MIS Quarterly articles from June 1994

MIS Quarterly archives from June 1994

Reengineering: business change of mythic proportions.
June 1, 1994... Reengineering is a powerful change approach that can bring about radical improvements in business processes. However, the popular management literature has created more myth than practical methodology regarding reengineering. It has relied more...

Gender differences in the information systems managerial ranks: an assessment of potential discriminatory practices.
June 1, 1994... Introduction On July 2, 1965, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 became effective. This legislative action permeated many areas of American society; one portion of it--Title VII--addressed economic or employment opportunity. Congress included...

Electronic mail as a medium for rich communication: an empirical investigation using hermeneutic interpretation.
June 1, 1994... How does the medium of electronic mail support rich communication? In the well-established and traditional perspective of information richness theory (Daft and Lengel, 1986), electronic mail is a lean medium that does not readily support the...

Computer-mediated collaborative learning: an empirical investigation.
June 1, 1994... Introduction Learning and educational effectiveness at all levels has become a major national issue during the last decade. For example, national commissions and scholarly reports on the status of contemporary higher education have...

Work experiences, job involvement, and quality of work life among information systems personnel.
June 1, 1994... Keywords: IS personnel, career management, job involvement ISRL Categories: EB, EH02 Introduction Researchers and managers in the information systems (IS) field have increasingly recognized the vital importance of qualified information...