Information Systems Research articles from March 2002

Information Systems Research archives from March 2002

Editorial notes.
March 1, 2002... This is my last editorial with which I will have the pleasure of addressing the readers of Information Systems Research as Editor-in-Chief, before I pass on the leadership of the journal to my successor Chris Kemerer. The special issue of...

Research Commentary: Workflow Management Issues in e-Business.
March 1, 2002... Trends towards increased business process automation, e-commerce, and e-business have led to increasing interest in the field of workflow management. In this paper, we provide a perspective on the state of research in workflow management...

Model Composition Using Filter Spaces.
March 1, 2002... Decision support systems (DSS) typically contain data and models to facilitate decision making. DSS users, in response to a particular decision-making situation, often execute a sequence of models, in which inputs to a model in the sequence are...

An Empirical Examination of the Concern for Information Privacy Instrument.
March 1, 2002... The arrival of the "information age" holds great promise in terms of providing organizations with access to a wealth of information stores. However, the free exchange of electronic information also brings the threat of providing easy, and many...

Assessing the Validity of IS Success Models: An Empirical Test and Theoretical Analysis.
March 1, 2002... The purpose of the present study is to empirically and theoretically assess DeLone and McLean's (1992) and Seddon's (1997) models of information systems (IS) success in a quasi-voluntary IS use context. Structural modeling techniques were...

Group Polarization and Computer-Mediated Communication: Effects of Communication Cues, Social Presence, and Anonymity.
March 1, 2002... Group polarization is the tendency of people to become more extreme in their thinking following group discussion. It may be beneficial to some, but detrimental to other, organizational decisions. This study examines how computer-mediated...

Research Report: Better Theory Through Measurement--Developing a Scale to Capture Consensus on Appropriation.
March 1, 2002... Proper measurement is critical to the advancement of theory (Blalock 1979). Adaptive Structuration Theory (AST) is rapidly becoming an important theoretical paradigm for comprehending the impacts of advanced information technologies (DeSanctis...

Research Report: Increasing Returns to Information Technology.
March 1, 2002... This work analyzes firm-level investment in information technology and corresponding productivity through the use of a production function over the period from 1995-1997. The results are then compared to previous studies that utilized similar...