Call for Papers
Journal of Information Systems New Scholars
Research Workshop
New Deadline: October 30, 2005
The Executive Committee of the Information Systems (IS) Section of the American Accounting Association announces the New Scholars’ Research Workshop immediately preceding the fifth annual mid-year meeting of the IS section.
Purpose. The purpose of the workshop is to improve the research skills of Accounting Information Systems PhD students and faculty. Members of the Journal of Information Systems Editorial Board will critique accepted workshop participants’ papers. In addition, accepted workshop participants will receive two papers to review and critique. At the workshop, participants will meet in small groups to discuss their work with the critiquing editorial board member and workshop participants. The goal of this interaction is to develop submitted work for future journal submission. Accepted workshop participants are not obligated to submit completed works to JIS. Please consult the JIS website for a list of Editorial Board members (www.jisonline.com).
Where and When? The workshop is tentatively scheduled from 2:30 to 5:00 on January 4th, 2006 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The new submission deadline is October 30, 2005.
Selection Process. Selection for the JIS Research
Development Workshop is competitive. Submitted
papers: (a) should address issues related to information systems and (b) must
not be currently submitted for publication at a journal. Papers concurrently submitted to or scheduled
for presentation at conferences are welcome, including the IS Section Mid-Year
Meeting. However, papers accepted for
presentation at the Mid-Year Meeting must be withdrawn from the workshop. Participation in the workshop is restricted
to AAA IS section members. Priority will
be given to submissions from the following: Ph. D. students, untenured faculty,
and researchers from outside the
Application Process. To apply, send a letter of submittal, an electronic copy of your paper, and an abstract of less than 500 words to the workshop coordinator, Tanya Lee [LeeTa@unt.edu]. Applications must be received by September 15, 2005. Papers (including text, references, figures, tables, and appendices) should be less than 30 pages in length (25 pages in A4 format), double-spaced, one inch (2.5 cm) margins, and 12 point Times or Times New Roman font. Please note that only completed papers should be submitted, not dissertation proposals or literature reviews.
The letter of submittal should affirm that the manuscript conforms to the submission policy outlined above:
I. the manuscript is not under consideration, review, or has not been accepted for publication, and has not been published by any refereed journal or book.
II.
at least one of the authors is a member of IS Section
of the
Acknowledgement of submissions will be emailed within 7 days. Individuals selected as participants will be notified by email by November 4, 2005. Please direct questions to the workshop coordinator, Tanya Lee [LeeTa@unt.edu].