[AISWorld] CfP: AMCIS 2017 - Minitrack "Shadow IT: Threat or Opportunity"

Nils Urbach nils.urbach at uni-bayreuth.de
Wed Dec 21 16:31:50 EST 2016


(Apologies for cross-postings of this announcement.)

 

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CALL FOR PAPERS 

 

23rd Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)

 

Minitrack "Shadow IT: Threat or Opportunity?" (SIGOSRA)

 

August 10-12, 2017, Boston, MA (https://amcis2017.aisnet.org/)

 

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MINITRACK DESCRIPTION

 

Shadow IT is a widespread phenomenon and includes systems, services, and
processes that are not part of the "official" corporate IT. Existing
research recognizes negative aspects of the phenomenon such as security,
compliance, and efficiency issues but also potential advantages such as
faster technical innovation and flexibility. Estimations indicate a large
extent of dissemination of the shadow IT in organizations and trends such as
consumerization and cloud computing are reinforcing this. Despite its
relevance in businesses, the topic is still an emerging research area and
only slowly gaining traction. This minitrack aims to discuss different
facets and characteristics of the shadow IT phenomenon and the resulting
transformational challenges and opportunities it generates for the use of IS
in organizations.

 

CALL FOR PAPERS 

 

In digital transformation, customers and IS users drive the use and adoption
of IS. Shadow IT is end-user or business-unit-driven IT because it is
autonomously deployed by individuals in companies or business units without
involving corporate IT. Shadow IT reveals new demand and supply structures
with regard to IS in corporations and it fundamentally changes the role of
the corporate IT department and its relationship to the rest of the
organization. Consequently, we strongly encourage researchers to submit
studies covering the diverse issues concerning and arising from shadow IT.
Both, qualitative and quantitative research papers are welcome.

 

Research topics include, but are not limited to: 

. Facets and characteristics of shadow IT

. Individual and organizational drivers of shadow IT

. Positive and negative consequences of shadow IT for the individual and the
organization

. Shadow IT as catalyst for innovation

. Risks associated with shadow IT

. Governance and management models for coping with shadow IT

. Compliance perspectives on shadow IT

 

SUBMISSION

 

http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2017

January 9, 2017: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2017 begins

March 1, 2017: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2017 closes at 01:00pm EST 

April 17, 2017: Authors notified about the disposition of their papers

 

MINITRACK CHAIRS

 

Markus Westner, OTH Regensburg, markus.westner at oth-regensburg.de

Christopher Rentrop, HTWG Konstanz, rentrop at htwg-konstanz.de 

Nils Urbach, University of Bayreuth, nils.urbach at uni-bayreuth.de




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