[AISWorld] Publication of JITCAR 18.1 by Taylor & Francis and Invitation for Manuscript Submission

[Shailendra Palvia]

Invitations for Manuscripts Submission
and
Announcement of JITCAR 18.1


Dear Colleagues around the world:

About Journal of IT Case and Applications Research (JITCAR)

Mission: In this era of uncontrollable explosion of information technology (IT) and its applications, the gap between theory and practice, frameworks and applications keeps widening. This novel journal will focus on research based on in-depth study of real world cases and applications to explain existing theories and concepts or to help in building new theories and frameworks. This journal should be of great value to professors and students as well as researchers and practitioners of IT. It is a double blind refereed international quarterly journal that is supported by IT scholars from all over the world.  The journal is international in all respects: content, authors, readers, reviewers, and editors.

Scope and Coverage: JITCAR will publish case and application research articles focusing on any size of organization: start-up, small, medium, large, or multinational company. These cases and applications can originate from any country in the world: advanced, newly industrialized, developing, or under-developed. Furthermore, the primary thrust of a case or application may include artificial intelligence, business process reengineering, cross-cultural issues, cybernetics, decision support systems, electronic commerce, firewalls and Internet, groupware, human side of IT, information infrastructures, joint application development, knowledge based systems, local area networks, management information systems, neural networks, office automation, prototyping, query languages, robotics, systems analysis, telemedicine, ubiquitous computing, video-conferencing, webonomics, and so on.

Generally, there will be three research articles. Occasionally, there will be a Teaching Case article.  Research articles will be based on actual case studies and/or applications studies utilizing case study, field study, and/or field experiment research methodology (JITCA, Volume 1, Number 4, editorial preface).  Each teaching case submission to JITCAR will include three components: the case itself, a summary research note, and a detailed teaching note.  These three components will be reviewed as a package; the journal's decision to publish the case will be determined by the quality of the case itself and the accompanying research and teaching notes.

Review Process: Each suitable article is double blind-reviewed by three members of the editorial review board. A final recommendation is made by the Editor-in-Chief or anyone of the two senior associate editors in consultation with an Associate Editor. If a revision is recommended, the revised paper is sent for a final approval to the original Associate Editor.

Call for Manuscripts: The journal encourages manuscript submissions from authors all over the world, from academia, government, and industry. The journal will also include reviews of cutting edge IT books that have bearing on the journal's mission. Practitioner input will be regularly solicited from time-to-time through the industry editor(s) of JITCA.  To utilize cutting edge IT, authors are strongly encouraged to make their submissions electronically to the editor-in-chief or one of the two senior associate editors by attaching file(s) in appropriate format.

Style: Submitted manuscripts must be written in the APA (American Psychological Association) editorial style.  Footnotes are not allowed.  Endnotes should be kept to a minimum; instead the material should be incorporated in the body of the paper.  References should be listed in alphabetical order.  The suggested size of the manuscript is 20 pages (excluding references, tables, and figures).  The manuscript should be typed double-spaced.

PLEASE NOTE THAT A POSITON OF INDUSTRY EDITOR IS AVAILABLE.  PLEASE WRITE TO ME IF INTERESTED.

>From the Editor's Desk

I am delighted to present the first JITCAR issue of 2016.  The contents of this issue are:  Editorial Preface article by Dr. Shailendra Palvia and Dr. Vijay Vemuri; Research article by Dr. Saini Das and Dr. Madhukar Dayal; Teaching Case article co-authored by Dr. Chetan S. Sankar and Mr. Stephen N. Dawe; Expert Opinion report by Dr. Daniel A. Peak; and Book Review by Dr. Salvatore Parise.  Summary information of these items is as follows.

In their editorial preface article titled, "Forecasts of Jobless Growth: Facts and Myths," Dr. Palvia and Dr. Vemuri mention that while agricultural era lasted several millennia and Industrial era has lasted couple centuries, information and service economy have been there for only few decades. A manifestation of these transitions can vividly be seen in the shifts in composition of labor force in the agricultural, manufacturing and service sectors of economically developed nations. Currently, service sector dominates the employment scene, due to the extraordinary impact of information technology on nearly every aspect of human life for the last six decades.  Jobs for world's citizens have been transforming based on not only changing demand and supply of goods and services, but also based on new technologies for their production and distribution.  Several researchers and practitioners have painted a dismal future by predicting jobless growth due to increasing use of software, Internet, and robots. Their critics have argued against such dire predictions citing almost infinite human resilience in the face of constant change.  This article examines arguments of doomsayers and optimists and offers predictions for future as a result of computer technology fundamentally transforming jobs, skills, wages, prices, purchasing power, leisure time, work life balance, and unemployment rate. 

The first research article is titled, "Exploring Determinants of Cloud-based ERP Selection and Adoption: A Qualitative Study in the Indian Education Sector."  Cloud-based ERPs (CLERP) provide scalability, flexibility and cost-savings. The advantages of CLERP are most prominent in developing economies where access to robust information technology (IT) resources is difficult. This study explores drivers of CLERP selection and adoption by proposing a socio-technical (S-T) framework integrating three technology adoption theories: Diffusion of Innovations, Task-Technology Fit and Extended Technology Acceptance Model. The S-T framework is tested using case study methodology based on semi-structured interviews in three higher educational institutions in India. The results suggest that vendors should focus on providing cost-effective, reliable, secure, standardized, long-term, convenient and better quality of service and support to clients. Vendors should also provide free trials and customize their solutions while maintaining a balance between additional costs incurred and business value gained due to customization. The clients should determine organizational fit of the CLERP and train their employees to minimize resistance to its adoption.

