-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CALL FOR PAPERS - JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMPUTING AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2021 15:02:46 +0000 From: Daniel Edmund O'Leary oleary@usc.edu To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

JOCEC Special Issue on Crowdsourcing and Gig Economy We are pleased to announce that Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce (JOCEC) will publish a special issue dedicated to academic research on crowdsourcing and gig economy, focusing on the three critical aspects of crowdsourcing and gig economy, including: (1) crowdsourcing; (2) digitalization and future of work; and (3) gig worker and work conditions in the gig economytpdel. This special issue is open to all researchers, and papers will be submitted to a regular JOCEC review process under the guidance of the special issue editors. All authors are encouraged to look at prior published JOCEC research articles for reference and presentation style. Authors are highly encouraged to submit an extended abstract in August 2021 for an initial screening of fit by the editors, but the extended abstract submission is not mandatory for the full paper submission to the special issue. Authors are also encouraged to submit your work to the 2022 HICSS Minitrack on Crowdsourcing and Digital Workforce in the Gig Economy. Submitting to the minitrack is a great way to get early feedback as you prepare your work for the JOCEC special issue. Extended version of the papers presented at the HICSS minitrack in January 2022 will be invited to be fast tracked to the JOCEC special issue. For more information about the HICSS minitrack, please refer to the website: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-54/internet-and-the-digital-economy/#crowdso... and-digital-workforce-in-the-gig-economy-minitrack Aims and Objectives Crowdsourcing is the practice of obtaining needed services and content by soliciting voluntary contributions in the form of an open call from a large network of individuals rather than from an organization’s employees or suppliers. For organizations, crowdsourcing provides an online marketplace, such as Amazon Mechanical Turk and Upwork, to tap into the labor and intelligence of the crowd. Studies on the technical systems and collective intelligence are informative, but our understanding of the crowdsourcing phenomenon cannot be complete without a comprehensive understanding of the crowd itself, the work made available on the digital platform, and its institutional, regulatory, ethical, and societal impacts. More broadly, crowdsourcing contributes to the growth of the gig economy, the labor market characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work as opposed to permanent jobs, enabled by on-demand apps such as Uber, Lyft, Instacart, Postmates, DoorDash, Grubhub, and TaskRabbit. Economists estimate that the portion of U.S. workers earning a living as independent contractors, freelancers, temps, and on-call employees jumped from 10% in 2005 to nearly 16% in 2015, and the trend continues to grow, with predictions of independent workers comprising half of the American workforce by 2028. Yet, our understanding of the emerging workforce and work conditions in the gig economy is still in its incipient stage. Thus, this special issue focuses on the three critical aspects of crowdsourcing and gig economy, including: (1) crowdsourcing; (2) digitalization and future of work; and (3) gig worker and work conditions in the gig economy. The articles published in this special issue could include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

* Crowdsourcing and impacts on organizations * Crowdsourcing participation and motivation * Digital platforms for crowdsourcing * Digital workforce and professional development * Ethical issues in crowdsourcing * Institutional practices and policies for crowdsourcing * Management and practice of work in hyper-digital environments * Management of gig work and gig workers * Organizational opportunities and challenges in the gig economy * Regulatory concerns and challenges in the gig economy * Technology and gig economy * Work design and future of work * Digital platform design and governance

Relevant dates are as follows:

August 31, 2021: Extended abstract submission due (Optional)

January 5, 2022: JOCEC Workshop on Reimagining, Redefining, and Reconceptualizing

IS Research at HICSS-55

March 1, 2022: Special Issue full paper submission deadline

July 1, 2022: First round decisions to authors

October 1, 2022: Second round submission due

December 1, 2022: Second round decision to authors

February 1, 2022: Third and final round submissions due

March 1, 2022: Third and final round decisions to authors.

Submission of extended abstract (August 1, 2021 – August 31, 2021)

Submission of an extended abstract is not mandatory for the full paper submission to the special issue, but it is highly encouraged. Extended abstracts are limited to 1500 words or 6 double-spaced pages. The page length includes the cover page (containing the title, abstract, and keywords), all text, figures, tables, and appendices, with an exception of references. Extended abstracts will be reviewed by the special issue editors for the paper’s fit for the special issue themes. Authors of selected submissions will be invited to attend the JOCEC workshop to be held at the 2022 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-55) in Kauai, Hawaii, January 4–7, 2022. Constructive feedback will be provided to authors at the workshop.

About the Journal and Submission Guidelines

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce (JOCEC) disseminate and simulate original research about the relationships between computer/communication technology and the design, operations, and performance of organizations The aim of JOCEC is to publish quality, fresh, and innovative work that will make a difference for future research and practice rather than focusing on well-established research areas. For more journal information and submission guidelines, please refer to the journal’s websites listed below:

URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hoce20/current

URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=hoce20&p... instructions

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Special Issue Editors

K. D. Joshi, University of Nevada, Reno, USA (kjoshi@unr.edu)

Xuefei (Nancy) Deng, California State University, Dominguez Hills, USA (ndeng@csudh.edu)

Daniel E. O’Leary, University of Southern California, USA (oleary@usc.edu)

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