ISJ Virtual Worlds Special Issue 2010

Information Systems Journal (ISJ)

Virtual Worlds as Information Systems: A Special Issue of ISJ on Virtual
World Technology and Information Systems

Special Issue Guest Editors:

Ross Brown, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Andrew Hardin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
David Kreps, University of Salford, UK
Jan Recker, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Virtual worlds have garnered unprecedented profile in both the media and
academic research. Many IS Managers in their thirties have gained experience
with 3D environments via gaming, and the appearance of game ready commodity
hardware means that virtual worlds are now feasible as an Enterprise-wide
Information System rollout. 3D virtual world interfaces are now increasingly
used across a company as complementary information spaces, to web-based and
other system services.

This strong momentum in IS practice, however, has not yet been matched by an
intense academic focus. In particular, what is lacking is an in depth
analysis of these worlds as potential business information systems
interfaces, and their relevant design and use consequences.

The aim of this special issue is to provide a forum to present and discuss
the emerging role of virtual world technology in the information systems
community. The special issue explicitly advocates multi-disciplinary
approaches that expand and integrate the current isolated research efforts in
this exciting new area of IS research. The special issue specifically aims at
reporting on and discussing empirical and theoretical research in the use of
Virtual World technology in Information Systems. In particular, we hope to
provide a picture of the present state of international research with regards
to how virtual worlds can shape the design, analysis, use, or management of
information systems in organizations.

We encourage submissions that report on the use of research methods including
experiments, surveys, case studies, focus groups and/or other empirical
methods for the discovery of insights in the deployment, uptake, use, success
or failure of Virtual World technologies in enterprises. Research contributed
may range through various aspects of virtual world information systems, from
development and integration, to impact studies on users.

We especially would like to encourage submissions on atypical usage of such
worlds for Information System domains, in order that new and novel research
may be brought to the attention of the international IS research community.
In addition, we welcome papers that present, introduce or discuss novel
approaches to emerging virtual world research, as this new domain will
inspire different investigative approaches.

Contributed papers may deal with, but are not limited to:
– Social networking and communication in virtual worlds
– Virtual teams, collective cognition, and group performance, in virtual
worlds
– Entrepreneurship in virtual worlds
– Virtual World technology and Interactive Systems Design
– System demonstrations and simulations
– In-world Information System modeling
– Human Computer Interaction
– Interfacing and integration of virtual world technology with other
Information Systems
– Representations of Information Systems as virtual services
– Virtual world technology in IS education and training
– Adoption of Virtual World technologies and systems in corporate practice
– Diffusion of Virtual World technologies in social networking systems
– Virtual World technologies and co-creation of IT value

Submission Guidelines
Manuscripts should not normally exceed 7000 words and should be submitted
online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/isj [1]. 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/ [2].
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: 30 August 2010
First Review deadline: 30 November 2010
Revised paper submission deadline: (if required) 30 January 2011
Second Review deadline: 15 March 2011
Camera-ready paper submission deadline: 30 April 2011
Publication of special issue: mid-2011

Guest Editors:
Dr Ross Brown
Information Systems Discipline Queensland University of Technology Office 508
/ 126 Margaret Street Tel: +61 7 3138 9481 Fax: +61 7 3138 9390 Brisbane QLD
4000, Australia Email r.brown@qut.edu.au [3] Webpage http://www.bpmve.org [4]
Dr Andrew Hardin
College of Business Department of Management Information Systems 4505
Maryland Parkway Box 456034
30 August 2010 30 November 2010 30 January 2011 15 March 2011 30 April 2011
mid-2011
Tel: (702) 895-0447 Fax: (702) 895-0802 Las Vegas, NV 89154-6034 Email
andrew.hardin@unlv.edu [5] Webpage http://faculty.unlv.edu/ahardin/ [6]
Dr David Kreps
Salford Business School University of Salford 43 The Crescent Tel: +44 (0)
161 295 5884 Fax: +44 (0) 161 295 5999 Manchester, M5 4WT, United Kingdom
Email D.G.Kreps@salford.ac.uk [7] Webpage
http://www.business.salford.ac.uk/staff/davidkreps [8]
Dr Jan Recker
Information Systems Discipline Queensland University of Technology Office 510
/ 126 Margaret Street Tel: +61 7 3138 9479 Fax: +61 7 3138 9390 Brisbane QLD
4000, Australia Email j.recker@qut.edu.au [9] Webpage
http://sky.scitech.qut.edu.au/~recker/ [10]

