[AISWorld] Call for papers for CAIS special section on Emerging Ideas in Information Systems

[Rachida Parks]

Rfp127 at pay.edu
On Sep 25, 2011 6:51 PM, "Ilze Zigurs" <izigurs at mail.unomaha.edu> wrote:
> Communications of the Association for Information Systems
> Call for Papers, Special Section on Emerging Ideas in Information Systems
>
> Guest Editors:
> Fred Niederman, St. Louis University
> Don McCubbrey, University of Denver
>
> We are soliciting papers on emerging ideas in Information Systems (IS)
> that provide a "breakthrough" or innovative way of thinking. Our goal is
> to stimulate original thinking and reconceptualization of existing
> observations in service to the practice of IS. Our leaning is toward
> addressing phenomena that confront leaders and workers in the IS domain as

> well as the effects of using IS beyond organizations. We emphasize the
> potential of such thinking to increase the value of our scholarly work to
> our practitioner colleagues and our students, as they serve in the role of

> change agents and entrepreneurs and engines of organizational and societal

> progress. We want to stress the forward-looking positioning of this
> endeavor.
>
> We are particularly looking for conceptual papers or think pieces that
> will help to bring forward emerging aspects of the field. We are also
> open to meta-analyses and literature reviews that emphasize what we have
> learned in a particular domain and what questions remain to be addressed.
> We are open to case studies and other methods that focus on practice. We
> are as interested in the details of small accumulated choices/actions as
> we are in the summary of these into the effects of large constructs on one

> another.
>
> Within the organizational IS context, we are looking for papers that
> emphasize:
>
> (1) reorganization or reinterpretation of the relationship among
> components in development, managing, and innovating with IS within and
> between organizations, e.g. better understanding of the interaction of
> specific organizational policies and practices with development
> constraints and outcomes;
> (2) reporting of patterns of findings based on observations and studies in

> the IS domain, e.g. meta-analysis or literature reviews showing patterns
> of findings and unaddressed questions in a domain of interest;
> (3) observation of detailed strategic, tactical, and operational behaviors

> and/or artifacts from the organizational application of IS, e.g. case
> studies showing the acquisition, adaptation, and use of information
> systems focused on detailed choices and local as well as summary outcomes;
> (4) extrapolations of current trends into future prospects; and
> (5) IS capabilities to address the grand challenges facing society
> including health care, sustainability, poverty alleviation, employment,
> social equity, and extending participation in governing institutions.
>
> We envision including work on emerging technologies like ubiquitous
> computing, natural language processing, complex adaptive systems,
> agent-based modeling, social media, virtual worlds, and analytics,
> particularly when such inquiries incorporate what has been learned from
> "emerged" technology, what differentiates these technologies, what we can
> learn in observing their utility, and their potential for influencing both

> workplace and society at large.
>
> We are not only interested in success stories, but also in "failure"
> stories with an emphasis on what was learned.
>
> Interdisciplinary scholarship is increasingly demonstrating its value, and

> IS crosses almost every knowledge domain from art to the natural sciences.

> Therefore, papers that envision innovative interdisciplinary applications
> will be welcomed.
>
> Editorial Board:
> Currently being composed, we plan to invite a broad array of IS scholars
> from the three AIS regions whose prior work is based on a broad diversity
> of content and methods.
>
> Timetable:
> Submit abstract to co-editors by January 9, 2012
> Submit paper by March 5, 2012
> Reviews returned to authors by April 2, 2012
> Revise and resubmit by May 21, 2012
> Final decisions by June 1, 2012
> Papers published by July 16, 2012
>
> Review Process:
> Inquiries prior to submission are welcome. Each paper will be reviewed by
> at least two members of the Special Section review board. Papers will have

> two rounds of peer review. The first round of reviews will provide
> developmental guidance for improving those papers that are conditionally
> accepted. Final selections for the Special Section will be made from the
> second-round submissions.
>
> Submission Instructions:
> All submissions should be emailed to the guest editors in MSWord format,
> following APA guidelines. Submit to niederfa at slu.edu and dmccubbr at du.edu.
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