[AISWorld] CFP: AMCIS 2013 Minitrack: HCI Issues in Mobility

[Choi, Kyungsub]

AMCIS 2013: Chicago, Illinois - August 15-18, 2013
http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/

Track: Human-Computer Interaction (SIGHCI)
Minitrack: HCI Issues in Mobility 

Paper Due: Friday, Feb 22, 2013 11:59pm Central Time (CST)

Start accepting paper from Jan 4th, 2013



MINITRACK DESCRIPTION

The proliferation of smartphones, tablets, and wireless networks has had a profound impact on consumption of information system based services. The strong affinity to these portable smart devices and technologies are making fundamental changes in both organizational and personal levels. Companies have increased the adoption level of mobile technologies to their enterprise and stepped up their efforts to support the nomadic behavior of their customers by offering applications and services through the mobile platform (Srensen, 2011).  

The ‘Technology of Affordances’ theory (Majchrzak and Markus, forthcoming) speaks of “the relational concepts between technology affordance that is defined as what an individual or organization can do with a technology.” The mobility of the smart portable devices affords a fertile ground for a number of new applications and processes. 
Our understanding of HCI related issues in the context of smart devices and applications and their mobility and portability is still on-going. This mini-track calls for studies that may shed new light on the subject, and may initiate a knowledge base on comprehending the opportunities and challenges in the area of mobility from the perspective of HCI.


SUGGESTED TOPICS

The mini-track is open to theoretical, experimental, survey-based, or field studies that offer interesting and novel theoretical and practical insights on HCI issues in mobility. The specific topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
-User acceptance of mobile applications
-Usability of mobile devices and mobile applications 
-Understanding user cognitions, beliefs, and attitudes in the mobile environment
-Design issues related to mobile devices and applications
-Understanding mobile services consumption behavior
-Impacts of mobility on social interaction
-Privacy and security in mobility
-New forms of synergy from using social media on mobile devices
-Enterprise mobility applications for business production
-Cost and benefits of mobility

Ref:
Majchrzak, A. and Markus, M.L., (forthcoming). Technology Affordances and Constraint Theory of MIS, E. Kessler (Ed) Encyclopedia of Management Theory

Srensen, C., (2011) Enterprise Mobility: Tiny Technology with Global Impact on Work (Technology, Work and Globalization), 1 edition, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011


Please forward your questions to the minitrack co-chairs:

Kyungsub Choi
School of Management 
Rhode Island College
kchoi at ric.edu

David Xu
School of Business
Wichita State University
david.xu at wichita.edu