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Week 04 (Sep 19)
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Week 08 (Oct 17)
Week 09 (Oct 24)
Week 10 (Oct 31)
Week 11 (Nov 07)
Week 12 (Nov 14)
Week 13 (Nov 21)
Week 14 (Nov 28)
Week 15 (Dec 05)
Week 16 (Dec 12)

Ph.D. Resources:
IS Ph.D. Portal
USF Online Catalog
USF Pronto
ISI Web of Knowledge
IS Theories
Theory Clusters
Garson's Online Stats
Statsoft's Online Stats
JMR: Vol. 1, Vol. 2

Class Schedule:

Week 01: Overview of Academic Research

Introductions
Demo:

• Course web page.
• Online databases: USF online resources, ABI-Inform, JStor.

• Fichman, R.G. and Kemerer, C.F., "The Illusory Diffusion of Innovation: An Examination of Assimilation Gaps," Information Systems Research (10:3), September 1999, pp. 255-275. [Download Paper]
• Williams, L.; Kessler, R.R.; Cunningham, W.; and Jeffries, R., "Strengthening the Case for Pair Programming," IEEE Software, July/August 2000, pp. 19-25. [Download Paper]

• Dialog on Leadership, "Awareness is the First Critical Thing," A Conversation with Wanda Orlikowski, 1999. [Download Interview]

• IRB Process: http://www.research.usf.edu/cs/irb_forms.htm
• AIS Code of Conduct: http://home.aisnet.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=43

Lit review:

• Webster, J. and Watson, R.T., "Analyzing the Past to Prepare for the Future: Writing a Literature Review," MIS Quarterly (26:2), June 2002, pp. xiii-xxiii. [Download Paper]

• Fichman, R.G., "Information Technology Diffusion: A Review of Empirical Research," Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Information Systems, Dallas, 1992, 195-206. [Download paper]
• Alavi, M. and Leidner, D.E., "Knowledge Management and Knowledge Management Systems," MIS Quarterly (25:2), March 2001, pp. 107-136. [Download Paper]

• Henard, D.H. and Szymanski, D.M., "Why Some New Products are More Successful Than Others," Journal of Marketing Research (38), August 2001, pp. 362-375. [Download Paper]

Week 03: Philosophy of Science

Paradigms in scientific inquiry:

• Kuhn, T. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, University of Chicago Press, 1996 (entire book).
  [See Dr. Pajares' notes ONLY if you completely lost]

• Gioia, D.A. and Pitre, E., "Multiparadigm Perspectives on Theory Building," Academy of Management Review (15:4), 1990, pp. 584-602. [Download Paper]

Week 04: Theories in Organizational Research

Why theory:

• Steinfield, C.W. and Fulk, J., "The Theory Imperative," in Organizations and Communications Technology, Janet Fulk and Charles W. Steinfield (eds.), Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA, 1990. [Download Paper]

• Bacharach, S.B., "Organizational Theories: Some Criteria for Evaluation," Academy of Management Review (14:4), 1989, pp. 496-515. [Download Paper]

• Eisenhardt, K.M., "Agency Theory: An Assessment and Review," Academy of Management Review (14:1), 1989, pp. 57-74. [Download Paper]

• Williamson, O.E., "The Economics of Organization: The Transaction Cost Approach," American Journal of Sociology (87:3), 1981, pp. 548-577. [Download Paper]

Week 05: Organizational Theories - Continued

Transaction cost theory:

• Rindfleisch, A. and Heide, J.B., "Transaction Cost Analysis: Past, Present, and Future Applications," Journal of Marketing (61:4), 1997, pp. 30-54. [Download Paper]

• Barney, J.B. "Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage," Journal of Management (17:1), 1991, pp. 99-120. [Download Paper]
• Priem, R.L. and Butler, J.E. "Is the Resource-Based "View" a Useful Perspective for Strategic Management Research?", Academy of Management Review (26:1), 2001, pp. 22-40. [Download Paper]

• Teece, D.J.; Pisano, G.; and Shuen, A. "Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management," Strategic Management Journal (18:7), 1997, 509-533. [Download Paper]

Week 06: Selecting Research Methods & Sampling

Research Method Comparisons:

• Galliers, R.D., "Choosing Appropriate Information Systems Research Approaches: A Revised Taxonomy," in Information Systems Research: Contemporary Approaches and Emergent Traditions, (eds.) H. E. Nissen, H. K. Klein, and R. Hirschheim, Elsevier Science Pub., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1991. [Download Paper]
• Scandura, T.A. and Williams, E.A., "Research Methodology in Management: Current Practices, Trends, and Implications for Future Research," Academy of Management Journal (43:6), 2000, pp. 1248-1264. [Download Paper]

• Trochim: Ch 1.

• Trochim: Ch 2.

Week 07: Construct Measurement

Scale validity and unidimensionality:

• Trochim: Ch 3.
• Straub, D.W., "Validating Instruments in MIS Research," MIS Quarterly (13:2), June 1989, pp. 146-169. [Download Paper]
• Segars, A. H., "Assessing the Unidimensionality of Measurement: A Paradigm and Illustration Within the Context of Information Systems Research," Omega (25:1), 1997, pp. 107-121. [Download Paper]

Week 08: Midterms (Class meets in CIS 1036)

In-class 2-hour exam similar to Ph.D. comprehensives.
See Sample Exam Questions (Questions 1, 2, 3, and 5 are applicable to the midterms).

Week 09: Questionnaire Design & Survey Research

Text:

• Trochim: Ch 4.

