[AISWorld] New Issue of Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems (PAJAIS)
Michelle Yen
yenjumin at mail.nsysu.edu.tw
Tue Aug 14 03:51:16 EDT 2012
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information
Systems (PAJAIS), I am pleased to announce that Vol. 4. Number 2, 2012 issue
of PAJAIS is now available at the journal web site:
http://journal.ecrc.nsysu.edu.tw/pajais/
PAJAIS is also available through AIS e-library:
http://aisel.aisnet.org/pajais/
Table of Contents
1) Fully Mediated Effects of Formative Measures Using MIMIC Constructs
James J. Jiang, Jacob C. Tsai, Gary Klein, and Stacie Petter
Abstract:
Formatively-measured constructs are increasingly applied in information
system research models. Recent work shows that exogenous
formatively-measured constructs suffer from a number of problems that
include interpretational confounding and a lack of external consistency. Yet
replacement by reflectively-measured constructs can lead to bias if not
theoretically appropriate.
One solution may be to use a MIMIC construct composed of the formative
measures as well as two additional reflective measures. A simulation study
indicates that a MIMIC so composed mitigates the problems of
interpretational confounding and poor external consistency allowing use
broader use in a variety of structural models.
Keywords: Formative measures, endogenous variables, research methodology,
structural equation models, simulation, MIMIC models
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2) IT Governance in Collaborative Networks: A Socio-Technical
Perspective
Josephine L.L. Chong and Felix B. Tan
Abstract
Research on IT governance has tended to focus on the issue within a single
organizational environment. Our understanding of IT governance in an
inter-organizational context remains limited. In addition, few have taken a
socio-technical perspective. The aim of the study is therefore to
empirically explore the impacts of socio-technical factors on the
effectiveness of IT governance for a collaborative network by examining
three IT governance elements: structure, process and relational mechanism.
This paper reports on the findings of the pilot phase of the broader study.
The findings indicate that more effective collaborative IT governance is
associated with an active involvement of a governing body; a co-ordinated
communication process; and the presence of relational culture and
attitudinal commitment. Theoretical and managerial implications of the study
are discussed.
Keywords: IT governance, Attitudinal commitment, Relational culture,
Communication process
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3) A Design Science Approach to Virtual World Implementation of Trade
Fairs
Ramesh Sharda, David Sikolia, Joseph Thomas and Ramesh Sambasivan
Abstract
Virtual world technology platforms, which allow users from distant places to
congregate virtually for entertainment or other purposes, are growing into
useful tools for businesses and consumers. Besides other applications, the
concept of same-time, different-place gatherings can also be used to
organize virtual trade fairs that are complements or extensions of physical
tradeshows. This paper describes a design-science approach to the
development of a virtual world technology platform specifically aimed at
creating virtual tradeshow events that bring show attendees and exhibitors
together. After describing the design and development of the virtual world
tech-nology platform and some of its applications, we report its
implementation in a career fair setting organized to facilitate interaction
between would-be employers and students at a university.. We also conducted
a preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of this virtual
event by surveying employers and attendees. Although the event effectiveness
is rated aver-age, this exploratory analysis reveals that the virtual events
are quite efficient in terms of use of resources. The overall effort to
develop the virtual events is minimal as compared to the number of
additional attendees that can participate in the event, reducing the cost
per new lead gener-ated. As the technology evolves further to enhance
richness of the interactions, these virtual events will become major
applications of virtual worlds.
Keywords: Virtual Worlds, Tradeshow, Design Science, Virtual Career Fair
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Best Regards,
Dr. Ting-Peng Liang, Editor in Chief,
Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems
Information Systems Department
College of Business Administration
Electronic Commerce Research Center
National Sun Yat-sen University
70 Lien-Hai Road, Kaohsiung 804 Taiwan
http://www.ecrc.nsysu.edu.tw/
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