[AISWorld] AMCIS 2017 IS and Positive Organizational Scholarship Mini Tracks Call for Proposals

[Fulk, Dr. H. Kevin]

Dear IS Colleagues,
My co-chairs, Sutirtha Chatterjee and Suranjan Chakraborty, and I invite you to submit mini track proposals for a new AMCIS 2017 track.  This track, Information Systems and Positive Organization Scholarship, is aimed at encouraging research that blends unique strengths of the IS discipline with a focus on positive human conditions, such as resilience. More track details are available at:

https://amcis2017.aisnet.org/submissions/track-descriptions/#toggle-id-14

Mini track chairs will be responsible for (a) promoting their mini track to generate manuscript submissions to AMCIS 2017; (b) soliciting and assigning reviewers for manuscripts submitted to the mini track; (c) providing a summary report to authors based on reviews; (d) making recommendations to track chairs about each manuscript submitted to the mini track; and (e) nominating best papers and reviewers. 

The deadline for mini-track proposals is Monday, October 17, 2016.  

Other important dates and activities are identified below and on the AMCIS 2017 website and below (https://amcis2017.aisnet.org/submissions/call-for-papers/).

Important Dates:

20-September-2016: ScholarOne opens for Mini track proposals

17-October-2016: ScholarOne closes for Mini track proposals

27-October-2016: Mini track decisions are issued

09-January-2017: ScholarOne opens for Completed and ERF paper submissions

01-March-2017: ScholarOne closes for Completed and ERF paper submissions

17-April-2017: Notification of initial decisions on Completed and ERF paper submissions

Please feel free to contact any of this track's co-chairs if you have questions.  We look forward to your participation to make this new track a vital opportunity for positively-focused interdisciplinary research.  Thanks for your time.
Best Wishes,

 H. Kevin Fulk, J.D., Ph.D.
 Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems
 College of Business Administration
 Tarleton State University
 Office:  Business Building * Room 165
 Mailing:  Box T-0170, Stephenville, TX 76402
 Phone: 254.968.1977  Fax: 254.968.9345 
 Email: hkfulk at tarleton.edu  Twitter: @HKevinFulkJDPhD