Earlier this month, the AIS has recognized the Australasian chapter as an Outstanding Chapter 2023. This award is based on a comprehensive report on the Chapter’s events, publications, engagement and other activities throughout the year. This is the Chapter’s 10th Outstanding Chapter award, continuing the AAIS’s legacy of being the only multinational chapter who have won all Outstanding Chapter awards since they were first awarded in 2014.
As has been foreshadowed in a previous email sent through our IS community mailing lists, Professor Karlheinz Kautz (karlheinz.kautz@rmit.edu.au), Editor-in-Chief of the Australasian Journal of Information Systems (AJIS), is stepping down from the Editor-in-Chief role effective from the end of May 2024. He has served in this position for the last three years with considerable skill and productivity. During his 40 month tenure, Prof. Kautz has directly processed over 1000 submissions, an incredible rate given Read more…
The Australasian Journal of Information Systems (AJIS) has now published its Editorial for The Australasian Journal of Information Systems 2023, Volume 27 (and beyond) and four new articles in its Research Article section of its volume 28 with working digital object identifiers (DOIs). Editor’s Comment I bid farewell: Some more reflections on 40 months with the journal, on AJIS Volume 27, and a little on Volume 28 Karlheinz Kautz Karlheinz.kautz@rmit.edu.au doi: https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v28.5237 (Why) Do We Read more…
AAIS ANNOUNCEMENT Appointment of New AJIS EiCs and AJIS Editorial Team Source: Australasian Association for Information Systems (AAIS) and the AJIS EiC Appointment Committee (Prof. Marta Indulska, Prof. Rodney J. Clarke and Dr Sander Zwanenburg) Professor Karlheinz Kautz (RMIT), who has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Australasian Journal of Information Systems (AJIS) for the last three years, is stepping down from this role. Karl’s time as EiC has been critical and significant for the journal (more on this Read more…
We cordially invite you to submit your best work to the Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), to be held from December 4-6, 2024, in Canberra, Australia. We invite the submission of completed research papers, short research papers, research slam papers, panels and workshops. ACIS 2024 will bring together students, academics and industry professionals to exchange knowledge related to the changing face of information systems in theory and practice. ACIS 2024 provide opportunities for adding Read more…
Dear Colleagues, We are excited to invite you to participate in the 35th Australasian Conference on Information Systems 2024 (ACIS 2024), taking place from December 4th to 6th 2024 in Canberra, Australia. This year’s conference theme is “Digital Futures for a Sustainable Society”. Let us come together to Canberra and share our research insights and perspectives about how digital technologies can promote sustainability and facilitate a resilient economy in shaping the digital future. While the Read more…
To the Australasian IS Community You might have seen AIS messages about the 2024 AIS Council Elections which are now open. There are two Region 3 candidates (from Australia and New Zealand) standing in these elections: Carol Hsu, University of Sydney is a candidate for Vice President of Communications and Julia Kotlarsky, University of Auckland is a candidate for Vice President of SIGs and Colleges. Having good representation of Region 3 in AIS council is great for Read more…
Dear Colleagues, The Australasian Journal of Information Systems (AJIS) has just published 4 new articles in its Volume 28 Research Article section: What prevents organisations from achieving e-HRM potential? Arnela Ceric, Kevin Parton aceric@csu.edu.au doi: https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v28.3877 Use of electronic human resource management (e-HRM) offers the prospect of enabling the human resource management (HRM) function to take on a strategic partner’s role in organisations. Despite the pervasive expansion of e-HRM use, there is no clear understanding of Read more…
Dear Colleagues, The Australasian Journal of Information Systems (AJIS) has just published 4 new articles in its Volume 27 Section ‘Selected Papers from the Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS)’ which conclude the section for ACIS 2021 and ACIS 2022: The Role of Actors in Blockchain Adoption Decisions – An Innovation Translation Perspective Shipra Chhina, Mehmood Chadhar, Sally Firmin, Arthur Tatnall s.chhina@federation.edu.au doi: https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v27i0.4489 An overview of challenges around blockchain adoption has revealed that there Read more…
The Australasian Association for Information Systems (AAIS), as the publisher of the Australasian Journal of Information Systems (AJIS), is calling for Expressions of Interest in the roles of: Editor-in-Chief – the job description is available at https://aaisnet.org/ajis-eoi-for-editor-in-chief-2024/. The Expression of Interest for this position is due by 31/01/2024 to the secretary@aaisnet.org. Production Editor – a new role; the job description is available at https://aaisnet.org/ajis-eoi-for-production-editor-2024/. The Expression of Interest for this position is due by 29/02/2024 Read more…