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作者：Smith, HJ; Hasnas, J
作者单位：Wake Forest University; George Mason University
摘要：IS-related ethical quandaries are receiving an increasing amount of attention. However, linkages to the normative theories of business ethics, which can be used in resolving these quandaries in the corporate domain, have been lacking. This paper enumerates and explains the three major normative theories. The stockholder theory holds that managers should resolve ethical quandaries by taking actions which increase the long-term profits to the stockholders without violating the law or engaging in...
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作者：Nambisan, S; Agarwal, R; Tanniru, M
作者单位：National University of Singapore; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; Oakland University
摘要：Fostering information technology innovation has assumed primacy in discussions of information systems management. Changes in the nature of available information technologies and their potential applications underscore the importance of creating new knowledge for deploying a technology within an organization rather than transferring such knowledge from external sources. Technology users remain a largely untapped source for such knowledge creation. This paper argues that deliberate organizationa...
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作者：Davenport, TH; Markus, ML
作者单位：Boston University; Claremont Colleges; Claremont Graduate University
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作者：Klein, HK; Myers, MD
作者单位：State University of New York (SUNY) System; Binghamton University, SUNY; University of Auckland
摘要：This article discusses the conduct and evaluation of interpretive research in information systems. While the conventions for evaluating information systems case studies conducted according to the natural science model of social science are now widely accepted, this is not the case for interpretive field studies. A set of principles for the conduct and evaluation of interpretive field research in information systems is proposed, along with their philosophical rationale. The usefulness of the pr...
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作者：Walsham, G; Sahay, S
作者单位：University of Cambridge; University of Alberta
摘要：This paper describes a research study carried out over the period 1993 to 1995, of the efforts made in India to develop and use geographical information systems (GIS)(2) to aid district-level administration. We give a detailed description of our research approach, drawing from contextualism as a broad research methodology and using actor-network theory for analytical purposes. The main section of the paper provides an in-depth analysis of a major GIS initiative from a particular Indian governm...
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作者：Abdel-Hamid, TK; Sengupta, K; Swett, C
作者单位：United States Department of Defense; United States Navy; Naval Postgraduate School
摘要：Over the last three decades, a significant stream of research in organizational behavior has established the importance of goals in regulating human behavior. The precise degree of association between goals and action, however, remains an empirical question since people may, for example, make errors and/or lack the ability to attain their goals. This may be particularly true in dynamically complex task environments, such as the management of software development. To date, goal setting research...
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作者：Ross, JW; Vitale, MR; Beath, CM
作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要：The received wisdom on IT chargeback is that a chargeback system with certain key characteristics, such as usage-based charges, stable rates, understandable bills, and so forth, will help firms make effective decisions on IT investment and use. Eccles' model of transfer pricing provides a theoretical Framework fbr this claim, and it also explains why chargeback systems can raise issues of fairness or create conflict between IT and its clients, as the IT literature has pointed out. Applying Ecc...
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作者：Ang, S; Straub, DW
作者单位：Nanyang Technological University; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
摘要：This paper studies economic determinants of IS outsourcing. It argues that a focus on comparative economic theories and models can improve our ability to explain outsourcing within the larger context of organizational strategy and environment. Specifically, the research constructs of production cost, transaction cost, and financial slack are examined simultaneously to understand what influences the outsourcing decision. To empirically test these relationships, information was gathered from sen...
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作者：Carlson, PJ; Davis, GB
作者单位：Suffolk University; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：The study investigates the media selection behavior of directors (executives) and managers through the use of multiple methods. The findings indicate the directors were more self oriented in their media choices, more often choosing media based on access/ease of use criteria, while the managers were more other oriented, more often making choices based on media richness/social presence criteria. These differences have implications in the interpretation of communication from directors and manager...
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作者：Watson, RT; Pitt, LF; Kavan, CB
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; Cardiff University; State University System of Florida; University of North Florida
摘要：IS service quality was measured three times in an information management consulting firm and an information service business. After the first measurement, IS management initiated several actions to improve service quality. The second measurement indicated that service quality improved in the intervening period. When service quality was measured a third time, it had returned to the levels of the first measurement. The evidence suggests that management's attention to service quality waned after ...
