University Forum for Human Resource Development Conference 2024
Human Resources Development in a Digital Age
Call of Papers
Call of Papers
Learning in SMEs in a time of Volatility and Disruption
Call of Papers: 1st July, 2024
Please contact any of the Guest Editors for some information:
Dr. Heather Short - heatheribshort@gmail.com
Prof. Maura Sheehan - m.sheehan@napier.ac.uk
Dr. Corina Sheerin - Corina.sheerin@ncirl.ie
Call for papers
Final date for abstract submission
Decision notification to authors
Full papers submission
Early bird registration closes
Conference registration closes
UFHRD 2024
ISCAL is a public higher education institution, integrated into the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon (IPL). Is focused on the creation, dissemination of culture, science, technology, and transmission of expertise and professional knowledge by integrating study, research and experimental development.
Founded in 1759, ISCAL has an Academic Population of more than 3500 students and over 200 professors, an Academic Offer of 5 Bachelor Degrees and 7 Master Degrees, and its outcomes are +97% Employment Rate and +80% of Academic Success Rate.
The main fields of study at ISCAl are: Accounting and Administration, Business Management, International Business, Corporate Finance, Taxation, Law studies and Auditing.
Bringing innovative training methods, such as simulation projects, the learning outcomes that ISCAL provides are consistently improving the necessary knowledge and skills related to professional success.
ISCAL's mission is to produce, use and disseminate knowledge, as well as provide services to the community, contributing to its consolidation as an exemplary institution at national and international level.
ISCAL's institutional vision is to excel in its activities, with a view to continuous improvement of their quality, promoting the conditions for a relevant professional practice by highly qualified graduates.
Pro-Rector Maria José Sousa
ISCTE staff
ISCTE staff
The conference proceedings will be published in a volume with ISBN, and that volume will be available online.
Furthermore, we aim at publishing one Special Issues with the best papers. Potential journals among others are European Journal of Training and Development, Human Resources Development International, Personnel Review, Human Resource Development Quarterly, Human Resource Development Review and Journal of Service Research.
In line with the UFHRD conferences principles, only the abstracts are reviewed. Stream leaders will be selected according to their publications in the stream areas. The stream leaders will delegate two referees per abstract.
Abstracts will be ranked from 1 (minimum) to 5 (maximum) according to the following: significance/contribution to the HRD field; aim and purpose clear; theoretical foundations, appropriate methodology/analytical techniques; conclusions/likely conclusions; quality of paper presentation; relevance of paper to conference themes.
The authors will be notified of the rating and of the decision – Accept, minor revisions, major revisions, reject.
They should stress and sum up the paper’s importance, theoretical base, research purpose, research question, implications for practice, and conclusions.
Papers (maximum 6000 words) should comply with the following set of rules: Use single-spaces, and Arial 12-point font. Use margins (left, right, top and bottom) of 2.5cm. Justify each paragraph fully. Begin with an Arial 14-point font title. Follow up with a short 200 words abstract. Indicate up to 5 keywords. Use between 5000 and 6000 words in the text. Do not use more than three levels of heading and use the numbering convention: 1 Heading 1.1 Heading 1.1.1 Heading. Italic is accepted as well as bulleted or numbered lists. Figures and tables should be placed as close to their reference point in the text as possible. All figures and tables must have titles and must be referenced from within the text. Avoid colour diagrams as the proceedings will be printed in black and white. Images must be inserted as picture files (.gif, .jpg, .bmp, .pct, .png, .psd). References should follow the APA referencing style.
The timing of announcements is included in the conference timeline. Papers and abstracts will be submitted to the conference online EasyChair System.