[Air-L] Call for Papers: The International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development

[Jose Abdelnour-Nocera]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Mission of IJSKD:
The International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development will provide both a practical and comprehensive forum for exchanging research ideas and down-to-earth practices which bridge the social and technical gap within organizations and society at large.

Coverage of IJSKD:

The International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development will look for practical sociotechnical approaches that can assist practitioners, academics, researchers, and students. It will encourage interdisciplinary texts that discuss current practices as well as demonstrating how the advances of - and changes within - technology affect the growth of society (and vice versa). The aim of the journal is to bring together the expertise of people who have worked practically in a changing society across the world for people in the field of organizational development and technology studies including information systems development and implementation.

Appropriate themes might thus include (but are not restricted to), a sociotechnical perspective on:
Knowledge management systems
Systems failures
Implementation issues of change and technology
Human-Computer Interaction
Internet Studies
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Knowledge Communication
Design and technology development issues including requirements and stakeholder participation
Innovation
Knowledge sharing;
HRM issues for innovation and knowledge sharing
Technology and its role in society and organizations
Culture and trust within organizations and their relevance to technological artifacts
Critical success factors (and key performance indicators) for organizations and technological implementation
Organizational change
Performance and quality of working life
Information systems development
The influence of human factors on operational efficiency
The relevance of the worker's perspective
Empowerment and team development
Managing organizational knowledge as a strategic asset
Using knowledge management principles to solve organizational performance problems
Learning organizations
Humanistic redesign and technological politics in organizations
Quality assessment of computer information systems
Social aspects of automation
Sociotechnical systems
Technological Forecasting and Social Change;
Technology in Society
E-government and democracy as affected by technological change
Applied Ergonomic

Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines at www.igi-global.com/ijskd.

 All inquiries and submissions should be sent to:
Jose Abdelnour-Nocera at jose.abdelnour-nocera at uwl.ac.uk


Editors-in-Chief IJSKD
Dr. José Abdelnour Nocera and Dr. Constance Kampf
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