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Jan 2012 - Sunset picture taken at last HICSS conference in Maui, HI.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Organizational and Social Dynamics in
Information Technology Mini-track
HICSS-46 2013 Conference
Hawaii International Conference on System Science
Maui, Hawaii, USA
ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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Social issues related to information technology represents one of the most often discussed underpinnings in information systems research throughout the tenure of the IS field. Social issues are those research topics most aligned with the human factor in terms of information systems planning, development and utilization.
This mini-track includes all aspects of social issues that are impacted by information technology affecting organizations and inter-organizational structures. This would include the conceptualization of specific social issues and their associated constructs, proposed designs and infrastructures, empirical validation of social models, and case studies illustrating socialization success and failures. Some key topics may include: (1) ethics, (2) culture, (3) relationships, (4) human interaction, (5) security, (6) design, (7) building relationships, and (8) diversity in the IT workforce.
This mini-track does not compete with any of the mini-tracks presently being offered at HICSS and provides a WIDE range of topic areas in which authors can feel confident of a FIT. Social issue articles from this track have been appearing in Communications of the ACM, Journal of MIS, MIS Quarterly, Social and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, and Harvard Business Review (to name a few) with citation growth annually.
Lastly, this track is directly associated with the Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology. High quality papers selected for presentation through the blind peer review process will have an opportunity to be “fast tracked” for Journal publication in 2013 issue. This provides Authors an additional high quality feature
TYPES OF SOCIAL ISSUES IMPACTED BY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Authors are invited to submit papers that address social issues affecting organizations, but not necessarily limited to the following:
TYPES OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS
The types of constructs that will be studied by this mini-track on social issues would include, but would not be limited to, the following:
- Confidence - Commitment - Judgment - Flexibility
- Certainty - Satisfaction - Utilization - Stability
- Influence - Presence - Change - Support
- Collaboration - Cohesiveness - Participation - Consent
- Creativity - Understanding - Trust - Synergy
- Perspective - Accountability - Excitement - Power
TYPES OF STUDIES
The types of studies that are welcomed by this mini-track on social issues would include, but would not be limited to, the following:
KEY DATES
June 15 Submit full manuscripts for review as instructed USING the HICSS SUBMISSION SYSTEM. The review is double-blind; therefore, this initial submission must be without author names.
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm
Aug 15 Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. It is very important that at least one author of each accepted paper attend the conference. Therefore, all travel guarantees including visa or your organization’s fiscal funding procedures should begin immediately. Make sure your server accepts the review system address https://precisionconference.com/~hicss.
Sept 15 SUBMIT FINAL PAPER. Add author names to your paper, and submit your Final Paper for Publication to the site provided in your Acceptance Notice. (This URL is not public knowledge.)
Oct 1 Early Registration fee deadline. At least one author of each paper should register by this date in order secure publication in the Proceedings. Fees will increase on Oct 2 and Dec 2.
Oct 15 Papers without at least one paid-in-full registered author may be deleted from the Proceedings and not scheduled for presentation; authors will be so notified by the Conference Office.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION
SUBMISSIONS & ACCEPTANCE RATES
The Social Issues Track has been part of HICSS for many years under the chairing of Dr Michael Knight and now starting in 2011 Dr Dawn Medlin. Traditionally the track has 2-3 presentation sessions and 12 to 15 accepted papers from 40 submissions leading to an approximate 30% acceptance rate. The track is associated with the Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology. High quality papers selected for presentation through the blind peer review process will have an opportunity to be “fast tracked” for Journal publication in 2012/2013 issue.
(printer friendly version)
Social issues related to information technology represents one of the most often discussed underpinnings in information systems research throughout the tenure of the IS field. Social issues are those research topics most aligned with the human factor in terms of information systems planning, development and utilization.
This mini-track includes all aspects of social issues that are impacted by information technology affecting organizations and inter-organizational structures. This would include the conceptualization of specific social issues and their associated constructs, proposed designs and infrastructures, empirical validation of social models, and case studies illustrating socialization success and failures. Some key topics may include: (1) ethics, (2) culture, (3) relationships, (4) human interaction, (5) security, (6) design, (7) building relationships, and (8) diversity in the IT workforce.
This mini-track does not compete with any of the mini-tracks presently being offered at HICSS and provides a WIDE range of topic areas in which authors can feel confident of a FIT. Social issue articles from this track have been appearing in Communications of the ACM, Journal of MIS, MIS Quarterly, Social and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, and Harvard Business Review (to name a few) with citation growth annually.
