Don’t curse the inflow of emails: It can help you do your job better

When email interruptions are congruent with our core responsibilities, they help us process tasks mindfully, writes Shamel Adda

A Call for Engaging Context in HCI/MIS Research with Examples from the Area of Technology Interruptions

This paper contributes to the discussion on future directions of Human-Computer Interaction in Information Systems (HCI/MIS) research by explicating the role of task- and social context. We show that context has not been sufficiently engaged, and argue why it is important to pay more attention to it in theory and design of future HCI/MIS research. Drawing on examples from the core HCI area of technology interruptions, we formulate a set of general research questions and guidelines, which allow us to represent the context of multiple users in continuous collaboration with multiple tools while working on tasks that are intertwined within business processes. These guidelines will generate new insights for HCI/MIS research and allow us to develop research that captures the changing nature of the computing environment

Landscape Architecture and The Saudi Arabia Quality of Life Program

Saudi Arabia has for decades felt the effects of the declining condition of its urban, social and natural environments. The government has set out a long-term vision to address these issues through 12 major programs, one of which is the Quality of Life Program 2020. The Program mainly focuses on making Saudi Arabia a top living destination by improving individuals’ lifestyles and enhancing their quality of life. This paper considers the importance of landscape architecture to the Program by way of a literature review to clarify the role of the landscape architecture profession and an analysis of the projects that underlie the Program to highlight the profession’s potential to contribute to these projects

IT and NPD Performance: Unveiling the Mediating Effects of Process Integration and Knowledge Integration

The elusive relationship between information technology (IT) and business value continues to challenge academics and researchers. Recently, it has been suggested that a process-level framework that accounts for intermediate organizational factors is likely to allow us to better understand the antecedents of the business value of IT. This paper develops a model examining the impact of distinct IT usages on new product development (NPD) process performance. The mediating roles of two distinct integration types are examined: process integration and knowledge integration. These two integration types are conceptualized and distinguished from each other in an effort to provide a deeper understanding as to how they are influenced by IT and how they influence NPD performance. The model contributes to research by elucidating the role of IT in the NPD process and by extending the extant theory on integration and NPD performance and incorporating the distinct effects of the two integration types