About the Journal

Aims

The Journal of Work Ecosystems advances understanding of how relationships among workers, teams, employers, intermediaries, institutions and technologies shape contemporary work. It examines the organisation of work, employment relationships and the conditions that influence worker experiences, development, wellbeing and participation.

The journal connects human resource management, organisational behaviour, leadership and employment research through an ecosystem perspective. It considers work within and across organisational boundaries, including conventional employment, hybrid arrangements, platform-mediated work and other forms of collaboration. Particular attention is given to how organisational practices and institutional conditions affect people at work.

Scope

Topics of interest include:

  • Human resource practices, talent management and employee development.
  • Leadership, organisational culture and relationships at work.
  • Worker wellbeing, burnout, engagement, commitment and job satisfaction.
  • Hybrid and remote work, platform work and changing employment arrangements.
  • Coaching, mentoring, career development and occupational transitions.
  • Human–AI collaboration, automation and work design.
  • Diversity, inclusion, organisational justice and equitable employment practices.
  • Employee voice, employment relations and decent work.
  • Coordination among employers, contractors, intermediaries and professional communities.

Contributions and Scope Boundaries

The journal welcomes original empirical research, conceptual and theoretical contributions, rigorous reviews and comparative studies. Contributions may examine individuals, teams, organisations or wider employment systems, but should make their implications for workers or employment relationships explicit. Research should connect workplace practices and experiences to the organisational or institutional conditions in which they arise.

Studies whose primary contribution concerns firm-level competitive advantage or strategic capabilities, without substantive analysis of workers or employment relationships, are better aligned with a business strategy focus. Training research belongs within this scope when its main contribution concerns careers, work participation or employee development; studies primarily concerned with instructional design and learning effectiveness have an educational focus.

Publication and editorial information

Published by CalbisPress. Editor-in-Chief: Emmanuel Mutambara.

Gold Open Access; quarterly publication in January, April, July and October, with the first issue scheduled for January 2027. No submission or article processing charges currently apply. Articles are published under CC BY 4.0; authors retain copyright.

Submissions undergo editorial screening and double-anonymous peer review by at least two independent reviewers.

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