[AISWorld] HICSS 2014: CFP Mini-track TENSIONS, EMERGENCE, AND GENERATIVE MECHANISMS IN COMPLEX SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS

[Sirkka Jarvenpaa]

HICSS 2014: CFP Mini-track TENSIONS, EMERGENCE, AND GENERATIVE MECHANISMS IN COMPLEX SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS



We are pleased to invite you to submit a paper to the mini-track of Tensions, Emergence, and Generative Mechanisms in Complex SocioTechnical Systems  for HICSS 2014 taking place at the Hilton Waikoloa on the Big Island of Hawaii from Jan. 6-9th, 2014.



Detailed information about the conference can be found here http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm and information for potential authors can be found here http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/47cfp.pdf



Due date for submission of full papers is: June 15, 2013


Tensions, emergence, and generative mechanisms are ubiquitous in complex sociotechnical systems in wide ranging contexts including but not limited to e-health, mobile platforms, integrated supply chains, innovation ecosystems, and online communities.  Conflicting demands, contradictory practices, and competing views create tension that can energize or inhibit the emergence of effective action and create unintended consequences in complex socio-technical systems.  There is a growing literature on tensions, duality, emergence, and generative mechanisms as alternatives to contingency and structural theories.  Likewise, complexity theory and agent based modeling are increasingly being used to understand complex social phenomena in information systems and organizational research, particularly in the areas of interdependencies, emergence, and generative science.  The track focuses on papers that theoretically or empirically advance our understanding of how tensions, emergence, and generative mechanisms can be leveraged, enhanced, and honed to create new and frame-breaking opportunities, enhance their understanding, and ensure successful co-evolution of complex sociotechnical systems in dynamic environments.

We will solicit excellent papers that will develop and expand this area. The papers can use any acceptable methodology and theory. We welcome papers at any level of analysis and encourage papers that take a cross level perspective.

Co-Chairs
Sirkka Jarvenpaa, Center for Business, Technology, and Law, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin (primary contact), CBA, B6500, Austin, TX 78712. Tel: 512 471-1751; Dept Tel: 512 471-3322; Fax: 512-471-0587; Sirkka.jarvenpaa at mccombs.utexas.edu<mailto:Sirkka.jarvenpaa at mccombs.utexas.edu>

Holly Lanham, Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive MC7982, San Antonio, Texas 78229. Tel: 512 970-9971; Dept Tel: 210 567-4815; Fax: 210 358-0647; lanham at uthscsa.edu<mailto:lanham at uthscsa.edu>




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