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作者：JOSHI, K
摘要：Change is a fundamental theme in human life. Yet some organizational behavior and MIS researchers have noted that individuals generally resist changes. MIS researchers have also attributed many implementation problems to users' resistance to change. However, there is no fundamental resistance to every change. Individuals readily adopt changes such as a pay raise or promotion. This article proposes that individuals attempt to evaluate most changes. Changes that are considered favorable are not ...
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作者：WRIGLEY, CD; DEXTER, AS
作者单位：University of British Columbia
摘要：Management of the software development process requires a thorough understanding of the environment in which development takes place. Ability to estimate, plan, and manage resource consumption is limited by the central problem of determining the size of system specifications. To address this issue, a general strategy for measurement and evaluation of system development environments needs to be established. This article presents a research model that will help managers and researchers understan...
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作者：PANKO, RR
摘要：Has office productivity been stagnant in recent years, despite massive spending on information technology (IT)? This concern has been raised in both academic publications and the business trade press. This article examines the basis for that concern, which, if true, would have profound implications for both IT researchers and practitioners.
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作者：EMERY, JC
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作者：JARVENPAA, SL; IVES, B
作者单位：Southern Methodist University
摘要：Executive support is often prescribed as critical for fully tapping the benefits of information technology (IT). However, few investigations have attempted to determine what type of executive support is likely or organizationally appropriate. This article puts forward alternative models of executive support. The models are tested by examining chief executive officers' behaviors in and preceptions of IT activities. CEOs and information systems executives are surveyed and further data collected ...
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作者：IGBARIA, M; GREENHAUS, JH; PARASURAMAN, S
摘要：The career orientations of employees can have important implications for their job satisfaction, commitment, and retention within organizations. However, there is little empirical research on the correlates of career orientations held by managers and professionals in the MIS field. This study sought to address this gap in the literature and assessed the career orientations of 464 MIS employees, as well as their relationship with selected demographic characteristics, job type, and career outcom...
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作者：CAUDLE, SL; GORR, WL; NEWCOMER, KE
作者单位：Carnegie Mellon University; George Washington University
摘要：The public sector has multiple, conflicting, and often intangible goals. It produces public goods for problems that should be solved (like crime and poverty), even though these problems may have no known feasible solutions; and it is heavily impacted by politics and bureaucratic red tape. These and other features of the public sector make it potentially a much different setting for IS management than the private sector. This article reports on the first national survey of public sector manager...
