[AISWorld] Journal of Organizational and End User Computing. 23, 1, 2011 Abstracts

[Mahmood, M. Adam]

The contents of the latest issue of:
Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC)
Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association
Volume 23, Issue 1, January-March 2011
Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically
ISSN: 1546-2234 EISSN: 1546-5012
Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA
www.igi-global.com/joeuc

Editor-in-Chief: M. Adam Mahmood, University of Texas at El Paso, USA

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PAPER ONE

Evaluation of Information Strategy Implementation: A Critical Approach

Yongmei Bentley (University of Bedfordshire Business School, UK) 
Steve Clarke (University of Hull Business School, UK)

Information strategy is often relegated to an information technology element of corporate strategy, or worse, ignored in favour of IT operational planning. This research, conducted over a five-year period, stresses the correct framing of an information strategy and its implementation. The authors propose a framework that assists in the evaluation of such strategies, primarily those at higher education institutions, but also in a wider range of organisations seeking to improve the understanding and implementation of their information strategy.

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PAPER TWO

The Value of TAM Antecedents in Global IS Development and Research

Chad Anderson (Georgia State University, USA) 
Said Al-Gahtani (King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia) 
Geoffrey Hubona (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)

Theoretical models are often conceived and tested in western countries. However, culture influences theoretical models, and the importance of evaluating models in non-western cultures has grown with the accelerating pace of globalization. The technology acceptance model (TAM) is no exception, and more TAM research is being conducted in non-western countries. TAM constructs of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use are difficult to act on, which has led to several studies that identified valid antecedents to these constructs that make the model more practically actionable. These antecedents were conceived and tested in a western country but have yet to be evaluated in the context of a non-western country. In this paper, the authors evaluate these antecedents in Saudi Arabia and find that they function in the specific context of general computer use by Saudi knowledge workers.

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PAPER THREE

Construct Validity Assessment in IS Research: Methods and Case Example of User Satisfaction Scale

Dewi Tojib (Monash University, Australia) 
Ly-Fie Sugianto (Monash University, Australia)

Valid and reliable measures are critical to theory development as they facilitate theory testing in empirical research. Efforts in scale development have been put on ensuring aspects of validity. In this paper, the authors address a specific topic of construct validity assessment in scale development. Using data from the five leading IS journals between 1989-2008, in this paper, the authors determine if and how the field has advanced in construct validity assessment. Findings suggest that the proportion of studies reporting construct validity had increased and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), and Multi-Trait Multi-Method (MTMM) were the three most common methods of construct validity assessment. The authors also apply a popular method from psychology and exemplify how the correlation analysis technique can be used to measure construct validity.

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PAPER FOUR

A Social Capital Perspective on IT Professionals' Work Behavior and Attitude

Lixuan Zhang (Augusta State University, USA) 
Mary Jones (University of North Texas, USA)

Attracting and retaining information technology (IT) professionals is a current concern for companies. Although research has been conducted about the job behavior and attitudes of IT professionals over the past three decades, little research has explored the effect of IT professionals' social capital. The primary research question that this study addresses is how social capital affects IT professionals' work attitude and behavior, including job satisfaction and job performance. Data were collected from 128 IT professionals from a range of jobs, organizations and industries. Results indicate that the strength of the ties an IT professional has in his or her organization is positively related to job satisfaction. The number of ties that an IT professional has outside the organization is also positively related to job performance. Several implications for research and practice are offered based on these findings.

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PAPER FIVE

Gender Differences in E-Learning: Communication, Social Presence, and Learning Outcomes

Richard Johnson (University at Albany - SUNY, USA)

The first decade of the World Wide Web predominantly enforced a clear separation between designers and consumers. New technological developments, such as the participatory Web 2.0 architectures, have emerged to support social computing. These developments are the foundations for a fundamental shift from consumer cultures (specialized in producing finished goods) to cultures of participation (in which all people can participate actively in personally meaningful activities). End-user development and meta-design provide foundations for this fundamental transformation. They explore and support new approaches for the design, adoption, appropriation, adaptation, evolution, and sharing of artifacts by all participating stakeholders. They take into account that cultures of participation are not dictated by technology alone: they are the result of incremental shifts in human behavior and social organizations. The design, development, and assessment of five particular applications that contributed to the development of our theoretical framework are described and discussed.

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Sincerely,

M. Adam Mahmood