IFIP Working Group 8.2Information Systems and Organizations

Keyword Times used

Technology 47ICTs (Information and Communication Technology) 34Communication 27ISD (Information Systems Development) 18ANT (Actor-Network Theory) 17ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) 15Action Research 12Structuration TheoryCase Study 11

CASE (Computer Aided Software Engineering) 10Digital DivideSMEs (Small & Medium Enterprises) Qualitative Research

9

YEAR THEME LOCATION PAPERS

2009 Innovation & Creativity in SMEs Portugal 19

2008 The Service Economy Canada 23

2007 Virtuality & Virtualization (with WG 9.5) USA 21

2006 Social Inclusion Ireland 25

2005 Ubiquitous Info Environments USA 27

2004 IS Research: Relevant Theory & Informed Practice UK 33

2003 Perspectives & Challenges in Context of Globalization (with WG 9.4) Greece 26

2002 Global & Organizational Discourse about IT Spain 21

2001 ISD: Realigning Research & Practice USA 28

2000 Research & Practice: Social & Organization Perspective Denmark 24

1999 IT in Organizational Processes USA 15

1998 Current Issues & Future Changes (with WG 8.6) Finland 28

1997 IS & Qualitative Research USA 27

1996 Method Engineering (with WG 8.1) USA 18

1995 Changes in Organization Work UK 20

1994 Transforming Organizations with IT USA 20

1993 ISD: Human, Organizational & Social Dimensions The Netherlands 24

1992 ISD: Impact of Computer-Support Technologies USA 17

1990 Research: Contemporary Approaches & Emergent Traditions Denmark 25

Total: 441

Author # of PapersRichard Baskerville 15

Steve Sawyer 12

Eileen M. Trauth 12

Duane P. Truex III 12

Bonnie Kaplan 11

Geoff Walsham 10

Michael D. Myers 9

Mike Chiasson 8

Matthew Jones 8

Edgar A. Whitley 7

Ole Hanseth 7

Male Authors

Female Authors68%

32%

Country # of papers %USA 112 33.0

UK 72 21.2

Denmark 19 5.6

Germany 17 5.0

Sweden 15 4.4

Norway 11 3.2

The Netherlands 11 3.2

Australia 11 3.2

Finland 10 2.9

Canada 7 2.1

Note: counts from only 339 papers

London School of Economics Georgia State University Copenhagen Business School Aalborg University The Pennsylvania State University Brunel University University of Oslo University of Manchester

# of Cites

299 Walsham Actor-Network Theory and IS Research: Current Status and Future Prospects

1997

221 Kaplan, Kvasny, Sawyer, & Trauth

New Words and Old Books: Challenging Conventional Discourses about Domain and Theory in IS Research

2002

189 Galliers Choosing Appropriate Information Systems Research Approaches: A Revised Taxonomy

1990

177 Mathiessen Collaborative Practice Work 2000

154 Lau A Review on the Use of Action Research in IS Studies

1997

147 Boland Information System Use as a Hermeneutic Process

1990

144 Parr, Shanks, & Darke

Identification of Necessary Factors for Successful Implementation of ERP Systems

1999

127 Malone The Future of Work 2005

115 Lee & Liebenau

Information Systems and Qualitative Research

1997

115 Applegate Managing in an Information Age: Transforming the Organization for the 1990s

1994

Data obtained from 1990 onwards Some of the earlier conferences were

ground-breaking e.g. Manchester 1984 Many senior scholars are members of

8.2 (e.g. Kalle Lyytinen, Rudy Hirschheim, Allen Lee, Lynne Markus, Gordon Davis) and have been influenced by 8.2

The “academic business model” includes one peer reviewed conference per year and one informal OASIS workshop per year

Active members include very senior scholars while welcoming new members = continual infusion of new ideas and new blood

8.2 “tradition” is valued and is taken seriously Almost all conferences in USA or Europe But “debate” not as vigorous as in the old days

Key focus = the development and use of information technologies in organizational contexts

Willingness to engage with new technologies, new ideas, wider IS community

In favor of engaging with social theories (ANT, ST etc) to help explain and understand IS

Willingness to debate and disagree with the “accepted wisdom”

Suspicious of hype Emotional attachment to the book

IFIP WG 8.2 one of the most active, largest and successful IFIP working groups

Has influenced many IS scholars and the IS field as a whole

Publication model? A need to be truly global? Relationship with AIS?