Marcy Kittner

Overcoming barriers to distributed interorganizational systems

We examine the challenges associated with implementing distributed interorganizational systems (DIOS), which can play an enabling role in information sharing required by many organizational forms. In particular, we discuss the role that middleware and information infrastructures play in facilitating DIOS. An example of how an infrastructure is used is discussed. Also, a research agenda is presented which, when completed, will enhance understanding of the role of middleware and information infrastructures in enabling DIOS.

Toward a social cognitive basis for the IT professional's person-organization fit research-in-progress

Development and maintenance of the corporate IT skill portfolio through the in-house development of IT talent demands that managers have a strategy for implementing the proper incentives for the IT workforce to pursue the appropriate training and skill acquisition programs. Social-cognitive theory is used as a foundation for proposing a process-oriented model and the development of instrumentation to measure the IT professionals person-organization fitting processes. The instrumentation was successfully pilot tested with respect to the initial estimates of its reliability and validity.