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The Impact of Agile Practices on Trust in Software Project Teams
(IEEE, 2012)
Agile software development involves self-managing teams that are empowered and responsible for meeting project goals in whatever way they deem suitable. Managers must place more trust in such teams than they do in teams ...
Examining Customer Focus in Agile Systems Development Teams - Findings from Irish and Norwegian Case Studies
(2011)
While an acute, continuous focus on customer needs is often cited as a key benefit of agile approaches, very little research has examined the customer focus construct in an agile project environment, or looked at the ...
An Analysis of Model-Driven Web Engineering Methodologies
(2012)
In the late 1990's there was substantial activity within the 'Web engineering' research community and a multitude of new Web approaches were proposed. However, numerous studies have revealed major gaps in these approaches, ...
Incorporating Ethics and Social Responsibility in IS Education
(2011)
This paper discusses the importance of ethics and social responsibility in information systems (IS) education. The many public scandals of corporate misconduct have increased the need for more emphasis to be placed on ...
Equality, diversity, and inclusion in IS education
(Information Systems and Computing Academic Professionals (ISCAP), 2022-03-15)
This editorial piece introduces a special issue of the Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE) on the topic of equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in IS education. A number of contemporary issues are raised, ...
An empirical study of ransomware attacks on organizations: an assessment of severity and salient factors affecting vulnerability
(Oxford University Press, 2020-12-28)
This study looks at the experiences of organizations that have fallen victim to ransomware attacks. Using quantitative and qualitative data of 55 ransomware cases drawn from 50 organizations in the UK and North America, ...
Information security behavior: A cross-cultural comparison of Irish and US employees
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-08-09)
This study explores how aspects of perceived national culture affect the information security attitudes and behavior of employees. Data was collected using 19 semi-structured interviews in Ireland and the United States of ...
Dissecting optional micro-decisions in online transactions: perceptions, deceptions and errors
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2022-05-02)
Online firms frequently increase profit by selling optional extras. However, opt-in rates tend to be low. In response, questionable design practices have emerged to nudge consumers into inadvertent choices. Many of these ...
Organisational culture, procedural countermeasures, and employee security behaviour: A qualitative study
(Emerald, 2017-06-12)
Purpose - This paper provides new insights about security behaviour in selected US and Irish organisations by investigating how organisational culture and procedural security countermeasures tend to influence employee ...
The evolving menace of ransomware: A comparative analysis of pre-pandemic and mid-pandemic attacks
(Association for Computing Machinery, 2023-10-20)
Drawing upon direct interviews and secondary sources, this article presents a qualitative comparative analysis of 39 ransomware attacks, 26 of which occurred shortly before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and 13 of ...