[AISWorld] CFP HICSS51 Mini-track on Conflict, Conflict Management, and Climate in Digital Collaborations

[Souren Paul]

*Conflict, Conflict Management, and Climate in Digital Collaborations*

*In Collaboration Systems and Technologies Track*

*Fifty-First Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (January
3-6, 2018)*


*Call for Papers*

The purpose of this mini-track is to attract research on conflict and
climate in different types of digital collaborations ranging from virtual
teams to online communities and social networks.  The key aspects of team
climate are trust, respect, cohesiveness, openness, and liking among the
participants of digital collaborations.  The mini-track will provide a
discussion forum for researchers interested in identifying the conditions
that shape conflict and climate in digital collaborations.

Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:

●     Understanding conflict in various forms of digital collaborations,
such as virtual teams, crowd work, online communities, social networks, and
global solutions networks.

●     Understanding the types of conflict prevalent in short-duration and
long-duration digital collaborations.

●     Understanding how digital collaboration influences conflict
management and shared understanding in virtual teams, crowd work, online
communities, and social networks.

●     Understanding the impact of various forms of diversity (such as,
cultural, educational, skill, informational) on conflict in virtual teams,
crowd work, online communities, and social networks.  Exploring the
application of faultline theory in digital collaborations.  Examining the
positive effects of diversity, faultlines, and variety in digital
collaborations.

●     Understanding the impact of communication media capability on
conflict in virtual teams, crowd work, online communities, and social
networks.

●     Understanding the nature of team climate in various types of digital
collaborations.

●     Understanding the relationship between team climate and conflict in
digital collaborations.



*Submission Process:*

Full paper submissions must be made electronically through the HICSS
on-line submission system at https://confs.precisionconference.com/~hicss/
by June 15, 2017.  Papers should not exceed ten pages and the initial
submission will not have author names. Please check the above web site or
contact the mini-track co-chairs for more information.

*Key Dates:*

Paper Submission Deadline
Notice of Acceptance/Rejection
Final Manuscripts for Publication Due Deadline for at least one author to
register

June 15, 2017, 11:59 p.m. HST August 17, 2017
September 22, 2017
October 1, 2017

*Submission Process**:*

Full paper submissions must be made electronically through the HICSS
on-line submission system at https://confs.precisionconference.com/~hicss/
by June 15, 2017.  Papers should not exceed ten pages and the initial
submission will not have author names. Please check the above web site or
contact the mini-track co-chairs for more information.

*Mini-track Co-Chairs*

Souren Paul
College of Engineering and Computing
Nova Southeastern University
souren.paul at gmail.com
Sirkka Jarvenpaa
James Bayless/Rauscher Pierce Regents Chair in Business Administration
McCombs School of Business
The University of Texas at Austin
<http://expertfile.com/organizations/The-University-of-Texas-at-Austin-McCombs-School-of-Business>
Sirkka.jarvenpaa at mccombs.utexas.edu