This paper presents a field study of the Technology Acceptance Model. We extended thismodel to predict the acceptance of a multifinctional, broker workstation with a windowedinterface. Brokers and sales assistants in the private client group of a major investmentbank use this workstation as an...

Virtual organizations are new organizational forms comprising a set ofnetwork transactions that differ from those found in markets andhierarchies. This paper explores the nature of these network transactionsthrough an in-depth study of a virtual firm. The virtual organization ischaracterized by...

The use of H-1B and other work visas to hire foreign information technology (IT) professionals in the United States has attracted significant controversy and policy debates. On one hand, hiring high-skill foreign IT professionals on work visas can be advantageous for U.S. firms and the overall...

The Internet presents great opportunities for research about information technology, allowing IS researchers to collect very large and rich datasets. It is common to see research papers with tens or even hundreds of thousands of data points, especially when reading about electronic commerce....