Information Systems Research articles from December 2003

Information Systems Research archives from December 2003

Editorial notes.
December 1, 2003... Because this is the issue in which our new Senior Editors (SEs) are announced, I thought it would be appropriate to share the contributions of the SE position in the editorial process at Information Systems Research with the ISR audience. ...

The influence of business managers' IT competence on championing IT.
December 1, 2003... With the increased importance of IT in organizations, business managers are now expected to show stronger leadership in regard to its deployment of IT in organizations. This requires greater focus on their capability to understand and use IT...

Synthesis and decomposition of processes in organizations.
December 1, 2003... Organizations today face increasing pressures to integrate their processes across disparate divisions and functional units, in order to remove inefficiencies as well as to enhance manageability. Process integration involves two major types of...

A research note regarding the development of the consensus on appropriation scale.
December 1, 2003... Measurement is perhaps the most difficult aspect of behavioral research. In a recent edition of ISR, a scale for consensus on appropriation was developed. Consensus on appropriation is one of three global constructs incorporated in adaptive...

Authors' Reply to Allport and Kerler (2003).
December 1, 2003... We are pleased that our effort has received such interest, and thank the editor for allowing us the opportunity to provide our thoughts regarding the questions raised by Allport and Kerler (A&K) in their research note (2003). A&K's paper has...