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Issues and Opinions
Evaluating Journal Quality and the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Senior Scholars’ Journal Basket via Bibliometric Measures: Do Expert Journal Assessments Add Value?
Paul Benjamin Lowry, Gregory D. Moody, James Gaskin, Dennis F. Galletta, Sean L. Humpherys, Jordan B. Barlow, and David W. Wilson

Research Commentaries

Research Essays
Discovering Unobserved Heterogeneity in Structural Equation Models to Avert Validity Threats
Jan-Michael Becker, Arun Rai, Christian M. Ringle, and Franziska Volckner (preprints available)
Reliability Generalization of Perceived Ease of Use, Perceived Usefulness, and Behavioral Intentions
Traci J. Hess, Anna L. McNab, and K. Asli Basoglu

Research Articles
Explaining Employee Job Performance: The Role of Online and Offline Workplace Communication Networks
Xiaojun Zhang and Viswanath Venkatesh (preprints available)
A Longitudinal Study of Herd Behavior in the Adoption and Continued Use of Technology
Heshan Sun (preprints available)
Enterprise System Implementation and Employee Job Performance: Understanding the Role of Advice Networks
Tracy Ann Sykes, Viswanath Venkatesh, and Jonathan L. Johnson
A Dramaturgical Model of the Production of Performance Data
Joao Vieira da Cunha (preprints available)
Impact of Wikipedia on Market Information Environment: Evidence on Management Disclosure and Investor Reaction
Sean Xin Xu and Xiaoquan (Michael) Zhang (preprints available)
Talking about Technology: The Emergence of a New Actor Category Through New Media
Emmanuelle Vaast, Elizabeth Davidson, and Thomas Mattson (preprints available)
An Investigation of Information Systems Use Patterns: Technological Events as Triggers, the Effects of Time, and Consequences for Performance
Ana Ortiz de Guinea and Jane Webster
Addressing the Personalization-Privacy Paradox: An Empirical Assessment from a Field Experiment on Smartphone Users
Juliana Sutanto, Elia Palme, Chuan-Hoo Tan, and Chee Wei Phang (preprints available)
When Does Technology Use Enable Network Change in Organizations? A Comparative Study of Feature Use and Shared Affordances
Paul M. Leonardi (preprints available)
Differential Influence of Blogs across Different Stages of Decision Making: The Case of Venture Capitalists
Rohit Aggarwal and Harpreet Singh
The Nature and Consequences of Trade-Off Transparency in the Context of Recommendation Agents
Jingjun (David) Xu, Izak Benbasat, and Ronald T. Cenfetelli
Insiders’ Protection of Organizational Information Assets: Development of a Systematics-Based Taxonomy and Theory of Diversity for Protection-Motivated Behaviors
Clay Posey, Tom L. Roberts, Paul Benjamin Lowry, Rebecca J. Bennett, and James F. Courtney (preprints available)
Trust, Satisfaction, and Online Repurchase Intention: The Moderating Role of Perceived Effectiveness of E-Commerce Institutional Mechanisms
Yulin Fang, Israr Qureshi, Heshan Sun, Patrick McCole, Elaine Ramsey, and Kai H. Lim (preprints available)
Control Balancing in Information Systems Development Offshoring Projects
Robert Wayne Gregory, Roman Beck, and Mark Keil (preprints available)
Explaining Data-Driven Document Classifications
David Martens and Foster Provost
Social Media, Traditional Media, and Music Sales
Sanjeev Dewan and Jui Ramaprasad
Changes in Employees’ Job Characteristics During an Enterprise System Implementation: A Latent Growth Modeling Perspective
Hillol Bala and Viswanath Venkatesh
Content Sharing in a Social Broadcasting Environment: Evidence from Twitter
Zhan Shi, Huaxia Rui, and Andrew B. Whinston (preprints available)
Contribution Behavior in Virtual Communities: Cognitive, Emotional, and Social Influences
Hsien-Tung Tsai and Richard P. Bagozzi (preprints available)
Theorization and Translation in Information Technology Institutionalization: Evidence from Danish Home Care
Jeppe Agger Nielsen, Lars Mathiassen, and Sue Newell (preprints available)
Collaboration Through Open Superposition
James Howison and Kevin Crowston
Leveraging Philanthropic Behavior for Customer Support: The Case of User Support Forums
Wael Jabr, Radha Mookerjee, Yong Tan, and Vijay S. Mookerjee
Swift Guanxi in Online Marketplaces: The Role of Computer-Mediated Communication Technologies
Carol Xiaojuan Ou, Paul A. Pavlou, and Robert M. Davison
Distributed Cognition in Software Design: An Experimental Investigation of the Role of Design Patterns and Collaboration
George Mangalaraj, Sridhar Nerur, RadhaKanta Mahapatra, and Kenneth H. Price
An Economic Analysis of Online Advertising Using Behavioral Targeting
Jianqing Chen and Jan Stallaert
Proactive Versus Reactive Security Investments in the Healthcare Sector
Juhee Kwon and M. Eric Johnson
Reframing Success and Failure of Information Systems: A Performative Perspective
Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic, Karlheinz Kautz, and Rebecca Abrahall
The Business of Being a User: The Role of the Reference Actor in Shaping Packaged Enterprise System Acquisition and Development
Neil Pollock and Sampsa Hyysalo
The Effects of Web Personalization on User Attitude and Behavior: an Integration of the Elaboration Likelihood Model and Consumer Search Theory
Shuk Ying Ho and David Bodoff
Complementary Online Services in Competitive Markets: Maintaining Profitability in the Presence of Network Effects
Hila Etzion and Min-Seok Pang

