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IJSODIT -
CALL FOR
PAPERS 2011
International Journal of
Social
and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology
Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Michael
B.
Knight
Published: Quarterly (both in
Print
and Electronic form)
www.igi-global.com/ijsodit
FULL BLIND PEER REVIEW – all
reviewer
comments returned to submitting authors
NO FEES for review or
publication
MISSION OF IJSODIT:
Social issues related to
information
technology represents one of the most often discussed
underpinnings in
information systems research throughout the tenure of the IS
field. Social
issues are those research topics most aligned with the human
factor in
terms of information systems planning, development and
utilization. The
International Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in
Information
Technology includes all aspects of social issues that are impacted
by information
technology affecting organizations and inter-organizational
structures.
This includes the conceptualization of specific social issues and
their
associated constructs, proposed designs and infrastructures,
empirical
validation of social models, and case studies illustrating
socialization
success and failures. Some key topics may include: (1) ethics,
(2) culture, (3) relationships, (4) human interaction, (5)
security, (6)
design, (7) building relationships, and (8) diversity in the IT
workforce.
RECOMMENDED TOPICS:
Topics to be discussed in this
journal include (but are not limited to) the following:
1. Ethical
issues
- Codes of conduct and
practice
○ Confidentiality agreements
- Intellectual property
rights
○ Electronic
monitoring of employees
- Impartiality of data
utilization
○ Morality in information
systems
2.
Cultural issues
- Politics
○Assimilation
of emerging technologies
- Developing trust
○Management structures
- Power asymmetry
○Social barriers
- Policy implementation
○Social
environments
- Cultural customs &
digital
divides ○Social capital
3.
Relationship
issues
- Development partnerships
○Virtual teams
- Group cohesiveness
○Networking & Collaboration
- Group facilitation
○Buyer-supplier linkages
4.
Human
Interaction issues
- Recruitment and
retention
○Assessment
and evaluation
- Motivation
○Social presence
- Asynchronous learning
networks
○Leadership
5.
Security
issues
- Models for IS security
implementation
○Virus/worm creation
- Misrepresentation in
digital media
○Standards, laws, and regulations
- IS Security design and
management
methods ○Fraud with systems
use
- Behavioral issues in IS
security
○Security culture & awareness
issues
- Social, legal and
ethical of IS
Security
○Misuse of data
- Strategic management
issues in
IS security ○Trust
issues in IS Security
6.
Design
issues
- Distributed projects
○Process changes
- Soft-side development
○Modeling techniques
- Social network knowledge
7.
Building
Relationships
- Relationships between
the information
systems area and other academic disciplines
- Development of
information systems
subspecialties
- Contributions from
information
systems to the development of other academic disciplines
- Reporting new
developments in other
reference disciplines
- Research between the IS
system
areas and other established fields
8.
Diversity
in the IT Workforce
- Diversity in virtual IT
teams
- Educational initiatives
for increased
diversity in the IT workforce
- Gender, Race, Age,
Education, and
Socio-Economic Differences in IT
- The Role of Community
Technology
Centers
- Urban & Community
Informatics
- IT for Transformation
and Wealth
Creation
- Information Technology
as a Means
for Increasing Social Capital
TYPES OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS
The types of constructs that
will
be considered for review and publication would include, but would
not be
limited to, the following:
- Confidence
- Commitment -
Judgment
- Flexibility
- Certainty
- Satisfaction
- Utilization
- Stability
- Influence
- Presence
- Change
- Support
- Collaboration
- Cohesiveness - Participation
- Consent
- Creativity
- Understanding
- Trust
- Synergy
- Perspective
- Accountability - Excitement
- Power
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER
SUBMISSION
SUBMITTING TO IJSODIT:
Prospective authors should
note
that only original and previously unpublished articles will be
considered.
INTERESTED AUTHORS MUST CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES
FOR MANUSCRIPT
SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines
submission.pdf
PRIOR TO SUBMISSION.
All article
submissions will be forwarded to at least 3 members of the
Editorial Review
Board of the journal for double-blind, peer review. Final decision
regarding
acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews
received from
the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to
knightm@uwgb.edu.
PUBLISHER:
The International Journal of
Social
and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology is published
by IGI
Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the
“Information Science
Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical
Information Science
Reference”, “Business Science Reference”, and
“Engineering Science
Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding
the publisher,
please visit www.igi-global.com.
All inquiries and submissions
should
be should be directed to the attention of:
Dr. Michael B. Knight
Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of
Social
and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology
E-mail: knightm@uwgb.edu
www.igi-global.com/ijsodit
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