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  • Peer-to-peer in the workplace : a view from the road 
    Ahmed, Syed Ishtiaque; Bidwell, N.J. (Nicola); Zade, Himanshu; Muralidhar, Srihari H.; Dhareshwar, Anupama; Karachiwala, Baneen; Cedrick, Tandong N.; O'Neill, Jacki (Association for Computing Machinery, 2016)
    This paper contributes to the growing literature on peer-topeer (P2P) applications through an ethnographic study of auto-rickshaw drivers in Bengaluru, India. We describe how the adoption of a P2P application, Ola, which ...
  • Perceived usefulness, service quality and loyalty incentives : effects on electronic service continuance 
    Naidoo, Rennie; Leonard, A.C. (Awie) (Association for Professional Managers in South Africa, 2007-09)
    This paper examines the interrelationships between perceived usefulness, service quality and loyalty incentives on e-service continuance. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was adapted from the information systems (IS) ...
  • The perception of South African parents on the use of technology in schools 
    Matthee, Machdel C.; Hattingh, Maria J. (Marie); Weilbach, Elizabeth Helena (Lizette) (Springer, 2017-08)
    Parents are recognized as an important group of stakeholders to take into account when implementing technology in schools. However, very little research has considered the parent’s view in the learning development of his/her ...
  • Performing a knowledge audit within a South African chemical manufacturer : a case study 
    Hechter, Daniel; Smuts, Hanlie (IGI Global, 2024)
    Despite the increased efforts of organisations to implement knowledge management (KM) initiatives, many fail. Performing a knowledge audit before embarking on KM activities increases the probability of success. In this ...
  • Photovoice as a critical reflection methodology for a service learning module 
    Jordaan, Martina; Pieterse, Vreda (Higher Education South Africa, 2020-07)
    The article examines the value of using photovoice to assist reflection in a service learning module. Students were required to complete a reflective assignment in order to facilitate critical reflection on experiences ...
  • A photovoice study on the perceptions among unemployed youth of information technology in Mamelodi, South Africa 
    Nkuna, Magogodi; Jordaan, Martina; Zangl, Peter (Bielefeld University, Center of Social Service Studies, 2020-03)
    South Africa is one of the countries in the world grappling with a high rate of unemployment. In March 2016 Statistics SA reported that the country’s unemployment rate has increased to 26.2% which is its highest since 2005 ...
  • Practice-as-research : an example of the use of action research to link practice and theory in a case of information systems strategy development 
    Du Toit, M.J.; Lotriet, H.H. (Hugo H.) (Computer Society of South Africa, 2009-12)
    The ability to link IS practice to a sound theoretical and scientific basis has been an ongoing endeavour for both IS practitioners and researchers. This stems from the need of both practitioners and theorists to be able ...
  • A prediction of South African public Twitter opinion using a hybrid sentiment analysis approach 
    Shackleford, Matthew Brett; Adeliyi, Timothy; Joseph, Seena (Science and Information Organization, 2023)
    Sentiment analysis, a subfield of Natural Language Processing, has garnered a great deal of attention within the research community. To date, numerous sentiment analysis approaches have been adopted and developed by ...
  • Principles and strategies for the effective management of knowledge 
    Kruger, Cornelius Johannes; Snyman, M.M.M. (Maria Magdalena Margaretha); Snyman, Retha (Unisa Press, 2005)
    In the latter part of the nineties, Davenport (1998) emphasised that although many companies were beginning to feel that knowledge was their most valued asset, only a few had actively begun to manage knowledge efficiently ...
  • A process for developing an e-health standards selection method artefact using design science research 
    Adebesin, Funmi; Kotze, Paula (Inderscience, 2017)
    The use of design science research (DSR) as a paradigm of choice among information systems (IS) researchers is growing. While there is an apparent increase in the number of DSR artefacts of the method form, very few research ...
  • A program evaluation of an international, intercultural e-community-engagement initiative 
    Falk, Audrey F.; Jordaan, Martina; Saeed, Sameerah T.; Bhaskara Rao, Madasu; El Houda Chaoui, Nour (Emerald, 2024-07)
    PURPOSE : This program evaluation aimed to investigate the benefits and challenges of an international, intercultural, e-community-engagement experience involving youth and higher education students. The authors sought to ...
  • Progressive trust formation within the South African fresh produce industry through the use of self-service technologies 
    Range, Justy J.; Leonard, A.C. (Awie) (International Center for Information Technology and Development, 2015-07)
    When using self-service solutions to deliver services, the challenge is to retain the trust of the end user. This is specifically the case when dealing with end users in the fresh produce market environment. This sector ...
  • Project portfolio management implementation pitfalls 
    Leonard, A.C. (Awie); Swanepoel, A. (Association for Professional Managers in South Africa, 2010-09)
    Project portfolio management could be regarded as one of the most comprehensive ways of managing a software project environment. To implement such a management approach in a large organisation, could also be seen as an ...
  • A quarter century of gender and information systems research : the role of theory in investigating the gender imbalance 
    Mennega, Nita; De Villiers, Carina (Routledge, 2021)
    This study analyses the role of theory in gender and information systems (IS) research by providing a descriptive review of 25 years of IS journal publications on the topic of gender and IS. Trauth performed a critical ...
