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作者：Weiss, Madeline
作者单位：American University
摘要：This study investigates the sources of organizational stress among information systems (IS) managers, the resulting symptoms of strain, and whether social support can reduce symptoms of strain. A field study comprised of a survey questionnaire was chosen as the most appropriate design for this investigation. The respondents were IS managers, ranging in the organizational hierarchy from vice president or director to project manager, in both governmental and private sector organizations of varyi...
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作者：McCauley, Herbert N.
摘要：The integration of telecommunication resources has been fundamental to Harris' information management systems strategy since the inception of a corporate-wide MIS program in 1977. From 1977 to 1979, communication requirements expanded rapidly. Traffic volume was evaluated periodically to determine the appropriate time to integrate voice, data, facsimile, text and, ultimately, video transmission for teleconferencing. In 1979, corporate MIS started a major program to optimize transmission of dig...
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作者：King, William R.
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh
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作者：Zmud, Robert W.
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要：This study of forty-nine software development groups investigated the effectiveness of ten information channels, linking the software groups to potential information sources about new developments in software methodologies, as a means of facilitating software group innovativeness. While the findings suggest that software group innovativeness can be improved by providing appropriate external information channels, this relationship is contingent on a software group's internal environment. The ch...
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作者：King, William R.
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh
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作者：Culnan, Mary J.
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Berkeley
摘要：This field study investigated the task and individual characteristics of 184 professionals who accessed commercial database services to acquire external information directly (as end users) or through an intermediary (chauffeur). Chauffeured access appears to be most appropriate when the individual has a one-time need for new information while direct access appears to be most appropriate when a database is used on a regular basis by the same individual. The results of this study are consistent ...
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作者：Watson, Collin J.; Driver, Russell W.
作者单位：Utah System of Higher Education; University of Utah; University of Oklahoma System; University of Oklahoma - Norman
摘要：This article describes an experiment that examined the influence of computer plots of three dimensional graphics on the recall of information. Three dimensional graphics and a tabular mode of presentation were used to convey information to two experimental groups of subjects. The graphics were produced by using perspective projections. The outcome was that the three dimensional graphics did not result in greater recall of information than did a tabular presentation for the task that was assign...
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作者：Benson, David H.
作者单位：Washington University (WUSTL); Washington University (WUSTL)
摘要：This article reports on a series of interviews on end user computing carried out in twenty locations in St. Louis. The interviews took place between December 1982 and March 1983. Sixty-seven end users from all levels of management and nineteen IS professionals were interviewed in their work locations regarding the practice of interactive computing by non-DP professionals. Though end user computing is still in its early stages, signs of rapid growth are present. In response to this growth, IS d...
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作者：Doyle, James R.; Becker, Jack D.
作者单位：Saint Louis University; University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Saint Louis
摘要：This article describes three inter-related computer based systems that were designed and developed to assist with the implementation of a major long-term strategic planning effort at a multi-billion dollar bank holding company, Dinero International Bancorporation, (DIB). New strategies at DIB included: (1) a major redirection of its marketing efforts to a multi-state mid-western region in the U.S., and (2) to correspond with this new marketing direction, a major change in the bank's image, inc...
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作者：King, William R.
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh
