[AISWorld] CFP – “ePolitics in a Global Context” track – GITMA conference, Las Vegas – November 15, 2010

[Celia Livermore]

GITMA 2011 Call for Participation

The Twelfth Annual Global Information

Technology Management Association

GITMA WORLD CONFERENCE 2011

Las Vegas, USA (http://www.gitma.org)

Conference Date: June 5 - 7, 2011



*SUBMISSION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 15, 2010*

Please visit our web site (www.gitma.org) to submit your paper or
panel/workshop proposal.



This conference provides a unique opportunity to all IT educators,
researchers, and

practitioners from all countries to get together to network, develop lasting
relationships,

and exchange ideas. The clear strength is the international participation
and the following

people should attend:



§  Educators, researchers, and practitioners from North America (including
US, Mexico,

and Canada

§  Educators, researchers, and practitioners from all other parts of the
world, including

developed, developing, and under-developed nations.

§  Educators, researchers, and practitioners doing work in all areas of
Global IT Management



Contributions are invited for the track on:



*ePolitics in a Global Context*



The ePolitics in a Global Context track is inviting papers on ePolitics in
various contexts and environments. E-Politcs is defined as “influence
attempts facilitated by or related to electronic media or to the information
technology field”. As such, ePolitics is seen as an interdisciplinary field,
encompassing areas such as information systems, political science, social
science, security, ethics, law, management and others.



*RECOMMENDED TOPICS:*



Topics to be included in the track are:



*The politics of the IT function and its role in organizations*

   - The political activities of members of the IT function vis-à-vis the
   rest of the organization
   - Changes in the power of the IT unit as a function of the diffusion of
   new technologies
   - The strategies used by members of the IT unit to influence others
   - The impact of global issues such as outsourcing, downsizing, political
   upheavals, etc. on the political role played by the IT unit within
   organizations.



*The politics of virtual communities *

   - The use of electronic media for industrial relations and negotiations
   with employers
   - The use of electronic media for surveillance manipulation and
   harassment in commercial and non-commercial environments
   - The impact of status and authority on electronically enabled political
   maneuvering by management and the effects of culture, race, and gender on
   political activities within and between organizations.


   - The political dynamics of geographically based communities (community
   informatics)
   - The political dynamics of virtual communities of practice, including:
   learning communities, customers’ communities, eDating communities, gaming
   communities, support group communities, social networking communities, etc.



*Party politics and social activism*

   - eVoting and electronically enabled eGovernment
   - The role electronic media in political campaigns. Including their
   impact on political debate, information sharing, political decision making,
   fund raising, etc.
   - As electronically enabled party politicking is becoming a global
   phenomenon, the utilization of E-Politcs at all levels of governance,
   including the city, the state, the country and the global arenas.



All inquiries and submissions should be directed by e-mail to the attention
of the track chairs Celia Romm Livermore and Pierlugi Rippa (see e-mail
addresses of chairs below).



Celia Romm Livermre: ak1667 at wayne.edu

Pierlugi Rippa: pierluigi.rippa at unina.it



JOURNAL PUBLICATION: Papers judged as high quality by the reviewers will be
further considered for publication on an expedited basis in the
International Journal of ePolitics (IJEP), the Journal of Global Information
Technology Management (JGITM), Journal of Information Technology Cases &
Applications Research (JITCAR), and Journal of Information Privacy and
Security (JIPS).  Many quality papers will be directly accepted in the
journal: Communications of Global Information Technology (COGIT).





GITMA Program Chair: Dr. Paul Licker, licker at oakland.edu, Oakland University

GITMA Conference Chair: Dr. Prashant Palvia, pcpalvia at uncg.edu, Univ of
North Carolina Greensboro

GITMA Local Chair: Dr. Mehmet Erdem, mehmet.erdem at unlv.edu, University of
Nevada, Las Vegas

GITMA Communications Chair: Dr. Alexander McLeod, www.amcleod.com, Univ of
Nevada, Reno

GITMA Sponsorship Chair: Dr. Choton Basu, basuc at uww.edu, University of
Wisconsin Whitewater



-- 
Celia Romm Livermore (PhD)
Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)
School of Business Administration
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
E-mail address: ak1667 at wayne.edu
www.igi-global.com/IJEP

President Elect
Global Information Technology Management Association (GITMA)
http://www.gitma.org/
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