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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Track: Organizational Systems and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Minitrack: Human Capital and Computing: Exploring the Resources in Front of the Black Box<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This minitrack covers issues relating to human capital and computing professionals and includes submissions at the industry level, workgroup or department level, and individual level. This minitrack seeks groundbreaking research regarding emerging issues facing the computing workforce and legal and ethical issues related to managing human computing resources. Studies developing or extending theory on issues such as the professional commitment of computing personnel or the professional identity of computing personnel are examples of the type of papers one might expect in this minitrack. Additionally research addressing the needs, interests and abilities of computing professionals as well as studies on attracting students to the computing professions and developing a more diverse computing workforce are also desired. This minitrack will welcome all methodologies and research paradigms that focus on computing-related personnel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cindy Riemenschneider<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:c_riemenschneider@baylor.edu">c_riemenschneider@baylor.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deborah J. Armstrong<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Florida State University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:djarmstrong@cob.fsu.edu">djarmstrong@cob.fsu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The following include suggestions for applicable topics (but not limited to) for this mini-track:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> *Professional Commitment of Computing Personnel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> *Career Development Practices for Computing Professionals<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> *Attracting Students to the Computing Professions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>*Diversity in the Computing Field<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> *Emerging Issues facing the Computing Workforce <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> *Retention and Refilling the Pipeline <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> *Needs, Interests and Abilities of Computing Professionals<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> *User- relations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> *Individual Fit / Alignment with the Work Environment<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> *Global Talent Management (e.g., Immigration vs Migration)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> *Behavioral Aspects of HCI <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> *Communication / Interaction (individuals, groups, networks, organizations)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> *Work-life Balance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> *Training<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> *HRIS / HRMS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> *Legal and Ethical Issues Related to Managing Human Computing Resources <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The submission deadline is June 15, 2012. More details may be found at the conference website:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>