[AISWorld] CFP JMIS SI on Action Research

[David Avison]

CALL FOR PAPERS
* Special Issue of the Journal of Management Information Systems *
Information Systems Action Research

SPECIAL ISSUE CO-EDITORS
David Avison, ESSEC Business School, Paris, France
Ned Kock, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, USA
Julien Malaurent, ESSEC Business School, Paris, France

The main goal of this Special Issue on Information Systems Action Research of 
the Journal of Management Information Systems is to demonstrate how action 
research synergistically associates research and practice in a holistic manner 
so that researchers inform practitioners and vice versa.

This Special Issue aims to publish a set of exemplars of empirical studies 
(from any epistemological stance) employing information systems action 
research. Consistent with the requirements of JMIS, each accepted paper will 
be expected to make a significant novel contribution to the discipline. 
Submissions must clearly demonstrate the potential of action research to 
generate novel, unexpected, and potentially high-impact insights in the field 
of information systems. With this main goal in mind, submissions may also 
incorporate one or more of the following elements, but such contributions must 
synergistically contribute to our understanding of the empirical study:

•	Distinctions and commonalities between information systems action research 
and other forms of engaged scholarship such as design science, action design 
research, and ethnographic research.

•	Consolidated discussions of various types of information systems action 
research, emphasizing those that remain as apparently distinct in terms of how 
they are conducted, represented and/or evaluated.

•	Discussions of ontological and epistemological foundations of information 
systems action research, complemented by methodological toolkits to support 
action research investigations.

•	Scholarly descriptions of mixed method approaches used in particular 
information systems research projects; e.g. action research with experimental 
or survey research, or action research following case study research.

•	Descriptions of team information systems action research projects (perhaps 
virtual teams) where different investigators contribute their action research 
study to the whole.

•	Discussions of theoretical contributions of information systems action 
research, with examples showing how theory might be constructed and further 
validated.

•	Demonstrations of what rigor means in the context of information systems 
action research; e.g., how the theoretical basis of a practical solution is 
grounded, and how it might contribute to theory extension or theory 
development.

•	Discussions of relationships between information systems researchers and 
research clients – e.g., senior academics and executives – demonstrating how 
action research can lead to improved organizational situations.

SPECIAL ISSUE ADVISORY AND EDITORIAL BOARD
Richard Baskerville, Georgia State University
Kristin Braa, University of Oslo
Mike Chiassen, University of British Columbia
Robert Davison, City University of Hong Kong
Matt Germonprez, University of Nebraska, Omaha
Allen Lee, Virginia Commonwealth University
Maris Martinsons, City University of Hong Kong
Lars Matthiassen, Georgia State University
Darren Meister, Western University
Michael Myers, University of Auckland
Peter Axel Nielsen, Aalborg University
Suprateek Sarker, University of Virginia
Trevor Wood-Harper, Manchester University


Email your submissions to: malaurent at essec.edu

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submissions: October 1, 2015 (or earlier)
Full paper due: March 1, 2016
First round of reviews provided to the authors: July 1 2016
Paper revisions due: November 1 2016
Second round of reviews provided to the authors: March 1 2017
Final decision on acceptance of papers: July 1 2017

David Avison
Distinguished Professor in Information Systems
ESSEC Business School, Paris.