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作者:Avgar, Ariel; Tambe, Prasanna; Hitt, Lorin M.
作者单位:Cornell University; University of Pennsylvania
摘要:We test the hypothesis that work practices complement IT investment, in part, by accelerating how rapidly employees acquire the skills needed to use new IT systems. We combine support request data from an EMR vendor with survey responses on work practices from 962 employees from 15 client nursing homes. Nursing homes using work practices that prior studies have shown to complement IT investment-those promoting discretion, teamwork, training, high staffing levels, and communication-experienced ...
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作者:Abbasi, Ahmed; Zhou, Yilu; Deng, Shasha; Zhang, Pengzhu
作者单位:University of Virginia; Fordham University; Shanghai International Studies University; Shanghai Jiao Tong University
摘要:Social media and online communities provide organizations with new opportunities to support their businessrelated functions. Despite their various benefits, social media technologies present two important challenges for sense-making. First, online discourse is plagued by incoherent, intertwined conversations that are often difficult to comprehend. Moreover, organizations are increasingly interested in understanding social media participants' actions and intentions; however, existing text analy...
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作者:Kim, Yongsuk; Jarvenpaa, Sirkka L.; Gu, Bin
作者单位:Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
摘要:Sharing members with other online communities can be problematic for community responsiveness, as less member time and attention become available for the focal community. However, member time and attention spent externally have the potential to generate knowledge that bolsters the focal community's responsiveness. Little is known about when member time and attention spent externally become such generative resources. Building on and extending the knowledge collaboration theory of online communi...
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作者:Markus, M. Lynne; Rowe, Frantz
作者单位:Bentley University; Nantes Universite; Nantes Universite; SKEMA Business School; Universite Cote d'Azur
摘要:Whatever answer one gives to the question Is information technology changing the world?, the answer contains reasoning about causality. Causal reasoning is central to IS theorizing. This paper focuses on the concept of causal structure, defined by Markus and Robey (1988) as a theorist's assumptions about causal influences in IS phenomena, and proposes a framework of causal structure, warranted by philosophy and social theory, specialized for the needs of Information Systems scholars. The three...
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作者:Walden, Eric; Cogo, Gabriel S.; Lucus, David J.; Moradiabadi, Elshan; Safi, Roozmehr
作者单位:Texas Tech University System; Texas Tech University; University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Kansas City
摘要:In this article, an evolutionary argument to explain how people comprehend graphs is put forth. A theory of evolutionary fit, which argues for the correspondence between information presentation and evolutionarily adaptive brain structures, is proposed. This is complementary to cognitive fit, which argues for a correspondence between task and information presentation. In two fMRI experiments, we test this theory by comparing brain activation during a graphic comprehension task using two differ...
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作者:Gupta, Alok; Kannan, Karthik; Sanyal, Pallab
作者单位:University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Purdue University System; Purdue University; George Mason University
摘要:It has been often suggested that much of the widespread use of economic experiments has been possible only because of the developments in information technology. Yet, the information systems (IS) domain has been largely lagging in its use of the methodology. This commentary is aimed at spurring the use of economic experiments in the IS domain by explaining the advantages of the methodology, and by defining its norms for the benefit of both the authors as well as the reviewers.
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作者:Mo, Jiahui; Sarkar, Sumit; Menon, Syam
作者单位:Nanyang Technological University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要:Crowdsourcing contests have emerged as an innovative way for firms to solve business problems by acquiring ideas from participants external to the firm. As the number of participants on crowdsourcing contest platforms has increased, so has the number of tasks that are open at any time. This has made it difficult for solvers to identify tasks in which to participate. We present a framework to recommend tasks to solvers who wish to participate in crowdsourcing contests. The existence of competit...
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作者:Li, Bin; Li, Xinxin; Liu, Hongju
作者单位:University System of Ohio; Wright State University Dayton; University of Connecticut; Peking University
摘要:Understanding the degree of cannibalization and competition in online and offline markets is important to firms' product line designs. However, few empirical studies have measured both effects simultaneously or have examined the factors that determine the extent of cannibalization and competition. In this study, we develop an empirical model to identify cannibalization and competition effects simultaneously in different markets, and further examine the impacts of consumer preferences on these ...
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作者:Chen, Adela; Karahanna, Elena
作者单位:Colorado State University System; Colorado State University Fort Collins; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要:Work interruptions have made significant inroads into the knowledge workers' nonwork domain, in large part due to the ubiquitous nature of mobile devices that blur the work-nonwork boundaries by enabling work interruptions anywhere and at any time. We examine the effects of such technology-mediated work-related interruptions that occur during one's time off on both work and nonwork outcomes. Leveraging theoretical perspectives from interruption, work-life interface, and conservation of resourc...
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作者:Shore, Jesse; Baek, Jiye; Dellarocas, Chrysanthos
作者单位:Boston University; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
摘要:Social media have great potential to support diverse information sharing, but there is widespread concern that platforms like Twitter do not result in communication between those who hold contradictory viewpoints. Because users can choose whom to follow, prior research suggests that social media users exist in echo chambers or become polarized. We seek evidence of this in a complete cross section of hyperlinks posted on Twitter, using previously validated measures of the political slant of new...