Journal of Global Information Management articles from October 2003

Journal of Global Information Management archives from October 2003

Cross-cultural research in IS.(Editorial Preface)
October 1, 2003... It is hard not to notice that an increasing number of cross-cultural studies in Information Systems are being published in JGIM and other similarly oriented outlets in the last few years. Such trend, albeit to a lesser extent, is also seen in...

Lessons learned crossing boundaries in an ICT-supported distributed team.
October 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Most so-called virtual teams are virtual by degree only. The dichotomy of face-to-face versus virtual teams is a research-led phenomenon. Many teams are using combinations of face-to-face communication and ICT, and can be...

Culture-free or culture-bound? A boundary spanning perspective on learning in knowledge management systems.
October 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Knowledge management systems (KMSs) have been criticized as having a North American bias. The cultural dimension of KMSs, particularly the relationship of learning and culture in KM projects, are rarely discussed. This paper...

Doing business in paradise: how small, information intensive firms cope with uncertain infrastructure in a developing island nation (TCI).
October 1, 2003... ABSTRACT This article presents findings from a case study of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) in the British West Indies area of the Caribbean. TCI is a tax haven that has worked to attract offshore financial firms such as trust...

The management of distributed projects across cultures.
October 1, 2003... ABSTRACT A model of cross-cultural distributed project management is proposed. The model is based on recent theoretical developments regarding trust and team processes, and suggests that trust relates to cultural differences between...