Special Issue (2026): Artificial Intelligence and the Transformation of Managerial Practices: Evidence, Governance, and Strategic Implications

Call for Papers
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping managerial decision-making, organizational structures, and leadership practices. Beyond efficiency gains, AI influences how managers exercise judgment, allocate responsibility, govern organizations, and interact with human and algorithmic agents. Despite growing adoption, empirical and theoretical understanding of AI’s implications for managerial practice remains fragmented.

This Special Issue invites high-quality conceptual and empirical contributions that examine AI as a socio-technical system embedded in managerial work. We particularly encourage studies that move beyond purely technological perspectives and address strategic, organizational, ethical, and governance implications of AI in management.

Indicative Sub-Topics
• AI-supported managerial decision-making
• Changing managerial roles and competencies
• Algorithmic management and organizational control
• Human–AI interaction in leadership and supervision
• AI in strategy, planning, and forecasting
• Ethical, accountability, and governance challenges
• AI and managerial practices under economic uncertainty

Conceptual, empirical, and review papers using qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods are welcome.