[AISWorld] Announcing the publication of issue 11 (2) of AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction

Sun Jun 30 22:04:50 EDT 2019

Announcing the Publication of
Volume 11 Issue 2 of AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction
(http://https://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/<http://https:/aisel.aisnet.org/thci/>)

As the new editor-in-chief of AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction (THCI), I welcome the AIS community to submit their best work to THCI.

THCI is in its 11th year of publication, and based on data from Google Scholar, has an impact factor that varies from 1.52 to 5.09 since its inception.

I want to take this opportunity to thank my predecessors - Dennis Galletta, Ping Zhang, Joe Valacich, and Paul Lowry - for their excellent service and hard work in the last 10 years in building up the journal to what it is today: a prestigious publication outlet for research that addresses the interaction, intersection, and interplay among humans, information, technologies, and tasks to guide the development and use of human-centered Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and services for individuals, groups, organizations, and communities.

Special thanks go to Dennis Galletta for all the help and assistance he has offered to ensure a smooth transition to my editorship and to Gregory Moody, the managing editor, for his outstanding service in managing the many aspects of the journal.

I would also like to announce the 2018 best paper award and best reviewer award, which were determined based on nominations from the THCI advisory board members and senior editors.

2018 THCI BEST PAPER AWARD:

The 2018 THCI best paper award goes to Ricardo Buettner, Sebastian Sauer, Christian Maier, and Andreas Eckhardt for their paper entitled "Real-time Prediction of User Performance based on Pupillary Assessment via Eye Tracking" that is published in issue 1 of volume 10. You can access this paper at https://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/vol10/iss1/2/.

2018 THCI BEST REVIEWER AWARD:

The 2018 THCI best reviewer award goes to Richard Johnson, University at Albany - The State University of New York

Congratulations to Ricardo Buettner, Sebastian Sauer, Christian Maier, Andreas Eckhardt and Richard Johnson for the awards!

We hope to continue to receive the best work from the community and will work closely with our advisory board, senior editor board, and editorial board to continue to enhance the visibility and reputation of THCI.

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ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE LATEST (JUNE 2019) ISSUE:

The June 2019 issue has two high-quality papers that cover design guidelines for in-vehicle assistants as well as moderating and mediating factors in knowledge creation processes of organizations. You are welcome to freely download the papers from this issue and other issues by visiting the AIS E-Library, or the direct links below. You can go directly to our journal at http://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/. Note that we continue to be an open-access journal (at no cost to authors) for the time being - thanks to the generosity of AIS and its publications committee.

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In this issue (Volume 11, Issue 2)

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Paper 1:

Strohmann, Timo; Siemon, Dominik; Robra-Bissantz, Sussane (2019) "Designing Virtual In-vehicle Assistants: Design Guidelines for Creating a Convincing User Experience," AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction (11) 2, pp. 54-78. DOI: 10.17705/1thci.00113

Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/vol11/iss2/1/

Abstract:

More and more people use virtual assistants in their everyday life (e.g., on their mobile phones, in their homes, or in their cars). So-called vehicle assistance systems have evolved over the years and now perform various proactive tasks. However, we still lack concrete guidelines with all the specifics that one needs to consider to build virtual assistants that provide a convincing user experience (especially in vehicles). This research provides guidelines for designing virtual in-vehicle assistants. The developed guidelines offer a clear and structured overview of what designers have to consider while designing virtual in-vehicle assistants for a convincing user experience. Following design science research principles, we designed the guidelines based on the existing literature on the requirements of assistant systems and on the results from interviewing experts. In order to demonstrate the applicability of the guidelines, we developed a virtual reality prototype that considered the design guidelines. In a user experience test with 19 participants, we found that the prototype was easy to use, allowed good interaction, and increased the users' overall comfort.

