[AISWorld] The latest issue of International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD) + call for special issues and papers + call for new editorial board members

Tue Jun 9 09:39:33 EDT 2015

Dear Colleagues,

Please see below the contents of the latest issue of IJSKD.

Also, I am refreshing the editorial board of the journal as well taking
requests for special issues. Please let me know if you want to be part of
the team to develop the journal into its new phase. If you have a  paper
on relevant topics for the journal, also please let me know.

Best,

José

José Abdelnour Nocera, PhD
Associate Professor in Sociotechnical Design
School of Computing and Technology
Head of Sociotechnical Centre for Innovation and User Experience
University of West London
St Mary’s Road, Ealing – London W5 5RF
https://soc.uwl.ac.uk/~jabdelno

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The contents of the latest issue of:
International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD)
Volume 6, Issue 4, October - December 2014
Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically
ISSN: 1941-6253; EISSN: 1941-6261;
Published by IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, USA
www.igi-global.com/ijskd

Editor(s)-in-Chief: Constance Kampf (Aarhus University, Denmark), José
Abdelnour-Nocera (University of West London, UK)

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted
to the International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development
(IJSKD). All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review
editorial process.

ARTICLE 1

Gamified Persuasion: User Experiences of Online Activation Service

Tim Luoto (Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, University of
Oulu, Oulu, Finland), Raija Korpelainen (Oulu Deaconess Institute, Oulu,
Finland & Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, University of Oulu,
Oulu, Finland & University Hospital, Oulu, Finland), Juha Rˆning
(Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Oulu, Oulu,
Finland), Riikka Ahola (Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology,
University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland & University Hospital, Oulu, Finland),
Heidi Enwald (Information Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of
Oulu, Oulu, Finland), Noora Hirvonen (Information Studies, Faculty of
Humanities, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland), Lauri Tuovinen (Department
of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland),
Hannu I. Heikkinen (Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities,
University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland)

The authors have empirically examined the persuasive properties of digital
games from a multidisciplinary perspective. Besides the relevant cultural
and psychological theories related to the game phenomenon, the authors
have included a case study where a persuasive online activation service
was tested among young men (N=280, average 17.9 year old) in the promotion
of physical and social activity. The emphasis of the article is on
qualitative material, which is based on in-depth interviews of 10
individuals, as well as participant observation considering the user
experiences regarding the activation service and gaming in general. The
authors have concluded that games contain persuasive characteristics based
on human culture and psychology and that these characteristics could
effectively be utilized in physically and socially activating games.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/gamified-persuasion/129533

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=129533

ARTICLE 2

Double the Trouble or Twice as Nice?: Defining Participation for Practice
and Research

Lisa Haskel (Centre for Digital Entertainment, Bournemouth University,
Bournemouth, UK)

Participatory Design (PD) is an extremely productive field of practice
with great benefits to communities and individuals. It is a stimulating
and exciting way of working that brings new relationships and experiences
to all concerned. However, as a collaborative and situated practice it
brings with it a number of challenges for the early-stage academic
researcher. This paper reflects on some of the challenges of defining
participation in the dual areas of production and research from the point
of view of a practice-based doctoral researcher in PD. The contributions
of some research methods in addressing these challenges, notably Action
Research and Design Research, are discussed. In response, it is suggested
that researchers might benefit from differentiating the roles of
participants in production and research. It is further suggested that this
two-fold definition of participation may be possible without compromising
projects' ethical integrity.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/double-the-trouble-or-twice-as-nice/129534

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=129534

ARTICLE 3

The Relationship between Knowledge Management and Production Quality in
Manufacturing Companies in Malaysia: The Mediating Effect of Innovation

Julian Paul Sidin (Faculty of Business, Economics, and Accountancy,
Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia), Zakariya Belkhamza
(Faculty of Business, Economics, and Accountancy, Universiti Malaysia
Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia)

The relationship between knowledge management practices and quality
production has not received much attention. The objective of this paper is
twofold. The first objective is to investigate this relationship in the
Malaysian manufacturing and service firms. The second objective is to
investigate the mediating role of these firms' innovation on this
relationship. Six hypothesised relationships were tested using a sample of
201 manufacturing and service firms in Malaysia. The results show that the
two dimensions of knowledge management have a significant positive effect
on quality production. Furthermore the results showed that innovation does
not mediate the relationship between knowledge management and quality
production. The implications of the study as well as suggestions for
future studies are also discussed.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/the-relationship-between-knowledge-management-an
d-production-quality-in-manufacturing-companies-in-malaysia/129535

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=129535

ARTICLE 4

Issues of Participation: A Framework for Choices and Compromises

Terry Costantino (Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Toronto,
Canada)

Members of the Participatory Design (PD) community often raise concerns
about participation ñ participation in what, by whom, and for what
purpose? To help determine and answer questions important to participatory
practice, the author derived a framework of key issues of participation
using literature from Participatory Design and related practices such as
Participatory Action Research, Participatory Democracy and Participatory
Development. The key issues are: values, representation, power relations,
context, transformations, effectiveness, and sustainability. The author
posits that giving attention to these issues when designing, conducting
and reflecting on participation will improve participatory practices by
making choices and compromises more explicit to those involved in the
research as well as those who review the research results. The paper
discusses how the author derived the framework and then uses the selected
literature to explore each of the seven issues and how they can be
addressed in participatory practice in general, and within PD more
specifically.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/issues-of-participation/129536

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=129536

For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the
International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD)
in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI
Global aggregated "InfoSci-Journals" database: www.igi-global.com/isj.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Mission of IJSKD:

The overall mission of the International Journal of Sociotechnology and
Knowledge Development (IJSKD) 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.

Indices of IJSKD:

	• Bacon's Media Directory
	• Cabell's Directories
	• DBLP
	• GetCited
	• Google Scholar
	• INSPEC
	• JournalTOCs
	• MediaFinder
	• SCOPUS
	• The Index of Information Systems Journals
	• The Standard Periodical Directory
	• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
Coverage of IJSKD:

This journal will look for practical sociotechnical approaches that can
assist practitioners, academics, researchers, and students. A particular
focus will be on new ideas and approaches including studies of their
practical implementation. Appropriate themes might thus include (but are
not restricted to) a sociotechnical perspective on:

	• Applied ergonomic
	• Critical success factors (and key performance indicators) for
organizations and technological implementation†
	• Computer-supported cooperative work
	• Culture and trust within organizations and their relevance to
technological artifacts†
	• Design and technology development issues including requirements and
stakeholder participation†
	• E-government and democracy as affected by technological change†
	• Empowerment and team development†
	• Knowledge management systems†
	• HRM issues for innovation and knowledge sharing†
	• Human-computer interaction
	• Humanistic redesign and technological politics in organizations†
	• Implementation issues of change and technology†
	• Influence of human factors on operational efficiency†
	• Information systems development†
	• Innovation†
	• Internet studies
	• Knowledge communication
	• Knowledge sharing
	• Learning organizations†
	• Organizational change†
	• Managing organizational knowledge as a strategic asset†
	• Performance and quality of working life†
	• Quality assessment of computer information systems†
	• Relevance of the workerís perspective†
	• Social aspects of automation†
	• Sociotechnical systems†
	• Systems failures†
	• Technological forecasting and social change
	• Technology and its role in society and organizations†
	• Technology in society†
	• Using knowledge management principles to solve organizational
performance problems

Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission
guidelines 
www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-sociotechnology-k
nowledge-development/1108