Call for Papers: 19th Americas Conference on Information Systems

August 15-17, 2013, Chicago, IL USA

 

Note: Authors with journal-ready submissions should consider the Information Systems Journal Special Issue on “The Dark Side of Information Technology Use.” More info available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/%28ISSN%291365-2575/asset/homepages/SI_CFP_DarkSide_ISJ_1_.pdf?v=1&s=aa6c4fb38a330b28d714c86a46b48ff49843d1b6

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

We welcome papers for the mini track titled “NEGATIVE COGNITIONS ABOUT INFORMATION SYSTEMS”, for AMCIS 2013. Details follow:

 

Track: HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION

Mini Track Title: NEGATIVE COGNITIONS ABOUT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

 

DESCRIPTION

 

There is an increasingly persistent dichotomy in the way that emerging Information Systems (IS)-enabled patterns for work and collaboration are affecting IS users. On the one hand, they enable vast improvements in processes and decisions. On the other, they lead to negative cognitions and outcomes such as stress, frustrations and information overload. There has been a recent surge of interest in negative cognitions associated with using IS related, for example, to technostress, intrusiveness and deceptiveness, credibility and deception, addiction to technology use, and distrust. These studies explore various facets of detrimental conditions that users of IS experience—conditions that, given the ubiquity of IS use, are potentially pervasive.

 

The objective of this mini-track is to develop theoretical insight and understanding on HCI topics

and issues that address this “troubling” side of IS. Submissions addressing all aspects of this topic are welcome. We welcome conceptual, theoretical or empirical research papers. We particularly welcome papers that apply theories and perspectives from different disciplines (e.g., theories of stress from psychology, information overload and interruption from information science, and work-life balance from industrial management) to examine various aspects of this phenomenon.

 

Suggested Topics:

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

1. Implications for design of systems and interfaces regarding:

Conceptualizations of troubling or negative interactions between IS and users, such as interruptions, information overload, constant connectivity to work-related information processing, addiction to IS use, and difficulties in learning how to use constantly changing technologies and applications.

 

2. Implications for design of systems and interfaces regarding:

Outcomes from the above interactions such as stress, difficulty in concentrating, multitasking,

user dissatisfaction, effects on productivity and performance, disruption of work-life balance, over-dependence on IS.

 

3. Any other HCI topics related to negative affective responses and the cause and effect relationships between cues embedded in system designs and/or methods that can mitigate or exacerbate those negative responses.

 

SUBMISSION SITE

http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2013

 

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for paper submissions: February 22, 2013

Notification of Acceptance: April 19, 2013

Final Copy Due: May 9, 2013

 

CHAIRS CONTACT INFORMATION

Monideepa Tarafdar (Corresponding Co-Chair)

Professor

Information, Operations and Technology Management

College of Business and Innovation,

The University of Toledo

Email: monideepa.tarafdar@utoledo.edu

 

Nick Lockwood

Assistant Professor

Department of Business and Information Technology

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Email: lockwoodn@mst.edu

 

Taylor Wells

Visiting Assistant Professor

Department of Management Information Systems

Eller College of Management

University of Arizona

Email: taylorwells@email.arizona.edu