Review: A Review of Culture in Information Systems Research: Toward a Theory of Information Technology Culture Conflict

MIS Quarterly ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leidner ◽  
Kayworth
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Culture Conflict ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
Theory Of Information

Information Systems Research Relevance

2011 ◽  
pp. 2004-2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirish C. Srivastava ◽  
Thompson S.H. Teo
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Management Information Systems ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
It Executives

Though there have been extended deliberations for making information systems (IS) research more relevant1 and useful for IS executives, to our knowledge, there has been no empirical study which examines the extent of relevance in the current IS research. In this chapter, we analyze the topical relevance of 388 published academic articles in the three top IS journals: MIS Quarterly (MISQ), Information Systems Research (ISR), and Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), for a 5 year period from 2000-2004. We do this by examining their fit with the key issues for information technology (IT) executives identified by the latest Society for Information Management (SIM) survey. Based on our results, we make recommendations for making IS research more meaningful for practitioners.

Beyond Models of National Culture in Information Systems Research

2011 ◽  
pp. 14-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Myers ◽  
Felix B. Tan
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Global Organizations ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Dynamic View ◽  
Information Systems Research

Many IS scholars argue that global organizations need to understand cultural differences if they are to successfully deploy information technology. We agree that an understanding of cultural differences is important, but suggest that the concept of “national culture” that has tended to dominate the IS research literature is too simplistic. In this article, we challenge information systems researchers to go beyond models of national culture. We propose that IS researchers should adopt a more dynamic view of culture – one that sees culture as contested, temporal and emergent.

scholarly journals Analysis of Driver’s Reaction Behavior Using a Persuasion-Based IT Artefact

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Goikoetxea Gonzalez ◽  
Diego Casado-Mansilla ◽  
Diego López-de-Ipiña
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Cost Efficiency ◽  
Interactive Technology ◽  
Reaction Behavior ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Change Behavior ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
The Cost

The use of interactive technology to change behavior, which is commonly known as persuasive technology, is currently gaining attention in information systems research. It has been assessed in many application domains and the field of private mobility is not an exception, notably with the advent of self-driven cars. However, the reviewed body of research shows that when it comes to linking persuasion-based systems and mobility, most of the approaches focus on engaging drivers to use the car in a safer way, leaving the cost-efficiency aspect of driving less explored. Therefore, this article focuses on the study of a persuasion-based IT (Information Technology) artefact devised to make drivers more aware of car expenses (e.g., maintenance control, engine failures, enhance driving, etc.). Specifically, it aims to identify persuasive design principles for a smart IT solution that is tailored for the enhancement of the cost-efficiency of private cars. To this purpose, the results of a survey, where respondents (N = 301) were asked to rank different principles of persuasion which might result in increased efficiency to save time and money within their car, are presented. This work aims to contribute a persuasion-based IT artefact to help and influence drivers, enhancing their management of costs related to car mobility in real-time. The implications of the proposed solution, according to the responses of the survey, are discussed in line with its implementation and adoption by car holders.

Getting Lost in the Field

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 417-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mads Bødker
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Cultural Geography ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Past ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
Getting Lost ◽  
Alternative Routes

This article explores the notion of "meditations" or a "meditative stance" in fieldwork, understood as shorthand for the simple practices of walking and sensing. I advocate an understanding of meditations as an alternative embodied mode of research that seeks to contemplate how a reflective attention to walking as a reflective engagement in a sensory landscape may be enrolled as embodied ways of knowing. Meditation performs the touristic and mobile body as a porous and affective site. Moving around on foot creates a sensibility that is often ignored when researchers and practitioners in information technology (IT) attend to the field to learn about tourism in ways that seek to inform design. This article attempts to open a discussion around what kinds of fieldwork and subsequent representations emphasize embodiment in the design of tourism technologies—how, in other words, researchers can attend to, and represent, the affective, vital qualities of living with technology and why this might be an increasingly relevant question to ask in the field that has become known as digital tourism. Stressing the inherent openness and contingency of meditation, the article hopes to stir the imaginative registers of scholars and to engender a postdisciplinary dialogue that challenges the field of IT design and information systems research to engage with vulnerable and open discourses in nonrepresentational theory, theories of affect, and place that have been consistently raised in human—or cultural—geography as well as anthropology in the past decades. The article weaves empirical incidents from fieldwork into a postdisciplinary theoretical landscape that spans mobilities, affect, the sensual, and embodiment. Emphasizing learning through the senses and the body and their importance to a sensory apprenticeship, the article suggests alternative routes to knowing and representation in the study of, and ultimately the design for, the digital tourist.

