General Reading – MIS 655

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Whetten, David A. “What Constitutes a Theoretical Contribution”, Academy of Management

Review, Volume 14, Number 4, pp. 490-495.

Alavi, Maryam and Carlson, Patricia. “A Review of MIS Research and Disciplinary Development.”

Journal of Management Information Systems, Volume 8, Number 4, Spring 1992, pp. 45-62.

Straub, Detmar; Ang, Soon and Evaristo, Roberto. “Normative Standards for IS Research.”  DATABASE,

Volume 25, Number 1, 1994, pp. 21-34.

Grover, Varun. “A Tutorial On Survey Research: From Constructs To Theory.” Working Paper,

http://theweb.badm.sc.edu/grover/survey/MIS-SUVY.html.

Freeman, Lee A.; Jarvenpaa, Sirkka L.; and Wheeler, Bradley C. “The Supply and Demand of Information

Systems Doctorates: Past, Present, and Future.”  MIS Quarterly In Press.     

Boice, Robert.  “Chapter Four: Developing Habits of Writing Productivity”.  The New Faculty Member::

Supporting and Fostering Professional Development Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 1992. p. 81-103.         

Boice, Robert. “Chapter Seven: Encouraging Scholarly Productivity”. The New Faculty Member::

Supporting and Fostering Professional Development Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 1992. p. 160-183.

http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/tutorial/jabs/mtmm.htm.  “Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix: A way to diagnose construct validity”. 

Williams, Denise. “The Delphi Method in Management Informaton Systems: A Survey”  Working Paper, Fall 2001.

Readings in Systems Development

Orlikowski, Wanda J. and Baroudi, Jack J. "Studying Information Technology in Organizations: Research Approaches

and Assumptions," Information Systems Research, Volume 2, Number 1, March 1991, pp. 1-28.

Pennington, Nancy "Stimulus Structures and Mental Representations in Expert

Comprehension of Computer Programs," Cognitive Psychology, Vol. 19, 1987, pp. 295-341.

Boehm, B. "Software Engineering" IEEE Transactions on Computers, Volume C-25,

Number 12, December 1976, pp. 1226-1241.

Hirschheim, R. and Klein, H. K. "Four Paradigms of IS Development", Communications of

the ACM, Volume 32, Number 10, October 1989, pp. 1199-1216.

Ives, B. and Olson, M. "User Involvement in IS Development: A Review of Research",

Management Science, Volume 30, Number 5, May 1984, pp. 586-603.

Tait, P. and Vessey, I. "The Effect of User Involvement on System Success", MIS

Quarterly, Volume 12, Number 1, March 1988, pp. 90-108.

Mantha, R. W. "Data Flow and Data Structure Modeling for Database Requirements

Determination: A Comparative Study", MIS Quarterly, Volume 11, Number 4, December 1987, pp. 530-545.

Sheil, B. A. "The Psychological Study of Programming", ACM Computing Surveys, Volume

13, Number 1, March 1981,pp. 101-120.

McCabe, T. "A Complexity Measure", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Volume

SE-2, Number 4, December 1976, pp. 308-320.

Vessey, Iris "Toward a Theory of Computer Program Bugs: An Empirical Test,"

International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, Volume 30, Number 1, January 1989, pp. 23-46.

Hirschheim, Rudy and Newman, Mike "Symbolism and Information Systems Development:

Metaphor and Magic," Information Systems Research, Volume 2, Number 1, March 1991, pp. 29-62.

DeLone, William H. and McLean, Ephraim R. "Information Systems Success: The Quest for

the Dependent Variable," Information Systems Research, Volume 3, Number 1, March 1992, pp. 60-95.

Seddon, P. “A respecification and extension of the DeLone and McLean model of IS success,” Information

Systems Research, Volume 8, Number 3, September 1997, pp. 240-253.

Shaft, T.M. and Vessey, I. “The Relevance of Application Domain Knowledge: The Case of

Computer Program Comprehension,” Information Systems Research, Volume 6, Number 3, September 1995, pp. 286-299.

Gibbs, W. Wayt, “Software’s Chronic Crisis”, Scientific American, September 1994,

pp. 86-95.

Keil, Mark; Tan, Bernard C. Y.; Wei, Kwok-Kee; Saarinen, Timo; Tuunainen, Virpi and Wassenaar, Arjen. “A Cross-Cultural

Study on Escalation of Commitment Behavior in Software Projects”, MIS Quarterly, June 2000, Vol. 24,

No. 2, pp. 299-325.

