-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Last Call for Collaborators: Construct Item Ontology Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:13:58 +0000 From: Kai R. Larsen Kai.Larsen@Colorado.EDU To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

Dear Colleagues,

We now have a dozen+ faculty colleagues on the team. At this point we are opening the project up to PhD students in their third+ year. Should be a wonderful learning experience. We will close team enrollment in three days.

If you have colleagues interested in literature reviews, latent measurement models, qualitative research, or who love to organize stuff, please forward.

Background and data: after 40 years of quantitative construct research in IS, it time to examine our favorite antecedents. There are several construct taxonomies in existence, but construct taxonomies cannot reveal the true molar nature of what exists. The Human Behavior Project at the University of Colorado has collected more than 17,000 items from 1981-2016 published in three of the top journals in the discipline. While this project does not focus on qualitative or design science research, it will draw on both of these traditions to analyze our quantitative items.

Why: we believe these items represent a unique lens into a popular form of research in the discipline, and an opportunity to understand better what is theorized to exist and how these “atomic” pieces fit together. We will build an ontology -- a specification of what entities exists in the world, e.g., people, technologies, groups, etc., coupled with a hierarchical taxonomy of items that purport to measure some attributes of these entities. By organizing these, we will enable better selection of items for construct creation, construct testing, historical analysis, content validity evaluations, and algorithmic analysis. After publication(s), all data from the project will be released to the discipline to enable unanticipated work to take place.

The team: we expect to gather a large and diverse set of researchers from across the IS discipline to join in a massively collaborative project. The goal is not only to produce the item ontology but to collectively find or build the technologies that would enable such a task. Think of it as a contribution to Team Science as well as an attempt to examine a critical tool of our discipline. Regardless of the methodological background, outside-the-box thinkers should be able to contribute and take leadership positions for specific products and serve as the first author for such work.

When: We will engage in a one month enrollment period (5/21/2019 – 6/20/2019), before scheduling a call among those interested. If appropriate, AMCIS may serve as a first face-to-face meeting of part of the team.

How: Fill out this 1-minute surveyhttp://leeds.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3UdOWzWMNxR2B7v to be on the initial email. If you are too excited to stop there, send Kai an email directly at kai.larsen@colorado.edu.

Kai ☺ -- Kai R. Larsen [Leedshttps://www.colorado.edu/business/kai-r-larsen][ResearchGatehttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kai_Larsen][LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kai-r-larsen-4413a01] Associate Professor, Information Analyticshttps://www.colorado.edu/business/academic-programs/undergraduate-programs/management-entrepreneurship/information-analytics-track, Leeds School of Businesshttps://www.colorado.edu/business/ Associate Professor (courtesy), Information Sciencehttps://www.colorado.edu/cmci/infoscience, CMCIhttps://www.colorado.edu/cmci/ Research Advisor, Galluphttp://www.gallup.com/ Fellow, Institute of Behavioral Sciencehttps://behavioralscience.colorado.edu/ Director, Human Behavior Projecthttp://www.theorizeit.org/ University of Coloradohttp://www.colorado.edu/ 995 Regent Dr. Boulder, CO 80309

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