Invitation!! AEPP 20th Annual International Conference - Oct. 3-5, 2102 Vancouver, BC. EXTENDED DEADLINE!! If you haven’t already done so, please submit your paper or proposal for presentation at The Association on Employment Practices and Principles (AEPP)\\’s 20th Annual International Conference. Papers, abstracts, and proposals for presentations, case studies, panels, or workshops should be submitted by April 15 if at all possible, but we will extend your deadline if need be. Conference Theme: “Leading 21st Century Change: Beyond Bureaucracy and Workplace Disengagement" Location: At the beautiful downtown campus of the Segal Graduate School of Business at their Conference Center (Simon Fraser University) Vancouver, BC. See more at http://www.sfu.ca/mecs/segal+school/about.html with links to location, hotels and restaurants, and other information Dates: Oct 3-5, 2012 Who is Invited: Scholars, students, practitioners, executives, managers, and the public-at-large CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS LINK: AEPP 2012 Call for Papers/Proposals is found at http://www.box.com/s/tmg4ya4ngayvxkn1oijb. Email all papers and proposals in MS Word (APA Format) to BOTH: (1) AEPP Admin - aepp@institute-leadership-global.org; and (2) Conference President Dr. Raj Parikh at ParikhR@sou.edu.

1. CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
The Association on Employment Practices and Principles (AEPP)
Twentieth Annual International Conference
Oct. 3-5, 2012
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
Sponsored By: Beedie School of Business
Raj Parikh, Ph.D., Conference President and Program Chair,
Southern Oregon University
• Double-blind, full paper submission deadline has been extended to June
30, 2012.
• Non-reviewed “abstracts/developmental papers” , as well as other
proposals such as round-tables, panels, and workshops will be
accepted until July 30, 2010.
• To ensure inclusion in the conference Proceedings, authors of
accepted papers and presentations should register and pay latest by
July 30, 2012.
The Association on Employment Practices and Principles (AEPP) and its parent, the Council
on Employee Responsibilities and Rights (CERR), focus on the quality of life in work
organizations, and promote an awareness of ethics, social responsibility and justice. We host
annual international conferences that are personal, inclusive, supportive and democratic. We
also sponsor the International Journal for Responsible Employment Practices and Principles
(IJREPP), our official journal that continues in the tradition of our 21 year history of
accomplishments and success in developing and editing the premiere journal in this field.
Special emphasis this year will include encouraging “practitioner” engagement in varied track
areas in addition to our traditional scholar emphasis.
Special Paper Awards Highlights from Vancouver
Best Paper Award Vancouver, BC Location
Best Practitioner Award Reasonably Priced Room Rates
Best Paper Based On a Dissertation Award Keynote Speaker on Conference Theme
Best Case Studies Paper Award Special Night on the Town
Conference Theme: Leading 21st Century Change: Beyond Bureaucracy and Workplace
Disengagement
We live in a time of accelerating change and today’s organizations are faced with
increasing pressures to respond to change or be left behind. Too often the reactive
response is to fall back on bureaucratic inertia, resist change, and avoid issues connected
to a disengaged workforce. Obsolete models, frameworks, and approaches to change need
to be replaced with more viable and effective approaches to restore a sense of new
confidence and commitment to implement necessary changes in our systems and
organizational structures. Human resource challenges include understanding how to re-
kindle the entrepreneurial spirit in the context of diminishing resources, technological

2. change, and an increasing competitive global marketplace. Special emphasis will need to
be given to more effectively fostering workforce engagement in both public and private
sector organizations. Other issues involve a re-examination of our education systems to
better align with preparing the younger generation for success in an uncertain future and a
rapidly changing world. There is an ongoing need as well for leaders and managers, to
more effectively initiate changes in organizational cultures to foster a more values-driven,
and ethically grounded workplace. Also, in light of changing times, there will be an
increasing need to restore a dialogue and adopt new strategies relevant to the
improvement of employee and employer responsibilities and rights. With continued
technological advances, government regulation, global economic and competitive issues,
and changes in the makeup of society and the workforce, there will be increasing
pressures on all employers to be more astute in ensuring that they develop management
systems and practices, as well as employment practices that enable them to not only
compete but thrive. While submissions in all areas outlined below are welcome, for
2012, we particularly welcome submissions that deal with any aspect of leading change
in context of bureaucracy and disengagement in the workplace. Topics of interest are
broad in nature including global organizations, multi-cultural issues, work-life balance,
boundary-less careers, new regulations on employment, layoffs, unemployment,
delocalization of firms, executive compensation, rights to privacy, and other areas.
Papers and proposals from both academics and practitioners are welcomed. Issues might
be approached from the internal and micro point-of-view, such as employee relations and
HR practices, to the more external and macro aspect, such as inter-organizational
alliances and relationships, as well as inter-cultural dynamics.
Content Areas/Tracks
 Management and Organization Studies: Organizational Behavior, Organization
Theory, Organization Change Management, International Comparative Studies, Emotions
at Work.
 Strategic Management: Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance,
Technology Management, Industry Studies, Alliances and Ventures, Entrepreneurship,
Knowledge Management.
 Employee and Employer Rights and Responsibilities: Ethics, Equal Opportunity and
Affirmative Action, Marginalization and Discrimination, Bullying, Collective
Bargaining, Conflict, Privacy, Psychological Contracts.
 Entrepreneurship and Innovation: The development and management of new
businesses, special problems of entrepreneurs (including small businesses), new venture
ideas, strategies, and venture capital management; economic development effects,
innovation strategies
 Policy and Administration: Regulation, Business and Society, Public Administration,
International Trade Agreements.
 Health Policy, Health Strategy, Health Insurance and Health Programs: Health
policy, health insurance, health strategy, innovative health programs in the health
industry, and employee health benefits and programs. International health programs and
health policy submissions are encouraged.

