CPR

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 44th Annual Computer Personnel Research Conference---ACM SIGMIS/CPR 2006. This year's conference continues its tradition of being the premier forum for better understanding the people issues that are critical in the development, acquisition, management, use, and maintenance of information technologies and systems. CPR has always focused on investigation of the needs, interests, and abilities of computer professionals, managers, and end-users who work with information technology in their organizations. It has provided researchers and practitioners a unique opportunity to share their perspectives with others interested in the various aspects of computer personnel research. This year, the conference theme is Forty Four Years of Computer Personnel Research: Achievements, Challenges and the Future.The call for papers attracted more than 50 papers from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America that cover a variety of topics, including affective commitment, careers, curriculum, diversity, gender, IT architects, motivation, outsourcing, Sarbanes-Oxley, training, turnover, and volunteerism. In addition, the program includes two panels, two tutorials, and a keynote speech by John Pringle of RCM Technologies on Current Challenges in Computer Personnel Management. We hope that these proceedings will serve as a valuable reference for computer personnel researchers and developers.