Human Factors in Information SystemsSnodgrass, Coral R., Szewczak, Edward J. Many factors contribute to the way people view and use information, including task requirements, organizational settings, and personality characteristics. Today it is generally accepted that people are an integral element of an information system. System development methodologies include various kinds of people ? managers, analysts, programmers, support staff ? in the development process. IT could be wasted if various aspects of human behavior were not seriously accommodated. Human Factors in Information Systems addresses pertinent issues by including the most recent research in the discipline, which can be utilized by businesses and organizations when implementing information systems into their policies, procedures and daily tasks. |
Contents
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Boundary Setting and Methodological Choice | 20 |
A Case of an Intervention at a British Visitor Attraction | 31 |
An Analytical Survey and Perspective | 45 |
Chapter 5 Motivation for Using Information Technology | 55 |
Chapter 6 Toward a TheoryBased Measurement of Culture | 61 |
Chapter 7 Personal Information Privacy and Internet Technology | 83 |
Tales from the Field | 93 |
Chapter 14 The Effect of Attitudes Goal Setting and SelfEfficacy on End User Performance | 180 |
Chapter 15 Getting the Spirit of Office Technologies Does the Internal Organization Environment Support or Constrain? | 194 |
An Empirical Study | 211 |
Chapter 17 The Importance of Having a Multidimensional View of IT EndUser Relationships for the Successful Restructuring of IT Departments | 241 |
The Power of Email as a Driver for Changing the Communication Paradigm | 253 |
Chapter 19 The Influence of Experience Culture and Spatial Visualization Ability on Users Attitudes and Anxiety towards Computer Use | 269 |
Chapter 20 Ethics Authenticity and Emancipation in Information Systems Development | 281 |
A Challenge for the Information and Knowledge Management Function | 287 |
Chapter 9 Cultural Problems in Applying SSM for IS Development | 104 |
Human Resource Management in the Software Sector | 117 |
A Diagnostic Tool to Incorporate Information Technology into Organizations | 135 |
An Empirical Study | 153 |
A Study Using Situationally Conditioned Belief | 169 |