-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Publication of Vol.11, No.4, 2010 issue of Journal of Electronic Commerce Research Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:52:04 -0800 From: Melody Kiang mkiang@csulb.edu To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Journal of Electronic Commerce Research (JECR), I am pleased to announce that Vol. 11, Number 4, 2010 issue of JECR is now available at the journal web site: "http://www.csulb.edu/journals/jecr/c_i.htm". This is a hybrid issue that contains two sections: the Special Section on Electronic Human Resource Management and the Global IT-Workforce in an e-Business Environment, guest co-edited by Dr. Sven Laumer, Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg, Germany, Dr. Andreas Eckhardt, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and Dr. Tim Weitzel, Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg, Germany, and the Regular Section edited by Dr. Melody Kiang.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Section on Electronic Human Resource Management and the Global IT-Workforce in an e-Business Environment: Electronic Human Resources Management in an E-Business Environment

Sven Laumer Centre of Human Resources Information Systems, Otto-Friedrich-University at Bamberg, Germany Andreas Eckhardt Centre of Human Resources Information Systems, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany Tim Weitzel Centre of Human Resources Information Systems, Otto-Friedrich-University at Bamberg, Germany 240-250

Abstract This special issue on Electronic Human Resources Management (E-HRM) in an E-Business environment looks t opportunities nd ch llenges ssoci ted with recruiting nd developing firm‟s workforce in a digital world characterized by endemic talent scarcity, changing values and shifting on- and offline behaviors of candidates and employees. We first draw on a Delphi study with leading HR executives from 25 internationally renowned large firms and on a quantitative survey with 144 HR managers from German top 1,000 firms to delineate the key trends and issues for modern HR executives. Demographic challenges and the war for talent are seen as the most important trends in firms of all sizes and in all industries, even ahead of, for example, social media or the global economic crisis. Resulting from these trends, our survey reve ls th t HR m n gers‟ most pressing ch llenges re st ff retention nd internal and external employer branding. Overall, the results emphasize the importance for an E-HRM that needs to be both effective ? adequately fill vacancies ? and efficient ? make best use of scarce resources. The papers in the special issue address some of the open issues identified. Overall, in a peer-review process two out of nine submitted articles were selected for the special issue (22 per cent acceptance). The first paper by Stefan Strohmeier scrutinizes how e-portfolios can improve e-recruiting and talent management. The second paper by Sharna Wiblen, David Grant and Kristine Dery uses a single case study to learn how a shift from HRM to E-HRM can affect talent management and people in n org niz tion nd tr nsform firm‟s IT nd HR function. Keywords: E-HRM (Electronic Human Resources Management), HRIS (Human Resources Information Systems), talent management, recruiting, e-recruiting, talent management, computer personnel research

****************************************************************************************************** Transitioning to a New HRIS: Reshaping of Human Resources And Information Technology Talent Sharna Wiblen Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Sydney, Australia David Grant Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Sydney, Australia Kristine Dery Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Sydney, Australia 251-267

ABSTRACT The management of talent is increasingly recognised as critical to organisational performance, particularly during periods of change. This is evident in large scale change projects that are technologically based and where major changes to processes typically require shifts in skills and capability requirements. Based on a single in-depth case study, this paper presents a comprehensive exploration of an organisation‟s decision to transition from their proprietary stand-alone HRIS system to an integrated vendor system. The study shows how this transition ultimately led to the reshaping of the organisation‟s understanding of the talent requirements in both the Human Resources (HR) and information technology (IT) functions and resulted in a new approach to the management of talent. By applying a social construction of technology based approach (SCOT), we argue that it is important for those involved in the study and practice of transitioning technology to be mindful of the potential consequences for talent and talent management. Keywords: Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS), E-HR, talent management, social construction of technology (SCOT)

************************************************************************************************* Electronic Portfolios in Recruiting? A Conceptual Analysis of Usage Stefan Strohmeier Department of Management Information Systems, Saarland University, Germany 268-280

ABSTRACT Electronic portfolios constitute a prominent educational innovation which aims at the systematic self-controlled development of qualifications based on a meaningful collection of electronic items. As a commonly supposed interesting side effect, literature supposes e-portfolios also as particular suitable tools for recruiting employees, while systematic studies are missing. The current paper therefore critically examines this view using a parsimonious model of technology acceptance and uncovers diverse usage conditions. As the main result, recruiting e-portfolios have to be understood as a distinctly ambivalent concept, adoptable only in a restricted and contingent way, while there are several organizational and particularly technical measures that could improve future e-portfolio usage in recruiting. Keywords: electronic portfolios, recruiting, electronic HRM, technology acceptance

