Showing papers in "Information and Organization in 2002"

TL;DR: This study argues that engineers' preference for internal sources such as their colleagues is just as much a preference for sources with a known or easily determinable trustworthiness as it is a preference to information that is easily accessible.

TL;DR: The paper explores the tension between the frames proposed by the analyst and client during interviews which explains some of the frustrations and “gaps” which characterize this type of encounter.

TL;DR: It is argued that electronic mediation is inducing a sense of hyperreality into their world and this hyperreality is making their ethical sensibility nebulous to the point that the authors are not coming face to face with their obligations.

TL;DR: This analysis of processes followed by two developers engaged in a non-trivial development task using the object-oriented modeling techniques—with a view to understanding their use of, and explorations in, problem and design spaces provides evidence for a distinction between the two spaces.

TL;DR: It is suggested that such sensitive, low-level ‘fine tuning’ represents a new way forward for those seeking a practical, focused alternative to the more commonplace, high-level research approach within current interpretive IS literature.

TL;DR: It is argued that the nature of management's application of information systems—and non-management’s reaction to this practice—guides structural modification in IT environments where there is an expectation for significant structural change.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the household is a vital third element, in addition to the employer and employee, and that reframing can be used by those considering home-based working, to help them understand the likely impacts on their household and to facilitate the transition to home- based working.

TL;DR: Concepts of organizational evolution are found to be useful in analyzing the development of the IS strategy at LeaseHold, a Dutch global leasing company.

TL;DR: A case study highlights the influences of a broadly held management innovation as it is introduced into an existing organizational culture, demonstrating how norms play a role in attempts to introduce technical and management innovations.

TL;DR: This study postulates that the Theory of Planned Behavior could be used to guide the development of belief manipulation pre-training scripts that can positively influence trainees’ beliefs regarding the target system leading to higher intentions to use the system and in improved levels of system proficiency.

TL;DR: It is argued that Frank Knight’s concept of “uncertainty reduction,” still prominent in current neo-institutional thinking, is insufficient for understanding changes in the firm interface, constitution, and cultural roles resulting from shifts in the cost and nature of information processing.

TL;DR: In addressing the issue of journal quality, the author restricts himself to criteria for premier academic journals, not criteria for evaluating professional or practitioner publications.