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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 15, NUMBER 3, (July, 2012) OF THE JOURNAL OF GLOBAL
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (JGITM)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Note that JGITM is now among
the elite group of MIS journals included in the prestigious Social Sciences
Citation Index (SSCI).<span style> </span>It is included in
both SSCI and CC/S&BS, both produced by Thomson Reuters. <a href="http://jgitm.uncg.edu/">http://jgitm.uncg.edu/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Publisher: Ivy League
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the utilization of global information resources. Besides quality work, at a
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE OF
JGITM (VOL. 15, NO.3, July 2012)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">EDITORIAL PREFACE: “FAST,
CHEAP OR GOOD; PICK ANY TWO”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Tom Stafford, Associate
Editor, The University of Memphis, USA, <a href="mailto:tstaffor@memphis.edu">tstaffor@memphis.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Recent
trends have caused me to give deep and critical thought about what and where to
outsource, and why. The AE observes that “Every manager wants three things in
an important business decision. They want it fast, they want it cheap and they
want it good. Trouble is, they only get two out of three of those qualities.”
He provides several examples to make his point.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL
ON INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND WELL-BEING IN VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES</span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Xiaofei Tang, Southwestern
University of Finance and Economics, China, <a href="mailto:xftang@swufe.edu.cn">xftang@swufe.edu.cn</a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><p class="Default">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Mingfeng
Tang, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China, <a href="mailto:tang@swufe.edu.cn">tang@swufe.edu.cn</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Zhigang <span style="color:black;background:white">Weng, </span>Southwestern University of
Finance and Economics, China, <span style="background:white"><a href="mailto:wzg6666@swufe.edu.cn">wzg6666@swufe.edu.cn</a></span><span style></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Xubin
Cao,<span style> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Southwestern
University of Finance & Economics, <a href="mailto:cxb@swufe.edu.cn">cxb@swufe.edu.cn</a><span style></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Yong
Lu, Pennsylvania State University, USA, <a href="mailto:ericlu@psu.edu">ericlu@psu.edu</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Virtual communities play a
significant role in improving communication and well-being during disasters<span style="color:black">. </span>A theoretical model is developed to investigate
the mechanism by which social capital contributes to individual and collective
well-being through information exchange. Results show that information quality
is more critical to individuals and the community than information quantity
after a disaster. Four elements of social capital are important to improve
information quality: trust, reciprocity, shared language and shared vision. T<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black">heoretical and practical
implications across cultures</span></span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-style-span">and countries are provided.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="Headline" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left" align="left"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal">ANALYZING HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WITHIN THE GSD CONTEXT</span></p>
<p class="Headline" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left" align="left"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;font-weight:normal" lang="ES-TRAD">Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, <a href="mailto:ricardo.colomo@uc3m.es">ricardo.colomo@uc3m.es</a></span></p>
<p class="Headline" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left" align="left"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;font-weight:normal" lang="ES-TRAD">Cristina Casado-Lumbreras, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, <a href="mailto:casado.lumbreras@gmail.com">casado.lumbreras@gmail.com</a>
</span></p>
<p class="Headline" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left" align="left"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;font-weight:normal" lang="ES-TRAD">Pedro Soto-Acosta, Universidad de Murcia, Spain, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;font-weight:normal"><a href="mailto:psoto@um.es">psoto@um.es</a> </span></p>
<p class="Headline" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left" align="left"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;font-weight:normal">Sanjay Misra, Atilim
University, Turkey, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;font-weight:normal" lang="ES-TRAD"><a href="mailto:ssopam@gmail.com">ssopam@gmail.com</a></span></p>
<p class="Headline" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left" align="left"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;font-weight:normal" lang="ES-TRAD">Francisco José
García-Peñalvo,<span style> </span>Universidad de
Salamanca, Spain, <a href="mailto:fgarcia@usal.es">fgarcia@usal.es</a> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The management of processes
and people, who work in globally distributed teams, requires a high level of
coordination and collaboration. The People Capability Maturity Model
(People-CMM) provides a complete framework that enables quality in human
resource management to be improved. However, today, the adoption of the
People-CMM within organizations using Global Software Development (GSD) is not
an easy task. This study uses an empirical study to analyze the implementation
of the People-CMM within the GSD context. Results confirm that cultural and
communication problems are the main challenges in the implementation of the
People-CMM adoption within GSD scenarios.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
