End-User Computing, Development, and Software Engineering: New Challenges

End-User Computing, Development, and Software Engineering: New Challenges

Release Date: February, 2012|Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 448
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0140-6
ISBN13: 9781466601406|ISBN10: 146660140X|EISBN13: 9781466601413
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Description:

End users have become increasingly integrated into computing environments, necessitating continued inquiry into successful models for end user design and development and the impact that these models have on performance and productivity.

End-User Computing, Development and Software Engineering: New Challenges explores the implementation of organizational and end user computing initiatives and provides foundational research to further the understanding of this discipline and its related fields. This book reviews the factors and barriers to ICT adoption in organizations, opportunities and benefits of communities of practice, and impact that end user computing can have on overall firm performance.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Communities of Practice
  • Computer Self-Efficacy and Technology Acceptance
  • E-Learning
  • End User Attitudes
  • End User Development
  • End User Software Engineering
  • End User Training
  • Enterprise Systems Training
  • ICT System Adoption
  • IT Capability and Organizational Types
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We hope that you, the academics, practitioners, managers, and students who access this volume, will enjoy reading these contributions as much as we have, and will find within them issues of interest and value for your own practice and research.

– Ashish N. Dwivedi, PhDHull University, UKSteve Clarke, PhDHull University, UKOctober 2011
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Editor/Author Biographies
Ashish Dwivedi is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Systems Studies at Hull University Business School, UK. Previously, he was the Deputy Graduate Research Director at Hull University Business School, and was also associated with the management of the high-tech Management Learning Laboratory. His primary research interests are in knowledge management (in which he obtained his PhD), supply chain management, healthcare management and information, and communication technologies. He has published 4 books, and over 50 journal and conference papers. He has served as an Invited reviewer and Guest Editor for several journals, including the IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine.
Steve Clarke, Ph.D.received a BSc in Economics from The University of Kingston Upon Hull, an MBA from the University of Luton, and a PhD in human centred approaches to information systems development from Brunel University (UK). He is a professor of Information Systems in the University of Hull Business School (UK). He has extensive experience in management systems and information systems consultancy and research, focusing primarily on the identification and satisfaction of user needs and issues connected with knowledge management. His research interests include: social theory and information systems practice; strategic planning; and the impact of user involvement in the development of management systems. Professor Clarke is the co-editor of two books, Socio-Technical and Human Cognition Elements of Information Systems, 2003 published by Idea Group Publishing, and Beyond Knowledge Management, 2004 published by Idea Group Publishing.
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List of Reviewers

  • Akhilesh Bajaj, The University of Tulsa, USA
  • Peter Baloh, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Mary Brabston, The University of Manitoba, Canada
  • Randy Bradley, The University of Tennessee, USA
  • Linda L. Brennan, Mercer University, USA
  • Janice Burn, Edith Cowan University, Australia
  • Tom Butler, University College Cork, Ireland
  • Terry A. Byrd, Auburn University, USA
  • Govidarajala Chitibabu, Delaware State University, USA
  • Katherine M. Chudoba, Utah State University, USA
  • Carol Clark, Middle Tennessee State University, USA
  • Paul Cragg, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
  • Lizette de Wet, University of the Free State, South Africa
  • Judy Drennan, Queensland University, Australia
  • James P. Downey, University of Central Arkansas, USA
  • Evan W. Duggan, University of Alabama, USA
  • Jeanette Eriksson, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
  • TerryAnn Glandon, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
  • Chitibabu Govidarajala, Delaware State University, USA
  • Mary Granger, George Washington University, USA
  • Nicole Haggerty, Richard Ivey School of Business, USA
  • Ranida B. Harris, Indiana University Southeast, USA
  • Bassam Hasan, The University of Toledo, USA
  • Ciara Heavin, University College Cork, Ireland
  • Richard Herschel, St. Joseph's University, USA
  • Yujong Hwang, DePaul University, USA
  • I.M. “Jim” Jawahar, Illinois State University, USA
  • Allen C. Johnston, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
  • Arnold Kamis, Bentley College, USA
  • Rex Karsten, University of Northern Iowa, USA
  • Terry Kidd, Texas A&M University, USA
  • Stefan Koch, University of Economics and BA, Austria
  • Eija Korpelainen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
  • Jennifer Kreie, New Mexico State University, USA
  • Casper Lessenius, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
  • Albert L. Lederer, University of Kentucky, USA
  • Lori Leonard, University of Tulsa, USA
  • Ben Light, University of Salford, UK
  • Susan K. Lippert, Drexel University, USA
  • Stephen L. Loy, Eastern Kentucky University, USA
  • Efrem Mallach, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA
  • Kent Marett, Washington State University, USA
  • Ronald E. McGaughey, University of Central Arkansas, USA
  • Roger McHaney, Kansas State University, USA
  • James D. McKeen, Queen's University, Canada
  • Natalie Mitev, London School of Economics, UK
  • Anders Morch, University of Oslo, Norway
  • Harri Oinas-Kukkonen, University of Oulu, Finland
  • Lorne Olfman, Claremont Graduate University, USA
  • Ram Pakath, University of Kentucky, USA
  • Raymond Panko, University of Hawaii, USA
  • Robin Poston, University of Memphis, USA
  • Anne Powell, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, USA
  • Bruce Reinig, San Diego State University, USA
  • Brian Reithel, University of Mississippi, USA
  • Debbie Richards, Macquarie University, Australia
  • Mikko Siponen, University of Oulu, Finland
  • Amanda Spink, Queensland University, Australia
  • Thomas F. Stafford, University of Memphis, USA
  • Robert Stone, University of Idaho, USA
  • Jason B. Thatcher, Clemson University, USA
  • Dewi Rooslani Tojib, Monash University, Australia
  • A.R. Venkatachalam, University of New Hampshire, USA
  • Steven Walczak, University of Colorado at Denver, USA
  • Elanie Winston, Hofstra University, USA
  • Vincent Yen, Wright State University, USA
  • Dale Young, Georgia College and State University, USA
Associate Editors
  • J. Peter Blakey, Massey University, New Zealand
  • Steve Clarke, University of Hull, UK
  • Timothy Paul Cronan, University of Arkansas, USA
  • Tanya McGill, Murdoch University, Australia
  • Peter P. Mykytyn, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA
  • Marvin Troutt, Kent State University, USA
  • Stuart A. Westin, University of Rhode Island, USA