European Journal of Information Systems (2006) 15, 1–3. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000609 Sixes This is the first of six issues for this volume/year of the European Journal of Information Systems. We have increased the number of issues because the continuing success of the journal enables us to offer our readers increases in both the quality and number of papers. The journal’s improving success...

1 Information systems journal rankings and ratings help scholars focus their publishing efforts and are widely used surrogates for judging the quality of research. Over the years, numerous approaches have been used to rank IS journals, approaches such as citation metrics, school lists, acceptance rates, and expert assessments. However, the results of these approaches often conflict due to a hos...

European Journal of Information Systems (2005) 14, 524–525. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000587 How well did I know Claudio Ciborra? Claudio emerged in my consciousness through his performances at Information Systems (IS) conferences, the guru with a message about bricolage and a large band of followers. In 2000, Claudio was appointed Professor of IS at the London School of Economics and Politica...

European Journal of Information Systems (2011) 20, 625–628. doi:10.1057/ejis.2011.38; published online 27 September 2011 Farewell The Operational Research Society has a rule that no one can be an editor of one of its journals for more than 10 years. This is my 12th year as an editor, and I have been found out! So, this is my farewell editorial. It is tempting to thank all the people I have work...

Correspondence: Ray J. Paul, Department of Information Systems & Computing, Brunel University, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, U.K. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract This opinion paper discusses the objectives of this series of Editor’s Views and introduces this particular view, the first in the series. After reminding readers of the objectives of this journal, the European Journal of Information System...

Received: 8 April 2008 Revised: 15 August 2008 2nd Revision: 18 January 2009 Accepted: 23 February 2009 Abstract Information security has become increasingly important to organizations. Despite the prevalence of technical security measures, individual employees remain the key link – and frequently the weakest link – in corporate defenses. When individuals choose to disregard security policies a...

Received: 31 August 2009 Revised: 25 September 2011 Accepted: 16 October 2011 Abstract This paper offers guidance to conducting a rigorous literature review. We present this in the form of a five-stage process in which we use Grounded Theory as a method. We first probe the guidelines explicated by Webster and Watson, and then we show the added value of Grounded Theory for rigorously analyzing a...

Received: 28 November 2005 Revised: 7 July 2006 Accepted: 16 October 2006 Abstract Grounded in the diffusion of innovation theory and the technology– organization–environment framework, we develop an integrative model to study the determinants of post-adoption stages of innovation diffusion, using enterprise digital transformation as an example of technology-enabled innovations. We specify four...

Received: 21 January 2011 Revised: 15 July 2011 2nd Revision: 06 February 2012 3rd Revision: 10 September 2012 4th Revision: 19 September 2013 Accepted: 30 September 2013 Abstract Electronic services such as virtual communities or electronic commerce demand user authentication. Several more or less successful federated identity management systems have emerged to support authentication across di...