The editors of MIS Quarterly Executive will offer a half-day workshop at ECIS 2008, on Sunday, June 8, 12:30-5:30, to help authors develop papers that are targeted for practitioner audiences.
The purpose of these workshops is to help IS scholars develop articles appropriate for a senior IS manager readership. During the workshop, authors of pre-selected papers and abstracts will work in small groups with MISQE editors to develop their ideas and papers. The language of the workshop is English.
The workshop should be particularly valuable for IS academics who wish to submit their work to MISQE and similar journals.
Authors interested in participating in the workshop must submit a paper or abstract (details on these are given below) by March 17, 2008, to Cynthia Beath: cbeath@mail.utexas.edu. We will make every effort to notify submitting authors of acceptance to the workshop in time for the early registration deadline for the conference.
Papers that have been submitted to or accepted for practitioner conferences or workshops (e.g., SIM’s Paper Awards or SIM’s Advanced Practices Council) would be ideal for this workshop. Early drafts of papers for MISQE or initial efforts to convert academic papers into practitioner-oriented papers are especially welcome. Papers prepared for academic conferences or journals are likely not to be accepted for the workshop — this is a workshop designed to develop papers based on scholarly research for practitioner audiences. Co-authored abstracts and papers are acceptable, but papers already under review or under revision at any journal may not be submitted.
Please be aware that ECIS conference rules require that workshop participants must also be registered for the conference. Thus, if your paper or abstract is accepted for the workshop, authors participating in the workshop must register for the conference. Additional information on ECIS can be found at their websites:
ECIS Galway 2008: http://www.ecis2008.ie/
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Cynthia Beath at cbeath@mail.utexas.edu or look at our Frequently Asked Questions on the MISQE website, at www.misqe.org.
Dr. Jeanne W. Ross
MISQE Editor in Chief
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