Paper 2:

Chung, Ting-Ting (Rachel); Liang, Ting-Peng; Peng, Chih-Hung; Chen, Deng-Neng; Sharma, Pratyush Nidhi (2019) "Knowledge Creation and Organizational Performance: Moderating and Mediating Processes from an Organizational Agility Perspective," AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction (11) 2, pp. 79-106. DOI: 10.17705/1thci.00114

Available at: http://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/vol11/iss2/2

Abstract:

Knowledge management systems (KMS) allow firms to create knowledge and improve organizational creativity to help them sustain a competitive advantage. However, we lack knowledge about the underlying mechanisms for how the different aspects of KMS-based knowledge-creation process (i.e., socialization, externalization, combination, and internalization) enhance organizational creativity and, ultimately, organizational performance. We examine organizational agility's role as a mediator between knowledge creation and organizational creativity and the subsequent effect that creativity has on organizational performance. We also analyze the moderating roles of two key knowledge characteristics, tacitness and institutionalization, in the mediation processes. We found that organizational agility mediated the effect that knowledge creation had on organizational creativity. Moreover, knowledge tacitness moderated the effect that socialization had on organizational creativity. Knowledge institutionalization, on the other hand, moderated the effects that combination and internalization had on organizational creativity. Our findings extend prior research by providing insights into the role that knowledge creation and knowledge characteristics play in stimulating organizational creativity and firm performance. We discuss our study's implications for practitioners and researchers.

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Call for Papers

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THCI is an AIS journal and one of the journals in the AIS e-library at https://aisel.aisnet.org/. THCI is a high-quality peer-reviewed international scholarly journal on Human-Computer Interaction. As an AIS journal, THCI is oriented to the Information Systems community, emphasizing applications in business, managerial, organizational, and cultural contexts. However, it is open to all related communities that share intellectual interests in HCI phenomena and issues. The editorial objective is to enhance and communicate knowledge about the interplay among humans, information, technologies, and tasks in order to guide the development and use of human-centered Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and services for individuals, groups, organizations, and communities.

To increase awareness and readership, THCI is still freely available to the public, which is beneficial to the authors and the community. You can find information related to all aspects of THCI at its website (https://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/), including how to submit. We would like to thank AIS (https://aisel.aisnet.org/) Council for its continued support of the journal. And, as always, we are happy to announce that we have published the journal on time for every issue, and are building a strong case for a solid impact factor when released by SSCI and Scopus in the near future.

Topics of interest to THCI include but are not limited to the following:

*   The behavioral, cognitive, motivational and affective aspects of human and technology interaction

*   User task analysis and modeling; fit between representations and task types

*   Digital documents/genres; human information seeking and web navigation behaviors; human information interaction; information visualization

*   Social media; social computing; virtual communities

*   Behavioral information security and information assurance; privacy and trust in human technology interaction

*   User interface design and evaluation for various applications in business, managerial, organizational, educational, social, cultural, non-work, and other domains

*   Integrated and/or innovative approaches, guidelines, and standards or metrics for human centered analysis, design, construction, evaluation, and use of interactive devices and information systems

*   Information systems usability engineering; universal usability

*   The impact of interfaces/information technology on people's attitude, behavior, performance, perception, and productivity

*   Implications and consequences of technological change on individuals, groups, society, and socio-technical units

*   Software learning and training issues such as perceptual, cognitive, and motivational aspects of learning

*   Gender and information technology

*   The elderly, the young, and special needs populations for new applications, modalities, and multimedia interaction

*   Issues in HCI education

The language for the journal is English. The audience includes international scholars and practitioners who conduct research on issues related to the objectives of the journal. The publication frequency is quarterly: 4 issues per year that are published in March, June, September, and December. The AIS Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction (SIGHCI, http://sighci.org/) is the official sponsor of THCI.

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Please visit the links above or the links from our AIS THCI page (https://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/) for details on current or emerging special issue calls.

Please take note of our call for papers for a special issue on AI Fairness, Trust and Ethics (https://bit.ly/2JcrDT7) that is co-edited by Lionel Robert, Gaurav Bansal, Nigel Melville, and Tom Stafford. This special issue covers the core of many of the issues underlying the implications of AI, and calls for research that can unpack the potential, challenges, impacts, and theoretical implications of AI. We welcome research from different perspectives that offer novel theoretical implications on AI fairness, trust and ethics in organizations and our broader society.

Please keep checking our home page to see what is brewing! If you have an idea for a special issue, please contact us.

Sincerely,

Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Editor-in-Chief

Gregory D. Moody, Managing Editor

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Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Ph.D.
Editor-in-chief, AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction
Professor of Business & Information Technology
Missouri University of Science and Technology
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Rolla, MO 65409
Tel: 573-341-6996
Email: nahf at mst.edu<mailto:nahf at mst.edu>
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