Information Systems Journal special issue call for paper - Interpreting Digital Enabled Social Networks

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Interpreting Digital Enabled Social Networks

Special Issue Guest Editors

Eoin Whelan, University of Limerick, Ireland

Brian Butler, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Robin Teigland, Stockholm School of Economics

Emmanuelle Vaast, Long Island University, USA

While the study of social networks enjoys a long and rich tradition,

particularly in the fields of sociology and anthropology, it has only

recently grown in popularity among IS researchers interested in

applying established social network theories to online environments.

This recent interest from the IS community has been driven by a number

of factors including the advances in the computing and visualisation

power of social network analysis packages, the public availability of

large-scale empirical datasets (such as the Enron email archive), and

the emergence of the popular online social networking services

Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Twitter, as well as other platforms

that facilitate mass collaboration and self-organisation, such as

blogs, wikis, user tagging systems, and even the more recent emergence

of virtual worlds. As such, a number of prominent IS journals have

already dedicated special issues to the topic of digital enabled

social networks in recent times. While the studies published in these

special issues have generated many important insights, the majority

have tended to investigate digital enabled social networks with a

positivist philosophy employing quantitative methods. Much of our

current understanding of the dynamics of these social structures stems

from methods which measure and correlate the overall network

structure, or the individual’s position within the network, to a

variety of dependent variables. There is much that has yet to be

understood about social networks constructed on digital platforms,

particularly their impact on organisational life. Interpretative

studies can contribute greatly by providing rich and deep insights

into the inner workings of these important organisational forms and

the technical, behavioural, and economic challenges they face.

The aim of this special issue is to advance the state of social

network research within the IS field by discussing and disseminating

empirical results gained through interpretative studies. The focus is

upon highlighting work that makes significant theoretical and

empirical advances to our understanding of digital enabled social

networks. Submissions that address methodological issues associated

with the study of social networks in IS research are also welcome.

Topics may include, but are not limited to the following:

? New qualitative approaches to study digital enabled social networks

? Assessing the nature and quality of information exchange and

knowledge creation in digital enabled social networks

? IS case studies that describe how digital enabled social networks

can be harnessed in organisational settings

? Open innovation/co-creation through digital enabled social networks

? Interpretative studies investigating entrepreneurship and the

rise of occupational communities through digital enabled social

networks

? Interpretative insights of leadership and governance in digital

enabled social networks

? Qualitative approaches to examine the interplay between online

and offline social networks

? Social networks and IT adoption

? Interpretative studies to ascertain the role of ICT in the

diffusion of information, trends, behaviours, and innovations in

social networks

? Combining social network analysis and qualitative approaches in IS research

? Methodological issues in IS social network research

? Critical reviews of the digital enabled social network literature

Submission Guidelines

Manuscripts should not normally exceed 7000 words and should be

submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/isj. Authors will

have to select Special Issue Submission as the manuscript type. Author

guidelines are available at ‘author guidelines’ at

http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/isj/.

All submissions will be peer-reviewed following the double-blind

review process of ISJ. The objective is to apply very high standards

of acceptance while ensuring fair, timely and efficient review cycles.

Timeline

Full initial paper submission deadline: 31 August 2011

First Review deadline: 30 November 2011

Revised paper submission deadline: (if required) 31 January 2012

Second Review deadline: 16 March 2012

Camera-ready paper submission deadline: 30 April 2012

Guest Editors

Dr. Eoin Whelan

Dept. of Management and Marketing

Kemmy Business School

University of Limerick

Limerick, Ireland

Tel: +353-61-233615

Fax: +353-61-213196

Email: eoin.whelanul.ie

Dr. Robin Teigland

Center for Competitiveness & Strategy

Stockholm School of Economics

Box 6501, Stockholm SE-113 53,

Sweden

Tel: +46-8-7369633

Fax: +46-8-31 81 86

Email: robin.teiglandhhs.se

Dr. Brian Butler

Katz Graduate School of Business

University of Pittsburgh

PA 15260, USA

Tel: (412) 648 1614

Fax: (412) 648-1693

Email: bbutlerkatz.pitt.edu

Dr. Emmanuelle Vaast

Department of Managerial Sciences

School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences

Long Island University, Brooklyn

NY 11201, USA

Tel: (718) 488-3391

Fax: (718) 488-1125

Email: emmanuelle.vaastliu.edu

Dr. Eoin Whelan

Lecturer in Information Management

Department of Management and Marketing (S1-06)

Kemmy Business School

University of Limerick

Limerick

Telephone: 061-233615

Fax: 061-213196

Email: eoin.whelanul.ie