Call For Papers Volume 1, Issue 1

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Volume 1, Issue 1 (November 29, 2020)

IJSPL is a refereed biannual journal published by the Rashtram School of Public Leadership, Delhi NCR, India.

Public Leadership across Civilisations: Lessons from the Past and Roadmap for the Future

Leadership in the public sphere has often sprung from the diverse exigencies of the political, social and spiritual dynamics of the culture that the leaders and their followers have found themselves in. Knowingly or unknowingly, leaders across time and space have derived from their immediate physical, intellectual and spiritual milieus the traits that have defined them. Broad, evolving but historically coherent cultural contexts have influenced, shaped, and enabled epoch-defining movements of thought and actions with inspired – and sometimes cynical – leadership at their head.

Through this issue, the International Journal of Studies in Public Leadership seeks to examine how civilisational wisdom has guided successful leadership interventions across cultures at various moments in history. The aim is to shed light on the foundational principles and best practices that leaders have derived/borrowed/learnt from the civilisational ethos of their cultural traditions. Not limited to isolated cases of success stories, the issue would also be interested in studying the instances, if any, where entire ecosystems of coordinated and successive generations of leadership might have emerged through dynamic interactions between leaders and followers in a civilisational context.

IJSPL is multidisciplinary in its range, by virtue of the multidisciplinary character of leadership studies itself. The journal encourages submissions on leadership studies research, pedagogy, and practices from a wide array of theoretical and methodological approaches. Thus, leaders and researchers from across the world and from diverse fields such as academia, public service, social sector, business, and traditional institutions of learning and knowledge systems, are welcome to submit their research articles. Potential authors may focus on the central theme of how public leadership, across local, regional, state, national and international levels, from all nations and world regions, has drawn on the wisdom of specific civilisations from the distant past and up to our times. The authors may look for instances of civilisationally grounded public leadership among leaders and participants in the government and public services, in cross-sector organisations, in non-governmental organizations, or among thought leaders functioning within such spheres as academia, media and the arts, and activism. Research articles are also invited on the varied spheres and dimensions of public leadership, including but not limited to:

Leadership ApproachesExploring what new light may be shed by civilisational insights across cultures on various existing modes of thinking about leadership approaches, thereby enriching the contemporary discourse on leadership with insights from civilisations across different cultures.
EthicsEnquiring how civilisational knowledge and value systems may have helped shape the path forged by leaders from across cultures for their endeavours and their engagement with followers.
Psychological Aspects of LeadershipCharacterological traits of leaders, recognised and/or stressed upon as essential by different civilisations at different periods in history; exploring if such sets of characterological traits have evolved over time or if they have remained largely unchanged, and if systematic disciplines have been laid out to acquire such traits through training or interiorization
Community FormationExploring the role of leadership in the modalities of community formation around specific causes/movements across different eras and cultures
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and LeadershipConception and practice of leadership in indigenous cultures and indigenous knowledge systems, with a focus on reassessing the existing theoretical premises of ‘indigenous’ in the Indian/South Asian context
Social EngagementExploring various aspects of the dynamics between leaders and followers/participants in building long-standing social institutions in civilisations across time and space
Institution Building and Re-designingExploring the formation of adaptive institutional structures to solve specific problems in healthcare, public education, infrastructure, and other areas; with a special emphasis on the ability of such institutional structures to be responsive to changing historical and cultural contexts, and the sources of their resilience

Research articles published in IJSPL are double blind peer-reviewed.

IJSPL offers value to all stakeholders in leadership, and to those who study, conduct research and explore the varied aspects and complexities of leadership. It is a valuable source of information for:

Researchers, instructors and students in schools of public policy, public management, public affairs and public administration, as well as various other disciplines.
Chief executives, directors and managers, and others holding public leadership roles.
Public health practitioners, wellness practitioners.
Leaders in social enterprises, activists for social change, and political organisations.
Researchers and practitioners in public education.
Local authorities, personnel involved with government bodies at local, state and national levels as well as with inter-governmental bodies.
Leaders in collaborations between the public and the private sectors, voluntary services, and in the third sector.

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Submission Guidelines:

In the preparation of their research articles, authors are asked to strictly abide by the standard IJSPL author guidelines as detailed below.

Style Sheet

The Manuscript should follow the format specified by the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition (2020). It has to be submitted in MS-Word, Times New Roman, font size 12. The headings should be in bold, and italics may be used to add emphasis and for book titles. It is recommended that the submissions be within the range of 4000-7000 words for research articles.

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The Manuscript title page should include:

A concise title providing a clear overview of the content of the article.
The name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s).
Abstract not exceeding 300 words.
4-6 keywords for indexing purposes.

In addition to this, the author must submit, in a separate MS Word file, a duly signed declaration of originality of the work, clearly stating that it has not been published nor is it being considered for publication elsewhere.

References Style:

Format: APA 7th Edition

Journal: Berk, R. A. (2012). Top 20 strategies to increase the online response rates of student rating scales. International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 8(2), 98–107.

Book: Buller, J. L. (2012). Best practices in faculty evaluation: A practical guide for academic leaders. Jossey-Bass.

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Ethical Guidelines

Originality

The manuscript submitted to IJSPL should be an original work of the author, not published anywhere else in any form. It should not be submitted to any other journal simultaneously.

Plagiarism

It is the author’s responsibility to ensure accurate presentation of their study. All the quotations, supporting data and references have to be duly acknowledged. The manuscript may be screened for plagiarism.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

The authors should disclose the research grants, financial support received for attending conferences and educational programmes or other forms of substantial relationships that might have influenced the research in a significant manner.

Submission Procedure:

Submissions are now closed for this Issue. View the papers published in this Issue here.

Declarations:

Neither the editors nor the members of the Editorial/Advisory Board of IJSPL will be in any way responsible for the opinions of the contributors as expressed in their articles.

The decision of the reviewers regarding acceptance/rejection of any submitted article would be final and any grievance in this regard will not be entertained.

If any article is found to be plagiarized after publication in the journal, the article in question would be immediately removed and the author blacklisted.

We do not accept any fee in the name of submission, processing, publication, etc., nor do we pay authors for their contribution.

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