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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Please excuse any cross-postings.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Call for submissions for <i>Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce (</i></span><a href="http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10919392.asp"><i><span lang=EN-CA>JOCEC</span></i></a><i><span lang=EN-CA>)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Special Issue on <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>“Knowledge Management and Social Media: The Challenges”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Guest Co-Editors: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Robert M. Mason <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>The Information School, University of Washington</span><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a href="mailto:rmmason@uw.edu" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-CA>rmmason@uw.edu</span></a><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Dianne P. Ford<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Faculty of Business Administration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Memorial University of Newfoundland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a href="mailto:dpford@mun.ca" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-CA>dpford@mun.ca</span></a><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Papers solicited for this special issue cover issues<span style='color:black'>, challenges, ideas, and solutions for two aspects of knowledge management (KM) and social media (SM). As one example, knowledge managers often perceive a tension between potential benefits and risks associated with social media. On the one hand, SM offers unprecedented opportunities for sharing information and knowledge both among colleagues closely bound by shared interests but also among those representing the “strength of weak ties” (Granovetter, 1973). On the other hand, SM, because of the ease with which information can be disseminated, threatens organizational control of information and increases the risk of the loss of intellectual property and proprietary knowledge. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>For this special issue, we encourage authors from academia, industry, governments, and non-profits, especially collaborations among these groups, to address these and other tensions or synergies that may arise between KM and SM. We welcome examination of these tensions at the societal, organizational, group/team, and individual levels of analysis. We solicit case studies, surveys, experiments, qualitative research, and collaborative action research among academics, executives, and policy makers that illustrate innovative approaches, resolutions, and solutions to these tensions, risks, and opportunities. We especially seek papers that offer conceptual models combined with empirical evidence of the consequences or findings of observations related to these models.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Timeline for the Special Issue:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>June 15, 2011: deadline for (optional) submission of early version of paper to HICSS mini-track on this topic (conference dates: January 4-7, 2012). For more information: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>June, 2011 to December 2011 – abstracts are welcome for feedback on fit with the special issue (please email the guest co-editors directly).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>March 15, 2012 – full paper submission deadline for JOCEC Special Issue review process. (Note that the schedule enables authors who submit early versions of their papers to HICSS can revise/expand their work based on conference feedback.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>October 31, 2012 – final versions of accepted papers will be submitted for publication process, with the special issue targeted for publication in the first 1-2 issues (depending on the number of good quality, accepted papers) of 2013.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Submit the digital manuscript in standard MS Word format (.doc not .docx) as an attachment to an email with “JOCEC” (without quotes) as the first word in the subject line to both Guest Co-Editors, Dr. Robert M. Mason at <a href="mailto:rmmason@uw.edu" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-CA>rmmason@uw.edu</span></a><span class=MsoHyperlink><span lang=EN-CA> and Dr. Dianne P. Ford at </span></span><a href="mailto:dpford@mun.ca" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-CA>dpford@mun.ca</span></a>. Specifically, all papers submitted should conform to JOCEC standards and have no identifying information in the papers to allow for the double-blind review process. <span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Articles should be concise and in English, not more than 35 pages and/or 10,000 words. This limitation applies to the entire paper - cover page, abstract, narrative, footnotes, figures, and references included. Manuscripts (including title page, abstract, text, quotes, acknowledgments, references, appendixes, tables, figure captions, and footnotes)should be typed, double-spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides, using 8 1/2'' 11'' page settings. Each page of the manuscript should be numbered, starting with the title page. The title page should contain the article title, author(s), affiliations, a short form of the title (less than 50 characters including letters and spaces), and the name, complete mailing address, and telephone number of the author to whom correspondence should be sent. Page 2 should contain a short abstract (200-250 words), and 5-10 related keywords. All acronyms should be spelled out where first used. Each table and figure should be called out within the text.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For more specific formatting information, please refer to the Instructions for Authors found on the journal’s website: <a href="http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t775653688~tab=submit~mode=paper_submission_instructions">http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t775653688~tab=submit~mode=paper_submission_instructions</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>********************************************************<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Dianne P. Ford<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Associate Professor, OB/HR, MIS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Faculty of Business Administration<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Memorial University of Newfoundland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>St.John's, NL, A1B 3X5<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CANADA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ph: (709) 864-8511<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: (709) 864-7680<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Website: <a href="http://www.busi.mun.ca/dpford">www.busi.mun.ca/dpford</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>**Please consider the environment before you print this email.**<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>*******************************************************<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>