This working paper has been thoroughly revised and superseded by two distinct articles. The first is a peer-reviewed version of the original article: Okoli, Chitu (2015), A Guide to Conducting Standalone Systematic Literature Review. Communications Association for Information Systems (37:43), November 2015, pp. 879-910. article presents methodology conducting systematic literature review with many examples from IS research references guides further helpful details. available Google Scholar...

Many scholars are not well trained in conducting a standalone literature review, scholarly paper that its entirety summarizes and synthesizes knowledge from prior body of research. Numerous guides exist for information systems (IS) research mainly concentrate on only certain parts the process; few span entire process. This introduces rigorous, standardized methodology systematic review (also called review) to IS scholars. comprehensive guide extends base health sciences other fields with...

Research with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), major region within the world's second largest continent, is almost non-existent in mainstream information systems research. Although infrastructures for and communication technology (ICT) are well established more developed industrialized parts of world, same not true developing countries. countries has been rare IS and, even where existent, often overlooked particular situation SSA, home to 33 48 least-developed Ironically, it such world...

Muitos pesquisadores não são bem treinados na realização de uma revisão literatura autônoma, um documento acadêmico que resume e sintetiza sua totalidade o conhecimento anterior corpo pesquisa. Numerosos guias existem para pesquisa em sistemas informação (SI) concentram-se somente certas partes do processo; poucos abrangem todo processo. Este artigo apresenta metodologia rigorosa padronizada a sistemática (também chamada sistemática) SI. guia abrangente amplia básica das ciências da saúde...

Abstract Information Technology (IT) use gives rise to a wide variety of outcomes. This stems in part from the divergent ways which individuals understand technology. While sensemaking literature unveils how meaning is attached organizational phenomena via cognitive and social processes, it overlooks discovery dimension making sense, that detecting role IT artifact bringing about In other words, there need explain contributes technology its paper presents framework enables scholars analyze...

The open source movement is based on a radical retake copyright law to create high quality software whose use and development are guaranteed the public. In this article we trace history of movement, highlighting its interaction with intellectual property law. has spawned (OSS) communities where developers users meet that meets their needs. We discuss demographic profile OSS participants, ideology, motivations, process development. Then examine impacts society as whole from perspective...

This working paper has been thoroughly revised and superseded by two distinct articles, both available at SSRN. The first focuses on developing theory with literature reviews: Okoli, Chitu. View from Giants' Shoulders: Developing Theory Theory-Mining Systematic Literature Reviews. SSRN Working Paper Series, December 8, 2015. article identifies theory-mining reviews, which are reviews that extract synthesize theoretical concepts the source primary studies. demonstrates citation analysis that,...

Over the past three decades, Sub-Saharan Africa has been viewed as "Iforgotten continent". With her many problems of hunger, epidemics, war, and other related socio-economic problems, dzfusion Internet technologies might be last thing to associated with Africa. However, we are experiencing contrary. countries tremendous growth in connectivity, use computers, wireless communications. Although still at its starting stages, electronic commerce is one areas for information communication (ICTs)...

Within the information systems discipline, three streams have emerged that address issue of technology adoption, diffusion and use. The first examines factors influencing an individual's decision to accept a new technology. second stream deals with impact culture on development use technology; third is directed toward transfer from one country or context into another. While these attempted theorize empirically explain adoption within environment, they largely been used separately tested...

Although numerous guides exist for building theory, these do not provide much help in carefully gathering material from past research that can serve as new theory development. Moreover, although there are conducting literature reviews, none focuses squarely on We fill this dual shortage by identifying and describing theory-mining reviews explicitly extract synthesize the elements of primary studies. Our citation analysis finds such information systems have been more highly cited than other...

Context: Wikipedia has become one of the ten-most visited sites on Web, and world's leading source Web reference information. Its rapid success attracted over 1,000 scholarly studies that treat as a major topic or data source. Objectives: This article presents protocol for conducting systematic mapping (a broad-based literature review) research Wikipedia. It identifies what been conducted; questions have asked, which answered; theories methodologies employed to study Methods: follows...

Open source software development (OSSD) is a promising alternative for synthesising agile and plan-driven (e.g., waterfall) methodologies that retains most benefits of the two approaches. We contrast traditional systems life cycle approach, more recent methods, OSSD. compare first approaches with OSSD, highlighting its synthesis from both, unique own, offering solutions to areas where other continue face difficulties. OSSD highly responsive user needs, potentially draws talent global team...