The second article is a Teaching Case article titled, "Developing a Smart City by Operationalizing the Co-Creation of Value Model."  This article describes a project that used the co-creation of value model to collect and analyze data on storm drains for a city so that it could become smarter in managing the water drainage issues.  The city worked with a University center and ensured that the key success factors were met.  The project was able to integrate science and technology through Information Systems, analyze, optimize, control, and monitor the conditions of the 27,000 storm drains in the city, and enhance the decision making process of the city.  This case study provides an example of how a city and a university center can co-create value thereby helping the city's management become "smarter" in managing its storm drains and facilitating a rich field-based educational experience for the students.  

The Expert Opinion report documents interview by Dr. Daniel Peak with Dr. Alex Pettit, Chief Information Officer for the State of Oregon.  As the State CIO, he is responsible for all information and telecommunication systems for all state agencies. In March 2014, he was appointed interim CIO for Cover Oregon, the agency responsible for the implementation of the Health Care Exchange in compliance of the Affordable Care Act. Questions posed to Dr. Petit are: (a) What are the driving and defining IT issues in Oregon today? (b) Can you describe how you are building that successful model for IS portfolio implementation? (c) How is your role as CIO of Oregon similar to private sector CIO roles and responsibilities? (d) How has the IT management role evolved during your career? (d) Are public sector organizations looking to model and structure their IT environments after the private sector? (e) Although the initial implementation of ACA (Affordable Care Act) online environment at the national level was not successful, how did it fare in Oregon? (f) Can you please discuss your approach to integrating Oregon healthcare system with the national healthcare system and with those of other state governments?  (g) Which IT developments have been the most disruptive to your role, to employees, and to clients since you've been a CIO? (h) According to you, we are currently in the decentralized, outcome-focused part of the IT cycle; what do you believe will be the next IT oscillation? (i) What IT innovations have had the most positive impact on the state of Oregon?  (j) How is social media affecting state employees and state services? (k) Is cyber security more of a problem because of social media? (l) Will Oregonians see more government information readily available through social media and mobile applications as part of e-Government? (m) In the face of national-level information security being repeatedly compromised, how does Oregon plan to protect the information of its citizens? (n) From an IT perspective, where do you see the Oregon in five years?
Book review report by Dr. Parise provides a detailed critique of the 2013 book titled, "People Analytics: How Social Sensing Technology Will Transform Business and What It Tells Us about the Future of Work," authored by Dr. ben Waber and published by FT Press.  Excerpts from the review are provided below.

"Ben Waber's People Analytics book is a fascinating look into how hard social data from company badges, email networks and other sources can be used to understand and learn from employee behaviors. The book is mostly targeted for business practitioners who are involved with organizational design, workspace design, and talent management. However, researchers in this field, may also get ideas on how to use people analytics and sensor technologies to analyze employee, team, and organizational performance. The book consists of 11 chapters. Chapter 1 opens with cited research that claims that organizations that use data to drive business decisions performed better than their peers.  Chapter 2 provides mostly background information on the evolution of organizations -- from the Taylorism focus on standardized processes and efficiencies to the knowledge economy of today that must recognize front-line worker innovation, the remote workforce, and dynamic careers.  Chapter 3 discusses the importance of workspace design, such as the water cooler, as a social function among employees.  Chapter 4 argues that the movement in virtual organizational structures, such as telecommuting, offshoring, and the remote workforce, is being driven by efficiency and flexibility.  Chapter 5 stresses the importance of social connections relative to individual domain expertise.  Chapter 6 looks at the relationship between creativity and social networks.  Chapter 7 is a somewhat esoteric chapter in that its focus is on modeling infectious disease spread within companies and how changes in behavior from disease responses (e.g., reducing the number of interactions among employees) impact productivity.  Chapter 8 argues that an important reason for the high failure rate with mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is the lack of cultural and collaborative integration between the companies involved.  Chapter 9 looks at the relationship between large, complex projects and informal networks.  Chapter 10 provides insights on how sensing technology will be used and adopted by employees going forward.  Chapter 11 provides a summary of the main themes outlined in the book."

The new publisher, in line with the ongoing trends, has been published this journal online since 2014.  The website to find all JITCAR issues is: http://www.tandfonline.com/utca. All authors and reviewers are encouraged to start using Routledge's online manuscript submission and reviewing system http://www.editorialmanager.com/jitcar/.  I urge all our current and future authors and reviewers to familiarize themselves with this system.

I hope you will enjoy reading all the items in this issue.  With best regards,

Sincerely

Dr. Shailendra Palvia
Fulbright-Nehru Senior Scholar for 2016-17
Professor of MIS, College of Management
Long Island University Post, Brookville, NY 11801.
http://liu.edu/CWPost/Academics/Faculty/Faculty/P/Shailendra-Palvia?rn=Faculty+Profiles&ru=/CWPost/Academics/Faculty/Faculty
Founding and curent Editor-in-Chief, Journal of IT Case and Application Research (JITCAR)
http://www.tandfonline.com/utca
2012 and 2016 LIU Post Nominee for Abraham Krasnoff Lifetime Scholarship Achievement Award
Faculty Advisor for the Indo-American Club and MIS club
Phone #: 732-983-7034






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