[AISWorld] CFP: The International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) – Special issue on IT in Labor Organization

[Celia R. Livermore]

SPECIAL ISSUE ON:  The Role of Information Technology in Labor Organizations
SUBMISSION DUE:  August 1, 2011
GUEST EDITOR:  Professor Marick F. Masters, Wayne State University, USA
INTRODUCTION
Information technology (broadly defined) is playing an increasingly important role in the lives of labor organizations, their members, and their leadership. IT provides opportunities to expand the scope of communications, information-sharing, and analysis within and across labor unions. It gives members greater access to each other and to their unions. IT impacts the capacity of labor organizations to service their members, recruit new members among the ranks of the nonunion workforce, negotiate and administer contracts with employers, mold public opinion, and influence politics. Information technology is also important to how unions conduct their internal operations, including accounting and financial management, and govern themselves. Understanding the role and impact of IT in labor organizations is important in shedding light on how they cope with their internal and environmental challenges.
OBJECTIVE OF SPECIAL ISSUE
To disseminate knowledge and information about the role and impact of IT on labor organizations and their interactions with each other, employers, and society. Papers which explore the role of IT in international linkages among labor organizations are especially welcome.
RECOMMENDED TOPICS
Topics to be addressed in this special issue include (but not limited to) the following:
•         The scope and variation in IT uses among labor organizations
•         Impact of IT on international alliances and networks among labor organizations
•         How IT may influence union member participation and union democracy
•         The role of social media in unions
•         IT as a tool to promote union political influence
•         The role of IT in bargaining
•         How IT can improve the internal operations of unions
•         IT as a union growth strategic tool
•         Interunion variation in usage of IT
•         The impact of IT on union organizing
•         How to use social media in recruiting new members
•         How to use social media in order to influence politics
•         The use of social media in contract negotiations
•         The role of IT in strikes
•         How IT can help unions “brand” themselves more effectively
•         Impact of IT on union staffing
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special theme on “The Role of Information Technology in Labor Organizations” on or before August 1, 2011. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. Interested authors should consult the journals guideline for manuscript submissions at http://www.igi-global.com/developmet/author_info/guidelines.submission.pdf. All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.
The International Journal of E-Politicsis an official publication of the Information Resources Management Association www.igi-global.com/IJEP. The mission of the International Journal of E-Politics is to lay the foundation of E-Politics as an emerging interdisciplinary area of research and practice as well as to offer a venue for publications that focuses on theories and empirical research on the manifestations of E-Politics in various contexts and environments.
Editor-in-Chief: Professor Celia Romm-Livermore
The International Journal of E-Politics is published quarterly both in print and electronic form.
PUBLISHER
The International Journal of E-Politics is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.
All submission should be directed to the attention of:
Marick F. Masters
Guest Editor
International Journal of E-Politics
E-mail: marickm at wayne.edu

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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/