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Two Paper of the BAS-Team accepted for presentation at the WI 2015

12th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik, 4 – 6 March 2015, Osnabrück

The 12^th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik takes place on 4 – 6 March 2015 in Osnabrück. The following two papers of the BAS-Team have been accepted to be presented at the WI as well as for release in the conference proceedings.

1) Maurice Kügler, Carsten Lübbert, Stefan Smolnik: Organizational Climate's Role in Enterprise Social Software Usage: An Empirical Assessment

Summary: The focus of organizations’ internal communication and collaboration infrastructures has recently been extended from conventional intranets to enterprise social software platforms (ESSPs). However, as ESSPs rely on content creation and interaction through users, many platforms struggle. Previous research suggests that organizational climate plays an important role during IS adoption. Accordingly, our study quantitatively explores the influence of organizational climate on both contributive ESSP usage (knowledge sharing) and consumptive ESSP usage (knowledge consumption). Our results indicate that organizational climate – measured by the dimensions of trust, collaboration norms, and community identification – influences employees’ ESSP usage behaviors to a certain extent. In addition, collaboration norms appear to have a stronger impact on consumptive ESSP usage than on contributive ESSP usage. Lastly, trust was found to primarily support consumptive ESSP usage, not contributive usage.

2) Sven Dittes, Nils Urbach, Frederik Ahlemann, Stefan Smolnik, Thomas Müller: Why Don't You Stick to Them? Understanding Factors Influencing and Counter-Measures to Combat Deviant Behavior Towards Organizational IT Standards

Summary: Organizational information technology (IT) standards have become increasingly important for companies. However, insights from practice indicate that employees tend to violate these standards, generating a need for governance and management mechanisms with which to successfully implement them in the organization. The literature reveals a lack of research on organizational IT standards’ governance. Drawing on this finding, our research aims at identifying the factors that influence an employee’s deviant behavior towards organizational IT standards. We therefore derive a conceptual model deductively from the literature, which we supplement with an interview study. Future research could use quantitative methods to validate this model. Our work enriches IS research and practitioner bodies of knowledge. We do so by first adding to our knowledge of an employee’s deviant behavior towards organizational IT standard. Second, we provide valuable insights for organizations by providing starting points to improve their standardization efforts.