Forwarded message from [disterer@wirt.fh-hannover.de (Georg Disterer)] sent originally on Mon, 26 Jun 2000 10:51:26 +0100: : Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, : ich darf folgenden CfP an Sie weiterleiten. : Herzliche Grüße : georg disterer : ____________ : : C A L L F O R P A P E R S : : _____________________ACM + SIGCPR_______________ : : COMPUTER PERSONNEL RESEARCH 2001 CONFERENCE : : The IT Personnel Crisis: Finding And Retaining The Skilled Workforce : : San Diego, CA, USA, April 19-21, 2001 : : Information technology continues to increase opportunities : for strategic advantage and to increase corporate efficiency. : Some researchers and practitioners maintain that the greatest threat : to this trend may be the shortage of qualified IT personnel. Others : maintain that firms producing new IT applications : overlook opportunities to retrain and reassign older workers skilled : in legacy technologies. This issue is debated within a context where : the IT environment in many businesses is changing from internal : development to a buy, outsource and integrate approach to assembling : the internal IT portfolio. : : This conference is intended to serve as a forum for examining the wide : range of key issues related to IT personnel. Emerging issues include : the shifting demand for job skills, work arrangements, and : organizational human resource policies, while traditional issues : include training, job attitudes and behaviors, recruiting and : retention, compensation, and ethics. : : Is the experience of a shortage of IT personnel varying by industry, : geographic location, and policies of individual firms? What : opportunities do individual firms have to enhance recruitment and : retention of IT personnel? Are there retraining and redeployment : strategies that can facilitate the transition of traditional IT : personnel into newer and more eagerly sought skill areas? How might : intelligent design of IT work be used to increase productivity and : ameliorate the need for IT personnel increases? : : You are invited to submit empirical or theoretical papers, tutorials, : and panel proposals pertaining to recruiting and retaining IT : personnel. However, other aspects of information technology and its : impacts on computer personnel are also encouraged. Suggested topics : include, but are not limited to, the following: · Is there an IT : workforce crisis? If so, does it vary by industry, geographic : location, or policies of individual firms? · What strategies are most : effective for individual firms in attracting and retaining an : effective IT workforce? · What is the impact on organizations and : individuals of shifting IT functions from primarily building in-house : to assembling packaged, outsourced, and customized assets? · How can : companies train-but still retain-their employees? · What compensation : strategies must be used to attract and retain qualified IT : professionals? · What role-if any-should an employee's IT knowledge : base have in determining his or her compensation? · What metrics : should companies use in determining the effectiveness of their overall : IT human resource strategy? · How have gender and diversity concerns : affected the IT workforce? : : Submissions may be in the form of one or more of the following: : completed research paper, description of research in progress, : industry case study, or proposal for panel discussion or tutorial. : Research papers must be original, unpublished elsewhere, in the style : of MIS Quarterly, and no longer than 5000 words. Include an abstract : with the body of the full paper. Research in progress submissions : must be no longer than 2000 words in length and include a one-page : abstract. Panel and tutorial proposals must include the names and : affiliations of panelists who have agreed to participate and a 1-2 : page summary of the topic, including a description of how the session : will be structured. Industry case studies may report specific : strategies being employed or under development to manage the IT : Personnel Crisis, or address other issues related to information : technology, and should be no longer than 3500 words. All submissions : must include a separate title page with each author's full name, : affiliation, complete address, telephone, and, if available, fax : number and e-mail address. Authors should submit their manuscripts : electronically via e-mail as an attachment in Word 97/2000 or RTF : format; subsequent correspondence with authors will be done primarily : by e-mail. : : All submissions will be refereed by at least two members of the : Program Committee. Papers judged by the review process to be the best : candidates for journal publication will be forwarded, with the : approval of the authors, to SIGCPR's Computer Personnel or other : appropriate journals to initiate a review process. : : Accepted papers will be published in the refereed conference : proceedings to be distributed at the conference. Full papers will be : published in their entirety. Extended abstracts will be published for : panel discussions, tutorials, and research-in-progress papers. : Authors will be notified of acceptance by December 15, 2000. Authors : of accepted papers will have the opportunity to make revisions prior : to submitting a final version. Authors of accepted papers will be : required to submit a Word 97/2000 or RTF format of the final version : or extended abstract, along with a camera-ready printed version. : Authors will be required to register for and attend the conference : personally to present their papers. All submissions must be received : by October 17, 2000. Please email your submission as an attachment in : Word 97/2000 or RTF format to the Program Chair, Mark A. Serva, at: : ServaM@be.udel.edu Phone: (302) 831-1795 Fax: (302) 831-4676 : : Conference Committee : William Nance, San Jose State, Conference Chair : Mark A. Serva, University of Delaware, Program Chair : Conrad Shayo, Cal State University, San Bernardino, Loc. 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