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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#943634'>**** ACM
SIGMIS CPR Conference Submission </span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
color:#943634'>Deadline is November</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
color:#943634'> 7, 2010 *******<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i>Apologies for multiple postings<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Call for Papers: ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research 2011<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Mind the Gap: Preparing, Recruiting, and Retaining IT
Professionals in Today’s Evolving Environment <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>San Antonio, Texas<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The Westin Riverwalk
Hotel <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>May 19-21, 2011<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Paper
submission:
7 November 2010<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Notification of
acceptance:
23 January 2011<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Camera-ready
papers:
20 February 2011<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Conference Theme<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Today’s competitive and dynamic information-based global
society has created a gap between the available supply of information
technology (IT) professionals and the demand for their skills and
talents. Subsequently, practitioners and researchers are challenged with
addressing this gap through the preparation, recruitment and retention of IT
professionals. From an individual perspective, questions remain about the
skill and knowledge requirements necessary to secure employment in an evolving
environment (skills gap). From an educational perspective, programs are
attempting to increase student enrollments despite dwindling funding and the
recent economics crisis (enrollment and funding gaps). From an IT
profession perspective, organizations continue to struggle to adequately manage
their talent, provide career development and plan for succession as the baby
boomers begin to retire (recruitment and retention gaps). Given these
many challenges, the ACM SIGMIS CPR 2011 conference aims to consider how theory
and research can help to predict events, elucidate factors and address the gaps
facing the current information-based global society.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>List of Relevant Topics<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>ACM SIGMIS CPR 2011 welcomes research and practice
submissions that address issues congruent with the conference theme. ACM SIGMIS
CPR 2011 also welcomes submissions on traditional topics related to the IT
workforce. These topics include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>•
Career development practices of IT professionals<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>•
Professional or occupational commitment in IT<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>•
Motivations of computer personnel<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>•
The knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the coming decade<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>•
Role profiles; job profiles<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>•
Work satisfaction and staff turnover in
IT
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>•
The roles of culture (organizational, occupational or societal) in IT and IT
work<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>•
Diversity and cultural issues in the development, attraction and retention of
IT professionals<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>•
Increasing IT enrollments, especially of females into IT programs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>•
IS curriculum issues and trends<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>•
Ethical and security issues<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Doctoral Consortium<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>A special doctoral consortium will take place on the day
prior to the conference. This doctoral consortium is targeted at students who
are at an early stage of their dissertation proposal-writing, and who are
conducting research on a computer personnel research (CPR) topic. The purpose
of the consortium is two-fold: 1) provide feedback and guidance to students on
their proposal while at a stage where feedback can be considered for future
dissertation work and 2) provide mentoring and networking opportunities to
students who wish to pursue careers as CPR researchers. Doctoral students
must be nominated to the consortium by a faculty sponsor. Students nominated
for the consortium should submit a 10 page research proposal (including all
text, figures, and references) to be reviewed by a panel of highly qualified
senior faculty mentors. The 3-5 students selected to participate in the
doctoral consortium will receive two rounds of written feedback on their
proposal. In San Antonio, each student will have 40-60 minutes to present
their research ideas and receive feedback in-person from six-to-eight
experienced CPR researchers. Additional information, including submission
deadlines, can be found at http://www.sigmis.org. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Format of Submissions<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>ACM SIGMIS 2011 welcomes completed research papers,
research-in-progress papers, industry case studies, or proposals for panel
discussions or tutorials. All papers must be original, unpublished elsewhere,
and in the style of MIS Quarterly. All submissions will be blind
reviewed. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>•
Completed research papers must not exceed 5000 words or 28 double-spaced pages
including all text, figures, and tables. The cover page, abstract, keywords,
and references are excluded from this page count.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>•
Research-in-progress papers must not exceed 2000 words or 14 double-spaced
pages including all text, figures, and tables. The cover page, abstract,
keywords, and references are excluded from this page count.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>•
Panel and tutorial proposals must include the names and affiliations of
panelists who have agreed to participate and a 1-2 page summary of the topic,
including a description of how the session will be structured. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>•
Industry case studies may report specific strategies being employed or under
development to address CPR issues and should be no longer than 3500 words. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Details on the types of submissions, and the submission and
review processes can be found at: http://www.sigmis.org. Papers should be
submitted online at: <a
href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmsigmis2011">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmsigmis2011</a>.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Proceedings<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Accepted papers will be published by ACM in the refereed
conference proceedings which will be distributed at the conference. Full papers
will be published in their entirety. Extended abstracts will be published for
panel discussions and research-in-progress papers. All presented papers will be
considered for the Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper of the Year
Award. Exemplar papers may also be invited for publication in the DATA BASE for
Advances in Information Systems – the quarterly journal publication of ACM
SIGMIS. Proceedings of all previous CPR conferences are available in the
ACM Digital Library at http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Conference Location<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The conference will be held at the Westin Hotel in the
scenic Riverwalk area of San Antonio, Texas.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Conference Organization<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Conference Chairs:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Deborah J. Armstrong, Florida State University
(djarmstrong@cob.fsu.edu)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Cindy Riemenschneider, Baylor University
(c_riemenschneider@baylor.edu) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Program Chairs:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Haiyan Huang, Michigan Technological University
(haiyan.huang@gmail.com) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Jeria Quesenberry, Carnegie Mellon University
(jquesenberry@cmu.edu) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Local Arrangements Chair:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>John Warren, University of Texas, San Antonio
(John.Warren@utsa.edu)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Treasurer:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Indira Guzman de Galvez, TUI University, California
(iguzman@tuiu.edu) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Publicity:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Nita Brooks, Middle Tennessee State University
(jgbrooks@mtsu.edu) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Doctoral Consortium Chairs:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Pamela Carter, North Carolina A&T State University
(pecarter@ncat.edu) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Andreas Eckhardt, Goethe University Frankfurt
(eckhardt@is-frankfurt.de) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Further details may be found at the conference website: <a
href="http://www.sigmis.org">http://www.sigmis.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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