This paper describes a conceptual model investigating the impact of organizational social web site (SWS) usage on individual performance. Previous research on SWS usage offers rather lean measures, which do not account for the context (i.e. the task the system is used for). We address this research gap by constructing a very rich usage measure and introducing it in the context of organizational...

The advent of technologies such as the Internet, intranets, EDI and extranets moves IT from the locked backroom into offices and homes globally, often placing internal users in an integral role for information security. Consequently, there is a growing need to better understand what influences user behavior for comprehensive IT security development. A complementary view to understanding the inf...

This paper presents a research agenda for crowd behavior research by drawing from the organizational control literature. It addresses the need for research into the organizational and social structures that guide user behavior and contributions in crowd-based platforms. Crowd behavior is situated within a conceptual framework of organizational control. This framework helps scholars more fully a...

Business processes evolve throughout their lifecycle of change. Business Process Modeling (BPM) notations such as BPMN are used to effectively conceptualize and communicate important process characteristics to relevant stakeholders. Agent-oriented conceptual modeling notations, such as i*, effectively capture and communicate organizational context. In this paper we argue that the management of ...

Information technology is increasingly perceived not only as a driver of economic value creation, but also as a critical factor in the context of environmental sustainability. However, it is uncertain how the adoption of a new information technology within a specific organizational context can be evaluated from an environmental perspective. Consequently, there is a great need for methods relati...

The introduction of new technologies has become critical for the maintenance and improvement of organizational competitive advantages. In this context, various studies have highlighted the importance of top management support in the process of effective implementation of new technologies. However, and beyond that, little research has been carried out to show the impact that this support has on ...

The growing interest in the affective component of workplace has lead to a shift in organizational behavior studies, recognizing that people’s emotions influence performance. Researchers have been steadily showing how employee decisions and actions are linked to emotions at personal, interpersonal and organizational levels. In the context of an organizational setting, a positive climate contrib...

The purpose of this paper is to determine whether an existing organizational knowledge management framework could be utilized in an inter-organizational domain. We selected the threefold KM framework developed by Holsapple and Joshi (2000; 2002). This framework has been well tested and provides clearly defined elements to examine the influences on knowledge management and knowledge sharing in a...

BACKGROUND Health care organizations exert significant influence on the manner in which clinicians practice and the processes and outcomes of care that patients experience. A greater understanding of the organizational milieu into which innovations will be introduced, as well as the organizational factors that are likely to foster or hinder the adoption and use of new technologies, care arrange...