Call for Papers: 4th International Conference on Integrating Spirituality and Organizational Leadership, Last date for abstract: October 30, 2012

The Series of International Conference on Integrating Spirituality and Organizational Leadership started in 2007. Since then every alternate year ISOL has been organizing this mega event. ISOL 2013 builds on the successive strengths on its previous conferences in 2007, 2009 and 2011.
ISOL 2013 will again bring together the corporate leaders and academicians from USA, Europe, Australia, Africa, Middle East and Asia to systematically explore the nature, determination and implications of the spiritual dimensions of organizational leadership for creating non – exploitative, non – violent and sustainable organizations.
The 4 International Conference on Integrating Spirituality and Organizational Leadership aspires to bring forth the wisdom traditions across various faith backgrounds and discuss the mechanisms to create a morally healthy business environment for sustainable individual, social and economic growth.

The Theme of the Conference

The broad theme is “Spirituality and Entrepreneurship”.

The Sub Themes of the Conference

1. Business in Ancient Period: Strategies and Structures
2. Spiritual Foundations of Economics: Insights from Scriptures
3. Spirituality and Entrepreneurship
4. Spirituality and Social Enterprise
5. Spirituality and Social Transformation in Relation to Progressive Utilization Theory

The Conference is aimed at an exchange of ideas and concepts among a broader group including:

1. Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders


2. Academicians


3. Representatives from Business Organizations


4. Representatives from Government and Investment Organizations


5. Representatives from Civil Society


6. Representatives from Religious Organizations

SOL 2013 encourages the doctoral students / research scholars to submit papers based on their work in - progress following the below mentioned guidelines:

1. The cover page should include: (a) Name of author(s), (b) Title and Affiliation(s), (c) Full address of corresponding author(s) including their phone, fax, and e-mail.


2. The next page should include the title of the submission and a 300 word single-spaced abstract which should be sent via Email to Conference Convener (sunita.singhsengupta@gmail.com, sengupta.sunitasingh@gmail.com)


3. Full paper should be limited to 3000. Manuscripts should be typed using Times New Roman Style having the font of 12 in double-spaced with 1.25" of margins. The Conference would prefer use of endnotes rather than footnotes or references in the text, following the form in The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed. Endnotes should be kept to a minimum and should be double-spaced on a separate page or pages at the end of the article. Good-quality illustrations must be submitted with the paper.

Deadline to Submit Abstracts and Panel Proposals         October 30, 2012

Notification of Acceptance                                                       November 15, 2012

Deadline to Submit Full Papers                                               November 30, 2012

For more info: website: http://isolindia.org/2013/index.html

- Sameema Palakkad

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