Association for Information Systems Conference, August 7 - 9, 2014

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Track Chairs:

JJ Hsieh, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">
Heshan Sun, Clemson University,  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">

Track Description:

Despite the prevalence of technology in business, diffusion and adoption of information technology (IT) remains a challenge with many research questions unanswered. The answers to these questions are valuable given that technology usage is a prerequisite for realizing the value from technology investment. Yet, despite the increasing investment in IT, many still struggle to find the link between the adoption and use of the technology and their predictors and consequences.

The struggles with understanding the impact of IT are further complicated by the evolving nature of IT. New technologies such as social media, cloud computing, and business analytics potentially change the nature and speed of diffusion. New organizational contexts such as inter‐organizational alliances, the push for e‐government, and the societal focus on IT‐enabled healthcare may also play a role affecting the ways through which IT exercises its impacts. Further, the pervasiveness of IT in emerging forms such as iPads, smart phones, and wearable devices, may change the types of individuals who adopt earlier (or later), influence the spread of innovations, or affect the types of technologies that are accepted. This track focuses on these and other issues related to the diffusion of IT. We welcome innovative research on this topic, especially papers that bridge the gap between academic and business thought and that promote the theoretical and methodological breakthroughs in this field.

Mini-Tracks:

Diffusion of IS Innovations in Social Networks

Anand Jeyaraj, Wright State University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The diffusion of information systems (IS) innovations can be visualized as a process of communication by which members of a social system may become aware of IS innovations over time. The social system may comprise individuals or organizations, deal with formal or informal connections, exist for hedonic or instrumental purposes, structured as aristocratic or egalitarian networks, and based on strong or weak ties among members. Communication mechanisms and patterns within such social systems can vary considerably and can significantly affect the diffusion process over time. We solicit theoretical expositions and empirical investigations that deal with the diffusion of IS innovations.

Organizational Factors that Influence the Adoption and Diffusion of Emerging Information Technology

David Bourrie, Auburn University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Chetan Sankar, Auburn University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The use of emerging information technology is increasingly becoming more vital to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage for organizations. This mini-track aims to expand our knowledge regarding the adoption and diffusion of emerging information technology (e.g., business analytics, cloud computing, and iPads). Factors such as employee attitudes, organizational climate, and readiness for change can all influence the adoption and diffusion of emerging technology. This mini-tracks purpose is to expand our understanding of organizational factors that impact the adoption and diffusion of emerging information technology.

The Dark Side of Post-Adoptive Use

Greta L. Polites, Kent State University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." target="_blank">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Jason Bennett Thatcher, Clemson University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Candice Vander Weerdt, Kent State University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

There is often an implicit assumption in technology acceptance research that IS use, often operationalized in the post-adoption context as “more use,” results in positive outcomes. However, recent research indicates that not all technology use leads to positive outcomes. Whether routinized use reduces an individual’s ability to react mindfully when faced with new work situations, or whether personal technology use becomes excessive to the point of addiction, certain usage behaviors may lead to undesirable results – for individuals, organizations, and society at large. This mini-track solicits complete or in-process research papers that seek to improve our understanding of the antecedents and consequences of usage behaviors that lead to negative outcomes in a wide range of settings, from the workplace to schools to personal life. We also invite research proposing interventions to mitigate the negative effects of IS use.

Impacts of information system implementation on organizational performance

Quanwu Zhao, Chongqing University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Jiaqin Yang, Georgia College & State University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Nowadays more and more organizations have implemented information systems, e.g., ERP, CRM, SCM, E-business systems, and business intelligence systems. It is strongly believed that these systems can improve operational efficiency and overall business performance. However, despite the ubiquity of these enterprise level information systems and the huge investment into them, information systems implementation has been plagued with high failure rates and the systems’ failure to yield expected benefits. Information systems literature has attempted to investigate the relationships between information systems implementation and organizations performance. But the existing findings are mixed, contingent upon samples of specific information systems from a specific country or areas. So more efforts are needed to investigate the performance impact of system implementation and the determinants of successful system implementation and the reasons for implementation failure. We solicit theoretical explanations and empirical investigations into the relationship between system implementation and organizational performance.

Design Factors and Technology Adoption

Jun Sun, The University of Texas - Pan American, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Zhaojun Yang, Xidian University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Numerous design features are emerging to enhance user experiences with new information systems, especially web-based and mobile applications. Their effects, however, may not turn out to be exactly as expected. For example, the features related to interactivity and personalization may interact with each other. Currently, there is a lag between academic research and industrial practice. It is expected that the theoretical discussions and empirical studies may yield deeper insights and provide theoretical and practical guidelines. We solicit expositions and investigations of both qualitative and quantitative natures. Analyses at different levels (individual, organizational, and societal) using a variety of methods (e.g. survey, case study, ethnography etc.) are all welcome.