Jarvenpaa, S.; Knoll, K. and Leidner, D. “Is Anybody Out There? Antecedents of Trust in Global Virtual

Teams,” Journal of Management Information Systems, Volume 14, Number 4, Spring 1998,

pp. 29-64.

Shull, Forest; Lanubile, Filippo and Basili, Victor R. “Investigating Reading Techniques for Object-Oriented Framework Learning.

”IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Volume 26, Number 11, November 2000, pp. 1101-1118.

Marakas, George M. and Elam, Joyce J. “Semantic Structuring in Analyst Acquisition and Representation of Facts in

Requirements Analysis.” Information Systems Research, Volume 9, Number 1, March 1998, pp. 37-63.

Boehm, Barry. “Safe and Simple Software Cost Analysis.” IEEE Software, September/October 2000, pp. 14-17.

Hale, Joanne; Parrish, Allen; Dixon, Brandon; and Smith, Randy K. “Enhancing the Cocomo Estimation Models.” 

IEEE Software, November/December 2000, pp. 45-49.

Bhattacharjee, Sudip, and Ramesh R. “Enterprise Computing Environments and Cost Assessment.”

Communications of the ACM, Volume 43, Number 10, October 2000, pp. 75-82.

Lee, Anita; Cheng, Chun Hung; and Balakrishnan, Jaydeep. “Software Development Cost Estimation: Integrating

Neural Network with Cluster Analysis.” Information & Management, Volume 34, Number 1, January 1998, pp. 1-9.

Hu, Qing; Plant, Robert T; and Hertz, David B.  “Software Cost Estimation Using Economic Production Models.”

Journal of Management Information Systems, Volume 15, Number 1, Summer 1998, pp. 143-163.

Kemerer, Chris F. “An Empirical Validation of Software Cost Estimation Models.” Communications of the ACM,

Volume 30, Number 5, May 1987, pp. 416-429.

Rehder, Bob; Pennington, Nancy, and Lee, Adrienne Y. “Scoring the Completeness of Software Designs”.

Journal of Systems Software Volume 36, 1997, pp. 33-68.

Readings in Information Systems Management

Govindarajulu, Chittibabu and Reithel, Brian J. “Beyond the Information Center: An Instrument to Measure

End-User Computing Support From Multiple Sources”. Information & Management Vol. 33,

No. 5, 1998, pp. 241-250.

Rockart, J. F. and Flannery, L. S. "The Management of End-User Computing",

Communications of the ACM, Volume 26, Number 10, October 1983, pp. 776-784.

Ginzberg, M. J. and Baroudi, J.J. "MIS Careers- A Theoretical Perspective",

Communications of the ACM, Volume 31, Number 5, May 1988, pp. 586-594.

Das, S. R.; Shaker, A. Z. and Warkentin, M. E. "Integrating the Content and Process of

Strategic MIS Planning with Competitive Strategy", Decision Sciences, Volume 22, Number 5,

November/December 1991, pp. 953-984.

Malone, T. W.; Yates, J. and Benjamin, R. I. "Electronic Markets and Electronic

Hierarchies", Communications of the ACM, Volume 30, Number 6, June 1987, pp. 484-497.

Gurbaxani, V. and Whang, S. “The Impact of Information Systems on Organizations and Markets,”

Communications of the ACM, Volume 34, Number 1, January 1991, pp. 60-73.

Markus, M. "Power, Politics, and MIS Implementation", Communications of the ACM,

Volume 26, Number 6, June 1983, pp. 430-444.

Henderson, John C. and Sifonis, John G. "The Value of Strategic IS Planning:

Understanding Consistency, Validity, and IS Markets", MIS Quarterly, June 1988, Volume 12,

Number 2, pp. 187-200.

Segars, A and Grover, V. “Profiles of strategic information systems planning, “ Information Systems

Research, Volume 10, Number 3, September 1999, pp. 199-232.

King "Centralized vs. Decentralized Computing: Organizational Considerations and

Management Options", ACM Computing Surveys, Volume 15, Number 4, December 1983, pp. 319-349.

Bakos, J. Y. and Treacy, M. E. "Information Technology and Corporate Strategy: A

Research Perspective," MIS Quarterly, Volume 10, Number 2, June 1986, pp. 107-119.

Igbaria, Magid and Greenhaus, Jeffrey H. "Determinants of MIS Employees' Turnover

Intentions: A Structural Equation Model," Communications of the ACM, Volume 35, Number 2,

February 1992, pp. 35-49.

