@article {9998, title = {Data quality up to the third observing run of Advanced LIGO: Gravity Spy glitch classifications}, journal = {Classical and Quantum Gravity}, volume = {40}, year = {2023}, keywords = {FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)}, doi = {10.1088/1361-6382/acb633}, author = {Glanzer, J and Banagiri, S and Coughlin, S B and Soni, S and Zevin, M and Berry, C P L and Patane, O and Bahaadini, S and Rohani, N and Crowston, K and {\O}sterlund, C} } @article {9999, title = {Core-periphery communication and the success of free/libre open source software projects}, journal = {Journal of Internet Services and Applications}, volume = {8}, year = {2017}, abstract = {We examine the relationship between communications by core and peripheral members and Free/Libre Open Source Software project success. The study uses data from 74 projects in the Apache Software Foundation Incubator. We conceptualize project success in terms of success building a community, as assessed by graduation from the Incubator. We compare successful and unsuccessful projects on volume of communication and on use of inclusive pronouns as an indication of efforts to create intimacy among team members. An innovation of the paper is that use of inclusive pronouns is measured using natural language processing techniques. We also compare the volume and content of communication produced by core (committer) and peripheral members and by those peripheral members who are later elected to be core members. We find that volume of communication is related to project success but use of inclusive pronouns does not distinguish successful projects. Core members exhibit more contribution and use of inclusive pronouns than peripheral members. }, keywords = {Apache Software Foundation, communication, core and periphery, free/libre open source software (FLOSS), inclusive pronouns, natural language processing, project success}, doi = {10.1186/s13174-017-0061-4}, url = {http://rdcu.be/uguP}, attachments = {https://crowston.syr.edu./sites/crowston.syr.edu/files/170707\%20JISA\%20final.pdf}, author = {Kevin Crowston and Shamshurin, Ivan} } @article {9998, title = {Participation in ICT-Enabled Meetings}, journal = {Journal of Organizational and End User Computing}, volume = {23}, year = {2011}, chapter = {15{\textendash}36}, abstract = {Meetings are a common occurrence in contemporary organizations, and almost everyone shares an understanding of what a meeting is and what participation in a meeting looks like. Yet our exploratory study at Intel, an innovative global technology company, suggests that meetings are evolving beyond this familiar perspective as the pervasive use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) changes work practices associated with meetings. Drawing on data gathered from interviews prompted by entries in the employees{\textquoteright} electronic calendar system, we examine the multiple ways in which meetings build and reflect work in the organization and derive propositions to guide future research. Specifically, we identified four aspects of meetings that reflect work in the 21st century: meetings are integral to work in team-centered organizations, tension between group and personal objectives, discontinuities, and ICT support for fragmented work environment.}, keywords = {Computer-Mediated Communication, Information Technology}, doi = {10.4018/joeuc.2011040102}, attachments = {https://crowston.syr.edu./sites/crowston.syr.edu/files/JOEUC_to_distribute.pdf}, author = {Chudoba, Katherine M. and Mary Beth Watson-Manheim and Kevin Crowston and Lee, Chei Sian} } @booklet {2009, title = {ICIS 2008 Panel Report: Open Access Publishing to Nurture the Sprouts of Knowledge and the Future of Information Systems Research}, howpublished = {Communications of the Association for Information Systems}, volume = {24}, year = {2009}, abstract = {

The advent of the Internet and the subsequent adoption of Open Access schemata are changing the nature of the scholarly discourse. In response, we seek to stimulate a debate about the role and desired forms of Open Access publishing in the context of the Information System (IS) discipline. We explore the potential contribution of an Open Access perspective on publishing IS-related research and also discuss the roles of traditional journals and their prospects in the contexts of our observations. In particular, we focus on the new possibilities of publishing work-in-progress and its potential benefit for knowledge dissemination including the prospects of turning today{\textquoteright}s limited scholarly exchange into mass collaboration. We illustrate our vision with a working prototype of an Open Access disciplinary repository entitled Sprouts (http://sprouts.aisnet.org). Our aim is to inspire new thinking about the role of Open Access publishing, the potential of its application to disciplinary repositories of emergent work, its anticipated repercussions on our work practices, and its long-term implication for the impact of IS scholarship and the well-being of our community at large. We call for participation and further action in realizing a global repository of IS research in progress. This paper builds on a panel on Open Access that was presented at the 2008 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), held in Paris, France, in December 2008.

