Track: Organizational Systems and Technology
Minitrack: Social Issues in Information Technology

The Social Issues in Information technology track includes all aspects of social issues that are impacted by information technology affecting organizations and inter-organizational structures. This track provides an outlet for scholarship in the changes information resource management, information technology, and information systems have effected on society. The term "society" here refers to the world at large, nations, cultures within nations, and interaction among peoples. The scholarship examines who is affected, why, how, and where, and what effects those changes make in society. The topics in the track are expected to be varied. 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

Topics and research areas include, but are not limited to:
Ethical issues: Codes of conduct and practice, Confidentiality agreements, Intellectual property rights , Electronic monitoring of employees, Impartiality of data utilization, Morality in information systems

Cultural issues: Politics , Assimilation of emerging technologies, Developing trust , Management structures, Power asymmetry, Social barriers, Policy implementation, Social environments, Cultural customs, Social capital

Relationship issues Development partnerships, Virtual teams, Group cohesiveness, Collaboration, Group facilitation, Networking, Buyer-supplier linkages

Human Interaction issues: Recruitment and retention, Assessment and evaluation, Motivation, Social presence, Asynchronous learning networks, Leadership, Organizational champions

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, Trust issues in IS Security

Design issues: Distributed projects , Process changes , Soft-side development , Modeling techniques , Social network knowledge

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

Diversity in the IT Workforce Diversity in the IT Workforce: Diversity in virtual IT teams, Educational initiatives for increased diversity in the IT workforce, Diverse perspectives in the IT workforce, The Digital Divide, Information Technology as a Means for Increasing Social Capital, Gender, Race, Sexual Orientation, Age, Education, and Socio-Economic Differences

Co-chairs:
Donald L. Amoroso (Primary Contact)
Department of Computer Science and Information Systems
Kennesaw State University
MD 1101, CL Bldg 11, Rm 306
1000 Chastain Rd., Kennesaw GA 30144-5591, USA
Phone: +1-678-797-2436
Email: amoroso@kennesaw.edu

Michael B Knight
Assistant Professor of Management
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Wood Hall 460, 2420 Nicolet Dr., Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
Email: knightm@appstate.edu