[AISWorld] CFP: Mini-track on Adoption and Use of Ambivalent Information Technologies, AMCIS 2019.

[Qahri Saremi, Hamed]

***Call for Papers***


AMCIS 2019, August 15-17, Cancún, México


Track: Adoption and Diffusion of Information Technology (SIGADIT)

Mini-track: Adoption and Use of Ambivalent Information Technologies


Description of the Mini-track:

Ambivalent Information Technologies (IT) are perceived as having the potential to both benefit and harm users and organizations, rendering them a double-edged sword. Ambivalent IT comprises a wide range of IT, such as smartphones that can be both beneficial and harmful for the users, work emails that despite their flexibility and connectivity benefits can interrupt workflow, wearables and analytic technologies that despite conveying real-time information can overload users and undermine their sense of autonomy, and access control tools with benefits that can come at the cost of security and privacy intrusions. Therefore, ambivalent IT can elicit mixed attitudes and markedly different behaviors and outcomes for adopters and users. Currently, there is a paucity of research in the IS literature to cover this research area. This mini-track hosts research on antecedents, processes, and issues/challenges regarding adoption and use of ambivalent IT and the potential impacts for individuals, groups, organizations, and society.


Mini-track co-chairs:

Hamed Qahri-Saremi, DePaul University: hamed.saremi at depaul.edu
Isaac Vaghefi, Pace University, sashrafvaghefi at pace.edu
Shamel Addas, Queen’s University, shamel.addas at queensu.ca

Important Dates:

7 January 2019: ScholarOne opens for submissions.
1 March 2019: ScholarOne closes for submissions.
15 April 2019: Notification of initial decisions.
24 April, 2019: Camera-ready papers are due.

Submission Instructions: https://amcis2019.aisconferences.org/submissions/call-for-papers/