Antecedents to Team Performance on Student IT Projects

A study was performed to test the impact of factors suggested by social capital and social cognitive theories as important antecedents to team performance on information technology (IT) course projects. Specifically, the impact of personal outcome expectations and social interaction ties on the quality and quantity of knowledge sharing is examined; then, the impact of the quality and quantity of knowledge sharing on team performance is analyzed. The analysis is performed using the partial least squares approach to structural equation modeling. The results indicate that personal outcome expectations significantly impact knowledge sharing while no evidence was found for a relationship between social interaction ties and knowledge sharing. Additionally, both the quantity and quality of knowledge sharing were found to have significant positive effects on team performance

Predicting Software Self Efficacy among Business Students: A Preliminary Assessment

An empirical study was conducted to investigate demographic predictors of software self-efficacy among undergraduate business students. The relationship between academic major, gender, ACT scores, computer-related experience, family income, and computer anxiety level with software self-efficacy was investigated. The results indicate significant differences in software self-efficacy among students with different majors, amounts of computer-related experience, family income levels, and computer anxiety levels. Although significant differences between students from families with different income levels were found, however no clear patterns were discernable

Electronic Application Development: A Comparison of User and IT Professional Perspectives

Based on the theory of reasoned action and previous research identifying differences in beliefs between IS specialists and IS users, this paper outlines a proposed study to investigate differences/similarities in beliefs of users and developers in the context of electronic commerce application development projects. The authors are currently in the process of collecting data to address research question posed in this proposal

A Curriculum Development Process Model

An adaptive and systematic framework or methodology is needed to facilitate the development of the anticipative curriculum.  To that end, some guiding principles and processes are suggested that can be used to address the MIS professional curricula as well as curricula for the business professional

An ‘events’ model for information aggregation

Aggregation is one of the key characteristics of information delivered by information systems. It is important because the ability to design effective support systems depends to a great extent upon the degree of flexibility with regards to information aggregation that can be incorporated in the system. This paper sets forth a conceptual model of information aggregation based on the events theory of accounting. The model suggests that aggregation should be considered as a two-dimensional concept, comprising a temporal and sectional dimension. The two axes are further delineated in the form of levels of summation based on specified events of aggregation. These levels of summation representing various degrees of data aggregation could influence the value of the information delivered to a decision maker for a given decision trait, namely, the decision level and/or problem structure. This events model of information aggregation has important implications for the design of systems and future research

An Examination Of The Factor Structure Of The Computer Anxiety Rating Scale

This study updates prior research and examines the stability of the factors underlying computer anxiety across time and with a different population of subjects.  A factor analysis revealed four distinct factors in the computer anxiety construct: general anxiety toward computer usage, confidence in learning ability, motivation to learn, and power or control of usage. These results validate prior research that found computer anxiety to be a multi-dimensional construct

Determinants Of Computer Anxiety In Business Students

An empirical study was performed to identify significant determinants of computer anxiety among business students.  The results indicate that there are significant differences in computer anxiety levels among students with different academic majors, among students that have taken a different number of computer courses, and among students that have learned a different number of software applications or programming languages.  The study found no significant difference in computer anxiety between male and female students, contrary to earlier studies.  In fact, female students had an overall lower level of computer anxiety than did their male counterparts