[AISWorld] CFP: 2022 DIGIT- SIG-ADIT Pre-ICIS Workshop

[Hamed Qahri-Saremi]

Call for Papers: DIGIT 2022 Pre-ICIS Workshop

Information Technology Adoption and Diffusion for the Next Generation

Submission Deadline: September 30, 2022 (11:59 pm ET)

The next generation will be living in a substantially different world. On the one hand, we are facing major challenges, such as climate crisis, spread of misinformation, and COVID19 pandemic, that can shape a fundamentally different future for the next generation. On the other hand, we are witnessing an unprecedented rate of digital transformation that will shape a different future with new opportunities and challenges. Information Technology (IT) is constantly changing and shifting the ways we work and live. The next generation of employees and business leaders will be digital natives, people who have born into and grown up with the Internet, smart phones, social media, and gig economy, having minimal, if any, direct experience or recollection of how societies and organizations operated before these innovations. As a result, now more than ever, there is renewed interest in Information Systems (IS) with advances in AI and Robotics, big data analytics, IoTs, metaverse, security, digital twins and the like, as well as the increased importance that effective use of IS has in the modern organizations and societies.

While the phenomenon of organizations, individuals, and societies going through digital transformation has become more prevalent, our understanding of it will benefit from further scientific investigation and a tight alignment to theoretical lenses used in research on adoption and diffusion of IT. The DIGIT 2022 workshop provides an opportunity for researchers to come together and generate vibrant discussions and exchanges of ideas about how individuals, organizations, and societies can harness information technologies for the next generation. In addition to papers adhering to the theme of IT adoption and diffusion for the next generation, research in other IT adoption and diffusion research domains are also welcome.

Potential topic areas include, but are not exclusive to:

• Adoption and diffusion of next-generation digital solutions.
• Understanding digital natives and their adoption and use of IT.
• Next generation digital ecosystems and their effects on adoption, diffusion, and abandonment of digital solutions.
• Diffusion of new digital solutions in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Adoption and diffusion of digital solutions to help combat climate crisis.
• Adoption and diffusion of digital solutions for achieving digital resilience in relation to the threats of major crises, such as climate change, pandemics, and misinformation campaigns.
• Individual and collective technology use behaviors, such as adaptation, coping, and improvisation in the presence of major crises and disruptions.
• Multi-level studies considering the rippling effects of disruptions and their implications for IS adoption and diffusion.
• New qualitative, quantitative, and design-led methodological approaches to examine the dynamics of IT adoption and diffusion in disruptions.


Submitted research can be conceptual, analytical, design-oriented, or empirical in nature. The workshop will include paper presentations, paper roundtables, and panel discussions.

Instructions for Contributors:
In the interest of discussing the most current research in this area, we welcome

• Completed research papers (fourteen single-spaced pages)
• Research-in-progress papers (seven single-spaced pages)

All submissions will be blind reviewed. Papers should not have been published previously in proceedings or journals, nor be under review elsewhere, but it is the general objective of the workshop that they will be submitted to a premier outlet after the DIGIT workshop.
Proceedings of the workshop will be published in the AIS Electronic Library. The authors can choose whether they want the full paper or only an extended abstract to be published. For past proceedings see: http://aisel.aisnet.org/digit/

Instructions for Submissions:
The deadline for submission of papers is Friday, September 30, 2022 at 11:59 pm EDT. We will review and accept manuscripts on a rolling basis until the deadline.

Papers, both complete research (14 pages) and research-in-progress (7 pages) submissions, must be single-spaced, include an abstract, and submitted in Microsoft Word format. Page counts exclude the title page, references and appendices. The title page should include the paper title and the authors' names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses. The main body of the paper should have a title, but no author identification. Any submission that exceeds page length limits will be rejected without review.

All papers must conform to the instructions given in the DIGIT 2022 submission template, which can be found attached and online at: https://www.sigadit.net/digit

All paper submissions should be sent electronically as a Microsoft Word attachment to: hamed.qahri.saremi at gmail.com and s.akhlaghpour at uq.edu.au. Questions regarding paper submissions can be sent to the program co-chairs: Hamed Qahri-Saremi (hamed.qahri.saremi at gmail.com) and Saeed Akhlaghpour (s.akhlaghpour at uq.edu.au)

Instructions for Participation:
The workshop date will be held on Sunday, December 11, 2022, as an in-person event. At least one author must register and attend the workshop to present the paper if the work is accepted. DIGIT provides a limited number of scholarships to Ph.D. students with accepted manuscript for the workshop

Workshop Committee:
For more information on SIGADIT and the DIGIT workshop, please visit https://www.sigadit.net/digit, or contact the workshop committees:

Zach W. Y. Lee
DIGIT 2022 Workshop Chair
zachwylee at gmail.com
Durham University Business School
Durham University
Durham, UK

Hamed Qahri-Saremi
DIGIT 2022 Program Co-Chair
hamed.qahri.saremi at gmail.com
CIS Department, College of Business
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO, USA

Saeed Akhlaghpour
DIGIT 2022 Program Co-Chair
s.akhlaghpour at uq.edu.au
Business School
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Jennifer Claggett
SIGADIT 2022 Chair-Elect
claggejl at wfu.edu
School of Business
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC, USA

Christian Maier
SIGADIT 2022 Chair
christian.maier at uni-bamberg.de
Department of Information Systems and Services
University of Bamberg
Bamberg, Germany