This paper increases scientific knowledge about developmental inter‐ ventions in inter-organizational processes by applying coordination theory. The interventions interfere intentionally with the process they aim to develop, reveal interdependencies between the participants, and coordinate their interaction for knowledge creation. The three elements of the developmental intervention are: (1) th...

Scenarios of use support the integration of cognitive and organizational approaches to human±computer interaction (HCI) by providing a rich representation of activity from which cognitive and organizational perspectives can be developed. In this paper, a `cognitive’ approach to scenario-based analysis and designÐ one focused on causal relationships implicit in episodes of individual problem-sol...

Learning processes do not occur only within, but also between enterprises. There is, therefore, a need for inter-organizational in addition to intra-organizational knowledge management. Since much of the communication and interaction among organizations takes place on the internet, it is logical to use internet applications to support the relating knowledge management tasks. The paper derives t...

Today’s workflow systems are crossing organizational boundaries and usually involve multiple organizations or partners, and the crossorganization workflow has received much public attention from both the academia and the industry. This way the property analysis as well as system control for a cross-organization workflow is very important. In this paper, we focus on a kind of loosely coupled wor...

INTRODUCTION Organizational justice is an intricate concept that refers to fair and ethical conduct of individuals within organizations. No research has been conducted on the variables associated with organizational justice in rehabilitation clinics. Thus, the aim of this research was to determine the correlation between organizational justice and organizational trust among the employees of reh...

This paper compares inter-organizational (IO) interaction and interorganizational information systems (IOS) in public and private sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore differences and similarities between egovernment and e-business focusing IOS and interaction. This is done in order to facilitate learning between the two fields. The point of departure is two case studies performed in p...

This paper explores the role of email in the ambiguous circumstances of an established international partnership which is developing into competition. Using the naturally occurring interaction of a longitudinal ethnographic study, we study the ensuing task and relationship conflicts through the communication medium. Results show that the conflict is facilitated by email, not as an unfortunate s...

Affective organizational commitment reflects the extent to which organizational members are loyal and willing to work toward organizational objectives (Meyer & Allen, 1997). In particular, affective organizational commitment holds very important implications at all organizational levels (e.g., turnover rates, performance, and citizenship behavior). Whereas previous research has evinced the posi...

BACKGROUND This study aims to resolve two limitations of previous studies. First, as only a few studies examining social capital have been conducted in non-western countries, it is inconclusive that the concept, which has been developed in Western societies, applies similarly to an Asian context. Second, this study considers social capital at the individual-level, area-level and cross-levels of...