Readings List  --  MIS-655  

Spring 2003, Dr. Brian Reithel

The University of Mississippi

 

General Readings

 

  • 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://people.clemson.edu/~vgrover/survey/MIS-SUVY.html
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Williams, Denise. “The Delphi Method in Management Informaton Systems: A Survey” Working Paper, Fall 2001.
  • 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.

 

 

Readings in Systems Development

 

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

 

  • Segars, A and Grover, V. “Profiles of strategic information systems planning, “ Information Systems Research, Volume 10, Number 3, September 1999, pp. 199-232.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Ba, Sulin and Pavlou, Paul, “Evidence of the Effect of Trust Building Technology in Electronic Markets: Price Premiums and Buyer Behavior”, MIS Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 3, September 2002, pp. 243-268.
  • Goodhue, Dale; Wixom, Barbara, and Watson, Hugh, “Realizing Business Benefits Through CRM: Hitting the Right Target in the Right Way”, MIS Quarterly Executive, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 2002, pp. 79-94.
  • Swift, Ronald “Executive Response: CRM is Changing our Eras, The Information We Require, and Our Processes…”, MIS Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 2002, pp. 79-94.
  • Jiang, James; Klein, G., and Carr, Christopher, “Measuring Information Systems Service Qualitiy: SERVQUAL From the Other Side”, MIS Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2002, pp. 145-166.
  • McKinney, Vicki; Yoon, Kanghyun, and Sahedi, FatemehMariam”, “The Measurement of Web-Customer Satisfaction: An Expectation and Disconfirmation Approach”, Information Systems Research, Vol. 13, No. 2, September 2002, pp. 296-315.