Building a Better World through Information Systems

Human Behavior and IS

Human behavior plays an important role at every stage of the information systems (IS) lifecycle from design, development, deployment, adoption, and use. To the extent we build IS for global use, design must take into account that human behavior varies across cultures.  As we balance between fitness for local use and standardization across all parts of the enterprise, we need to understand the impact of both on user behavior and performance.  How are IS changing the way individuals interact?  The fact that many systems are used in ways different from those envisioned by the designers raises important questions – Why do humans do this?  When do they do this?  Is this always bad?  When might it be good?   We know that IS may be used to intentionally force changes in human behavior, but can human behavior end up changing the IS in unexpected (negative OR positive) ways?  Although there is a long tradition of investigating this interdependency between human behaviors and IS, new opportunities and challenges keep arising as technologies, social environments, and business and/or interpersonal processes evolve. This track focuses on these opportunities and challenges at the individual level of analysis. We invite submissions that test, extend, or challenge the current beliefs, assumptions, and theories.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

·         Cross-cultural analysis of IS design and adoption

·         End-user computing, and its opportunities and challenges for IS integration

·         The interplay between patterns of human interaction and the technologies we use in our interaction.

·         Prevention of error in IS use

·         IS adoption/acceptance, usage/assimilation, and avoidance/resistance

·         The extent of and impact of unfaithful appropriation of IS.

·         Mobile technology, and its opportunities and challenges for individual users

·         Cloud computing, and its opportunities and dilemma for daily personal (non-work) use

·         Gamification exposure and influence on individual behavior

·         IS influence on individual behavior (e.g., learning, entertainment, and shopping)

Track Chairs

Associate Editors