[AISWorld] Journal of Organizational and End User Computing. 23, 2, 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 2, April-June 2011
Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically
ISSN: 1546-2234 EISSN: 1546-5012
Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA
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Editor-in-Chief: M. Adam Mahmood, University of Texas at El Paso, USA

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PAPER ONE

Developers, Decision Makers, Strategists or Just End-Users? Redefining End-User Computing for the 21st Century: A Case Study

Sandra Barker, University of South Australia, Australia
Brenton Fiedler, University of South Australia, Australia

The acceleration of technology in business since the 1980s suggests that traditional management techniques, systems, and strategies employed in a business environment should be challenged. As a consequence of this acceleration, end-user computing (EUC) and end-user development (EUD) have also grown. Definitions of EUC developed in the 1980s continue to be used by contemporary researchers without regard to the changing technological environment, user experience, and user needs. Therefore, the authors challenge traditional definitions of EUC developed and used by researchers to ascertain whether they meet the needs of management for the 21st century. There is a conflict among traditional definitions that has not been addressed since the early 1990s (Downey & Bartczak, 2005). In this regard, the authors proffer that the management strategies for end-user (EU) systems development in the 21st century should suggest a different and proactive role for users. This paper summarises key traditional definitions from the literature and evaluates their consonance with the technology and business system environment. The impetus for researchers to rethink the traditional definition of EUC is provided through a real world management project involving the development of a university staff workload database that investigated the role of end-users in system enhancement and development.

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PAPER TWO

Participation in ICT-Enabled Meetings

Katherine M. Chudoba, Utah State University, USA
Mary Beth Watson-Manheim, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
Kevin Crowston, Syracuse University, USA
Chei Sian Lee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Meetings are a common occurrence in contemporary organizations. The authors' exploratory study at Intel, an innovative global technology company, suggests that meetings are evolving beyond their familiar definition as the pervasive use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) changes work practices associated with meetings. Drawing on data gathered from interviews prompted by entries in the employees' electronic calendar system, the authors examine the multiple ways in which meetings build and reflect work in the organization and derive propositions to guide future research. Specifically, the authors identify four aspects of meetings that reflect work in the 21st century: meetings are integral to work in team-centered organizations, tension between group and personal objectives, discontinuities, and ICT support for fragmented work environment.

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PAPER THREE

In or Out: An Integrated Model of Individual Knowledge Source Choice

Yinglei Wang, Acadia University, Canada
Darren B. Meister, The University of Western Ontario, Canada
Peter H. Gray, University of Virginia, USA

The way individuals use internal and external knowledge sources influences organizational knowledge integration, an important source of competitive advantage. Drawing on research into knowledge sourcing and consumer switching behavior, the authors develop an integrated model to understand individuals' choices between internal and external knowledge sources in contemporary work settings, where information technology has made both easily accessible. A test of the model using survey data collected from an international consulting firm yields an important new insight: satisfied individuals in knowledge reuse friendly environments are likely to use internal knowledge sources while they may also be tempted by easily accessible external knowledge sources. The implications for researchers and practitioners are also discussed.

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PAPER FOUR

Expert and Novice End-User Spreadsheet Debugging: A Comparative Study of Performance and Behaviour

Brian Bishop, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland
Kevin McDaid, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland

The reliability of end-user developed spreadsheets is poor. Research studies find that 94% of 'real-world' spreadsheets contain errors. Although some research has been conducted in the area of spreadsheet testing, little is known about the behaviour or processes of individuals during the debugging task. In this paper, the authors investigate the performance and behaviour of expert and novice end-users in the debugging of an experimental spreadsheet. To achieve this aim, a spreadsheet debugging experiment was conducted, with professional and student participants requested to debug a spreadsheet seeded with errors. The work utilises a novel approach for acquiring experimental data through the unobtrusive recording of participants' actions using a custom built VBA tool. Based on findings from the experiment, a debugging tool is developed, and its effects on debugging performance are investigated.

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Sincerely,

M. Adam Mahmood