A Conceptual Model of Practitioners\u27 Attitude toward Unethical IT Use

Given the growing concerns about unethical usage of Information Technology (IT) becoming a major security concern, this research-in-progress paper conceptually models IS practitioner (professional) attitude toward unethical IT use. Based on the ethical notions of universalism and particularism, it argues for a two-dimensional analysis to judge development of attitude toward using IT unethically: understand the IS professional as a human being subscribing to universal principles and understand the IS professional as rooted to an organizational community of practice. Through its articulation of two powerful lenses of universalism and particularism, this paper contributes by understanding how philosophical perspectives of ethics can inform our understanding of IS security. Finally, the paper discusses future research and practice implications arising out of this conceptual treatment

Doing Experimental Research on Collaboration Technology

The goal of this tutorial is to present a succinct, focused discussion of the best approaches to the conception, design, execution, and write-up of experimental research on collaboration technology. Our goal is to help researchers establish a program of experimental research that will be publishable in leading MIS, management, and psychology journals

Behaviorally Measuring Ease-of-Use by Analyzing Users’ Mouse Cursor Movements

Ease-of-use—the extent to which a technology is free of effort—is a hallmark of many successful websites and is a predictor of important user outcomes including intentions to use a system and a system’s perceived usefulness. We propose a behavior-based measure of ease-of-use based on the analysis of users’ mouse cursor movements. As a basis for this measure, we explain how ease-of-use influences the precision of users’ mouse cursor movements, extending Attentional Control Theory and the Response Activation Model. We propose two mousing statistics—Normalized Area under the Curve and Normalized Additional Distance—and predict that they are correlated with PEOU and can be used to differentiate ease-of-use among different tasks. We end by describing next steps to test our hypotheses and highlight potential implications

Proposed Information Systems Accreditation Criteria

The time for accreditation of programs in Information Systems seems appropriate because of the demands of industry and academe. This project is funded by the National Science Foundation and has representatives appointed by the leading societies in computing, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS), Association for Information Systems (AIS), Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP) and the computing Sciences Accreditation Board (CSAB)

Invited Paper: Growth, Adaptability, and Relationships within the Changing Landscape of IS Education

In this article commemorating 30 years of the Journal of Information Systems Education, we reflect on our extraordinarily lucky careers together in the academic discipline of information systems. Both our careers and our field have seen continual growth, unrelenting change, and required adaptability. We credit our enduring and strong professional relationship and friendship with each other, the fun we’ve had with our collaborators (and especially our doctoral students), as well as our ability to adapt, as the keys to whatever positive outcomes we have enjoyed along the way. Given the rate of change in our field over the past 30 years, we are excited to think about what might transpire for us all over the next 30 years

The Effects of Real-Time Individual Performance Feedback and Goal Setting on Computer-Mediated Group Idea Generation

Prior computer-mediated group idea generation research has concluded that social loafing is likely an important factor in reducing individual and group task performance. Group researchers—both focusing on non-technology and technology-mediated groups—have theorized that loafing could be minimized if individuals and groups were given either clear feedback on their task performance or if given clear and attainable performance goals. To examine the efficacy of these interventions on task performance, a computer-mediated idea generation environment was constructed that provided performance feedback for all group members where each member could view how many ideas every group member produced throughout an experimental session. In addition, this environment supported the ability to set a challenging, but attainable, performance goal for each group member (i.e., throughout a session, each member was able to track their performance toward a pre-set performance goal). Using this computer-mediated environment, a laboratory experiment was conducted with five-member groups that examined the influence of both goal setting (i.e., explicit–difficult versus do your best) and performance feedback (i.e., performance feedback versus no-performance feedback) in a 2 × 2 factorial design on group task performance. Providing performance feedback was found to signi- ficantly improve task performance. Additionally, performance feedback and goal setting interacted, such that groups in the performance feedback/explicit–difficult goal treatment had the highest performance. The implica- tions of these results for future research, as well as the implications for the design of the human-computer interface in electronic group idea generation systems, are discussed

Does Information Systems Still Matter? Lessons for a Maturing Discipline

The information systems academic discipline has faced a sharp reduction in student enrollments as the job market for undergraduate students has softened. This essay examines the recent and rapid rise and fall of university student enrollments in information systems programs and describes how these enrollment fluctuations are tied to the job opportunities of graduates. Specifically, the role that global outsourcing is playing on the employment opportunities, both in the United States and Europe, is examined. This analysis concludes that the demand for information systems graduates within the United States has likely bottomed out and slow growth is now occurring. Within Europe, general conclusions are limited, but it appears that global outsourcing is playing much less a role in Europe than in the United States. Nevertheless, although global outsourcing is indeed a factor influencing the U.S. employment picture, it is only one of several factors that have negatively impacted the U.S. job market for information systems graduates over the past few years. After examining the future macro job opportunities for information systems graduates, the paper then provides recommendations for improving student recruiting to the information systems major, for attracting potential employers of graduates, and for managing the production of Ph.D. graduates to match the flow of undergraduate demand. The essay concludes that, although shaken, the information systems academic discipline is strong and will continue to strengthen as it moves into a state of maturity and relative equilibrium