| Day | Time | Event/Session | Papers |
| Thursday | |||
| TBA | Doctorial Consortium | ||
| 6:00 - 9:00 pm | Opening Reception | ||
| Friday | |||
| 7:00 - 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast | ||
| 8:00 - 9:30 | Session 1.1
IT Careers I |
Exploring the Characteristics of an IT Professional’s Employment
Arrangement by Sandra Newton, J. Ellis Blanton, Stephen C. Wingreen The Effects of Post-Educational Professional Development Activities on Promotion and Career Satisfaction of IT Professionals by Winn Mahatanankoon Best Practices for Grooming Critical IT Mid-Level Roles (RIP) by Kevin Gallagher and Kate Kaiser |
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| Session 1.2 Virtual Teams |
Bringing Global Sourcing into the Classroom by Monica Adya Communication Tools for Distributed Software Development Teams by Rita Thissen,Jean Page, Madhavi Bharathi, Toyia Austin Cultural Influences and Global Information Systems Development Work: Experiences from Chinese IT Professionals by Haiyan Huang, Eileen M. Trauth |
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| 9:30 - 10:00 | Morning Break | ||
| 10:00 - 11:30 | Session 2.1 IT Service Management |
IT Service Management by Stuart Galup, Ronald Dattero, Jim Quan,
and Sue Conger Panel: IT Service Management Moderator: Stuart Galup, Florida Atlantic University Sue Conger, University of Dallas Ronald Dattero, Missouri State University Anthony Orr, BMC Business School Ron Palmer, Gulf Stream Press Jack Propst, Pink Elephant Inc Paul Kontogiorgis, IBM Almaden Research Center |
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| Session 2.2 Global Business Environment: Management Challenges |
Examining user resistance and management strategies in
Enterprise system implementations by Tim Klaus, J. Ellis Blanton,
Stephen C. Wingreen Where are all the People? The curious case of one person IT departments (RIP) by Maung Sein, Willy Dertz National Information Technology Policy in a Globalized World: Building an IT Workforce for Venezuela by Andrea Tapia, Edgar A. Maldonado |
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| 11:30 - 1:30 pm | Lunch | Keynote Speaker: Mark Showers, CIO, Monsanto Company | |
| 1:30 - 1:45 | Break | ||
| 1:45 - 3:15 | Session 3.1 Tutorial: Fostering Resilience |
Tutorial: Fostering Resilience in IT: A Resource Toolkit for Faculty by Kristi Honaker, Wanda J. Smith , France Bélanger, Tracy Lewis | |
| Session 3.2 IT Economy and Policy |
Worldwide Digital Divide: Influence of Education, Workforce,
Economics, and Policy Factors on Information Technology by James
Pick, Rasool Azari Does IT Outsourcing Create Value? by Christine Koh, Soon Ang, Gillian Yeo Economics of Offshore Outsourcing: Anything New Under the Sun? by Bijoy Bordoloi |
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| 3:15 - 3:45 | Afternoon Break | ||
| 3:45 - 5:45 | Session 4.1 IT Workforce Preparation |
Industry Certification and Academic Degrees by Leo Hitchcock Current and Future Entry Level IT Workforce Needs In Organizations (RIP) by Skip Benamati, Robert C. Mahaney" The Impact of the Skills Gap on the Recruitment of MIS Graduates (RIP) by Andrew Aken, Michael Michalisin" A Regional IT Occupational Partnership for Economic Development
by Eileen Trauth, Mike Reinert, Mike Zigner" |
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| Session 4.2 Panel: Managing the Global IT Workforce |
Managing Global IT Workforce
Panel: Larry Reuwer, Monsanto Brian Ashworth, Edward Jones Sivasailam Sankar, Boeing Barb Strang, AT&T Moderator: Gigi Kelly [Proposed by: Mary Sumner] |
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| 6:00 - 9:00 pm | Social Event at the
City Museum
Food, beverage and fun |
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| Saturday | |||
| 7:30 - 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast | ||
| 8:30 - 10:00 | Session 5.1 IT Careers II |
What Do Women Want?: An Investigation of Career Anchors among
Women in the IT Workforce by Jeria Quesenberry, Eileen Trauth" Multiple Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Critical Attributes of a Top Performer: Exploring the Impact of Congruency on Job Performance by K. D. Joshi, Kristine M. Kuhn, Fred Niederman" How Personality Type Influences Decision Paths in the Unfolding Model of Voluntary Job Turnover by Gaëtan Mourmant, Mike Gallivan |
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| Session 5.2 Virtual Community Contributions |
Knowledge Contribution in Problem Solving Virtual Communities
by Jie Yu, Zhenhui Jiang, Chan Hock Chuan Understanding Member Motivation for Contributing to Different Types of Virtual Communities (RIP) by Trevor Moore, Mark Serva Social Network Structure and ICT use enhance Individual Performance in Knowledge-Intensive Work by Kenneth Chung, Liaquat Hossain |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | Morning Break | ||
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Session 6.1 IT Skills |
A Comparative Study of IT/IS Job Skills and Job Definitions
(RIP) by Nancy L. Martin, H. James Nelson, Altaf Ahmad, Charles R.
Litecky Perspective-Drive IT Skills Management (RIP) by Makota Nakayama, Norma G. Sutcliffe Incorporating Soft Skills into Accounting and MIS Curricula by Dana Schwieger, Debbie Beard, Ken Surendran |
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| Session 6.2 Managing IS Communication |
An Artefact-centric Framework for Software Development Skills by
Jack Downey, Norah Power IS Development: Explicit recognition of communication as a technical skill by Tracy Hall, David Wilson, Austen Rainer, Dorota Jagielska Assessing the contributions of business and IT knowledge to the development of IT/business partnerships (RIP) by Genevieve Bassellier, Izak Benbasat |
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| 12:00 - 1:30 pm | Lunch on your own | ||
| 1:30 - 3:00 | Session 7.1 Panel: Interdisciplinary Research |
Lessons Learned from Conducting Interdisciplinary IT Workforce
Research
Panel: Cynthia Riemschneider, Information Systems Department, University of Arkansas Myria Allen, Department of Communication, University of Arkansas Deb Armstrong, Information Systems Department, University of Arkansas Margaret Reid, Department of Political Science, University of Arkansas |
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| Session 7.2 Cross-Cultural |
Understanding Multicultural Differences in Online Consumer
Satisfaction (RIP) by Kyootai Lee, Kailash Joshi, Ronan McIvor The Information Technology Occupation: A Cultural Approach in an International Setting (RIP) by Indira Guzman, Nadia Papamichail, Damien Joseph |
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| 3:00 - 3:30 | Afternoon Break | ||
| 3:30 - 5:00 | SIGMIS Business Meeting All are welcome to attend |