scholarly journals Exploring "Events" as an Information Systems Research Methodology

2009 ◽  
pp. 1871-1884
Author(s):  
Anita Greenhill ◽  
Gordon Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Systems Methodology ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
The Social

In this article we build upon existing research and commentary from a variety of disciplinary sources, including information systems, organisational and management studies, and the social sciences that focus upon the meaning, significance and impact of “events” in the information technology, organisational and social context. Our aim is to define how the examination of the event is an appropriate, viable and useful information systems methodology. The line of argument we pursue is that by focusing on the “event” the researcher is able to more clearly observe and capture the complexity, multiplicity and mundaneity of everyday lived experience. An inherent danger of existing traditional “event” focused studies and “virtual” ethnographic approaches is the micromanagement of the research process. Using the notion of “event” has the potential to reduce methodological dilemmas such as this without effacing context (Peterson, 1998, p. 19). Similarly, in this article we address the overemphasis upon managerialist, structured and time-fixated praxis that is currently symptomatic of information systems research. All of these concerns are pivotal points of critique found within event-oriented literature regarding organisations (Gergen & Thatchenkery, 2004; Peterson, 1998).

Experiencing Information Systems Research and Phenomenology

2012 ◽  
pp. 31-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Depaoli
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Close Connection ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
Innovative Solutions

Given the ongoing debate on the explicit and implicit foundations of theories and methods within the IS discipline, this chapter examines the circumstances that appear to favor a close connection between Information Systems (IS) research and philosophy (phenomenology in the specific case examined). The question addressed is whether references to philosophy are typically made when a researcher is confronted with issues and topics that she considers crucial and which she believes inappropriately treated or neglected by current theories and practice. To answer this question the influence of Heidegger on Ciborra’s work is explored. The method adopted is the review of Ciborra’s publications and his references to Heidegger; meaningful issues were identified and significant passages of both authors compared. It appears that Heidegger’s influence has been substantial in terms of support for both Ciborra’s critical analysis and innovative solutions for the IS-related world. Given the multiplication and growing pervasiveness of information technology and IS and the consequent growing need for policies based on sound research, the “escalation” to philosophy (and especially the engagement with phenomenology), though demanding and difficult, will probably become increasingly useful.

scholarly journals Exploring "Events" as an Information Systems Research Methodology

2011 ◽  
pp. 108-121
Author(s):  
Anita Greenhill ◽  
Gordon Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Systems Methodology ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
The Social

In this article we build upon existing research and commentary from a variety of disciplinary sources, including information systems, organisational and management studies, and the social sciences that focus upon the meaning, significance and impact of “events” in the information technology, organisational and social context. Our aim is to define how the examination of the event is an appropriate, viable and useful information systems methodology. The line of argument we pursue is that by focusing on the “event” the researcher is able to more clearly observe and capture the complexity, multiplicity and mundaneity of everyday lived experience. An inherent danger of existing traditional “event” focused studies and “virtual” ethnographic approaches is the micromanagement of the research process. Using the notion of “event” has the potential to reduce methodological dilemmas such as this without effacing context (Peterson, 1998, p. 19). Similarly, in this chapter we address the overemphasis upon managerialist, structured and time-fixated praxis that is currently symptomatic of information systems research. All of these concerns are pivotal points of critique found within event-oriented literature regarding organisations (Gergen & Thatchenkery, 2004; Peterson, 1998).

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