COMPUTER PERSONNEL RESEARCH
ACM SIGMIS 2007 PROGRAM

April 19-21, 2007

The Global Information Technology Workforce

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

    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

  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

    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

  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

  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"
 

    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]

  6:00 - 9:00 pm Social Event at the City Museum

Food, beverage and fun

 
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

    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

  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

    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

  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

    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

  3:00 - 3:30 Afternoon Break  
  3:30 - 5:00 SIGMIS Business Meeting

All are welcome to attend