[AISWorld] CFP Future of work in a digital world AMCIS-2023

[Fjermestad, Jerry L]

Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS-2023)

Panama City, Panama

August 10-12, 2023



The Future of Work in a Digital World Research Track

https://amcis2023.aisconferences.org/track-descriptions/#toggle-id-32



*rack Chairs*

*Jerry Fjermestad*, New Jersey Institute of Technology, jerry at njit.edu
*David Eisenberg,* New Jersey Institute of Technology, de63 at njit.edu

*Track Description*

The future of work in a digital world track focuses on advancing the
fundamental understanding of digital transformations’ role in the human,
societal, and technological dimensions of work. New technologies have
augmented the ways businesses create, access, and communicate information
resources. These functional attributes have enhanced the current
incorporation and future demand of an evolving “new workforce,” which
entails a knowledge-intensive focus – the knowledge worker. The future of
work track is a multi-disciplinary approach that addresses the human and
societal dimensions as well as the technological innovation and the
potential impact on future work.

The mere availability of new technologies and existing labor resources does
not ensure enhancements in operational strategizing and corresponding
efficiencies and innovation. The interactions of workers and technologies
introduce vast complexities that involve obstacles that must be identified,
understood, and managed. Technological innovations should be integrated
with advances in learning, adult learning, workforce training, social,
behavioral, and economic science perspectives, i.e. intellectual capital.
Potential min-tracks should contribute to fundamental advances in
optimizing the human-technology team, the science and technology of future
workforce development and education, work environments, and positive work
outcomes for workers and society.



IMPORTANT DATES
*   January 21, 2023: Manuscript submissions open

*   March 1, 2023: Completed research and ERFs submissions due

*   April 15, 2023: Authors informed of decision

*   April 25, 2023: Revised, camera-ready papers (Full and ER)



*Minitracks:*

*Emerging issues on workforce and collaborations in the digitized/virtual
work environments *
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of the workplace rapidly has been
switched from conventional physical premises to online-based digitized work
platforms. Technological advances and evolving virtual digital workplaces
immediately transform all stakeholders’ requirements – how to work, how to
communicate, how to evaluate performance, where to locate, and what to
create.

The purpose of the mini-track is to offer a forum to present various
research ideas and topics, particularly focusing on 1) behavioral and
perceptional issues related to virtual work collaboration in digitized work
environments, 2) any emerging technologies (e.g., metaverse) to create new
digital workplaces and environments, 3) situational changes such as the
inclusion of older and new generation of workforce along with emerging
technologies, 4) enablers and/or prohibitors toward innovative business
process transformation in a digital workplace, and 5) Security and privacy
concerns in digital workplaces. The mini-track welcomes conceptual,
qualitative, and quantitative research papers.

Soo Il Shin, Kennesaw State University, sshin12 at kennesaw.edu
J.B. (Joo Baek) Kim, The University of Tampa, jkim at ut.edu
Jin Sik Kim, Gary W. Rollins College of Business, The University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga, jinsik-kim at utc.edu
Haejung Yun, Ewha Womans University, yunhj at ewha.ac.kr

*Preparing Organizations for the Future of Work *
In this mini-track we focus on organizational approaches for managing the
future of work. This can include but is not limited to organizational
strategies (e.g., capabilities and policies); and practices (e.g.,
processes, routines, tools, technologies, and architectures).

Topics may include:

·       Leadership capabilities required to sustain new forms of digital
work?

·       The capabilities and competencies required by organizations in
response to the changing needs of digital workers?

·       How organizations can incorporate new technologies such as virtual
reality, AI-supported work, robots, and autonomous agents into their
strategies and practices?

·       Technology governance policies and processes required to support
new forms of digital work?

·       Employee readiness for sudden and unexpected disruptions to work
practices resulting from the forced adoption of new technologies?

·       Privacy and security implications for organizations of new forms of
digital work?

·       What platforms and enterprise architectures are required to manage
rapid changes in the digital technologies used to support work?

Mary Tate, Victoria University of Wellington, mary.tate at vuw.ac.nz
Yi-Te Chiu, Victoria University of Wellington, yi-te.chiu at vuw.ac.nz
Alexander Richter, Victoria University of Wellington, alex.richter at vuw.ac.nz
Alireza Nili, Queensland University of Technology, a.nili at qut.edu.au
[image: NJIT logo] <https://www.njit.edu/> *Jerry Fjermestad, Ph.D. *
Professor of MIS
MT School of Management
jerry at njit.edu <jerry.l.fjermestad at njit.edu> • (973) 596-3255 <9735963255>