INFECTION: ready for continued success

Natural Language Interfaces - Ready for Commercial Success?

The goal of this panel is to evaluate three natural language in terfaces which were introduced to the commercial market in 1985 (cf. Carnegie Group 1985, Kamins 1985, Texas Instru ments 1985) and to >'elate them to current research in corn putational linguistics. Each of the commercial systems selected as a starting point for the discussion (see Wahlsler 1986 for a functional comparision) was d...

Psychological Momentum—A Key to Continued Success

One of the most fundamental characteristics about humans is their desire for success, especially in highly competitive societies. What does it take to be successful? Is success simply a matter of better performance, and if so, what specifically is it about performance that determines success? A long research tradition suggests that psychological momentum (PM) plays a critical role in goal pursu...

A Success Story . . . to be continued

Getting Ready for Success: May Alignment Be of Help?

What is the role of organizational readiness and IT business alignment in the adoption process of an ITsupported interorganizational linkage (IOL)? In this paper, we claim that achieving a proper level of organizational readiness is crucial for the successful adoption of IOL. We thus focus on intraorganizational factors that potentially impact the effectiveness of preparatory activities towards...

Hedging Your Bets: Uncertainty about Continued Success Reduces People’s Desire for High Procedural Fairness

A central tenet of organizational justice theory is that people prefer decisions to be made with higher than with lower procedural fairness. The results of five studies unearthed a boundary condition for this general tendency. People who experienced non-contingent success had less of a desire to be treated with higher procedural fairness relative to their counterparts who experienced contingent...