Recently added articles from Database for Advances in Information Systems:
Taking the High Road to Web Services Implementation: An Exploratory Investigation of the Organizational Impacts
Aug 01, 2009; ... Abstract The increasing adoption of Web services is one of the most important technological trends in contemporary business organizations. This trend is motivated by claims about the ability of Web services to facilitate information technology (IT) flexibility, improve information ...
Trust in Virtual Teams: Solved or Still a Mystery?
Aug 01, 2009; ... Abstract Trust was one of the most prominent topics of early research in virtual teams, highlighted by the emergence of the theory of swift trust. As researchers continue to study this topic, it is important to understand what problems have been solved as well as what aspects of trust in ...
The Reported and Revealed Importance of Job Attributes to Aspiring Information Technology Professionals: A Policy-Capturing Study of Gender Differences
Aug 01, 2009; ... Abstract Although information systems practitioners recognize the importance of diversity in recruiting efforts and offer advice on targeted recruiting, IT researchers have not provided empirical research findings to support these efforts. In the absence of research demonstrating ...
Conceptualizing and Testing Formative Constructs: Tutorial and Annotated Example
Aug 01, 2009; ... Abstract Although abundant advice is available for how to develop and validate multi-item scales based on reflective constructs, scant attention has been directed to how to construct and validate formative constructs. Such advice is important because (1) theory suggests many constructs ...
FROM THE CHAIR
Aug 01, 2009; ... Deb Armstrong, Florida State University, who served as the Chair of the 2009 SIGMIS Nominating Committee, has announced the results of the SIGMIS elections. Our 2009-2011 SIGMIS officers (as of July 1, 2009) are: Chair: Janice C. Sipior, Villanova University, ...