[AISWorld] JGITM; Call for papers, special issues, and ERB vacancies

[Prashant Palvia]

JOURNAL OF GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (JGITM)

The premier journal in Global Information Technology Management (in its
FOURTEENTH year of publication).

Listed with the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and CC/S&BS.



Editor in Chief: Prashant Palvia, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, pcpalvia at uncg.edu



THREE ITEMS:



1.  CFP: The journal continuously seeks quality manuscripts from all parts
of the world.  Submissions need to be made electronically.  Send as a Word
attachment to: pcpalvia at uncg.edu.  Besides being quality work, at a minimum
each submitted article should have the following three components:  an MIS
topic, an international orientation (e.g., cross cultural studies or strong
international implications), and strong evidence (e.g., survey data, case
studies, secondary data, etc.).



2.  Special Issue:  If you or your colleagues would like to propose a
special issue of JGITM, please contact the Editor in Chief (EIC) with a
proposal.  You will have much guidance and assistance in preparing the
special issue from the EIC.  Each issue typically requires three fully
referred articles, an editorial, a professional interview, and a book
review.  The usual lead time for a special issue is 12-15 months.  The theme
of the special issue must be in global IT, e.g., a topic area or focus on a
world region.



2.  ERB: We have a few vacancies on the Editorial Review Board, especially
for scholars from outside USA.  If you have an interest and credentials in
global IT and would like to serve on the Board, please contact the Editor in
Chief at pcpalvia at uncg.edu.  Please include a 100-word bio with your
request.



Here is more information about the journal:



MISSION:  The Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM) is
a refereed international journal that is supported by Global IT scholars
from all over the world.  JGITM publishes articles and reports related to
all aspects of the application of information technology for international
business.  For example, it reports on information resource management,
managerial and organizational concerns, and innovative applications related
to global IT. Very important to the journal is its emphasis on quality and
relevance.  Furthermore, the journal will disseminate this knowledge to
researchers, practitioners, academicians, and educators all over the world
on a timely basis.  Finally, the journal is international in all respects:
content, article authorship, readership, and the editorial board.



SCOPE AND COVERAGE:  The journal's scope is multidisciplinary.  It will
publish research and applied articles from all areas of MIS as well as
functional IT applications that have international focus. The journal will
also consider a variety of methodological approaches. The journal encourages
manuscript submissions from authors all over the world, both from academia
and industry. In addition, the journal will also include reviews of MIS
books that have bearing on global aspects. Practitioner input will be
specifically solicited from time-to-time in the form of invited columns or
interviews.



Articles in the Journal of Global Information Technology Management include,
but are not limited to:



Cross-cultural IS studies

Frameworks/models for global information systems (GIS)

Development, evaluation and management of GIS

Information Resource Management

Electronic Commerce

Privacy & Security

Societal impacts of IT in developing countries

IT and Economic Development

IT Diffusion in developing countries

IT in Health Care

IT human resource issues

DSS/EIS/ES in international settings

Organizational and management structures for GIS

Transborder data flow issues

Supply Chain Management

Distributed global databases and networks

Cultural and societal impacts

Comparative studies of nations

Applications and case studies



Editor in Chief:



Prashant Palvia, Ph.D., Joe Rosenthal Excellence Professor
Bryan School of Business & Economics

The University of North Carolina - Greensboro

Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, USA

Ph: 336.334.4818                Fax: 336.334.4550             Email:
pcpalvia at uncg.edu



Associate Editors:



- Luca Iandoli, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples, Italy

- Chechen Liao, National Chung Cheng University, Ming-Hsiung, Chia-Yi 621,
Taiwan

- Celia Romm Livermore, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA

- Joan Mann, IS/DS Dept., Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23508, USA

- Carol Pollard, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, USA

- Mahesh Raisinghani, Graduate School of Management, University of
Dallas, Texas, USA

- Barry Shore, Whittemore School of Business & Economics, University of New
Hampshire, McConnell - Hall, Durham, New Hampshire 03824-3593, USA

- Thomas Stafford, Assóciate Profesor, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
38152



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For copies of the Journal of Global Information Technology Management
(JGITM), please check your institution's library.  If you would like to
receive a free sample copy, and have not received one in the past, please
write or send an email message to the Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Prashant Palvia,
The University of North Carolina Greensboro (email: pcpalvia at uncg.edu)

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GLOBAL IT CONFERENCE: The next Global Information Technology Management
Association (GITMA) World Conference will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada,
USA on June 5-7, 2011.   http://www.gitma.org. Please join us; it is a great
opportunity to network, make new friends, and start collaborative projects.
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