}, keywords = {Information System}, doi = {10.17705/1CAIS.02430}, attachments = {https://crowston.syr.edu./sites/crowston.syr.edu/files/ICIS\%20Panel\%20Open\%20Access\%20Publishing.pdf}, author = {Avital, Michel and Bj{\"o}rk, Bo-Christer and Boland, Richard J and Kevin Crowston and Lyytinen, Kalle and Majchrzak, Ann} } @proceedings {, title = {Information Systems in Organizations and Society: Speculating on the Next 25 Years of Research}, year = {2004}, pages = {35-52}, address = {Manchester, UK, July}, abstract = {The community of scholars focused on information systems in organizations and society (the IFIP 8.2 community) has grown in number, voice, and influence over the last 25 years. What will this community contribute during the next 25 years? We speculate on two possible areas: more articulate conceptualizations of information systems and more detailed socio-technical theories of their effects. For both of these possibilities, we project forward from the historical trajectory of the IFIP 8.2 community{\textquoteright}s involvement. Like all speculative scholarship, our argumentation is more about imagining possible directions than arguing the superiority of one particular view relative to all others. This considered speculation is directed at both stirring the community{\textquoteright}s collective mind and advancing the value of this community{\textquoteright}s work to interested others. }, keywords = {Information System, Organization}, attachments = {https://crowston.syr.edu./sites/crowston.syr.edu/files/sawyer_future-is-research.pdf}, author = {Sawyer, Steve and Kevin Crowston} } @article {Crowston:2004a, title = {Information technology and the transformation of industries: Three research perspectives}, journal = {Journal of Strategic Information Systems}, volume = {13}, year = {2004}, pages = {5{\textendash}28}, abstract = {It is often claimed that information technology has the potential to transform entire industries. However, we find that very little IS research has been conducted at the industry level. Moreover, the small amount of research that has been conducted on IT and industries has been based largely on just one perspective of industries. Given the scale and potential impact of the changes that are happening at an industry level, we believe a concerted effort is needed to study this phenomenon. We propose a research agenda for studying IT and industries. We suggest three research perspectives for studying IT and industries: an economic perspective, an institutional perspective, and a socio-cultural perspective. Just as IS research that addresses these aspects at the organizational level has grown in recent years and contributed to our understanding of IS, so in this paper we argue that a similar broadening, as well as more studies, are needed at the industry level of analysis. Weprovide an example from the real estate industry to illustrate the usefulness of the three research perspectives.}, keywords = {Information Technology, Real Estate}, doi = {10.1016/j.jsis.2004.02.001}, attachments = {https://crowston.syr.edu./sites/crowston.syr.edu/files/JoSIS_2004.pdf}, author = {Kevin Crowston and Myers, Michael D.} } @article {, title = {The effects of market-enabling Internet agents on competition and prices}, journal = {Journal of Electronic Commerce Research}, volume = {2}, number = {1}, year = {2001}, pages = {1-22}, abstract = {The Internet offers a vision of ubiquitous electronic commerce. A particularly useful feature is the ability to automate the search for price or other information across multiple vendors by using an {\textquotedblleft}agent{\textquotedblright} to retrieve relevant information. The use of agents has the potential to dramatically reduce buyers{\textquoteright} search costs. We develop a framework that suggests that vendors who sell products with many differentiating factors beyond price will tend to accept agents, while vendors of commodities or branded goods will tend to resist them unless they have lower costs than their competitors. Empirically, we found that agents seem to be accepted for differentiated goods, but resisted for more commoditized goods, though not universally. An analysis of prices from one agent shows that 1) a small number of vendors tended to have the lowest prices and 2) while divergence in pricing remains, price dispersion declined over the period studied.