Interesting but..., is it open-access? or which are the copyright terms? Thank you.
2012/9/17 Dariusz Jemielniak <dar...@alk.edu.pl> > (apologies for cross-posting, please distribute) > > Andreea Gorbatai, Mathieu O'Neil and I are editing a special issue of > the Journal of Organizational Change Management (listed on ISI, with > good IF and also Scopus listed) on "Management and the Future of Open > Collaboration". > > I include the call below, initially we request 500-word abstracts or > full papers by 21 January 2013, although expressing initial interest > is also most welcome. > > I would be most grateful for your consideration, as well as passing it > on to those who may be potentially interested. > > best, > > Dariusz Jemielniak > > =================================================================== > Management and the Future of Open Collaboration > Special issue call for papers from Journal of Organizational Change > Management (ISI ranked) > > Open collaboration is a field of rapid growth in organizational theory > and innovation research. Initial work in this area focused on the > management and governance of open source software communities (Demil & > Lecoq 2006; O’Mahony & Ferraro 2007) as well as on a wide range of > user communities formed by lead users in sports such as, for example, > canoeing and sailplaning (Shah and Franke 2003). Another research > stream has focused on open innovation from a corporate perspective, > studying the ways in which traditional organizations can harness the > power of communities to innovate (Chesbrough and Appleyard 2007; > Jeppesen and Lakhani 2010), or on the creation of 'boundary > organizations' which enable collaboration between open-source > communities and firms by enhancing convergent interests whilst > preserving the divergent interests of the parties (O'Mahony & Bechky > 2008). Yet another stream has focused on open collaboration platforms, > with particular focus on the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, assessing > participation processes and collaboration outcomes in this particular > setting (Konieczny 2009; Spinellis and Louridas 2008). > > The wealth of practical and theoretical development has progressed > hand in hand with a lack of conceptual clarity. Phenomena as diverse > as open innovation, free and open source software, wikis such as > Wikipedia and other collaboration platforms, social networks such as > Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and CouchSurfing, game environments such > as FoldIt, and online review sites such as Yelp! and Virtual Tourist, > have been variously described as crowdsourcing, social, peer and > collaborative production, or as wisdom of the crowds. The social > consequences of the rapid development of new modes of collaboration > have been described in terms both extremely positive (Benkler 2006) > and negative (Keen 2007). Even relatively minor terminological > differences, e.g., distinguishing between open collaboration > communities and the virtual communities of practice (Dubé et. al. > 2005) indicate deep divisions in academic interpretations of similar > processes. > > Conceptually mapping these phenomena will generate a better > understanding of the current state of research in this field. In order > to do so, it is necessary to understand where open collaboration > models come from, by examining their relationship to the means > developed by members of epistemic communities (Haas 1992) and of > communities of practice (Wenger 1998) to integrate newcomers and > generate new ideas. It is also advisable to examine they owe to > earlier forms of collaborative practice such as the management of > public goods held in common (Ostrom 1990). Together with conceptual > mapping, a core research concern is the relationship of open models to > traditional corporate models, a question which can be modulated in a > variety of guises: > > What is the impact of the open collaboration model on other business > models? How does the existence of open collaboration enable or hamper > corporate innovation and production? > What kind of regulatory framework should govern open collaboration > between organizations and individuals? > > Is there a model for non-intrusive corporate participation and support > in open collaboration similar to that adopted in 'open source' > software, and under what conditions can such models be successfully > deployed? > > What metrics can evaluate the success of open collaboration, and what > are the development cycles in open collaboration projects? > > How is organizing practiced and enacted in open collaboration? What > manner of technological and social tools are combined to manage and > govern open communities? > > What do open collaboration settings teach us about how traditional > organizations are or will be changing? Are there aspects of > traditional organizations that can be illuminated by being placed in > open collaboration settings? > > To further develop research on open collaboration settings it would be > helpful to couple attention to the specifics of open collaboration > models with insights regarding the changing character of global > production and commerce in light of socio-economic, technological, > political and legal changes. We are particularly interested in > empirical papers that employ quantitative and qualitative methods to > examine open collaboration processes and outcomes, and which > explicitly aim to shed light on cross-level mechanisms and outcomes, > ranging from society- and industry-level consequences to > individual-level ones. In addition, we encourage efforts to map > existing research in the area of open collaboration on a unified > conceptual map by drawing from a variety of fields, ranging from > organizational theory and innovation to information systems research > and anthropology of virtual communities. We plan to use this Special > Issue as a foundation to further develop a community of thought in > this nascent field. > > Deadlines: > 500-word abstract or full paper submission: January 31, 2013 > Notification of acceptance: February 28, 2013 > Submission of revised / final paper: May 1, 2013 > > Contact: > Please email your submissions in Adobe Acrobat PDF format to: Andreea > Gorbatai (gorba...@haas.berkeley.edu), Dariusz Jemielniak > (dar...@kozminski.edu.pl), and Mathieu O’Neil > (mathieu.on...@anu.edu.au). If you have any questions feel free to > contact any of the editors at the email addresses listed above, > specifying ‘Special Issue JOCM question’ in the subject line. > > References > Benkler, Y. (2006) The wealth of networks: How social production > transforms markets and freedom. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press > Chesbrough, H. and M. Appleyard. (2007). Open Innovation and Strategy. > California Management Review 50 (1): 57-76. > Demil, B. & X. Lecoq (2006). Neither market nor hierarchy nor network: > The emergence of bazaar governance. Organization Studies 27(10), > 1447-1466. > Dubé, L., Bourhis, A.I. and R. Jacob (2005). The impact of structuring > characteristics on the launching of virtual communities of practice. > Journal of Organizational Change Management 18(2): 145-166. > Haas, P. M. (1992). Introduction: Epistemic communities and > international policy coordination. International Organization 46(10): > 1-35. > Jeppesen, L., and K. R. Lakhani. (2010). Marginality and > problem-solving effectiveness in broadcast search. Organization > Science 21:1016-1033. > Keen, A. (2007) The cult of the amateur: How today's Internet is > killing our culture. New York: Broadway Business. > Konieczny, P. 2009. Governance, organization, and democracy on the > Internet: The iron law and the evolution of Wikipedia. Sociological > Forum 24(1):162-192. > O'Mahony, S., & B. A. Bechky (2008). Boundary organizations: Enabling > collaboration among unexpected allies. Administrative Science > Quarterly, 53(3), 422-459. > O’Mahony, S. & F. Ferraro (2007). The emergence of governance in an > open source community. Academy of Management Journal 50(5): 1079-1106. > Ostrom, E. (1990) Governing the commons: The evolution of institutions > for collective action, New York: Cambridge University Press. > Shah, S. and N. Franke. (2003). How communities support innovative > activities: An exploration of assistance and sharing among end-users. > Research Policy 32(1): 157-178. > Spinellis, D. and L. Panagiotis. (2008). The collaborative > organization of knowledge. Communications of the ACM - Designing games > with a purpose 51(8): 68-73. > Wenger, E. (1998) Communities of practice: Learning, meaning and > identity. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > -- Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada. 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