[AISWorld] Redefining the IT profession and the human role of the IT professional - CFP

[Dr. Indira Guzman]

Redefining the IT profession and the human role of the IT professional
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. - (Hybrid Format)
Dates: June 2-4, 2022

Important Dates for Academic Papers, Posters and Doctoral Consortium
Submission deadline: March 7, 2022
Notification of acceptance: April 4, 2022

Camera-ready version: April 30, 2022

Link for submissions: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sigmiscpr22

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For over 55 years, ACM SIGMIS Computers and People Research (CPR) conference has engaged the academic and practitioner communities in understanding issues pertaining to the intersection of information technology (IT) and people. From its roots in the studies of the IT workforce, CPR has broadened its focus to investigate all aspects of this important and complex relationship.

CPR is intended to have a hybrid format in 2022. However, should the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic at the time of the conference require it, we will move to a fully virtual format.

The pervasive deployment of emerging technologies in the so-called Society 5.0 has transformed the way businesses conduct their affairs, and this has also impacted greatly the division of labor between technology and humans. It is ever more frequent to have machine learning and other artificially intelligent applications take over functions that were previously performed by IT and other professionals. This particular context calls for a new understanding and definition of the elements that define the IT profession, and more importantly, the need to fully identify and define the inherently human role that IT professionals should play. Therefore, the CPR 2022 conference seeks papers addressing this call.

The following questions are intended to stimulate thought.  Papers on traditional conference topics pertaining to personnel, workforce, inclusion/diversity, leadership are also welcome.

Individual
*       What leads individuals to resist or embrace the use of emerging and pervasive IT applications in the current business environment?
*       What are the impacts of emerging IT use on individuals? How do the IT professionals' roles change to adapt to the new work rules?
*       How can IT professionals evolve to face the new challenges in the workplace, developing dynamic skills and capabilities?
*       How is the human component added back to the new technology-based processes?
*       How are customers adapting to the new service delivery options?

Organizational
*       How might organizations understand emerging technologies and their potential risks and opportunities?
*       How might organizations enable incremental and disruptive digital innovations?
*       What is the business value of digital innovations? How is this value derived?
*       How does IT impact entrepreneurial activities in a dynamic environment?
*       What are the best ways to organize IT work to provide support before, during, and after a crisis?
*       How can organizations avoid the dehumanization of the IT-enabled processes?

The IT profession and workforce
*       What are the characteristics of the new IT profession that are distinctive of other areas and suitable for the new era?
*       What are the new challenges for retention and turnover in the IT workforce?
*       What unique challenges exist for managing IT workers, and how do we meet those challenges?
*       Are the new challenges equal to all demographic groups?
*       What are the characteristics of the IT workforce? How are these characteristics changing?
*       What are the key skills for entry into the IT workforce? How are these skills changing?
*       What ethical issues result from embedding IT in work?
*       What security and privacy issues result from embedding IT in work?

Education
*       How do we help students develop the skills needed for entry into and success in the IT workforce?
*       How do we help students to make sense of the positive and especially the negative role rapid adoption of emerging IT?
*       How can we attract promising students to IS programs?
*       How should IS programs deal with emerging technologies and digital innovation?
*       How can universities best prepare students for careers in IS and IT?
*       How can emerging technologies aid in IS education innovation and performance?

Societal
*       How can disruptive technologies positively impact societies within the context of smart cities?
*       How can we address societal challenges induced by IT?
*       How can we identify and prepare for the risks associated with the adoption of disruptive technologies for society in general?



Format of Submissions



ACM SIGMIS CPR 2022 welcomes both completed papers and research-in-progress papers. All papers must be original, unpublished elsewhere, and submitted on the ACM SIG proceedings template available for download from: https://www.acm.org/publications/authors/deprecated-word-template . All reviewing will be double-blind.
*       Completed papers may include conceptual papers, empirical papers and industry case studies. They must not exceed 5,000 words including all text, figures, and tables. The abstract, keywords, and references are excluded from this page count.
*       Research-in-progress papers must not exceed 2,000 words including all text, figures, and tables. The abstract, keywords, and references are excluded from this page count.



Submit your work using the system in the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sigmiscpr22



Doctoral Consortium

A doctoral consortium will take place as in previous years in conjunction with the CPR 2022 conference. It is meant for students spanning those at an early stage in their doctoral program to those who are more advanced and are at the stage of writing their dissertation proposal, and who are conducting research on a topic related to the conference theme or to the broad focus of the CPR conference on understanding issues pertaining to the intersection of information technology and people. The purpose of the consortium is two-fold:
1.       provide feedback and guidance to students on their proposal while at a stage where feedback can be considered for future dissertation work
2.       provide mentoring and networking opportunities to students who wish to pursue careers as researchers at the intersection of information systems and people.

Doctoral students must be nominated to the consortium by a faculty sponsor. Students nominated for the consortium should submit via email (sigmisacm at gmail.com<mailto:sigmisacm at gmail.com>) a 10-page research proposal (including all text, figures, and references; double space to be reviewed by a panel of highly qualified senior faculty mentors. The doctoral students selected to participate in the doctoral consortium will receive one round of written feedback on their proposal.

During the virtual doctoral consortium, each student will have 15-20 minutes to present their research ideas and receive feedback in person from experienced researchers and fellow consortium participants. The doctoral consortium will allow activities in plenary mode and intense workshop sessions in smaller groups. The submission deadline for doctoral consortium applications is the same as the general submission deadline. Accepted students may choose to publish the full proposal that was submitted for evaluation or an extended abstract of their proposal in the conference proceedings. Funding will be available to assist and registration fees to students selected for the doctoral consortium.

Proceedings and Presentations

Accepted papers will be published by ACM in the refereed conference proceedings. Authors of accepted papers may choose to publish complete papers or extended abstracts of their research in the conference proceedings. All completed research papers that are to be published in their entirety in the conference proceedings will be considered for the Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper of the Year Award. The Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper and other exemplar papers will be invited for publication in the DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems-the quarterly journal publication of ACM SIGMIS.

Each paper must be presented during the virtual conference. Articles will not be published in the event proceedings if at least one author of a submitted work is not registered or unable to present their article at the conference.

AUTHORS TAKE NOTE: The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of your conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. (For those rare conferences whose proceedings are published in the ACM Digital Library after the conference is over, the official publication date remains the first day of the conference.)

Proceedings of all previous CPR conferences are available in the ACM Digital Library at:

http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm.

Conference Committee



Conference Co-Chairs

Mike Gallivan (mikegallivan at yahoo.com<mailto:mikegallivan at yahoo.com>)

Sam Zaza (sam.zaza at mtsu.edu<mailto:sam.zaza at mtsu.edu>)



Program Co-Chairs

Guillermo Rodriguez-Abitia (grodriguezabit at wm.edu<mailto:grodriguezabit at wm.edu>)

Deborah Armstrong (djarmstrong at business.fsu.edu<mailto:djarmstrong at business.fsu.edu>)

Indira Guzman (indira.guzman at trident.edu<mailto:indira.guzman at trident.edu>)



Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs

Michelle Kaarst-Brown (mlbrow03 at syr.edu<about:blank>)

Andreas Eckhardt (andreas.eckhardt at uibk.ac.at<mailto:andreas.eckhardt at uibk.ac.at>)



Digital Arrangement Chair

Damien Joseph (adjoseph at ntu.edu.sg<mailto:adjoseph at ntu.edu.sg>)

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