[AISWorld] CfP: HICSS2014 Mini-track on IS in Crisis Response

Tue May 7 11:14:22 EDT 2013

Call for Papers
HICSS 2014 Minitrack: Information and Information Systems  in Crisis Response

January 6-9, 2014
Hilton Waikoloa
Big Island, Hawaii
Website: www.hicss.hawaii.edu

Each year, crises of varying scope and magnitude affect individuals, organizations, industries and regions.  Be they societal, industry, organizational, or individual level, crises are characterized by non-trivial threats to life, well-being, or other significantly held values, by unpredictability, and by urgency (Falkheimer and Heide, 2006).  The many forms of crises range from economic (recession), informational (theft of proprietary information), and physical(industrial accident), to personnel (strike), reputation (rumors), psychopathic (product tampering), or natural (hurricane).
An essential element in responding to crises is information and information system-based: the collecting, synthesizing, interpreting, and communicating or crisis information  (Dantas and Seville, 2006; Pan et al., 2012; Zhang et al., 2002). Yet because the very process of collecting and analyzing information takes time, information processes during crisis response, whileintegral to effective response, also can produce delays and even action paralysis.  This creates a tension between the need to act and the need to gather information (Hale et al., 2005).
The recognition that poorresponse to crises can lead to humanitarian crises of an even larger magnitude than the initial crisis itself has lead to a growing interest in crisis response and, more specifically, to the role that information systems and information behaviors play in crisis response (Junglas and Ives, 2007; Hynes and Prasad, 1997; Leidner et al., 2009; Hiltz et al., 2009).
This minitrack seeks papers and research that examine the use and role of IT during crisis response, on topics such as:
* Information-based improvisation by crisis responders
* Information flow along crisis networks
* Sense-making by individuals of crisis information
* Organizational sense-making of crisis information
* Information bottlenecks in crisis response information networks
* Crisis information overload
* IT tools for gathering and disseminating crisis information
* IT usage and collective behaviours in critical situations
* Crisis management systems development and impact
* Crisis management systems and situational awareness

How to Submit a Paper: Follow Author Instructions on the conference web site.
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm

• HICSS papers must contain original material. They may not have been previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere. All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process; so initial submission must be without author names.
• Abstracts are optional, but strongly recommended. You may contact the Minitrack Chair(s) for guidance or verification of content.
• Submit a paper to only one Minitrack. If a paper is submitted to more than one minitrack, then either paper may be rejected by either minitrack without consultation with author or other chairs.
• Do not author or co-author more than 5 papers. This means that an individual may be listed as author or co-author on no more than 5 submitted papers. Track Chairs must approve any names added after submission or acceptance on August 15.

Important 2013 Deadlines for Authors
June 15 Submit full manuscripts for review as instructed. The review is double-blind; therefore, this initial submission must be without author names.
Aug 15 Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. It is very important that at least one author of each accepted paper attend the conference. Therefore, all travel guarantees – including visa or your organization’s fiscal funding procedures – should beginimmediately.Make sure your server accepts the review system address https://precisionconference.com/~hicss.
Sept 15 SUBMIT FINAL PAPER. Add author names to your paper, and submit your Final Paper for Publication to the site provided in your Acceptance Notice. (This URL is not public knowledge.)
Oct 1 Early Registration fee deadline. At least one author of each paper should register by this date in order securepublication in the Proceedings. Fees will increase on Oct 2 and Dec 2.
Oct 15 Papers without at least one paid-in-full registered author may be deleted from the Proceedings.

Minitrack co-chairs:
Dorothy E. Leidner
Dorothy_Leidner at baylor.edu<mailto:Dorothy_Leidner at baylor.edu>
Anouck Adrot
Anouck.adrot at telecom-em.eu<mailto:Anouck.adrot at telecom-em.eu>

HICSS conferences are devoted to the most relevant advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Accepted papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Those selected for presentation will be included in the Conference Proceedings published by the
IEEE Computer Society and maintained in the IEEE Digital Library.

References
Dantas, A., Seville, E. 2006. Organisational Issues in Implementing and Information Sharing framework:  Lessons from the Matata Flooding Events in New Zealand.  Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. 14(1) 38.
Falkheimer, J., Heide, M. 2006. Multicultural Crisis Communication: Towards a Social Constructionist Perspective. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. 14(4) 180-189.
Hahn, J., Moon, J., and Zhang, C. (2008) “Emergence of New Project Teams from Open Source Software Developer Networks: Impact of Prior CollaborationTies,” Information Systems Research (19:3), pp. 369-391.
Hale, J., Dulek, R., and Hale, D. (2005) “Crisis response communication challenges,” Journal of Business Communication (42:2), pp. 112-134.
Hiltz, S., Van de Walle, B., andTuroff, M. (2009) The Domain of Emergency Management Information, in  B. Van de Walle., M, Turoff and S, Hiltz (Eds.) AMIS Series: Information Systems for Emergency Management,  US: M.E.Sharpe, pp. 3-20.
Hynes, T., and Prasad, P. (1997) “Patterns of ‘Mock Bureaucracy’ in mining disasters: an analysis of the Westray coal mine explosion,” Journal of Management Studies (34:4), pp. 601-623.
Junglas, I., and Ives, B. (2007) “Recovering IT in a disaster: lessons from Hurricane Katrina,” MIS Quarterly Executive (6:1), pp.39-51.
Leidner, D., Pan, G., and Pan, S. (2009) “The role of IT in crisis response: lessons from SARS and Asian Tsunami disasters,” Journal of Strategic Information Systems (18:2), pp. 80-99.
Pan, S., Pan, G., and Leidner, D., “Crisis Response Information Networks,” ,Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 13(1), 2012, 31-56.
Zhang, D., Zhou, L., Nunamaker Jr., J. F. 2002. A Knowledge Management Framework for the Support of Decision Making in Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief. Knowledge and Information Systems. 4(3) 370-385.

Regards,
Dorothy
Professor/Dr. Leidner
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F<http://business.baylor.edu/Dorothy_Leidner/>erguson Professor of Information System<http://business.baylor.edu/Dorothy_Leidner/>s, Baylor University
Director, PhD Program in Information Systems<http://www.baylor.edu/business/mis/phd/>
Senior Editor, MIS Quarterly Executive<http://www.misqe.org>
AIS Fellow, 2011<http://start.aisnet.org/?AwardsPage>
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