COMPETENCE VIA IP SERVICES APPLICATIONS: A MODIFIED TASK-TECHNOLOGY FIT
PERSPECTIVE</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Sandra A. Vannoy, Appalachian
State University, USA, <a href="mailto:vannoysa@appstate.edu">vannoysa@appstate.edu</a><br>
Charlie C. Chen, Appalachian State University, USA, <a href="mailto:chench@appstate.edu">chench@appstate.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">There is little empirical research regarding the role
of technology in communicating across cultures.<span style>
</span>Over a four week period, 100 American and 60 Taiwanese subjects
communicated virtually via the Internet Protocol (IP) application Skype in
order to learn from each about their respective cultures and acquire
communication skills. A survey was administered to the American participants at
the end of the four weeks. Results of PLS analysis show strong support for a
self-efficacy modified task-technology fit perspective to understand the
relationship between IP services applications and intercultural communication
competence.<span style> </span>The utilization of IP
services applications and the perception that the IP services applications fit
intercultural communication tasks are useful predictors for perceived
intercultural communication competence.<span style> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a name="OLE_LINK4"></a><a name="OLE_LINK3"><span style><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">THE
EXPERT OPINION: </span></span></a><span style></span><span style></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt">AN INTERVIEW WITH DENNIS HODGES, CIO, INTEVA PRODUCTS</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Conducted by Paul Licker,
Oakland University, USA, <a href="mailto:licker@oakland.edu">licker@oakland.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Dennis
Hodges is the Chief Information Officer for Inteva Products, LLC. Prior to this
assignment Dennis was Chief Information Officer for Delphi Interiors and
Closures. <span style="color:black">The interview discusses many topics such
as: the Inteva company’s background, the role of IT in the company and the
industry, IT issues in internationalization, global IT architecture, and key
technical and management issues.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">BOOK REVIEW: <span style="color:black">HOW FIRMS CAN STRATEGICALLY INFLUENCE OPEN SOURCE
COMMUNITIES:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">THE EMPLOYMENT OF
‘MEN ON THE INSIDE’, BY VIKTOR LEE</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Reviewed by </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Roberto Vinaja, <span style="color:black">Texas A&M University—San Antonio, USA, </span><span class="go"><a href="mailto:bvinaja@tamusa.tamus.edu">bvinaja@tamusa.tamus.edu</a></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:#222222"></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">The development
and adoption of open source software (OSS) has had unprecedented growth. <span style> </span>The main objective of this book is to
understand whether and to what extent firms influence OS communities, and it is
based on both quantitative and qualitative research. Lee shows that, despite
the apparent paradox of combining an OS model and a profit-driven business
model, firms can succeed in integrating an OS community into the firm’s
development process with the help of strategic agents.</span></p>
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<h5 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">For copies of the above articles, please check for
the Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM) in your
institution's library.</span></h5>
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<h5 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">MISSION: The mission of the Journal of Global
Information Technology Management (JGITM) is to continue to be the premier
journal on Global Information Technology Management. It is a refereed
international journal supported by global IT scholars from all over the
world. JGITM publishes articles and reports related to all aspects of the
application of information technology for international business. For
example, it will report on information resource management, managerial and
organizational concerns, educational issues, and innovative applications
related to global IT. Very important to the journal is its emphasis on quality
and relevance. The journal disseminates this knowledge to researchers,
practitioners, academicians, and educators all over the world on a timely
basis. Finally, the journal is international in all respects: content,
article authorship, readership, and the editorial board.</span></h5>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">SCOPE AND COVERAGE: The journal's scope is
multidisciplinary. It publishes research, applied, and educational articles
from all areas of MIS as well as functional IT applications that have
international focus. The journal also entertains a variety of methodological
approaches. It encourages manuscript submissions from authors all over the
world, both from academia and industry. In addition, the journal will also
include educational cases and reviews of MIS books that have bearing on global
aspects. Practitioner input will be specifically solicited from time-to-time in
the form of industry columns and CIO interviews.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Articles in the journal
include, but are not limited to the following areas: Frameworks and
models for global information systems (GIS), Development, evaluation and management
of GIS, Electronic Commerce, Internet related issues, Societal impacts of IT in
developing countries, IT and Economic development, IT Diffusion in developing
countries, IT human resource issues, DSS/EIS/ES in international settings,
Organizational and management structures for GIS, Transborder data flow issues,
Electronic data interchange, Telecommunications, Distributed global databases
and networks, Cultural and societal impacts, Comparative studies of nations,
and Applications and case studies (both educational and research).</span></p>
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participants from all continents.<span style> </span>It has
a friendly cozy atmosphere leading to rewarding collaborations.</span></p>