[AISWorld] MISQE Special Issue Call for Papers - Optimizing the Digital Workforce

[Jeria Quesenberry]

MISQE Special Issue Call for Papers - Optimizing the Digital Workforce 

This is a reminder that the December 2018 issue of MISQ Executive (MISQE) will be dedicated to academic research on the theme of Optimizing the Digital Workforce. The purpose of the special issue is to explore the challenges and opportunities presented by the changing digital workforce.

Our objective is to examine the strategic business opportunities and management challenges associated with managing a diverse and evolving digital workforce. MIS Quarterly Executive bridges practice and research and is sponsored by the Society for Information Management and the Association for Information Systems. We are looking for submissions based on case and/or field studies that provide rich illustrations, frameworks, or lessons to guide management in successful strategies for managing this increasingly diverse, digital workforce. We welcome submissions based on both primary and secondary sources. This Special Issue of MIS Quarterly Executive (and the journal in general) seeks both original research and rigorous research published in traditional venues that have practical lessons learned for management.

Digital workforce topics may include all aspects of digital workforce management, including recruiting, developing, retaining, motivating, or compensating. It may include, but is not limited to:
Workforce diversity, including multi-cultural and multi-generational strategies
New digital talent metrics and talent analytics
Remote workers and the virtual workforce, including crowdsourcing and managing virtual “crowd workers”
Offshoring and shifting skill composition and relationships with a global workforce
Work displacement, destruction, and creation
How firms are flexing to manage an aging workforce and skill drain
Skills (re)training, new work routines and human capital development opportunities
AI, robotics, augmented/mixed-reality, and machine-human adaptation for productivity and job satisfaction
Increasing the firm’s “Digital IQ” (REF PwC) through managing user experience of customers, employees, and culture
 
Submission Details
Authors should submit manuscripts to the MISQE website at: www.misqe.org. and select the category of SPECIAL ISSUE 2018. Format guidelines and submission preparation checklists are also available on the website.

Authors may submit to the special issue regardless of their attendance or participation at the 2017 pre-ICIS or 2018 HICSS workshops. We welcome submissions across all topics, especially those focused on human resources issues moving forward.

Papers will receive a regular MISQE review process under the guidance of the 2018 Special Issue Guest Editors. Submissions to MISQE should be written for an IT executive readership and should describe practice-oriented research findings and guidelines. All authors are encouraged to look at prior published MISQE research articles for presentation models. All prior articles can be downloaded free by AIS and SIM members at: www.misqe.org. AIS members can also access MISQE articles via the AIS eLibrary.

Submission Deadlines and Important Dates:
Special Issue full paper submission deadline: March 17, 2018
First editorial review sent to authors: May 7, 2018
Paper resubmission based on editor feedback deadline: June 30, 2018
Second editorial review, decision, and suggestions to authors: August 7, 2018
Final submission of accepted papers deadline: October 5, 2018
MISQE publication: December 2018

Special Issue Guest Editors:
Michelle Kaarst-Brown (mlbrow03 at syr.edu) (MISQE Senior Editor)
Jeria Quesenberry (jeriaq at andrew.cmu.edu)
Tim Weitzel (tim.weitzel at uni-bamberg.de)
Fred Niederman (niederfa at slu.edu)


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