• Sheatsley, P.B., "Questionnaire Construction and Item Writing," in Handbook of Survey Research, (eds.) P.H. Rossi, J.D. Wright, and A.B. Anderson, Academic Press, New York, 1983, pp. 195-230. [Download Paper]
• Rogelberg, S. G. and Stanton, J. M., "Understanding and Dealing with Organizational Survey Nonresponse," Journal of Management Information Systems (10:2), 2007, pp. 195-209. [Download Paper]

• Tsai, W., "Knowledge Transfer in Intraorganizational Networks: Effects of Network Position and Absorptive Capacity on Business Unit Innovation and Performance," Academy of Management Review, 2001. [Download Paper]

• Pinsonneault, A. and Kraemer, K.L., "Survey Research Metholodology in Management Information Systems: An Assessment," Organizational Research Methods (10:2), 1993, pp. 75-105. [Download Paper]

Week 10: Experimental & Quasi-Experimental Research

Text:

• Trochim: Ch 6, 7, 8.

• Hunton, J.E. and McEwen, R.A., "An Assessment of the Relation Between Analysts' Earnings Forecast Accuracy, Motivational Incentives, and Cognitive Information Search Strategy," The Accounting Review (72:4), October 1997, pp. 497-515. [Download Paper]

• Jarvenpaa, S. L.; Dickson, G. W.; and DeSanctis, G., "Methodological Issues in Experimental IS Research: Experiences and Recommendations," MIS Quarterly, June 1985, pp. 141-156. [Download Paper]

Week 11: Reviewing Research

Writing paper reviews:

• Lee, A.S. "Reviewing a Manuscript for Publication," Journal of Operations Management (13:1), July 1995, pp.87-92. [Download Paper]
• Agarwal, R; Echambadi, R; Franco, A.M.; and Sarkar, M.B., "Reap Rewards: Maximizing Benefits from Reviewer Comments," Academy of Management Journal (49:2), 2006, pp. 191-196. [Download Paper]

• Daft, R.L. "Why I Recommended that Your Manuscript be Rejected and What You Can Do About It," in L.L. Cummings & P.J. Frost (eds.), Publishing in the Organizational Sciences, 2nd ed., 1995, pp. 164-182. [Download Paper]

• Write a formal review of the following paper based on the guidelines prescribed in the above articles. Use this review template to structure your review:
  Anonymous, Paper submitted to MIS Quarterly, 2004.
  [Download Paper]
  Actual comments from three reviewers, AE, and SE will be e-mailed to you the day before (after you complete your review).

• One "mystery paper" for you to review and submit on Week 15. This is part of your course grade, hence please plan to spend adequate time and effort on this review.

Week 12: Case Research

Conducting case research:

• Benbasat, I.; Goldstein, D.K.; and Mead, M., "The Case Research Strategy in Studies of Information Systems," MIS Quarterly, September 1987, pp. 369-386. [Download Paper]

• Markus, M.L., "Power, Politics, and MIS Implementation," Communications of the ACM (26:6), June 1983, pp. 430-444. [Download Paper]
• Eisenhardt, K.M., "Making Fast Strategic Decisions In High-Velocity Environments," Academy of Management Journal (32:3), 1989, pp. 543-577. [Download Paper]

• Trauth, E.M. and Jessup, L.M., "Understanding Computer-Mediated Discussions: Positivist and Interpretive Analyses of Group Support System Use," MIS Quarterly (24:1), March 2000, pp. 43-79. [Download Paper]

Week 13: Interpretive Research

Text:

• Trochim: Ch 5.
• Shah, S.K. and Corley, K.G., "Building Better Theory by Bridging the Quantitative-Qualitative Divide," Journal of Management Studies (48:3), December 2006, pp. 1821-1835. [Download Paper]

• Barley, S.R., "Technicians in the Workplace: Ethnographic Evidence for Bringing Work into Organization Studies," Administrative Science Quarterly (41), 1996, pp. 404-411. [Download Paper]

• Kohli, R. and Kettinger, W., "Informating the Clan: Controlling Physician Costs and Outcomes," MIS Quarterly (28:3), September 2004, pp. 1-32. [Download Paper]

• Barley, S.R., "Technology as an Occasion for Structuring: Evidence From Observations of CT Scanners and the Social Order of Radiology Departments," Administrative Science Quarterly (31:1), March 1986, pp. 78-108. [Download Paper]

Week 14: Interpretive & Other Research

Structuration theory:

• Jones, M.R. and Karsten, H., "Giddens's Structuration Theory and Information Systems Research," MIS Quarterly (32:1), March 2008, pp. 127-157. [Download Paper]

• Sarker, S; Lau. F; and Sahay, S., "Using An Adaptive Grounded Theory Approach for Inductive Theory Building About Virtual Team Development," The Database for Advances in Information Systems (32:1), Winter 2001, pp. 38-56. [Download Paper]

• Chaney, P.K. and Philipich, K.L., "Shredded Reputation: The Cost of Audit Failure," Journal of Accounting Research (40:4), September 2002, pp. 1221-1245. [Download Paper]

• Bayus, B.; Jain, S., and Rao, A., "Truth or Consequences: An Analysis of Vaporware and New Product Announcements," Journal of Marketing Research (38:1), February 2001, pp. 3-13. [Download Paper]

Week 15: Catch-Up & Wrap-Up

Summary of topics covered during the course of the semester.
Review article due.

Week 16: Finals (Class meets in CIS 1036)

Comprehensive in-class 3-hour exam similar to Ph.D. comprehensives.