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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang="EN-US">International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="HTMLBody"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang="EN-US">INTRODUCTION:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-US">The goal of this special issue is provide a venue for the detailed analysis and discussion on sociotechnical
philosophy and practices which underpin successful organizational change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang="EN-US">This special issue will highlight current qualitative investigations in sociotechnology. The main emphasis of qualitative researchers
is the personnel involved in organizations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
So, qualitative researchers attempt to make sense of, or interpret, phenomena in terms of their meanings attributed by individuals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>They must work closely with research participants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Thus, those involved with the qualitative researcher are not considered subjects, but are more likely considered partners or fellow research participants, involved in the investigation of a research question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>This special issue will provide a forum to discuss the link between the aspects of social and technology from a qualitative perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-US">Topics to be discussed in this special issue may include (but are not limited to) the following qualitative
research methods:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-US">Narrative inquiry<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-US">Novel qualitative research methods employing primary and/or secondary data<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoBodyText"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="X-NONE">Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special theme issue on Qualitative
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All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication.
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang="EN-US">The overall mission of the
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD)</span> is to provide a practical and comprehensive forum for exchanging research ideas and down-to-earth practices which bridge the social and
technical gap within organizations and society at large. At the same time it will provide a forum for considering the ethical issues linked to organizational change and development. It will encourage interdisciplinary texts that discuss current practices as
well as demonstrating how the advances of - and changes within - technology affect the growth of society (and vice versa). The aim of the journal is to bring together the expertise of people who have worked practically in a changing society across the world
for people in the field of organizational development and technology studies including information systems development and implementation.</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 13px"><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Professor Information Systems<br>
Faculty of Management</span><br style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
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<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">CMA Alberta Distinguished Scholar<br>
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