Types of Social Issues

Impacted by Information

Technology

IT Management

 

Chair(s):

Dr. Donald L. Amoroso

amoroso@appstate.edu

Appalachian State University

 

Dr. Michael B Knight

knightmb@appstate.edu

Appalachian State University

 

Description:

Social issues in organizations 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.

 

This mini-track includes all aspects of social issues that are impacted by information technology affecting organizations and inter-organizational structures. This would include 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.

The mini-track will focus on:

  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
    • Social capital
  3. Relationship issues
    • Development partnerships
    • Virtual teams
    • Group cohesiveness
    • Collaboration
    • Group facilitation
    • Networking
    • Buyer-supplier linkages
  4. Human Interaction issues
    • Recruitment and retention
    • Assessment and evaluation
    • Motivation
    • Social presence
    • Asynchronous learning networks
    • Leadership
    • Organizational champions
  5. Security Issues
    • Misuse of data
    • Virus/worm creation
    • Internet abuse
    • Data protection
    • Misrepresentation in digital media
    • Government and policy concerns
    • Fraud with systems use
    • Standards, laws, and regulations
    • IS Security design and management methods
    • Security risk analysis
    • Behavioral issues in IS security
    • IS security culture and awareness issues
    • Social, legal and ethical aspects of IS Security
    • Organizational issues in IS security
    • Strategic management issues in IS security
    • Models for IS security implementation
    • Security models based on biological systems
    • Data and metadata issues in information system security
    • Security for medical data
    • 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 and IT
    • Ethnicity and IT
    • Age and IT
    • Diverse perspectives in the IT workforce
    • The Digital Divide
    • The Role of Community Technology Centers and Churches in Our Communities
    • Urban IT
    • IT for Transformation and Wealth Creation
    • Information Technology as a Means for Increasing Social Capital
    • Beyond Gender: Race, Sexual Orientation, Age, Education, and Socio-Economic Differences
    • Community Informatics
    • Cultural Customs Meet IT Research: Thinking In a New Box

 

 

 

 AMCIS 2007 Colorado        http://www.biz.colostate.edu/amcis07/       Key Dates:

Paper Abstracts Due (optional)

: 

Monday, February 5, 2007

Papers Due:

 

Monday, March 5, 2007

Notification of Acceptance:

 

Monday, April 16, 2007

Camera Ready Copy Due:

 

Monday, April 30, 2007