3.  Human Resource Management and Development: Management Development,
Education and Training, Performance Management, Compensation, Benefits, Human
Resource Planning, Strategic Human Resource Management, Labor and Employee
Relations, Outsourcing.
 Leadership: Strategic leadership, organizational leadership, leadership education,
training and development, leadership models and frameworks, cross cultural leadership,
virtual leadership, leadership legacy, leading in times of economic crises, case studies,
leadership assessment.
 Eclectic Paradigms and Perspectives: Postmodernist, Feminist, or Critical Perspectives
and Insights, New Methodological Approaches.
 Curriculum/Instruction: Issues and challenges associated with teaching in the above
areas as well as specific strategies or innovations.
 Production/ Operations Management: The design, operation and control of production
systems in both manufacturing and service organizations, capacity planning, production
and inventory control, facility location and layout, operations strategy, just-in-time
production systems, process technologies.
 Finance/Accounting/Economics: The traditional disciplines of finance, accounting,
and economics, with respect to relationships to current employment practices and
principles, ethical dimensions, CSR.
 Human Resource Management in the International Context: Contemporary issues
and practices in HRM related to the evolving international context, cross-cultural studies,
and related areas.
 Public Sector: Labor relations in public management, policy making and decision
making, formal public and private partnerships, public personnel management leadership,
decision making and strategic management related to public sector organizations.
 Education Sector: Administrative leadership, higher education, secondary education,
primary education, curriculum and instruction, innovative educational initiatives, teacher
education and professional development, continuing education, research and
development.
 Information Technology: Development and operation of computer-based information
systems related to human and organizational factors, ethical issues, privacy, property
rights, access, and related topics.
 Marketing and Customer Relations Management: Marketing management, customer
relations management, strategic planning in marketing and development, CRM
implementation strategies, case studies in exemplary customer relations management
programs, training and development issues and perspectives.
 Violence in the Workplace, Bullying, and Terrorism: The causes and consequences of
violence in the workplace, forms of violence, social psychological factors impacting
violence, strategic approaches to control, bullying, employee abuse, terrorism and its
causes, strategies to control terrorism, terrorism and its impact on business and
governmental institutions.
SUBMISSIONS (Either complete papers, developmental papers, or proposals)
For Papers. Only full, complete papers (no abstracts) may be submitted and will be double-blind
peer reviewed. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings “CD and

4. website Publication”. Authors of “best papers,” based on audience feedback and response will be
invited to submit their papers for publication consideration in a special issue of the International
Journal for Responsible Employment Practices and Principles (IJREPP). The AEPP website,
www.aepp.net, provides specific details for the proper format for submissions. ALL
SUBMISSIONS MUST CONFORM TO THESE GUIDELINES IN ORDER TO GO FOR
REVIEW.
For Developmental Papers. The purpose of developmental papers is to allow authors to discuss
work that is still in its developmental stage. All developmental papers will be presented together
in the same sessions during the conference. The main focus of the sessions will be on discussion
rather than on a standard presentation. Submissions to the developmental thread should be
extended abstracts of 1000-2000 words (excluding references). A comment should be included at
the end of the extended abstract on how the authors expect to advance the paper between now
and the conference.
For Proposals. In addition to formal paper submissions, we invite submission of proposals for
panels, symposium, roundtables, or workshops. Coordinators of such proposals should include a
theme or title for the session as well as a one-page description of each participant’s role and
contribution.
Submissions and Program Inquiries: Please address inquiries to AEPP and include email and
full contact information for each author and email all papers and proposals in MS Word (APA
Format) to BOTH: (1) AEPP Admin - aepp@institute-leadership-global.org; and (2)
Conference President Dr. Raj Parikh at ParikhR@sou.edu. For any questions on specific track
chair area, please copy Dr. Parikh.
For information on accommodations, Vancouver, location - see website (www.aepp.net); for
other questions - contact President and Program Chair, Dr. Raj Parikh at Southern Oregon
University.
Submissions and Inquiries: Please email all papers and proposals in MS Word (APA Format)
to BOTH (1) AEPP Admin at: aepp@institute-leadership-global.org , AND (2) Conference
President Dr. Raj Parikh at ParikhR@sou.edu. The absolute deadline for receipt of full papers
(no abstracts) for review as well as for refereed and non-refereed panels and symposia is 30 June
2012. Submission of abstracts only accepted until July 30, 2012. Early submissions are
encouraged and appreciated Authors of accepted presentations must register for the
conference by 30 July, 2012 to ensure inclusion in the conference Proceedings.
For information on Conference theme: contact President and Program Chair, Dr. Raj Parikh at
Southern Oregon University: ParikhR@sou.edu.