[1] http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/isj
[2] http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/isj/
[3] mailto:r.brown@qut.edu.au
[4] http://www.bpmve.org
[5] mailto:andrew.hardin@unlv.edu
[6] http://faculty.unlv.edu/ahardin/
[7] mailto:D.G.Kreps@salford.ac.uk
[8] http://www.business.salford.ac.uk/staff/davidkreps
[9] mailto:j.recker@qut.edu.au
[10] http://sky.scitech.qut.edu.au/~recker/

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Information Systems Journal (ISJ)

Virtual Worlds as Information Systems: A Special Issue of ISJ on Virtual World Technology and Information Systems

Special Issue Guest Editors:

Ross Brown, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Andrew Hardin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
David Kreps, University of Salford, UK
Jan Recker, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Virtual worlds have garnered unprecedented profile in both the media and academic research. Many IS Managers in their thirties have gained experience with 3D environments via gaming, and the appearance of game ready commodity hardware means that virtual worlds are now feasible as an Enterprise-wide Information System rollout. 3D virtual world interfaces are now increasingly used across a company as complementary information spaces, to web-based and other system services.

This strong momentum in IS practice, however, has not yet been matched by an intense academic focus. In particular, what is lacking is an in depth analysis of these worlds as potential business information systems interfaces, and their relevant design and use consequences.

The aim of this special issue is to provide a forum to present and discuss the emerging role of virtual world technology in the information systems community. The special issue explicitly advocates multi-disciplinary approaches that expand and integrate the current isolated research efforts in this exciting new area of IS research. The special issue specifically aims at reporting on and discussing empirical and theoretical research in the use of Virtual World technology in Information Systems. In particular, we hope to provide a picture of the present state of international research with regards to how virtual worlds can shape the design, analysis, use, or management of information systems in organizations.

We encourage submissions that report on the use of research methods including experiments, surveys, case studies, focus groups and/or other empirical methods for the discovery of insights in the deployment, uptake, use, success or failure of Virtual World technologies in enterprises. Research contributed may range through various aspects of virtual world information systems, from development and integration, to impact studies on users.

We especially would like to encourage submissions on atypical usage of such worlds for Information System domains, in order that new and novel research may be brought to the attention of the international IS research community. In addition, we welcome papers that present, introduce or discuss novel approaches to emerging virtual world research, as this new domain will inspire different investigative approaches.

Contributed papers may deal with, but are not limited to:
– Social networking and communication in virtual worlds
– Virtual teams, collective cognition, and group performance, in virtual worlds
– Entrepreneurship in virtual worlds
– Virtual World technology and Interactive Systems Design
– System demonstrations and simulations
– In-world Information System modeling
– Human Computer Interaction
– Interfacing and integration of virtual world technology with other Information Systems
– Representations of Information Systems as virtual services
– Virtual world technology in IS education and training
– Adoption of Virtual World technologies and systems in corporate practice
– Diffusion of Virtual World technologies in social networking systems
– Virtual World technologies and co-creation of IT value

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: 30 August 2010
First Review deadline: 30 November 2010
Revised paper submission deadline: (if required) 30 January 2011
Second Review deadline: 15 March 2011
Camera-ready paper submission deadline: 30 April 2011
Publication of special issue: mid-2011

Guest Editors:
Dr Ross Brown
Information Systems Discipline Queensland University of Technology Office 508 / 126 Margaret Street Tel: +61 7 3138 9481 Fax: +61 7 3138 9390 Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia Email r.brown@qut.edu.au Webpage http://www.bpmve.org
Dr Andrew Hardin
College of Business Department of Management Information Systems 4505 Maryland Parkway Box 456034
30 August 2010 30 November 2010 30 January 2011 15 March 2011 30 April 2011 mid-2011
Tel: (702) 895-0447 Fax: (702) 895-0802 Las Vegas, NV 89154-6034 Email andrew.hardin@unlv.edu Webpage http://faculty.unlv.edu/ahardin/
Dr David Kreps
Salford Business School University of Salford 43 The Crescent Tel: +44 (0) 161 295 5884 Fax: +44 (0) 161 295 5999 Manchester, M5 4WT, United Kingdom Email D.G.Kreps@salford.ac.uk Webpage http://www.business.salford.ac.uk/staff/davidkreps
Dr Jan Recker
Information Systems Discipline Queensland University of Technology Office 510 / 126 Margaret Street Tel: +61 7 3138 9479 Fax: +61 7 3138 9390 Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia Email j.recker@qut.edu.au Webpage http://sky.scitech.qut.edu.au/~recker/