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Greetings colleagues: I am preparing to teach an undergraduate course on "The Management of the Multicultural Workforce" in the Fall. This class will be a hybrid course (part online and part residential). I would like for my students (approximately 20) to collaborate with students from other countries. The goal is to apply what we study and discuss in class: working with team members from other countries and cultures on a specific project (August 2011-December 2011) in an online environment. Should you be interested or know of anyone who is interested in pursuing this, please contact me at arnaud@erau.edu.

Thank you for your interest, Anke :)

Anke Arnaud, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College of Business
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
Phone: 386-226-4962


"A Humanist Code of Ethics:
Do no harm to the earth, she is your mother.
Being is more important than having.
Never promote yourself at another's expense.
Hold life sacred; treat it with reverence.
Allow each person the dignity of his or her labor.
Open your home to the wayfarer.
Be ready to receive your deepest dreams;
sometimes they are the speech of unblighted conscience.
Always make restitutions to the ones you have harmed.
Never think less of yourself than you are.
Never think that you are more than another." (Arthur Dobrin)

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From: International Management Discussion List on behalf of Triparna de Vreede
Sent: Fri 3/18/2011 3:31 PM
To: IMD-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: HICSS-45 Call for papers: SOCIAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES AND THEORIES IN COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH



HICSS-45 Call for papers for the minitrack on:
"SOCIAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES AND THEORIES
IN COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH"
Part of the Collaboration Systems and Technology Track
of the Forty-Fifth Annual
Hawai'i International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS)
Maui, HI - January 4 - 7, 2012

Papers are invited for the minitrack on "Social & Psychological Perspectives
and Theories in Collaboration and Communication Technology Research" as part
of the Collaboration Systems and Technology Track at the Hawaii
International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).

One of the major assets of any organization is its people. Understanding of
the people and their social, psychological, cultural, and emotional
environment helps organizations develop systems and processes that can lead
to a productive workplace. Changes in technology, globalization, and
increased competition have all created an environment in which an
understanding of people is the critical link that is needed in order to
survive and thrive in today's competitive environment.

Technology supported collaboration and communication between individuals
entails complex social and psychological situations. An understanding of
social and psychological aspects of collaboration is essential to creating
and sustaining productive work environments. The use of collaboration and
communication systems and the consequences of such use are framed by the
psychological and social factors concerning the users and their work
environment. It is important to understand these factors to successfully
facilitate the sustained implementation and use of these technologies.
Further, knowledge of the psycho-social aspects of technology-supported
collaboration and communication also assists in detecting, avoiding, and
effectively resolving the issues that may arise from using such
technologies. Thus, it is essential to study the psycho-social issues
surrounding the design and usage of these technologies.

Modern collaboration technologies, including but not limited to Social Media
and Web 2.0, offer various ways to connect, collaborate, form communities,
and share information and knowledge. As many organizations are figuring out
productive ways to create value from collaborative networks, researchers
have intensified efforts to understand and design ways in which
communication technologies can support both work-related and pleasure
related activities. Such research often involves or requires psychosocial
perspectives.

Thus, this minitrack provides one of the key international platforms to host
research papers and presentations that provide a social/psychological
perspective on studying issues related to the dynamic interplay between
people, their environment, and the collaboration technologies they use. Some
examples of areas which can be a part of the minitrack include:

.       Personality, behavioral, and social factors related to communication
and collaboration in co-located and distributed groups
.       Social and psychological effects of using systems to support
collaboration
.       Attractions and affiliations in groups arising from use of social
networks
.       Team/group psychology and use of communication technologies
.       Effects and consequences of personality on system design and use
.       Psycho-social factors influencing acceptance and implementation of
collaboration technologies
.       Virtual leadership and leadership at a distance
.       Online aggression and violence
.       Motivating employees to adopt, create, use collaborative work
practices
.       Correlations between organizational performance and attention to
human capital
.       Influence of communication technologies on perceptions of self and
others
.       Emotion and networking technologies
.       Social and interpersonal implications of communications over
cyberspace
.       Internet dependencies and addictions
.       Online evaluations and assessments of social and psychological well
being
.       Interpersonal treatment with the use of online technologies
.       Human Resource practices online (e.g. performance appraisal, hiring
and firing, job analysis)
.       Altruism, conformity, and other social factors in online
communications

However, the above examples do not provide a comprehensive overview. We
invite any paper that contains original research highlighting the human
component in collaboration and communication technologies. There are no
preferred methodological stances for this minitrack: this minitrack is open
to both qualitative and quantitative research, to research from a
positivist, interpretivist, or critical perspective, to studies from the
lab, from the field, design-oriented or developmental in nature.

