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<p class="msolistparagraph0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Dear Friends and Colleagues,</span></p>

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<p class="msolistparagraph0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Sorry for cross-posting. </span></p>

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<p class="msolistparagraph0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">You are invited to participate in the 6th Grounded Theory Workshop to be held immediately after ICIS 2012 in Orlando, Florida.

<b style="">We have a great program including the Editor-in-Chief of EJIS, 4 Senior Editors from MISQ and ISR, and numerous Associated Editors from top journals</b>.<span style=""> 

The theme of the workshop is “<b style="">How to Publish GTM research in top IS journals”.<span style=""> We hope to see you there.

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<p class="msolistparagraph0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Place and Time:

<b style="">Orlando, Florida, Wednesday Dec 19th 2012 12:30hs to 18:00hs. </b></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">This annual event has been designed to provide a collegial environment to suitable to all researchers, from beginners to experts. The workshop fosters the discussion of GTM-related

 practical issues in a friendly, constructive and learned atmosphere. This year the main theme of the workshop is

<b>how to publish GTM papers in top IS journals</b>, with a particular attention paid to the question of how to incorporate existing/prior theory into GTM papers.<span style=""> 

</span>We are not inviting individual paper/abstract submissions, but rather hope to generate productive dialogue through some short presentations and panel discussions. </span></p>

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<b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Schedule</span></b></p>

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<b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Time<span style="">     

</span>Activity</span></b></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">12:30<span style="">     

</span>Arrival </span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">12:50<span style="">     

</span>Welcome and Introductions</span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">13:00<span style="">     

</span>Brief Refresher:<span style="">  </span><b style="">Key GTM Tenets</b> by <i style="">

Natalia Levina</i></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">13:15<span style="">   

</span>Keynote: <b style="">Towards an anatomy of ‘successful’ qualitative research manuscripts in IS

<span style=""> </span></b><i style="">By Supra Sarker </i></span></p>

<p class="msolistparagraph0" style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">14:15<span style="">   

</span><b style="">Integrating and Contributing to Existing Theory With GTM: Theories of Power

</b></span></p>

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<i style="">By Cathy Urquhardt and Riitta Hekkala</i></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">14:40<span style="">     

</span>Break</span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">15:00<span style="">   

</span><b style="">Dealing with Difficult Reviews</b> By <i style="">Andrea Carrugati</i></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">15:25<span style="">   

</span><b style="">How Grounded was my Grounded Theory: Reflections on the review process

</b><i style="">By Suranjan Chakraborty</i></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">15:50<span style="">   

</span><b style="">Including Prior Theoretical Perspectives in a GTM Paper:<span style=""> 

</span><span style=""> </span>A Case Study of the Effective Use of Electronic Health Records

</b><i style="">By Andrew Burton-Jones (with Olga Volkoff)</i></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">16:15<span style="">   

</span><i style="">Panel:<span style="">  </span><b style="">To GTM or not to GTM that is the Question</b> –Editors of Top Journals By Frantz Rowe (EJIS), Ola Henfridsson (MISQ), Joe Nandhakumar (EJIS, IT & People)</i></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">17:30<span style="">   

</span><i style="">SIGGTM Annual Meeting: New Governance and By Laws . </i>Chair: Natalia Levina; Secretary: Supra Sarker</span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">18:00<span style="">     

</span>Closure</span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">19:00<span style="">     

</span>Drinks and Dinner – to be organized during the workshop (not included in the fee)</span></p>

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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><font size="3"><b><font size="2">Dr Walter Fernández, PhD<br>

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</font><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Co-Director National Centre for Information Systems Research<br>

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ANU College of Business and Economics<br>

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