[AISWorld] Contents of JGIM 18(4) Oct - Dec 2010

[Felix Tan]

The contents of the latest issue of: 
 
Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM)
Official Publication of the Information Resources Management
Association
Volume 18, Issue 4, October-December 2010
Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically
ISSN: 1062-7375 EISSN: 1533-7995
Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA
www.igi-global.com/jgim 
 
Editor-in-Chief: Felix B. Tan, Auckland University of Technology, New
Zealand

Special Issue: Systems in a Global Context: Management, Sourcing and
Emerging Trends

Guest Editors: Paul Hofmann, SAP Labs Palo Alto, USA; Weiquan Wang,
City University of Hong Kong, China;
J. Leon Zhao, City University of Hong Kong, China
 

PAPER ONE
 
User Attitude Towards Mandatory Use of Information Systems: A Chinese
Cultural Perspective
 
Xunhua Guo, Tsinghua University, China
Nan Zhang, Tsinghua University, China
 
Accumulated literature on technology adoption research has suggested
that cultural factors have important impacts on the cognition and
behavior of information systems users. In this paper, the authors argue
that cultural factors should be treated as aggregate characteristics at
the population level instead of personal attributes at the individual
level. The authors also propose that theoretical models could be
developed for specific cultural contexts when examining IT/IS user
behavior. In this regard, a model for analyzing user attitude toward
mandatory use of information systems is proposed. Drawing on generally
recognized cultural characteristics of China, three factors are
introduced as determinants of user attitude—leader support, technology
experience, and perceived fit. An empirical study is conducted with
regard to the acceptance of a mobile municipal administration system in
Beijing, China, for validating the proposed model with survey data and
analyzing the adoption mechanism of the target system. The moderating
roles of gender, age, and education level on the model are explored by
interaction effect analyses and the findings provide helpful insights
for related studies in other cultural contexts.

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http://igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=46953 
 

PAPER TWO
 
Key Issues in Information Systems Management: An Empirical
Investigation from a Developing Country’s Perspective
 
D. Li, Peking University, China
W.W. Huang, Ohio University and Harvard University, USA
J. Luftman, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
W. Sha, Pittsburg State University, USA
 
There have been periodical studies on key IS management issues facing
the IT industry in North America; however, an empirical investigation on
key IS management issues in developing countries has been largely ad hoc
and inadequate. This paper identifies and analyzes important issues
faced by CIOs in the developing country of China. The results of this
study are based on two national wide CIO surveys in China, where the
first was conducted in 2004 and followed by a more recent survey in
2008. The authors provide insight for both IS practitioners and
researchers who have interests in developing countries. Data analysis
indentified key IS management issues and demonstrated similarities as
well as differences between the two rounds of surveys. Although some
strategic IS issues were still within the top 10 on both the 2004 and
2008 lists, their importance ratings were different. Implications of the
findings are also discussed.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
http://igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=46954 
 

PAPER THREE
 
Outsourcing of Community Source: Identifying Motivations and Benefits
 
Manlu Liu, Zhejiang University, China
Xiaobo Wu, Zhejiang University, China
J. Zhao, City University of Hong Kong, China
Ling Zhu, Long Island University, USA
 
Community-based open source, or “community source”, has emerged as
an innovative approach to developing open-source enterprise application
software (EAS). Unlike the conventional model of in-house development,
community source creates a virtual software development community that
pools human, financial, and technological resources from multiple
partner organizations to develop custom software solutions. The solution
is available as open-source software to all end users. In this way, the
community source model takes a step forward from outsourcing to
third-party software vendors. By studying a real-world case of the Kuali
community source project, the authors found that community source faced
a number of challenges in project management, particularly in the areas
of in-house staffing and project sustainability. The interview analysis
further concludes that outsourcing the community source development to
either domestic or foreign third-party vendors could be a viable
solution. Finally, the authors propose a research framework and seven
related propositions that warrant future investigation into the
relationship between community source and software outsourcing.

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http://igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=46955 
 

PAPER FOUR
 
IS-Supported Managerial Control for China’s Research Community: An
Agency Theory Perspective
 
Wen Tian, USTC-CityU Joint Advanced Research Center, China
Douglas Vogel, City University of Hong Kong, China
Jian Ma, City University of Hong Kong, China
Jibao Gu, University of Science and Technology of China, China
In the first decade of the 21st century, China’s Research Community
(CRC) is struggling to achieve better performance by increasing growth
in knowledge quantity (e.g., publications), but has failed to generate
sound growth in knowledge quality (e.g., citations). An innovative
E-government project, Internet-based Science Information System (ISIS),
was applied nationwide in 2003 with a variety of embedded incentives.
The system has been well received and supports the National Natural
Science Foundation of China (NSFC) to implement managerial control to
cope with pressing demands relating to China’s research productivity.
This paper explores the impact of Information Systems (IS) from the
perspective of agency theory based on CRC empirical results. Since the
nationwide application of ISIS in 2003, CRC outcomes have markedly
improved. The discussion and directions for future research examine
implications of IS for E-government implementation and business
environment building in developing countries.

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http://igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=46956 
 
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CALL FOR PAPERS

Mission of JGIM: 

Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts for possible
publication in the Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM).

The journal publishes original material concerned with all aspects of
the development, use and management of information technology (IT) in a
global context. The mission of JGIM is to be the primary forum for
researchers and practitioners to disseminatethe evolving knowledge on
global IT. Original contributions concerning any aspect of global
information management from both scholars and practitioners are
welcome.

Submission Categories and Themes:

The journal accepts submissions in the following categories:

a. Research Article - Contributions to this section are full papers
reporting completed research
b. Research Note - Research frameworks, exploratory studies and
methodological papers
c. Research Review - Reviews are carefully crafted articles that
conceptualize research areas, synthesize prior research as well as help
identify and develop future research directions

Authors are encouraged to develop articles that are consistent with the
following themes:

a. Cross-National Studies. These need not be cross-culture per se.These
studies lead to an understanding of IT as it leaves one nation and is
built/bought/used in another.

b. Cross-Cultural Studies. These need not be cross-nation. Cultures
could be across regions that share a similar culture. They can also be
within nations(subcultures, ethnicities...etc). 

c. Single nation studies from under-represented nations. The idea here
is to look at existing literature from the better represented nations
and compare it to the findings in the under-represented nation. Authors
are also encouraged to weave the country context (ie. culture, firm
strategies, government policies, laws ...etc) in the development of the
research problem and in explaining the results.

d. Studies of the development, implementation, management and use of IT
in multinational, transnational, inter-national and global
organizations.

Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission
guidelines at www.igi-global.com/jgim 

All inquiries and submissions should be sent to: 
Editor-in-Chief: Professor Felix B. Tan at jgim at aut.ac.nz