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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
_______________________________________
Dr. Nils Urbach
Research Director
EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht
EBS Business School
Institute of Research on
Information
Systems
Söhnleinstraße 8d
65201 Wiesbaden
GERMANY
Phone +49 611 7102 2181
Fax +49 611 7102 10 2181
nils.urbach@ebs.edu
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Albrecht, Vorsitzender; Geschaeftsfuehrung: Professor Dr. Rolf
D. Cremer, Präsident; Professor Dr. Rolf Tilmes, Dekan EBS
Business School; Professor Dr. Dr. Gerrick Frhr. v.
Hoyningen-Huene, Dekan EBS Law School; Georg Nikolaus Garlichs,
Kanzler