[AISWorld] CFP AMCIS 2018 - IS Leadership and the IT Profession (Sponsored by SIGLEAD)

Jim Denford Jim.Denford at rmc.ca
Thu Dec 7 11:34:36 EST 2017


The AMCIS 2018 submission site will open in mid-January 2018 and close on 1 March 2018. We invite faculty and students to consider submitting their work to the IS Leadership and the IT Profession track at AMCIS.

Track Co-Chairs:
1.                   Jim Denford, Royal Military College of Canada, jim.denford at rmc.ca<mailto:jim.denford at rmc.ca>
2.                   Mike Eom, University of Portland, eom at up.edu<mailto:eom at up.edu>

Description of Track:
The IS Leadership and the IT Profession track is aimed at fostering a forum for IS scholars engaging in a range of issues surrounding the practice of IT related research including IS leadership, the IT workforce, career development/training and issues surrounding the IT profession. Specific objectives of the track are to allow members to share their research, develop the discourse between academia and practice, engage in exchange of perspectives, and encourage future collaborations. The track is sponsored by the AIS Special Interest Group on IS Leadership (SIGLEAD) in collaboration with the Society for Information Management (SIM). This track has been led by SIGLEAD and hosted at AMCIS since 2003. The proposed track title is an evolution of the previous Human Capital in Information Systems title as the new title was determined to be more reflective of the SIGLEAD sponsorship, more reflective of growing coordination with SIM and more inclusive of the research interests of both groups.

Though articles on IS leadership and the IT profession abound in the practitioner press, much less attention has been devoted to the topic from an academic perspective. IT professionals – whether leaders at the CIO level, IS project and line staff or external professional service providers – are the human dimension of the discipline and therefore issues surrounding IT practice are of enduring concern to academics and practitioners alike. The three mini-tracks will cover the range of the track interest and authors will be encouraged to submit both conceptual and empirical papers contributing to both research and practice that employ a variety of quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

Minitrack 1: IS Leadership Development (Jennifer Gerow, gerowje at vmi.edu<mailto:gerowje at vmi.edu>)
IS Leadership Development is broadly defined to include research on IS leaders such as CIOs and CTOs, including their roles and careers. Though articles on IS Leadership Development abound in the practitioner press, much less attention has been devoted to the topic from an academic perspective. IS Leadership Development sets directions, creates commitment, and adapts the IS unit to fit a changing environment. It is, thus, an enduring concern to IS academics and practitioners alike. It is an issue that should face organizations for many years because leadership has been a persistent concern of all societies and organizations. The mini-track seeks to explore the various dimensions, theoretical bases, and perspectives on IS Leadership Development and to advance the state of scholarship on the issue. Authors are encouraged to submit both conceptual and empirical papers that employ a variety of quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

Minitrack 2: IS Career Development (Paola Gonzalez, paola.gonzalez at dal.ca<mailto:paola.gonzalez at dal.ca>)
Though articles on IS Career Development abound in the practitioner press, much less attention has been devoted to the topic from an academic perspective. The IT profession is a critical driving force for today’s organizations. Despite this importance, IT professionals are constantly facing challenges in their efforts to realize IT value, to climb the corporate ladder, to have a diverse workforce, to balance work and family, among others. 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.

Minitrack 3: Issues in the IT Profession (Joseph Taylor, joseph.taylor at csus.edu<mailto:joseph.taylor at csus.edu>)
Though articles on issues in the IT profession are common in both the practitioner press and the technology vendor community, much less attention has been devoted to the topic from an academic perspective. Managing IT requires leaders to understand the interplay between managerial decisions and information technologies and systems. Research regarding issues in the IT profession examines the business impacts relating to the decisions that IS leaders must make regarding the people, processes, data and technology that are make up information systems. It is, thus, an enduring concern to IS academics and practitioners alike. Research areas related to issues of the IT profession are informed by the results of the Society of Information Management (SIM) annual survey of IS leadership priorities. The mini-track seeks to explore the various dimensions, theoretical bases, and perspectives on issues in the IT profession and to advance the state of scholarship on the issue.


James S. Denford, MBA, PhD
Associate Professor and Dean, Faculty of Arts

Royal Military College of Canada
PO Box 17000 Stn Forces, Kingston, Ontario, K7K 7B4
james.denford at forces.gc.ca<mailto:james.denford at forces.gc.ca>, jim.denford at rmc.ca<mailto:jim.denford at rmc.ca>, Tel: 613-541-6000 ext 6970
Department of National Defence / Government of Canada

Professeur agrégé et Doyen, Faculté des arts
Collège militaire royal du Canada
CP 17000 Succ Forces, Kingston, Ontario, K7K 7B4
james.denford at forces.gc.ca<mailto:james.denford at forces.gc.ca>, jim.denford at rmc.ca<mailto:jim.denford at rmc.ca>, Tél: 613-541-6000 ext 6970
Ministère de la Défense nationale / Gouvernement du Canada



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