[AISWorld] HICSS 48 CfP: Theory and Information Systems Minitrack

[Dirk Hovorka]

 *Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences*
* HICSS-48 2015 Minitrack:  Theory and Information Systems*

*(Organizational Systems and Technology track)*

 The "Theory and Information Systems" minitrack invites submissions that
review, integrate, or utilize meta-analytic approaches to building
cumulative theory. Submissions which present "local" contextual theory are
also welcome. Research over the last decades has emphasized theory
development in IS and other social and behavioral science disciplines.  The
resulting proliferation of theories and constructs may have redundancies,
overlaps, and span disciplinary boundaries. Theory reviews, meta-analysis,
and interrogation will help produce a cumulative tradition that will
benefit the disciplines by producing meta-theory and frameworks to
understand the relationships among theories.  The goal of this minitrack is
to provide social and behavioral sciences research with a better
understanding of fundamental IS-relevant theories, help organize our
theories to be accessible to practice, and increase our understanding of
the philosophical commitments represented in their use.



Topics of interest in this minitrack include but are not limited to:

1.   Integration or synthesis of social and behavioral science theories;

2. The theoretical ties and boundary spanning across different disciplines
(e.g. healthcare and IS, and sustainability science and IS, energy
informatics), and the trends in theories;

3.   Approaches to theory meta-analysis (meta-review, meta-theorization,
meta-statistical analysis)

4. Research on ontologies, taxonomies, frameworks, and categorizations of
constructs and variables used in information system theories;

5.   The use of natural language processing, data mining, and predictive
analytics to better understand and interrogate theories;

6.  Discussion of the roles of theories used to explain, approaches used to
predict (e.g. neural nets and big data), and of theories of understanding;

7.   Exploration of the dependencies of constructs and variables;

8.   Exploration of the boundaries of theory "domains."



This minitrack also has an associated ISWorld website devoted to theories
used in IS research (http://istheory.byu.edu/wiki/Main_Page) --which won the
2005 AISWorldNet Challenge Award for the best website based on AISWorldNet
user voting.  We intend to uphold this high standard and advance the
website further by increasing the synergy between mini-track outcomes and
website content.



For further conference details, schedules and submission guidelines, please
see:
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm

We hope to see you in Hawaii in January 2015!


Minitrack Co-Chairs:


Dirk S. Hovorka, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
University of Sydney Business School

University of Sydney
New South Wales, AU
Dirk.Hovorka at sydney.edu.au <dirk.hovorka at sydney.edu.au>



Kai R. Larsen. PhD

Associate Professor

Leeds School of Business

University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado 80309

Kai.Larsen at colorado.edu





About HICSS - General CfP


The purpose of HICSS is to provide a forum for the interchange of ideas,
research results, development activities, and applications among
academicians and practitioners in computer-based systems sciences. The
conference consists of tutorials, advanced seminars, presentations of
accepted papers, open forum, tasks forces, and plenary and distinguished
guest lectures. There is a high degree of interaction and discussion among
the conference participants because the conference is conducted in a
workshop-like setting.

Instructions for submitting papers:
1.  Submit an electronic copy of the full paper, 10 pages including title
page, abstract, references and diagrams using the review system available
at the HICSS site, make sure that the authors' names and affiliation
information has been removed to ensure an anonymous review.
2.   Do not submit the paper to more than one minitrack. The paper should
contain original material and not be previously published or currently
submitted for consideration elsewhere.
3.   Provide the required information to the review system such as title,
full name of all authors, and their complete addresses including
affiliation(s), telephone number(s) and e-mail address(es).
4.   The first page of the paper should include the title and a (max)
300-word abstract.

DEADLINES:
*    May 15:  OPTIONAL: Abstracts submitted to Minitrack Chairs for
guidance, indication of appropriate content and to receive instructions on
submitting full paper.
*    June 15:   Full papers uploaded in the directory of the appropriate
minitrack.
*    August 15:   Notification of accepted papers mailed to authors.
*    September 15:   Accepted manuscripts, camera-ready, uploaded;
author(s) must register by this time.
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