Recently added articles from Journal of the Association for Information Systems:
Popular Concepts beyond Organizations: Exploring New Dimensions of Information Technology Innovations *
Jan 01, 2009; ... Abstract The abundance of innovation concepts in the world of information technology and their differentiated influence on the design, production, and use of IT in organizations make it important that we understand what shapes these concepts themselves. Taking the perspective that an IT ...
Sequential Adoption Theory: A Theory for Understanding Herding Behavior in Early Adoption of Novel Technologies*
Jan 01, 2009; ... Abstract Technology adoption often occurs sequentially, so that later potential adopters can see the decisions (adopt or not adopt) of earlier potential adopters. In this paper we review the literature on observational learning, in which people use information gained by observing the ...
A Two-Process View of Trust and Distrust Building in Recommendation Agents: A Process-Tracing Study*
Dec 01, 2008; ... Abstract Prior literature focuses on trust, while largely ignoring distrust, partly because of the assumption that an Information Technology (IT) design that builds trust in the IT will also prevent distrust-building. However, this assumption may not be true if trust-building processes ...
The Effects of Decomposition Quality and Multiple Forms of Information on Novices' Understanding of a Domain from a Conceptual Model*
Dec 01, 2008; ... Abstract Individuals can often use conceptual models to learn about the business domain to be supported by an information system. We investigate the extent to which such models can help novices (i.e., individuals who lack knowledge in the business domain and in conceptual modeling) to ...
Theoretical Foundations of Empirical Research on Interorganizational Systems: Assessing Past Contributions and Guiding Future Directions
Sep 01, 2008; ... Abstract This paper guides the theoretical development of future research on interorganizational systems (IOS). We first assess past IOS research by reviewing and summarizing the findings of 51 empirical studies of IOS published in 11 IS journals between 1990 and 2003. This literature ...
Formative vs. Reflective Measurement: Comment on Marakas, Johnson, and Clay (2007)*/Formative vs. Reflective Measurement: A Reply to Hardin, Chang, and Fuller
Sep 01, 2008; ... Andrew M. Hardin College of Business University of Nevada, Las Vegas andrew.hardin@unlv.edu Jerry Cha-Jan Chang College of Business University of Nevada, Las Vegas jchang@unlv.nevada.edu Mark A. Fuller College of ...
Clarifying the Use of Formative Measurement in the IS Discipline: The Case of Computer Self-Efficacy
Sep 01, 2008; ... 1. Introduction The spirited nature of the Marakas et al. reply speaks volumes about the importance of continuing the debate on how best to measure computer self-efficacy (CSE), as well as on the proper application of formative measurement in the IS discipline. While we believe that ...
A Multigeneration Diffusion Model for IT-Intensive Game Consoles*
Aug 01, 2008; ... Abstract The video game industry has attracted more and more attention not only from technology giants such as Microsoft but also from software developers and private investors. Information technology dictates how game console producers compete in the marketplace. Intensive IT ...
Making IT Project De-Escalation Happen: An Exploration into Key Roles *
Aug 01, 2008; ... Abstract Given the persistent and costly problem of escalating IT projects, it is important to understand how projects can be de-escalated successfully, resulting in project turnaround if possible, or termination if necessary. Recent work suggests that the instantiation of specific roles ...
Some Guidelines for the Critical Reviewing of Conceptual Papers *
Aug 01, 2008; ... As Senior Editor of the IS Research Perspectives Section of the Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS), I am often asked about the section; in particular about the kinds of papers that are or are not appropriate, how we decide what is and is not appropriate, and, specifically, ...