[AISWorld] 3 days left: AMCIS 2025: Call for Minitracks (Changing Nature and the Future of Work)

[Alex Richter]

Dear Colleagues,

We seek minitrack proposals for the **Changing Nature and the Future of Work** track at The Americas Conference on Information Systems 2025 (AMCIS 2025) to be held on August 14-16, 2025 in Montreal, Quebec (Canada). https://amcis2025.aisconferences.org

** AMCIS 2025 Minitrack submissions are due on October 18, 2024 **

Track Description:
The nature of work and organizations is evolving as digital technologies become more deeply embedded in the workplace. New technologies have transformed how businesses create, access, and communicate information, altering work itself and challenging core organizational aspects like employee connectedness, engagement, and the formation of meaning and identity in daily activities. These changes have reshaped the nature of work and the demand for an evolving “new workforce.”
These profound changes give rise to new forms of organizing. Digital workplace platforms and ecosystems enable more dynamic and fluid work arrangements within and across organizations, offering greater flexibility in terms of when, where, and how we work. As human-AI collaboration becomes increasingly central in these digital environments, it also introduces new dynamics in decision-making, creativity, and problem-solving, often blurring the lines between human agency and algorithmic influence. This new landscape presents enormous opportunities to enhance workers’ lives and foster more sustainable, resilient organizations, with broader societal benefits.
However, the mere availability of new technologies and existing labor resources does not ensure enhancements in operational strategizing and corresponding efficiencies and innovation. The interactions of workers and technologies introduce vast complexities that involve obstacles that must be identified, understood, and managed. Technological innovations should be integrated with advances in learning, workforce training, social, behavioral, and economic science perspectives, i.e., intellectual capital. This changing nature and future of work also raises many concerns and unintended consequences.
The track aims to solicit contributions from diverse perspectives to extend our understanding of the changing nature and future of work and digital transformations’ role in the human, societal, and technological dimensions of work. This track also invites submissions demonstrating a multi-disciplinary approach that addresses the human and societal dimensions as well as technological innovation and its impact on the changing nature and future of work.

Mini-track Chair Responsibilities:
Mini-track chairs will be responsible for a) promoting their mini-track to generate manuscript submissions to AMCIS 2025; b) soliciting and assigning reviewers for manuscripts submitted to the mini-track; and c) making recommendations to track chairs about each manuscript submitted to the mini-track.

Important Dates:
October 18, 2024: Minitrack submissions are due
November 1, 2024: Minitrack decisions are disseminated
January 5, 2025: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2025 begin

Submission Process:
To submit a mini-track proposal via PCS, you will need to include the following information: a) mini-track chairs (names, emails, affiliation); b) mini-track title; c) short description of mini-track for the AMCIS 2025 website (up to 150 words); d) a call for papers for your mini-track.
To access the system: https://new.precisionconference.com/amcis25a
Sign in and then enter the following to get started:
Society: AIS, Conference: AMCIS 2025, Track: AMCIS 2025 Mini-track Submissions
Please select Changing Nature and the Future of Work while making the mini-track submission. Then click "GO"  and fill out the form.

We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Please do get in touch with us if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Alexander Richter, Victoria University of Wellington, alex.richter at vuw.ac.nz<mailto:alex.richter at vuw.ac.nz>
Jerry Fjermestad, NJIT, jerry at njit.edu<mailto:jerry at njit.edu>
Liana Razmerita, Copenhagen Business School, lra.msc at cbs.dk<mailto:lra.msc at cbs.dk>
David Eisenberg, Montclair State University, eisenbergd at montclair.edu<mailto:eisenbergd at montclair.edu>
Nataliya Berbyuk Lindström, Department of Applied IT, nataliya.berbyuk.lindstrom at ait.gu.se<mailto:nataliya.berbyuk.lindstrom at ait.gu.se>