}, keywords = {Electronic Commerce, Internet Agent, Market-enabling}, attachments = {https://crowston.syr.edu./sites/crowston.syr.edu/files/joecr01.pdf}, author = {Kevin Crowston and MacInnes, Ian} } @proceedings {Crowston:1997, title = {Price Behavior in a Market with Internet Buyer{\textquoteright}s Agents (Research in progress paper)}, year = {1998}, address = {Atlanta, GA, USA, December 14{\textendash}17}, keywords = {Electronic Commerce, Internet Agent}, attachments = {https://crowston.syr.edu./sites/crowston.syr.edu/files/icis97.pdf}, author = {Kevin Crowston} } @proceedings {Crowston:1996, title = {Market-enabling Internet agents}, year = {1996}, address = {Columbus, OH, December}, abstract = {The growth of the Internet offers a vision of ubiquitous electronic commerce. A particularly exciting feature of Internet commerce is the ability to automate the search for price or other product information across multiple suppliers by using an {\textquotedblleft}agent{\textquotedblright} to retrieve the relevant information. The use of such agents has the potential to dramatically reduce buyers{\textquoteright} search costs. We argue that such agents effectively transform a diverse set of offerings into an economically efficient market and that their use should therefore be analyzed in these terms. In this paper, we present a simple model of the competitive effects of agents used to support purchasing. The model suggests that agents can be successful for diversified goods but resisted for commodities and near-commodities. We illustrate our model by analyzing the situation of current electronic commerce ventures on the Internet. }, keywords = {Internet Agent}, attachments = {https://crowston.syr.edu./sites/crowston.syr.edu/files/icis96.pdf}, author = {Kevin Crowston}, editor = {DeGross, Janice I. and Jarvenpaa, Sirkka and Srinivasan, Ananth} } @inbook {Crowston:1988, title = {Information technology and work organization}, booktitle = {Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction}, year = {1988}, note = {Reprinted in Thomas J. Allen and Michael S. Scott Morton. (Eds), Information Technology and the Corporation of the 1990s (pp. 249{\textendash}275). New York: Oxford, 1994.}, pages = {1051{\textendash}1070}, publisher = {Elsevier}, organization = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, keywords = {Information Technology, Organization}, isbn = {9780444705365}, attachments = {https://crowston.syr.edu./sites/crowston.syr.edu/files/informationtechn00crow.pdf}, author = {Kevin Crowston and Malone, Thomas W.}, editor = {Helander, M.} } @article {Crowston:1988b, title = {Intelligent Software Agents}, volume = {13}, number = {December}, year = {1988}, pages = {267{\textendash}271}, publisher = {McGraw-Hill}, keywords = {Internet Agent}, issn = {0360-5280 }, attachments = {https://crowston.syr.edu./sites/crowston.syr.edu/files/10.1.1.86.1766.pdf}, author = {Kevin Crowston and Malone, Thomas W.} } @article {1987, title = {Cognitive science and organizational design: Assessing the impact of information technology on organizations}, journal = {Data Base}, volume = {18}, year = {1987}, chapter = {46}, keywords = {Information Technology, Organization}, attachments = {https://crowston.syr.edu./sites/crowston.syr.edu/files/acm\%20database\%20abstract.pdf}, author = {Kevin Crowston} } @proceedings {Crowston:1986, title = {Assessing the impact of information technology on enterprise level performance}, year = {1986}, pages = {299{\textendash}310}, address = {Indianapolis, IN}, abstract = {Implicit in most of what we do in MIS is the belief that information technology (IT) has an impact on the bottom line of the business. Surprisingly, we rarely know if this is true. It is very difficult to trace and measure the effects of information technology through a web of intermediate impacts upon enterprise level performance. In this paper, we review research that has been performed on enterprise level impacts of information systems, with a particular emphasis on research that has attempted to measure those impacts. We begin with a survey of articles published within the last ten years. This is followed by a discussion of the reference disciplines that underlie most of this work. From this we are able to draw conclusions about future directions for research in this area.}, keywords = {Information Technology, Organization}, attachments = {https://crowston.syr.edu./sites/crowston.syr.edu/files/icis86.pdf}, author = {Kevin Crowston and Treacy, Michael E.} }