Theory & Review
What’s Different about Social Media Networks? A Framework and Research Agenda
Gerald C. Kane, Maryam Alavi, Guiseppe (Joe) Labianca, and Stephen P. Borgatti

Research Notes
Media Selection as a Strategic Component of Communication
Joey F. George, John R. Carlson, and Joseph S. Valacich
Integrating Service Quality with System and Information Quality: An Empirical Test in the E-Service Context
Jingjun (David) Xu, Izak Benbasat, and Ronald T. Cenfetelli (preprints available)
Inferring App Demand from Publicly Available Data
Rajiv Garg and Rahul Telang
Information Technology Capability and Firm Performance: Contradictory Findings and Their Possible Causes
Ho-Chang Chae, Chang E. Koh, and Victor R. Prybutok
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Special Issue: Information Systems and Environmental Sustainability
Sensemaking and Sustainable Practicing: Functional Affordances of Information Systems in Green Transformations
Stefan Seidel, Jan Recker, and Jan vom Brocke (preprints available)
Assessing the Effects of Benefits and Institutional Influences on the Continued Use of Environmentally Munificent Bypass Systems in Long-Haul Trucking
Kent Marett, Robert F. Otondo, and G. Stephan Taylor (preprints available)
Motivating Energy-Efficient Behavior with Green IS: An Investigation of Goal Setting and the Role of Defaults
Claire-Michelle Loock, Thorsten Staake, and Frédéric Thiesse (preprints available)

Special Issue: Critical Realism in Information Systems Research
The Generative Mechanisms of Digital Infrastructure Evolution
Ola Henfridsson and Bendik Bygstad (preprints available)
Technological Objects, Social Positions, and the Transformational Model of Social Activity
Philip Faulkner and Jochen Runde (preprints available)
The Broader Context for ICT4D Projects: A Morphogenetic Analysis
James Muranga Njihia and Yasmin Merali (preprints available)
Explaining Broadband Adoption in Rural Australia: Modes of Reflexivity and the Morphogenetic Approach
Philip Dobson, Paul Jackson, and Denise Gengatharen (preprints available)
How Should Technology-Mediated Organizational Change Be Explained? A Comparison of the Contributions of Critical Realism and Activity Theory
David K. Allen, Andrew Brown, Stan Karanasios, and Alistair Norman (preprints available)
Critical Realism and Affordances: Theorizing IT-Associated Organizational Change Processes
Olga Volkoff and Diane M. Strong (preprints available)
Causal Explanation in the Coordinating Process: A Critical Realist Case Study of Federated IT Governance Structuress
Clay K. Williams and Elena Karahanna (preprints available)
Methodological Implications of Critical Realism for Mixed-Methods Research
Markos Zachariadis, Susan Scott, and Michael Barrett (preprints available)
