[AISWorld] CFP - IS/IT Professional Development - SIGLEAD Mini-track AMCIS 2016 (Paola Gonzalez)

[Paola Gonzalez]

*** IS/IT Professional Development Research***CALL FOR PAPERS***

Conference: 22nd Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Aug. 11-13, 2016 in San Diego, CA
Track: Human Capital in Information Systems (SIGLEAD)
Mini track 2: IS/IT Professional Development

***Mini-track Description***
The IT profession is a critical driving force for today’s organizations. Despite this importance, IT professionals at various levels of the organization are constantly facing challenges in their efforts to realize IT value. The objective of this mini-track is to help us, academics and practitioners, further explore these issues and aim at better understanding the relationship between the IT professional and the organization. This mini-track welcomes research that address the issues above and emerging ones within the IS/IT workforce, talent management, career streams, professional developments, work/family balance of IS professionals, as well as ethical, societal, and legal issues related to managing IT professionals, among others. Research on attracting students to the IT profession, global talent management, and developing a more diverse IT professional workforce are also welcomed. 

Possible topics include: IT/IS professional identity, workforce Issues, diversity in the IT profession, global talent management, training and career issues, amongst others.

Important dates:
January 4, 2016: Manuscript submissions open
March 2, 2016: Manuscript submission deadline at 10:00am PST, San Diego time
April 2016: Author notification, revisions, and final, camera-ready papers due
August 11-13, 2016: Present at AMCIS 2016 in San Diego, California.

***Important*** Papers accepted to this track are eligible for submission and will be on fast-track review for publication to the Information Systems Management (ISM) Journal Special Issue to be published in Spring 2017 upon authors' request/approval.

For complete instructions for authors and information about the conference, visit the AMCIS 2016 website at http://amcis2016.aisnet.org/index..../sessions/call-for-papers<http://amcis2016.aisnet.org/index.php/sessions/call-for-papers>

***Mini-Track Chair***
Paola Gonzalez, Dalhousie University, paola.gonzalez at dal.ca

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Paola A Gonzalez, PhD.
Assistant Professor, Management of Information Systems (MIS)
Rowe School of Business
Dalhousie University