Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques

世界経済・社会統計 = World development indicators

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.2307%2F3343168.pdf

Development as Freedom

Sustainable Development Goals

The Rise of the Creative Class

A social issue that has affected the value of information systems implementations in organizations is resistance to change. While a great deal is known about the ways in which people interact with each other and affect the use, and implementation of information technology, the use of collaboration technologies in assessing the outcomes of organizational processes is still in its formative stages. This paper investigates the use of a Group Support System (GSS) in assessing the level of resistance to change among employees of a top four consulting company going through an acquisition of its major businesses. Senior, executive, to middle management level employees of this firm were conducting a game designed to help then in understanding and managing change. This Change Challenge Game was conducted through role playing of decision makers whose aim is to arrive at mutually agreeable outcomes. Following an analysis of the GSS from seven sessions comprising five different roles, this paper provides insight into the types of resistance to change encountered per role. The contribution of this paper is in the framework that maps categories of resistance to change with the roles encountered organizations of this type.

Assessing resistance to change in a multinational organization using a GSS game

While prior work has focused on the process through which IT may be adopted by micro-enterprises, this research takes it one step further by assessing the outcomes from IT adoption in micro-enterprises that have undergone technology, training and trust building interventions It analyzes these using a systematic evaluation model that ties in the key components of development The contribution of this paper is in providing insights into how researchers and practitioners can better stimulate micro-enterprise growth and economic development through IT adoption

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Assessment of Micro-Enterprise Development through IT Adoption

The ability of micro-enterprises to adopt IT can potentially increase their growth by 3.4% according to a World Bank expert. However these gains do not always take place as the challenges are many. In order to identify how IT adoption can lead to growth in micro-enterprises, this paper develops upon the IT adoption categories discovered in a prior research effort in order to arrive at development outcomes. Following an open coding analysis of the results of a focus group session in which a group of micro-enterprises participated, this paper discovers the relationships between the IT adoption categories and development outcomes. The contribution of this paper is in the discovery of the relationships between IT adoption and development outcomes in the form of a conceptual model.

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Development Outcomes from IT Adoption in Micro-Enterprises

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have often been touted as a means of enabling people to make their way out of poverty While there are success stories of people in Africa who have been able to access and use mobile and Internet-based Technologies to build businesses that give them better livelihoods, it is unclear how these technologies are being used by African American and Native American entrepreneurs in the United States Pockets of low connectivity and lack of awareness or technical skills mean that some entrepreneurs are unable to take advantage of the opportunities provided by ICTs in the United States This paper investigates the digital divide in micro-enterprises owned by African-Americans and Native Americans in a midwestern metropolitan area in the United States Data collected through three case studies are analyzed using a model previously developed to arrive at the level of ICTs needed to support and sustain the micro-enterprises

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Effects of the Digital Divide: Evidence from African-American and Native-American Owned Micro-Enterprises

Communication and language are important in international negotiations and even more so when these negotiations are conducted in virtual settings. This paper investigates discourse in virtual teams comprised of international civil servants who interact online to negotiate terms on an agreement concerning terrorism. As these discussions took place shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, they represent negotiations between officials representing countries with roles to play in addressing this global problem. Following an exploratory analysis of these online interactions, this paper provides insight into the language games that relate to the roles played in negotiating actions against terrorism. The contribution of this paper lies in the identification of the language games that take place in virtual teams and how these enable aspects of development to be addressed.

Sajda Qureshi

Papers

Assessing resistance to change in a multinational organization using a GSS game

Assessment of Micro-Enterprise Development through IT Adoption

Development Outcomes from IT Adoption in Micro-Enterprises

Effects of the Digital Divide: Evidence from African-American and Native-American Owned Micro-Enterprises

Virtual Teams and Development: A Language Games Perspective