José Abdelnour-Nocera

José Abdelnour-Nocera is an Associate Professor in Sociotechnical Design at the University of West London. Formerly, he was Reader in Sociotechnical Design and Head of The Sociotechnical Centre for Internationalisation and User Experience at the University of West London. He is also co-chair of the sociotechnical specialist group for the British Computer Society. His interests lie in the sociotechnical and cultural aspects of systems design, development and use. In pursuing these interests, he has been involved as researcher and consultant in several projects in the UK and overseas in the domains of e-learning in social development, e-commerce, e-governance, and enterprise resource planning systems. Dr. Abdelnour-Nocera gained an MSc in Social Psychology from Simon Bolivar University in Caracas, Venezuela, and a PhD in Computing from The Open University, UK. More info here https://soc.uwl.ac.uk/~jabdelno

Publications

Knowledge and Technological Development Effects on Organizational and Social Structures
Knowledge and Technological Development Effects on Organizational and Social Structures
José Abdelnour-Nocera. © 2013. 293 pages.
As the growing relationship between individuals and technology continue to play a vital role in our society and work place, the progress and execution of information technology...
Understanding Conflicts in Agile Adoption through Technological Frames
Understanding Conflicts in Agile Adoption through Technological Frames
José Abdelnour-Nocera, Helen Sharp. © 2012. 17 pages.
In this paper, adoption of a new software development method is viewed as socio-technical innovation and change; a framework based on Bijker’s Technological Frames (TF) is...
Socio-Technical Issues of Participatory Design in the Developing World
Socio-Technical Issues of Participatory Design in the Developing World
Lynne Dunckley, Souleymane Boundaouda Camara, José Abdelnour-Nocera, Timothy Mwololo Waema. © 2011. 11 pages.
This article describes how the VeSeL project which involves a distributed team of technologists and users from different cultural backgrounds is attempting to manage the process...
International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD)
International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD)
Lincoln Christopher Wood, Ahmad Taher Azar. Est. 2009.
The International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development stands as a beacon in the ever-evolving landscape of academic publications. Within the realm of computer...
Socio-Technical Theory and Work Systems in the Information Age
Socio-Technical Theory and Work Systems in the Information Age
Ken Eason, José Abdelnour-Nocera. © 2009. 13 pages.
This chapter sets the traditional focus of socio-technical systems theory on primary work systems in a modern context where information and communication technology (ICT) has a...
Socio-Technical Issues of Participatory Design in the Developing World
Socio-Technical Issues of Participatory Design in the Developing World
Lynne Dunckley, Souleymane Boundaouda Camara, José Abdelnour-Nocera, Timothy Mwololo Waema. © 2009. 14 pages.
This article describes how the VeSeL project which involves a distributed team of technologists and users from different cultural backgrounds is attempting to manage the process...