Lastly, this track is directly associated with the Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology. High quality papers selected for presentation through the blind peer review process will have an opportunity to be “fast tracked” for Journal publication in 2013 issue. This provides Authors an additional high quality feature
TYPES OF SOCIAL ISSUES IMPACTED BY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Authors are invited to submit papers that address social issues affecting organizations, but not necessarily limited to the following:
- Ethical issues
- Codes of conduct and practice
- Confidentiality agreements
- Intellectual property rights
- Electronic monitoring of employees
- Impartiality of data utilization
- Morality in information systems
- Cultural issues
- Politics
- Assimilation of emerging technologies
- Developing trust
- Management structures
- Power asymmetry
- Social barriers
- Policy implementation
- Social environments
- Cultural customs
- Social capital
- Relationship issues
- Development partnerships
- Virtual teams
- Group cohesiveness
- Collaboration
- Group facilitation
- Networking
- Buyer-supplier linkages
- Human Interaction issues
- Recruitment and retention
- Assessment and evaluation
- Motivation
- Social presence
- Asynchronous learning networks
- Leadership
- Organizational champions
- Security Issues
- Misuse of data
- Virus/worm creation
- Internet abuse
- Data protection
- Misrepresentation in digital media
- Government and policy concerns
- Fraud with systems use
- Standards, laws, and regulations
- IS Security design and management methods
- Security risk analysis
- Behavioral issues in IS security
- IS security culture and awareness issues
- Social, legal and ethical aspects of IS Security
- Organizational issues in IS security
- Strategic management issues in IS security
- Models for IS security implementation
- Security models based on biological systems
- Data and metadata issues in information system security
- Security for medical data
- Trust issues in IS Security
- Design issues
- Distributed projects
- Process changes
- Soft-side development
- Modeling techniques
- Social network knowledge
- Building Relationships
- Relationships between the information systems area and other academic disciplines
- Development of information systems subspecialties
- Contributions from information systems to the development of other academic disciplines
- Reporting new developments in other reference disciplines
- Research between the IS system areas and other established fields
- Diversity in the IT Workforce
- Diversity in virtual IT teams
- Educational initiatives for increased diversity in the IT workforce
- Gender and IT
- Ethnicity and IT
- Age and IT
- Diverse perspectives in the IT workforce
- The Digital Divide
- The Role of Community Technology Centers and Churches in Our Communities
- Urban IT
- IT for Transformation and Wealth Creation
- Information Technology as a Means for Increasing Social Capital
- Beyond Gender: Race, Sexual Orientation, Age, Education, and Socio-Economic Differences
- Community Informatics
- Cultural Customs Meet IT Research: Thinking In a New Box
TYPES OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS
The types of constructs that will be studied by this mini-track on social issues would include, but would not be limited to, the following:
- Confidence - Commitment - Judgment - Flexibility
- Certainty - Satisfaction - Utilization - Stability
- Influence - Presence - Change - Support
- Collaboration - Cohesiveness - Participation - Consent
- Creativity - Understanding - Trust - Synergy
- Perspective - Accountability - Excitement - Power
TYPES OF STUDIES
The types of studies that are welcomed by this mini-track on social issues would include, but would not be limited to, the following:
- Conceptual modeling papers
- Construct development/linkage analysis
- Architectural frameworks
- Case analyses
- Empirical studies
- Prototype development
- Hypotheses testing
- Theoretical model building studies
- Action research
- Cognitive mapping
- Hierarchical analyses
KEY DATES
June 15 Submit full manuscripts for review as instructed USING the HICSS SUBMISSION SYSTEM. The review is double-blind; therefore, this initial submission must be without author names.
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm
Aug 15 Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. It is very important that at least one author of each accepted paper attend the conference. Therefore, all travel guarantees including visa or your organization’s fiscal funding procedures should begin immediately. Make sure your server accepts the review system address https://precisionconference.com/~hicss.
Sept 15 SUBMIT FINAL PAPER. Add author names to your paper, and submit your Final Paper for Publication to the site provided in your Acceptance Notice. (This URL is not public knowledge.)
Oct 1 Early Registration fee deadline. At least one author of each paper should register by this date in order secure publication in the Proceedings. Fees will increase on Oct 2 and Dec 2.
Oct 15 Papers without at least one paid-in-full registered author may be deleted from the Proceedings and not scheduled for presentation; authors will be so notified by the Conference Office.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION
- Please submit abstracts and papers in both Microsoft Word .doc and Adobe Acrobat .pdf file formats via email (preferred) to the minitrack chair AND the HICSS manuscript system. You may follow up your electronic submission with a hard copy of your abstract and paper. http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm
- Papers can be full papers consisting of no more than 20 double-spaced pages including diagrams or research in process consisting of no more than 10 double-spaced pages including diagrams.
- Do not submit the manuscript to more than one Minitrack Chair or to another conference. Papers should contain original material that is not previously published, or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere.
- Each paper must have a title page to include the title of the paper, full name of all authors, and complete addresses including affiliation(s), telephone number(s), and email address(es). Additionally, each page of the document should have the title of the paper in either the header or footer with associated page numbers appropriately displayed.
- Full Papers with discussable findings and implications will receive priority consideration
SUBMISSIONS & ACCEPTANCE RATES
The Social Issues Track has been part of HICSS for many years under the chairing of Dr Michael Knight and now starting in 2011 Dr Dawn Medlin. Traditionally the track has 2-3 presentation sessions and 12 to 15 accepted papers from 40 submissions leading to an approximate 30% acceptance rate. The track is associated with the Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology. High quality papers selected for presentation through the blind peer review process will have an opportunity to be “fast tracked” for Journal publication in 2012/2013 issue.
