Guest editors:

Kjell Grønhaug, Virpi Havila & Jaana Tähtinen



Papers for this special issue of JMM can include a diverse range of conceptual and empirical (both qualitative and quantitative) works, focusing on e.g. the following issues:



· Defining key concepts in the area (e.g. dissolution, termination, ending, exit, switching, fading away, death, disengagement, weakening, sleeping relationship)

· Antecedents of exchange relationship dissolution (e.g. causal factors, reasons, influence mechanisms)

· Consequences of exchange relationship dissolution (e.g. on individual, team, actor, dyad, and network levels)

· Types of exchange relationship dissolution

· Stages of exchange relationship dissolution process

· Exit barriers or attenuating factors

· Relationship restoration, switchback or reactivation

· Methodological developments in exchange relationship dissolution research

· Managing the dissolution.



The deadline for papers is 1st of March, 2004 with the intention of publishing the special issue in November 2004.

All papers are to be double blind reviewed. Details of the journal and guidelines for authors can be found on the following web-page: www.westburn.co.uk/jmm/guides.cfm



If you have any questions about manuscript topics, please contact prof.:

Jaana Tähtinen, jaana.tahtinen@oulu.fi,

P.O.Box 4600, FIN-90014 University of Oulu, Finland,

tel. +358 8 553 2586, fax +358 8 553 2906.



The original manuscripts should be submitted via e-mail to Jaana Tähtinen.