[AISWorld] CFP AMCIS 2013 The State of Computing Professionals: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

[Riemenschneider, Cindy]

19th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2013)

Chicago Illinois, USA

15-17 August 2013

Mini-Track: The State of Computing Professionals:  Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Track: Human Capital in Information Systems (SIGLead)

Description:  This minitrack seeks groundbreaking research regarding emerging issues facing the computing workforce, career streams, professional development, and work-family balance of IS professionals (both technical and managerial), as well as ethical, societal, and legal issues related to computing professionals.  This minitrack covers issues relating to computing professionals and human capital at all levels of analysis including individual, department or workgroup, and industry, as well as external (e.g., contractor, consultant) versus internal (e.g., in-house) IS professionals.  Those studies which develop new theory or extend extant theory on issues such as the stigma associated with the computing profession or the professional identity of computing professionals are example papers one might expect in this minitrack. Additionally research on attracting students to the computing professions, and developing a more diverse computing workforce are also welcomed. Furthermore, all methodologies and research paradigms that focus on computing-related personnel are appropriate for submission to this minitrack.



Suggested Topics:

Environment and society:

*         Legal, Societal, and Ethical Issues Related to Human Computing Resources

*         Needs, Interests and Abilities of Computing Professionals

*         Professional Commitment of Computing Personnel

*         Contributors to IS Professional Turnover, Retention, and Refilling the Pipeline

*         Communication / Interaction (individuals, groups, networks, organizations)

Student Attraction:

*         Attracting Students to the Computing Professions

*         Emerging Issues facing the Computing Workforce

*         Individual Fit / Alignment with the Work Environment

HR Issues:

*         Work-life Balance

*         Training

*         HRIS / HRMS, Including Designing IS Professional HR and Compensation Schemes

*         Behavioral Aspects of HCI

*         Career Development Practices for Computing Professionals

*         Diversity in the Computing Field

External Issues:

*         Professional Services

*         IS Consulting

*         User- relations



Co-Chairs contact information:
Cynthia K. Riemenschneider
c_riemenschneider at baylor.edu<mailto:c_riemenschneider at baylor.edu>
Deborah J. Armstrong
djarmstrong at cob.fsu.edu<mailto:djarmstrong at cob.fsu.edu>



Important Dates:

January 4, 2013: Paper submissions open on Bepress

February 22, 2013: Deadline for paper submissions at 11:59 p.m. CST

April 17, 2013: Notification of paper acceptance

May 9, 2013: Camera-ready copy due



Instructions for authors can be found at AMCIS website:

http://amcis2013.aisnet.org

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.aisnet.org/pipermail/aisworld_lists.aisnet.org/attachments/20121213/eb65135a/attachment.html>