Broad themes and topics of relevance to this minitrack include, but are not
limited to (related topics not listed are especially welcome):
.       Social psychology (e.g. Motivation, Trust, Social learning, Self
efficacy, Behavioral theories)
.       Organizational psychology (e.g. Self monitoring, Interpersonal
treatment, OCBs, Globalization)
.       Cultural psychology
.       Personality
.       Leadership
.       Prejudice and discrimination
.       Attitudes and social intelligence
.       Violence and aggression
.       Attractions and affiliations in groups
.       Group psychology (e.g. Social loafing,
.       Mood and emotions
.       Diversity
.       Internet use and social/psychological well being
.       Sexual harassment
.       Performance appraisal

MINITRACK COORDINATORS:

Roni Reiter-Palmon
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Department of Psychology
Director of Research, The Center for Collaboration Science
1110 South 67th street, Omaha, NE 68182-0116 USA
Phone: (402) 554-4081
E-mail: rreiter-palmon@unomaha.edu

Triparna de Vreede (primary contact)
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Department of Psychology
Research Associate, The Center for Collaboration Science
1110 South 67th street, Omaha, NE 68182-0116 USA
Phone: (402) 452-6116
E-mail: tdevreede@unomaha.edu

The purpose of HICSS is to provide a forum for the interchange of ideas,
research results, development activities, and applications among
academicians and practitioners in computer-based systems sciences. The
conference consists of tutorials, advanced seminars, presentations of
accepted papers, open forum, tasks forces, and plenary and distinguished
guest lectures. There is a high degree of interaction and discussion among
the conference participants because the conference is conducted in a
workshop-like setting.

Instructions for submitting papers:
1.      Submit an electronic copy of the full paper, 10 pages including
title page, abstract, references and diagrams using the review system
available at the HICSS site, make sure that the authors' names and
affiliation information has been removed to ensure an anonymous review.
2.      Do not submit the paper to more than one minitrack. The paper should
contain original material and not be previously published or currently
submitted for consideration elsewhere.
3.      Provide the required information to the review system such as title,
full name of all authors, and their complete addresses including
affiliation(s), telephone number(s) and e-mail address(es).
4.      The first page of the paper should include the title and a (max)
300-word abstract.

DEADLINES:
.       May 15:         OPTIONAL: Abstracts submitted to Minitrack Chairs
for guidance, indication of appropriate content and to receive instructions
on submitting full paper.
.       June 15:        Full papers uploaded in the directory of the
appropriate minitrack.
.       August 15:      Notification of accepted papers mailed to authors.
.       September 15:   Accepted manuscripts, camera-ready, uploaded;
author(s) must register by this time.

Send all correspondence related to this minitrack to:

Triparna de Vreede
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Department of Psychology
Research Associate, The Center for Collaboration Science
1110 South 67th street, Omaha, NE 68182-0116 USA
Phone: (402) 452-6116
E-mail: tdevreede@unomaha.edu

I teach international business, both online-non-US and onsite-US, and will be happy to collaborate with you on this project. In my collaboration, the students work in the context of an international business game that I developed and administer. The game takes care of all administrative issues, include group assignments and scoring. The game incorporates a messaging system for person-to-person, person-to-group, person-to-class, person-to-nation, and person-to-everybody communications.

To see a demo of the game, navigate your browser (Internet Explorer preferred) to my Web site. To gain guest access to the live game running this semester, involving 180 students on three continents, e-mail me.

Best,

Precha
--
Precha Thavikulwat, Ph.D.
Professor of Management
Department of Management
Towson University
8000 York Road
Towson, MD 21252-0001
U.S.A.
t. 410-704-3230
f. 410-704-3236
pthavikulwat@towson.edu
Skype: pthavikulwat
http://pages.towson.edu/precha

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From: International Management Discussion List [mailto:IMD-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Arnaud, Anke U.
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 11:23 AM
To: IMD-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU

Subject: cross-cultural team project - online

Greetings colleagues: I am preparing to teach an undergraduate course on "The Management of the Multicultural Workforce" in the Fall. This class will be a hybrid course (part online and part residential). I would like for my students (approximately 20) to collaborate with students from other countries. The goal is to apply what we study and discuss in class: working with team members from other countries and cultures on a specific project (August 2011-December 2011) in an online environment. Should you be interested or know of anyone who is interested in pursuing this, please contact me at arnaud@erau.edu.

Thank you for your interest, Anke :)

Anke Arnaud, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College of Business
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
Phone: 386-226-4962


"A Humanist Code of Ethics:
Do no harm to the earth, she is your mother.
Being is more important than having.
Never promote yourself at another's expense.
Hold life sacred; treat it with reverence.
Allow each person the dignity of his or her labor.
Open your home to the wayfarer.
Be ready to receive your deepest dreams;
sometimes they are the speech of unblighted conscience.
Always make restitutions to the ones you have harmed.
Never think less of yourself than you are.
Never think that you are more than another." (Arthur Dobrin)