[AISWorld] Fwd: [AJIS] New Article: The effect of “Internet of Things” on supply chain integration and performance: An organisational capability perspective

[Ajis Editor]

Hi,

The Australasian Journal of Information Systems has just published its
latest article.

*Hasan, H., Connery, A., & Crawford, K. (2018). Challenges of IS Research
Translation: a Study of Tensions between ICT Innovation and Conservative
Bureaucracies. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 22.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v22i0.1875
<http://dx.doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v22i0.1875>*


*Abstract*In highly-structured public bureaucracies, such as universities,
the need for stable and ordered administration conflicts with attempts at
innovation and creativity. This is a particular dilemma for universities,
which exist to create and share knowledge. The case presented here concerns
the tensions generated where a university’s administration ignored
innovative IS research findings which could translate into innovations from
which they could benefit. We employ Leximancer to objectively analyse
textual documents related to the case and invoke Activity Theory to make
deeper sense of the phenomenon of our investigation. Identifying several
contractions behind the tensions uncovered in this case, we turn to the
concept of dialectic as a tool for cooperatively resolving complex
contradictions. The findings concern many cultural-historical factors that
present barriers to the translation of IS research into innovative practice
in university administration.

*Keywords*
Activity Theory; cultural historical tradition; I T innovation; Leximancer;
dialectic; research translation

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Cheers
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Editor-in-Chief, Australasian Journal of Information Systems
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