Call for Papers. Retos Nº 28 (October 2024)

Challenges in Business Management in the Era of the Great Resignation: Responsible, Competitive, and Happy Governance.

Rafael Ravina-Ripoll, Ph.D. 
University of Cadiz, Spain; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7007-3123

Esthela Galván-Vela. Ph.D.
Cetys University, Mexico; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8778-3989

Fernando Pinto-Hernández, Ph.D.
King Juan Carlos University, Spain; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1525-3206

Journal Retos in Business Administration and Economics presents its new call for scientific contributions for its Issue No. 28 (October 2024): The era of the Great Resignation has highlighted that corporate happiness and organizational justice play a fundamental role in the development of comprehensive strategic management. One reason for this assertion is that the Great Resignation has shown that companies must embrace an organizational culture that attracts and retains creative capital. This is achieved through flexible and innovative ecosystems that nurture the subjective well-being of employees. In this way, companies can not only stay at the forefront of new technologies but also address the demanding demands of the globalized market in the era of the Great Resignation. This implies, among other things, management models focused on analyzing and solving the lack of human capital participation in decision-making, as well as creating a work environment that not only listens to the voice of employees but also adapts to their lifestyle. In this context, theories of social responsibility and happiness management are essential for exploring new corporate governance. These theories emphasize creating environments where employees not only refrain from leaving their jobs voluntarily but also feel happy in their professional performance. Undoubtedly, a path that is crucial to the success sought by every business organization.

From this perspective, this special issue aims to be the key that opens the door to scientific and academic research demonstrating the importance for companies to implement management and leadership models designed under the pillars of cultures and strategies grounded in social responsibility, social marketing, and employee well-being. Under this approach, these types of scientific studies can have important theoretical and practical implications for the development of human resources and social marketing actions that highlight the necessity of social responsibility and happiness management to incentivize employee performance through loyalty, emotional compensation, business ethics, social marketing, and corporate happiness. Therefore, this special issue can be an attractive forum to address this issue, as well as others related to this scientific paradigm.

The topics to be discussed in this issue include (but are not limited to) the following:

Organizational change models
New models of leadership marketing, and management
Human talent strategies and policies
Applications of Happiness Management
Applications of Corporate Social Responsibility
The role of Corporate Social Responsibility and Happiness Management

In this regard, the journal Challenges in Business Administration and Economics values and appreciates empirical contributions based on representative samples, robust statistical and predictive models, and diverse perspectives. These contributions should offer relevant insights into the central theme of the special issue, enriching academic discourse and the state of the art.