2nd Call for Papers

 

21st Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS’15)

August 13-15, 2015, Puerto Rico

 

Track: Adoption and Diffusion of Information Technology (SIGADIT)

Minitrack: Unintended Drivers and Consequences of Technology Usage

Minitrack chairs: Sven Laumer, Christian Maier, University of Bamberg, Germany

 

In line with the AMCIS 2015 theme “Blue Ocean IS Research” we call for research that focuses on unintended drivers and consequences of technology usage. By focusing on different technologies in a private or workplace context, by providing novel theoretical perspective and by using various research methodologies papers submitted to the AMCIS 2015 Mini Track on “Unintended Drivers and Consequences of Technology Usage” should provide system developers and implementers new insights into unintended phenomena related to technology usage. Research in the past has identified several positive and intended drivers and consequences of technology usage, which system designers have in mind when designing and implementing technologies. They focus on system or information quality, perceived ease of use and usefulness to increase individual and organizational net benefits, productivity, adoption, usage, or user satisfaction.

 

However, there is also research and practical observations that indicate that technology usage is related to unintended and rather negative drivers and that also some unintended behaviors and consequences can occur. Unintended drivers include beliefs like information overload, social overload, or dissatisfaction, unintended behaviors include user resistance behaviors or the manifestation of workarounds, and unintended consequences include stress, addiction, or employee turnover. These unintended drivers and consequences are to some extent not covered by the initial system design as they are rather unintended and occur when the technology is implemented and used.

 

Potential Topics:

 

Therefore, the objective of this mini-track is to focus on unintended drivers and consequences of technology usage to provide system developers guidelines to avoid these rather negative aspects when designing and implementing technologies. Papers might focus on one of the following aspects, but are not limited to:

 

·         Drivers and consequences of different types of user resistance behaviors

·         User’s workarounds

·         Organizational strategies to avoid user resistance

·         Drivers and consequences of technostress

·         Individual and organizational coping mechanisms to avoid technostress

·         Drivers and consequences of technology addiction

·         Strategies to address technology addiction

·         Social influence on technology acceptance

·         User personality and technology acceptance

·         Privacy threats when using technology

 

We welcome different kinds of theoretical perspectives focusing on both private and organizational usage of technology and its consequences for individuals, organizations, and society by using various research methodologies.

 

Important Dates for AMCIS 2015:

January 5, 2015: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2015 begin

February 25, 2015: AMCIS manuscript submissions closes for authors

Tuesday, April 21, 2015: Authors notified about the disposition of their papers.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015:  Authors submit camera-ready revision of their papers.

May 5, 2015: Final decisions on AMCIS 2015 program are made

 

Instructions for authors: AMCIS website ( http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/ )

 

Minitrack-Details: http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/2-uncategorised/31-adoption-and-diffusion-of-information-technology-sigadit-track

 

 

 

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Dr. Sven Laumer

 

Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg

Information Systems and Services

 

Contact:

Tel: +49 951 863 2873

Fax: +49 951 863 2872

sven.laumer@uni-bamberg.de

 

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