Why Do IS Projects Fail? (Hint: You probably already know the answer!)
[caption id="attachment_710" align="alignleft" width="300"] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Viruses.jpg cc2.0[/caption] An article in MIT's Sloan Management Review (http://sloanreview.mit.edu/projects/embracing-digital-technology/) describes why IT projects so often fail to achieve their intended...
Communities of practice and individual learning outcomes
[caption id="attachment_634" align="alignleft" width="294"] http://www.flickr.com/photos/interplast/55755997/ (cc 2.0)[/caption] Research Question: What essential behaviours do members of a community of practice engage in, and how can they...
Top Management Support of Enterprise Systems
[caption id="attachment_480" align="alignleft" width="240"] By lumaxart (cc 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons[/caption]Research Question: What supportive actions do top managers engage in during IS implementations? How do...
Understanding Sustained Participation in OSS Projects
[caption id="attachment_570" align="alignleft" width="300"] www.flickr.com/photos/eole/7642804482/ (cc 2.0)[/caption] Research Question: What mechanisms sustain long-term voluntary developer participation in OSS communities? Abstract: Prior research into open source...
Technology-Mediated Learning
[caption id="attachment_513" align="alignleft" width="300"] flickr.com/photos/stanfordedtech/ (cc 2.0)[/caption] Research Question: How do students learn in technology-mediated environments? Abstract: Technology-mediated learning refers to an environment in which...
Remote Leadership, Communication, & Performance
[caption id="attachment_516" align="alignleft" width="300"] francr2009.deviantart.com/art/Earth-from-space-2-135303150 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)[/caption] Research Question: How is leader performance influenced by leadership style, physical distance, and communication effectiveness between leaders and followers?...
Implementing Innovation
[caption id="attachment_518" align="alignleft" width="300"] flickr.com/photos/hamptonroadspartnership/5351622717/ (cc 2.0)[/caption] Research Question: What are the relationships among innovation-values fit, implementation climate, and implementation effectiveness? Abstract: Despite a substantial...