[AISWorld] CFP: META RESEARCH in IS Track - Seeking Lit Review Papers especially.

[Michael Cuellar]

The META RESEARCH in IS track solicits papers for its two mini tracks.

The overall goal of the track is to showcase unique leading edge empirical, theoretical commentary that comprises what we call meta-research. A proper venue for reflexive work has been lacking within the structure of usual tracks at AMCIS. This kind of overview allows the discipline to assess and choose core premises. It is especially important because of the diversity of topic domains that fit into the overall IS scope, which is essentially multidisciplinary in terms of source foundations. The track provides a coherent framing for papers that might be rejected in other tracks for lack of fit, and a place for theoretically diverse and reflexive scholars to share perspectives. It also looks at the discipline as a scholarly culture.
Track Chairs:
Michael Cuellar , Georgia Southern University, mcuellar at georgiasouthern.edu <mailto:mcuellar at georgiasouthern.edu>
Hirotoshi Takeda, University of Southern Maine, hirotoshi.takeda at maine.edu <mailto:hirotoshi.takeda at maine.edu>
Duane Truex , Georgia State University, dtruex at gsu.edu <mailto:dtruex at gsu.edu>
Minitracks:
Research Commentaries and Literature Reviews in IS
As IS matures as a discipline, there is a need to conduct and publish research on meta-analysis to synthesize the findings and to identify the potential research gaps and future research agenda. Such meta-analysis can help identify critical research gaps and help us identify the questions that have been answered, and also the ones that still remain unanswered. The meta-analysis also helps the body of evidence to determine the contextual factors and enhance our understanding of how and when they work. Such contextual knowledge can help us understand the contextual features associated with our theories and help identify what planned intervention is likely to be most powerful. Such meta-analysis will help contextualize our findings, and It will help fine-tune our research questions and will help provide more meaningful guidance to practitioners. This minitrack is inviting papers that provide theory-based, literature-based, or quantitative analysis based meta-analysis based on IS research.
Gaurav Bansal, bansalg at uwgb.edu <mailto:bansalg at uwgb.edu>
Don Heath, drheath2 at gmail.com <mailto:drheath2 at gmail.com>
Emergent theory in Information Systems Research
This minitrack provides the opportunity for researchers to present examples, evidence, and analysis of the processes of the emergence of theory in Information Systems (IS) research. In specific schools of thought such as in philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, the concept of emergence implies that what has emerged is different from what it was that came together to produce the final form. Thus, what is seen as evidence of emergence is not its emergent properties but what the properties produced. Many studies that seek to address the nature of theory emergence tend towards ontological perspectives and importantly the contribution of Mill (2002). In discussions about the constitution of IS theories, one may be left with the question of how much to be gained from gnawing on the bones of existing theoretical constructs when the life of a theory is strongest at its inception and manifestation.
Alan Litchfield, alan.litchfield at aut.ac.nz <mailto:alan.litchfield at aut.ac.nz>
For papers not fitting into either of these tracks, please contact Michael Cuellar for instructions as to which track to submit. 
Full papers must not exceed 10 pages (approx. 5,000 words)

Emergent Research Forum (ERF) papers must not exceed 5 pages (approx. 2,500
words)

All submissions must conform to the AMCIS 2022 submission template and will
be peer-reviewed using a double-blind system.

*Important Dates*

January 21, 2022         Manuscript submission begins at
https://new.precisionconference.com/user/login <https://new.precisionconference.com/user/login>

March 1, 2022             PCS closes for full papers and ERFs at 5pm
Eastern time

March 25, 2022           Paper reviews are due

April 15, 2022             Program Chair decisions are sent to authors



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Michael Cuellar, PhD, PMP
Associate Professor, 
Enterprise Systems and Analytics
Georgia Southern University

Parker College of Business
Enterprise Systems and Analytics Department
PO Box 7998
Statesboro, GA  30460-7998
email: mcuellar at georgiasouthern.edu
phone: (404)-405-4510

Editor-In-Chief Journal of the Southern AIS
Senior Editor, JISE