SIGMIS-CPR 2014 - 2014 Computers and People Research Conference

As societies everywhere work to recover from a global economic recession, cities and regions that are particularly challenged are those whose economies have historically depended on 19th and 20th century models of work. Now the economic sustainability of these societies requires that they reinvent themselves for a 21st century economy that increasingly depends upon innovation and creative uses of information technology. Of concern to the SIGMIS CPR community are the implications for IT workforce career paths in this new economy, the skills and knowledge that will be needed, and human resource strategies in these economically difficult times.
ACM SIGMIS CPR 2014 welcomes research and practice submissions that address issues related to the conference theme of economic renewal and sustainability through information technology work. It also welcomes papers about the IT workforce topics that have traditionally been presented at this conference. These topics include but are not limited to:
Career development practices of IT professionals
Motivations of computer personnel , professional or occupational commitment in IT
IT knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the 21st century workplace
IT job roles and profiles
IT work satisfaction and staff turnover
Outsourcing and offshoring IT work
Impact of IT consumerization and mobilization on the IT workforce and user skills
The roles of culture (organizational, occupational or societal) in IT and IT work
Diversity issues in the development, attraction and retention of IT professionals
Impact of the global recession on new models for the recruitment and retention of the IT labor force
IS curriculum issues and trends
Ethical and security issues in IT use
IT workforce staffing models
Mainframe skills shortage
Responses to the baby boomer retirement and transition
Replications of prior SIGMIS CPR studies