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Regular Section:

A Classification Scheme for Analyzing Web 2.0 Tourism Websites Scott Bingley School of Management and Information Systems, Victoria University, Australia Stephen Burgess Centre for Tourism and Services Research, Victoria University, Australia Carmine Sellitto Centre for Tourism and Services Research, Victoria University, Australia Carmen Cox School of Hotel, Tourism and Resort Management, Bond University, Australia Jeremy Buultjens Australian Regional Tourism Research Centre, Southern Cross University, Australia 281-298

ABSTRACT This article proposes a Web 2.0 classification scheme developed from a study of tourism websites that have adopted Web 2.0 features. The article goes on to outline various website analysis techniques noted and reported in the literature. Moreover, the authors contend that these previously documented approaches are inadequate when used to analysis commonly encountered features associated with typical Web 2.0 website ? many sites containing a combination of weblogs (blogs), videos, rating systems, images or other forms of user-generated content. The article continues with an example of how the authors developed their own approach to the analysis of Web 2.0 websites for a research study conducted on Web 2.0 tourism websites. A ?snapshot‟ of comments from the blogs on each Web 2.0 website was classified according to a blog classification scheme proposed by Nardi, Sherman and Mansfield [2004]. The usefulness of the classification is highlighted as it provides a new perspective on the analysis of blog comments. Keywords: Web 2.0; user-generated content, UGC, blogs, classification scheme; analysis; tourism

************************************************************************************************* Machine and Person Interactivity: The Driving Forces Being Influences on Consumers? Willingness to Purchase Online Nichaya Suntornpithug Department of Management and Marketing, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA Joseph Khamalah Department of Management and Marketing, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA 299-325

ABSTRACT This paper proposes and tests a model using two dimensions of interactivity (machine and person) to predict consumers' intentions to purchase online. Analysis of the results of an online survey of 1,744 respondents revealed that machine interactivity is positively associated with online purchase intentions through its influence on physical telepresence, attitudes, perceived behavioral control and trust. Person interactivity is positively associated with online purchase intentions through its influence on social telepresence, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control and trust. This paper also compares the relative influence of machine interactivity and person interactivity on intention to purchase online. Implications of the results are discussed to provide guidance for future research and business recommendations to marketers. Keywords: interactivity, online purchase, electronic commerce, machine interactivity, person interactivity

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Personalization Research in E-Commerce: A State of the Art Review (2000-2008) Christoph Adolphs Institute for IS Research, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Axel Winkelmann Institute for IS Research, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany 326-341

ABSTRACT E-commerce product personalization and website personalization have been a topic of interest to a lot of researchers during the last years. As such, academic research in the area of personalization in e-commerce should rely on a rigorous literature review first in order to identify existing research and acknowledge the state of the art in research. This article provides a vast overview on personalization literature with a special focus on e-commerce (e.g. recommender systems). This literature, respectively our approach, can be used by fellow researchers to identify the basic literature for their own work. It serves as a rigorous way of retrieving literature for other fields in their scientific research. A complete reference list is presented as well as additional figures and tables analyzing the personalization literature in general and according to an emerging classification. The three major categories of personalization research in e-commerce are: ?implementation?, ?theoretical foundations?, and ?user centric aspects? under which there are several subcategories into which the papers can be classified. The reviewed articles (42 in total out of 15,116) were taken from all the relevant, high ranked (A to C) journals according to the journal ranking list: JOURQUAL2. Keywords: personalization, e-commerce, state of the art, classification, literature review

**************************************************************************************** Influence of Consumers? Online Decision-Making Style on Comparison Shopping Proneness and Perceived Usefulness of Comparison Shopping Tools Young A Park Department of Business Administration, Catholic University of Daegu, Republic of Korea Ulrike Gretzel Department of Recreation, Park& Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University, USA 342-354

ABSTRACT Applications to support online comparison shopping are expected to become increasingly available to consumers. However, not all consumers equally engage in online comparison shopping and, thus, would not necessarily benefit from such tools. The study proposes that the perceived usefulness of comparison shopping tools depends on consumers‟ comparison shopping proneness, which in turn is influenced by consumers‟ online decision-making styles. An online survey using a consumer research panel was conducted to test the hypotheses in the context of travel comparison shopping tools. The results suggest that some consumer decision-making style dimensions influence comparison shopping proneness while others have no influence. Perceived usefulness of comparison shopping tools is influenced by comparison shopping proneness as well as directly by some of the online decision-making style dimensions. Implications for online marketing and directions for future research are provided. Keywords: Online decision-making style, comparison shopping proneness; online shopping; comparison shopping tools

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