[ecrea] CFP -- "ePolitics in a Global Context" track -- GITMA conference, Las Vegas -- November 15 , 2010

>Dear members of IJEP editorial board,
>
>
>Here is the call for papers for the special 
>track on ePolitics at the GITM conference. 
>Pierlugi Rippa, who is a member of the editorial 
>board of IJEP and I will be chairing the track 
>and will welcome your submissions to the track. All the best. Celia
>
>
>GITMA 2011 Call for Participation
>
>The Twelfth Annual Global Information
>
>Technology Management Association
>
>GITMA WORLD CONFERENCE 2011
>
>Las Vegas, USA (<http://www.gitma.org/>http://www.gitma.org)
>
>Conference Date: June 5 - 7, 2011
>
>
>
>SUBMISSION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 15, 2010
>
>Please visit our web site 
>(<http://www.gitma.org/>www.gitma.org) to submit 
>your paper or panel/workshop proposal.
>
>
>
>This conference provides a unique opportunity to 
>all IT educators, researchers, and
>
>practitioners from all countries to get together 
>to network, develop lasting relationships,
>
>and exchange ideas. The clear strength is the 
>international participation and the following
>
>people should attend:
>
>
>
>§  Educators, researchers, and practitioners 
>from North America (including US, Mexico,
>
>and Canada
>
>§  Educators, researchers, and practitioners 
>from all other parts of the world, including
>
>developed, developing, and under-developed nations.
>
>§  Educators, researchers, and practitioners 
>doing work in all areas of Global IT Management
>
>
>
>Contributions are invited for the track on:
>
>
>
>ePolitics in a Global Context
>
>
>
>The ePolitics in a Global Context track is 
>inviting papers on ePolitics in various contexts 
>and environments. E-Politcs is defined as 
>influence attempts facilitated by or related to 
>electronic media or to the information 
>technology field. As such, ePolitics is seen as 
>an interdisciplinary field, encompassing areas 
>such as information systems, political science, 
>social science, security, ethics, law, management and others.
>
>
>
>RECOMMENDED TOPICS:
>
>
>
>Topics to be included in the track are:
>
>
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>The politics of the IT function and its role in organizations
>    * The political activities of members of the 
> IT function vis-à-vis the rest of the organization
>    * Changes in the power of the IT unit as a 
> function of the diffusion of new technologies
>    * The strategies used by members of the IT unit to influence others
>    * The impact of global issues such as 
> outsourcing, downsizing, political upheavals, 
> etc. on the political role played by the IT unit within organizations.
>
>
>
>The politics of virtual communities
>    * The use of electronic media for industrial 
> relations and negotiations with employers
>    * The use of electronic media for 
> surveillance manipulation and harassment in 
> commercial and non-commercial environments
>    * The impact of status and authority on 
> electronically enabled political maneuvering by 
> management and the effects of culture, race, 
> and gender on political activities within and between organizations.
>    * The political dynamics of geographically 
> based communities (community informatics)
>    * The political dynamics of virtual 
> communities of practice, including: learning 
> communities, customers communities, eDating 
> communities, gaming communities, support group 
> communities, social networking communities, etc.
>
>
>
>Party politics and social activism
>    * eVoting and electronically enabled eGovernment
>    * The role electronic media in political 
> campaigns. Including their impact on political 
> debate, information sharing, political decision making, fund raising, etc.
>    * As electronically enabled party 
> politicking is becoming a global phenomenon, 
> the utilization of E-Politcs at all levels of 
> governance, including the city, the state, the country and the global arenas.
>
>
>
>All inquiries and submissions should be directed 
>by e-mail to the attention of the track chairs 
>Celia Romm Livermore and Pierlugi Rippa (see 
>e-mail addresses of chairs below).
>
>
>
>Celia Romm Livermre: <mailto:(ak1667 /at/ wayne.edu)>(ak1667 /at/ wayne.edu)
>
>Pierlugi Rippa: <mailto:(pierluigi.rippa /at/ unina.it)>(pierluigi.rippa /at/ unina.it)
>
>
>
>JOURNAL PUBLICATION: Papers judged as high 
>quality by the reviewers will be further 
>considered for publication on an expedited basis 
>in the International Journal of ePolitics 
>(IJEP), the Journal of Global Information 
>Technology Management (JGITM), Journal of 
>Information Technology Cases & Applications 
>Research (JITCAR), and Journal of Information 
>Privacy and Security (JIPS).  Many quality 
>papers will be directly accepted in the journal: 
>Communications of Global Information Technology (COGIT).
>
>
>
>
>
>GITMA Program Chair: Dr. Paul Licker, 
><mailto:(licker /at/ oakland.edu)>(licker /at/ oakland.edu), Oakland University
>
>GITMA Conference Chair: Dr. Prashant Palvia, 
><mailto:(pcpalvia /at/ uncg.edu)>(pcpalvia /at/ uncg.edu), Univ of North Carolina Greensboro
>
>GITMA Local Chair: Dr. Mehmet Erdem, 
><mailto:(mehmet.erdem /at/ unlv.edu)>(mehmet.erdem /at/ unlv.edu), 
>University of Nevada, Las Vegas
>
>GITMA Communications Chair: Dr. Alexander 
>McLeod, <http://www.amcleod.com/>www.amcleod.com, Univ of Nevada, Reno
>
>GITMA Sponsorship Chair: Dr. Choton Basu, 
><mailto:(basuc /at/ uww.edu)>(basuc /at/ uww.edu), University of Wisconsin Whitewater
>
>
>

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