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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="color:black">CALL FOR PAPERS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="color:black">Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Savanah, Georgia, USA August 7-10, 2014.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="color:black">Track: Social-Technical Issues and Social Inclusion (SIGSI)
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="color:black">MiniTrack: Social Inclusion </span>
</b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">We invite submissions to the mini-track, “Social Inclusion” within the Social Issues and Social Inclusion Track for AMCIS 2014. This mini-track welcomes
relevant theoretical, empirical, and intervention research, in either full paper or research-in-progress format, that relates to the mission of SIG Social Inclusion (SIGSI). The purpose of SIGSI is to promote research, pedagogy, and outreach on all aspects
of social inclusion in the field of Information Systems (IS). The goal of such efforts is to stimulate greater diversity of thought and personnel in AIS and the IS field overall, and participation of all our members in a more socially-aware and inclusive discipline.
Social inclusion research includes topics such as the gender gap in the IS field, gender minorities (e.g. LGBT community), intersectionality of identities (such as ethnicity, gender and socio-economic class), the digital divide, underserved groups in the information
society (such as persons with disability), and a range of topics related to human diversity, and the “haves” and “have nots” in the information society.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="color:black">Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Gender and IS use</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">The gender gap in the IS discipline</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">The influence of the intersection of race, gender and culture on adoption and use of information and communication technologies (ICT)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Analysis of the digital divide from a multilayered demographic perspective</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Demographic analyses of IT workers and/or the under representation of minority groups in technical work</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">How human differences improve or affect the use of or participation with information and communication technologies (ICT) among socially inclusive communities
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Cultural differences in roles, expectations, and stereotypes regarding women’s involvement with information technology in different countries</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Theories and research frameworks for investigating gender and diversity issues in information technology
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Empirical research on gender and diversity in the global information economy</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Methodological challenges of examining cultural influences on gender and IT</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Factors that influences the enrollment and retention of female students in IS/IT majors</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Initiatives and programs that aim at recruiting and retaining women in IS/IT educational pipelines</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">The role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to facilitate mentoring of women and other underrepresented groups in information technology</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Challenges associated with the retention of women in the information technology workforce</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Work-life balance issues for women in the information technology workforce
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Strategies and initiatives to counter the opting-out of women in the information technology fields
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Initiatives and programs to encourage women to seek training and reenter the information technology workforce
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Initiatives to improve women’s participation in information technology that fit with a specific socio-cultural context</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="color:black">Instructions for Authors.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">To submit a paper, please follow the directions at
<a href="http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/call-for-papers" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/call-for-papers</span></a></span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> <b>IMPORTANT DATES:</b></span><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><b><span style="color:black">March 1, 2014 - Final day for manuscript submissions</span></b><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Contact Information of Minitrack Chair:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:black">Michelle Carter</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:black">University of Nebraska at Omaha</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:black">College of Information Science & Technology</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:black">Omaha, NE 68182</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:black">Email: <a href="mailto:mscarter@unomaha.edu">
<span style="color:windowtext">mscarter@unomaha.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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