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A Brief History of IFIP WG 8.2 Research

A Brief History of IFIP WG 8.2 Research. IFIP Working Group 8.2 Information Systems and Organizations. The People, the Places, the Methods, and the Issues 1990-2009. Most Popular Keywords. Conferences: 1990-2009. Total: 441. Most Active Authors. Gender of Authors Overall.

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A Brief History of IFIP WG 8.2 Research

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  1. A Brief History of IFIP WG 8.2 Research IFIP Working Group 8.2Information Systems and Organizations The People, the Places,the Methods, and the Issues1990-2009

  2. Most Popular Keywords

  3. Conferences: 1990-2009 Total: 441

  4. Most Active Authors

  5. Gender of Authors Overall 32% 68%

  6. Geographical Locations of Authors Note: counts from only 339 papers

  7. Most Represented Universities • London School of Economics • Georgia State University • Copenhagen Business School • Aalborg University • The Pennsylvania State University • Brunel University • University of Oslo • University of Manchester

  8. Google Citation Analysis

  9. Some observations • 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

  10. Some observations post 1990 • 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

  11. The culture of IFIP WG 8.2 • 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

  12. Conclusions • 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?

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