Call for Papers: Special Issue of The Service Industries Journal on “Political Branding in Turbulent Times” Extended Submission Deadline of Extended Abstract: Jan. 31, 2018 Full Paper Submission Deadline: September 1, 2018 The Service Industries Journal (ABS 2015=2, SSCI Impact Factor: 0.776) will publish a special issue on “Political Branding in Turbulent Times” with selected papers presented in a track called “Political Branding in Turbulent Times” in 2018 Global Marketing Conference at Tokyo (http://gammaconference.org/2018). Topics of Political Branding in Turbulent Times (but are not limited): - The effects of political brands on voting behavior - Ethical aspects in the political marketplace - Party identification and citizens’ political engagement - The public service design and delivery - Political communication and political branding - Elections and voting behavior - Crisis management in politics - Political consumerism in current societies - The role of identity and image in politics - The effects of new technological advances on political branding - Measuring - development and validation of scale measuring the political brand concept - The role of psychology and sociology in political decision making process - Citizen's suspicion in the political environment Extended Submission Deadline of Extended Abstract: January 31, 2018 - Authors should submit their extended abstracts to the following track called “Political Branding in Turbulent Times” of the 2018 GMC at Tokyo to be qualified for the formal full-paper submission to this special issue of The Service Industries Journal. - Authors should express their intentions to publish their papers in this special issue of The Service Industries Journal to their track chairs. - Submission Guidelines of the extended abstract to 2018 GMC at Tokyo can be found at: http://gammaconference.org/2018/ - Extended Abstract Submission to ‘Political Branding in Turbulent Times’ Track: Prof. George Panigyrakis, Athens University of Economics and Business, 76, Patision Str., 10434 Athens, Greece, pgg@aueb.gr, Tel: +30-2108203394. Full Paper Submission Deadline: September 1, 2018 - Only the papers that are accepted, registered, and presented at the 2018 GMC at Tokyo will be eligible for the full-paper submission. - The Guest Editor will select the best papers presented at a track called ‘Political Branding in Turbulent Times’ of the 2018 GMC atTokyo and invite the authors to submit their full papers to this Special issue of The Service Industries Journal on ‘Political Branding in Turbulent Times’ for the formal review. - All papers should be formatted according to the Submission Guidelines of The Service Industries Journal. (http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=fsij20&page=instructions) - All selected full papers are subject to the formal double blind review process of The Service Industries Journal. - Full Papers Submission to the Guest Editor of this special issue of The Service Industries Journal. For More Information Guest Editor: Prof. George Panigyrakis Athens University of Economics and Business 76, Patision Str., 10434 Athens Greece Tel: +30-2108203394 pgg@aueb.gr | 
