papers for the International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management

8 March, 2024

Prof. Marco Valeri (marco.valeri@unicusano.it), the new Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management (IJCLM), invites articles on topics related to complexity in leadership, governance, management and organisational dynamics. This will help to provide a summary of current research along with predictions of where research is likely to go in the future on the subjects of complexity, nonlinearity, consciousness, intrinsic intelligence, collective intelligence, connectivity, autopoiesis, adaptation, diversity, self-organisation, emergence, dissipation, edge of chaos, butterfly effect and sustainability. Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit articles to IJCLM so that they can share their research on the subject.

List of topics

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

  • Leadership sensitive to initial input, innovation and creativity
  • Empirical research in frameworks and practices
  • Internationalisation
  • Cultural entrepreneurship
  • Digitalisation and artificial intelligence
  • Tourism management
  • Nonlinear intelligence/thinking, knowledge management, organisational learning
  • Complexity/intelligence mindset, intelligence paradigms
  • Family business and financial performance
  • Complexity adaptive dynamics, complexity/intelligence-centric processes
  • Impact of managerial organisation on communities
  • Developments and changes in managerial ideas
  • Gender impact on organisations
Objectives

IJCLM is an international peer-reviewed journal. It aims to promote a deeper comprehension and to provide dialogue across country borders and cultures on the issues of complexity in leadership, governance and management. In this respect, it aims to serve as a platform where new philosophies, theories, empirical research findings and case studies can be published and shared internationally.

Readership

IJCLM is a vehicle which provides the latest findings, developments and thinking in management, governance and leadership to corporate leaders, company managers, business consultants, education leaders, national policy makers, military leaders, academics and researchers. IJCLM is also a forum through which different stakeholders worldwide can disseminate new thinking, theories, strategies and practices involved in complexity in leadership, governance and management, thus learning from each other's expertise and experience.

Contents

IJCLM publishes original papers in theoretical development and empirical research, case studies, discussion papers, conference reports, book reviews, commentaries and news dealing with the frontiers of complexity in leadership, governance and management. IJCLM welcomes worldwide contributions from academics, researchers, policy makers, corporate leaders, educators and business consultants and practitioners with interest in the topics specified.

Submission process

All articles for this journal must be submitted using the online submissions system available via the Submitting Articles tab at www.inderscience.com/ijcih. Please follow all instructions and author guidelines.

There are no charges for publishing with this journal, unless you require your article to be Open Access. You can find more information on OA here.

Associate Prof. Marco Valeri appointed as new Editor in Chief of International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management

27 February, 2024

Associate Prof. Marco Valeri from Niccolò Cusano University in Italy has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management.

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