[AISWorld] AMCIS 2011 Minitrack CFP: IT Talent and Workforce Management

[Pam Carter]

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

17th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2011)
August 4-7, 2011 (Thursday-Sunday)
Detroit Marriott Hotel (
<http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/dtwdt-detroit-marriott-at-the-renaiss
ance-center/>
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/dtwdt-detroit-marriott-at-the-renaissa
nce-center/)
Conference Website:  <http://amcis2011.aisnet.org/>
http://amcis2011.aisnet.org/

 

Track: IT Strategy and Management

Mini-Track:  IT Talent and Workforce Management

 

Mini-Track Description:

Information technologies are key drivers and enablers in virtually all
aspects of our global society.  To bring about a renaissance of information
technology that will address major challenges of sustainability and global
competitiveness, it is imperative that we have human resources capable of
creating and supporting new ways of implementing, appropriating, and using
IT.  To this end, the strategic management of IT talent and the IT workforce
is critical.  

 

IT talent management involves looking forward to the future and planning
today for the IT knowledge, skills, and capabilities that will be needed to
enable and sustain the envisioned future.  IT workforce management focuses
on issues that affect the recruitment, retention, and development of current
and future IT workers.  IT talent and workforce management encompasses a
broad range of research topics, particularly given the possible levels of
analysis (e.g., individual, organizational, national, regional, global),
settings (e.g., for-profit, not-for-profit, government), jobs (e.g., systems
developers, programmers, project managers, CIOs), human capital investments
(e.g., education, training) and outcomes (e.g., performance, satisfaction,
sustainability, competency, diversity, economic value) available for study.
However, despite the importance of these topics to our global future, they
remain understudied in the information systems literature.

 

The purpose of this mini-track is to provide a forum for the presentation
and discussion of IT talent and workforce management research.  Researchers
are encouraged to submit their research on topics that include, but are not
limited to:

 

.         IT talent and workforce sourcing strategies

.         Knowledge management and other long-term talent implications
associated with outsourcing

.         Education and training of IT workers

.         Current issues affecting IT employee-employer relationships

.         Impact of globalization on IT talent and workforce development

.         Diversity and social inclusion issues in the IT workplace

.         Decision making processes related to the organization of IT talent

.         Factors affecting IT worker satisfaction and retention

.         Succession planning for key IT positions

.         Performance management strategies and processes for IT workers

.         IT career ladders/lattices and career development strategies

 

Key Dates:

1/3/2010     AIS Review System open for AMCIS 2011 submissions

2/17/2011   Submission Deadline

3/24/2011   Authors notified of paper acceptance decision

4/21/2011   Camera-ready papers due

 

Paper Submissions:   <http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2011>
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2011

 

Mini-Track Chair:  Pam Carter, North Carolina A&T State University
(pecarter at ncat.edu)

 

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Pamela E. Carter, PhD

Chairperson and Associate Professor

Department of Management

School of Business & Economics

North Carolina A&T State University

227 Merrick Hall

Greensboro, NC 27411

336.256.2273 ext.7016

 

 

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