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Researching the Future in Information Systems

IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference, Future IS 2011, Turku, Finland, June 6-8, 2011, Proceedings

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Part of the book series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIPAICT, volume 356)

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Table of contents (21 papers)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Researching the Future: The Information Systems Discipline’s Futures Infrastructure

  3. Section 1: How the Future and the Past Are Connected and Inter-related

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
  4. Section 3: Technological Futures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
    2. Conceptualizing Consumer Perceptions of Making M-Payments Using Smart Phones in Ireland

      • Pavel Andreev, Aidan Duane, Philip O’Reilly
      Pages 109-129
    3. The Impact of Instant Messaging Tools on Knowledge Management and Team Performance

      • Carol X. J. Ou, Darren W. L. Leung, Robert M. Davison
      Pages 131-148
  5. Section 4: The Future of Information Technology and Work-Related Practices in Health Care

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
    2. Journey to DOR: A Retro Science-Fiction Story on Researching ePrescribing

      • Valentina Lichtner, Will Venters
      Pages 151-161
    3. The Standardized Nurse: Mission Impossible?

      • Rune Pedersen, Gunnar Ellingsen, Eric Monteiro
      Pages 163-178
  6. Section 5: The Future of Industrial-Institutional Practices and Outcomes through Information Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197

About this book

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference "Researching the Future", Future IS 2011, held in Turku, Finland, in June 2011. The 17 revised full papers presented together with 4 panels and workshops were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized into 6 topical sections: how the future and the past are connected and inter-related; critical view of the future; technological futures; the future of information technology and work-related practices in health care; the future of industrial and institutional practices and outcomes through information technology; and the future of critical realism in IS research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Management School, Department of Management Science, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

    Mike Chiasson

  • Department of Applied Information Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden

    Ola Henfridsson

  • Department of Information Technologies, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

    Helena Karsten

  • Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    Janice I. DeGross

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