  • “Real impact” : challenges and opportunities in bridging the gap between research and practice – making a difference in industry, policy, and society 
    Dwivedi, Yogesh K.; Jeyaraj, Anand; Hughes, Laurie; Davies, Gareth H.; Ahuja, Manju; Albashrawi, Mousa Ahmed; Al-Busaidi, Adil S.; Al-Sharhan, Salah; Al-Sulaiti, Khalid Ibrahim; Altinay, Levent; Amalaya, Shem; Archak, Sunil; Ballestar, María Teresa; Bhagwat, Shonil A.; Bharadwaj, Anandhi; Bhushan, Amit; Bose, Indranil; Budhwar, Pawan; Bunker, Deborah; Capatina, Alexandru; Carter, Lemuria; Constantiou, Ioanna; Coombs, Crispin; Crick, Tom; Csáki, Csaba; Darnige, Yves; Dé, Rahul; Delbridge, Rick; Dubey, Rameshwar; Gauld, Robin; Gutti, Ravi Kumar; Hattingh, Maria J. (Marie); Haug, Arve; Hendricks, Leeya; Hino, Airo; Hsu, Cathy H.C.; Iivari, Netta; Janssen, Marijn; Jebabli, Ikram; Jones, Paul; Junglas, Iris; Kaushik, Abhishek; Khazanchi, Deepak; Kodama, Mitsuru; Kraus, Sascha; Kumar, Vikram; Maier, Christian; Malik, Tegwen; Matthee, Machdel; McCarthy, Ian P.; Meier, Marco; Metri, Bhimaraya; Micu, Adrian; Micu, Angela-Eliza; Misra, Santosh K.; Mishra, Anubhav; Molin-Juustila, Tonja; Oppermann, Leif; O'Regan, Nicholas; Pal, Abhipsa; Pandey, Neeraj; Pappas, Ilias O.; Parker, Andrew; Pathak, Kavita; Pienta, Daniel; Polyviou, Ariana; Raman, Ramakrishnan; Ribeiro-Navarrete, Samuel; Ritala, Paavo; Rosemann, Michael; Sarker, Suprateek; Saxena, Pallavi; Schlagwein, Daniel; Schultze, Hergen; Sharma, Chitra; Sharma, Sujeet Kumar; Simintiras, Antonis; Singh, Vinay Kumar; Smuts, Hanlie; Soldatos, John; Tiwari, Manoj Kumar; Thatcher, Jason Bennett; Vanberghen, Cristina; Varga, Ákos; Vassilakopoulou, Polyxeni; Venkatesh, Viswanath; Viglia, Giampaolo; Vorley, Tim; Wade, Michael; Walton, Paul (Elsevier, 2024-10)
    Achieving impact from academic research is a challenging, complex, multifaceted, and interconnected topic with a number of competing priorities and key performance indicators driving the extent and reach of meaningful and ...
  • Reflections and experiences in a fundamental digital literacy course : a study during the COVID-19 pandemic 
    Singh, Pariksha; Harangee, Jayshree; Prinsloo, Tania (Association for Information Systems, 2022-12-19)
    When, in 2020, Covid-19 forced universities to close their doors ending face-to-face education and welcoming an online hybrid approach academics had to adjust all educational practices to ensure quality and proper education ...
  • Reflections on the NatureCHI workshop series : unobtrusive user experiences with technology in nature 
    Hakkila, Jonna; Bidwell, N.J. (Nicola); Cheverst, Keith; Colley, Ashley; Kosmalla, Felix (IGI Global, 2018-07)
    Being in nature is often regarded to be calming, relaxing and purifying. While technology has the potential to support engagement with nature, developing systems that provide support in an unobtrusive manner holds many ...
  • Remote, mobile, and blue-collar : ICT-enabled job crafting to elevate occupational well-being 
    Tarafdar, Monideepa; Saunders, Carol S. (Association for Information Systems, 2022)
    Blue-collar remote and mobile workers (BC-RMWs) such as repair/installation engineers, delivery drivers, and construction workers, constitute a significant share of the workforce. They work away from a home or office work ...
  • Requirements engineering for model-based enterprise architecture management with ArchiMate 
    Bork, Dominik; Gerber, Aurona Jacoba; Miron, Elena-Teodora; Van Deventer, Jacobus Philippus; Van der Merwe, Alta; Karagiannis, Dimitris; Eybers, Sunet; Sumereder, Anna (Springer, 2018)
    The role of information systems (IS) evolved from supporting basic business functions to complex integrated enterprise platforms and ecosystems. As a result, enterprises increasingly adopt enterprise architecture (EA) as ...
  • The road less travelled : a critical reflection on infrastructure development in Africa from a perspective of the new economics of information 
    Holmner, Marlene Amanda; Britz, Johannes J. (Unisa Press, 2011)
    Many developed countries claim today the status of knowledge societies, since they have invested heavily in human capacity building as well as in the development of an efficient information infrastructure that is supported ...