Minitrack Introduction

Social issues in organizations represents one of the most often discussed areas in information systems research. Social issues are those most aligned with the human factors in information systems planning, development and utilization. This minitrack was designed to include all aspects of social issues impacting organizations and individual computer users. This includes the conceptualization of specific social issues and their associated constructs, proposed designs and infrastructures, empirical validation of social models, and case studies illustrating socialize-tion successes and failures. Overall this minitrack has run for 14 years at HICSS and has generated interest by over 300 academic researchers.