The vast impact of digital social networks on private interaction and economic behavior is an undisputed fact,
leading to fundamental changes in the way people interact. However, the use of social networks in a business
context mainly has been focused on interacting with customers or job applicants. Digital social network tools
specialized on employee’s needs and communication, are called Enterprise Social Networks (ESN) and are
increasingly found to be applied. That is because, there is a significant potential for using social networks to reorganize
business processes within Collaborative Networks, to improve working conditions for employees and to
increase companies’ ability to self-organize and to be agile. The body of knowledge regarding effects on
collaborative networks, design parameters, barriers, and possibilities of the afore-mentioned uses is still limited.
Following the main topic of PRO-VE 2018, this special session will focus on digital social networks and work
organisation within collaborative networks using cognitive systems. It aims to bring together researchers in the
multidisciplinary areas of collaborative networks (including the several contributing disciplines such as
information systems, or business and management studies) to provide a forum for the presentation and
discussion of their research activities. Contributions concerning theoretical approaches and emerging themes, as
well as case studies are welcome.