Premkumar, G. and King, William R. "Organizational Characteristics and Information

Systems Planning: An Empirical Study," Information Systems Research, Volume 5, Number 2,

June 1994, pp. 75-109.

Straub, D. W. "The Effect of Culture on IT Diffusion: E-Mail and FAX in Japan and the

U.S.," Information Systems Research, Volume 5, Number 1, March 1994, pp. 23-47.

Leidner, D. E. and Elam, J. J. "Executive Information Systems: Their Impact on Executive

Decision Making," Journal of MIS, Volume 10, Number 3, Winter 1993-94, pp. 139-155.

King, J.L.; et al. "Institutional Factors in Information Technology Innovation," Information

Systems Research, Volume 5, Number 2, June 1994, pp. 139-169.

Kendall, J. E. and Kendall, K. E. "Metaphors and Methodologies: Living Beyond the

Systems Machine," MIS Quarterly, Volume 17, Number 2, June 1993, pp. 149-171.

Kettinger, W. J.; et al. "Strategic Information Systems Revisited: A Study in Sustainability

and Performance," MIS Quarterly, Volume 18, Number 1, March 1994, pp. 31-58.

Feeney, D. and Ives, B. “In Search of Sustainability: Reaping Long-Term Advantage From Investments in

Information Technology,” Journal of Management Information Systems, Volume 7, 1990, pp. 27-45.

Lacity, Mary C. and Willcocks, Leslie P. “An Empirical Investigation of Information Technology Sourcing

Practices: Lessons From Experience(n1)” MIS Quarterly, Vol. 22, Issue 3,

September 1998, pp. 363-408.

Kekre, S.; Krishnan, M.S. and Srinivasan, K. “Drivers of Customer Satisfaction for Software

Products: Implications for Design and Service Support,” Management Science, Vol. 41, Number 9,

September 1995, pp. 1456-1470.

Teng, J.; Cheon, M. and Grover, V. “Decisions to Outsource Information Systems Functions: Testing a

Strategy-Theoretic Discrepancy Model,” Decision Sciences, Volume 26, Number 1,

January/February 1995, pp. 75-103.

Marakas, G.; Yi, M. and Johnson, R. “The multilevel and multifaceted character of computer self‑efficacy:

Toward clarification of the construct and an integrative framework for research”, Information

Systems Research, Volume 9, Number 2, June 1998, pp. 126-163.

Venkatesh, Viswanath. “Determinants of Perceived Ease of Use: Integrating Control, Intrinsic Motivation,

and Emotion into the Technology Acceptance Model”, Information Systems Research, Vol. 11,

No. 4, December 2000, pp. 342-365.

Klein, H. “A Set of Principles for Conducting and Evaluating Interpretive Field Studies in Information Systems,”

MIS Quarterly, Volume 23, Number 1, March 1999, pp. 67-93.

Benbasat, I. And Zmud, R. “Empirical research in information systems: The practice of relevance”,

MIS Quarterly, Volume 23, Number 1, March 1999, pp. 3-16.

Lee, A. “Rigor and relevance in MIS research: Beyond the approach of positivism alone,” MIS Quarterly,

Volume 23, Number 1, March 1999, pp. 29-33.

Davenport, T. and Markus, M. L. “Rigor vs. relevance revisited: Response to Benbasat and Zmud,”

MIS Quarterly, Volume 23, Number 1, March 1999, pp. 19-23.

Klein, Heinz K. and Myers, Michael D.  “A Set of Principles for Conducting and Evaluating Interpretive

Field Studies in Information Systems.” MIS Quarterly, Volume 23, Number 1, March 1999,

pp. 67-94.

Supplemental Readings

Pearson, J. Michael; Shim, J.P. and English, John "And Your Dean Asked: 'What Do You

Do The Rest of the Week?'," working paper.

Pearson, J.M.; Shim, J.P and English, J. “A Comparative Examination of Work Habits and Characteristics

Among Prolific and Non Prolific Information Systems Researchers,” Journal of Computer

Information Systems, Vol. 35, No. 3, 1995 pp. 42‑48.

WWW-based Readings

http://www.misq.org/discovery/articles96/article1/

Teledemocracy: using information technology to enhance political work

by Pål Ytterstad, Sigmund Akselsen, Gunnvald Svendsen and Richard Watson

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~newsted/surveys.html

MIS Survey Research

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