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Christopher Davis is Professor of Information Systems at the University of South Florida in Saint Petersburg, USA. He holds a doctorate in Information Systems from the University of the West of England, UK. His research explores the way designers and users make sense of information systems and technologies, and their impacts on the expertise of communities of practice: these communities include physicians and other clinicians; fingerprint and forensic scientists and enterprise architects. His current work focuses on creativity and sense making in design, which builds on the socio-cognitive orientation of his doctoral thesis. His work has been published in a range of outlets including Communications of the ACM, the Journal of Computer Information Systems, Information Systems Management, Informing Science, the Journal of Applied Business Research and the MIS Quarterly. Dr. Davis is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the British Computer Society; has served as Associate Editor of the European Journal of Information Systems and currently serves as the Chairman of The Open Group IT4IT™ Forum.

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Christopher Davis is Professor of Information Systems at the University of South Florida in Saint Petersburg, USA. He holds a doctorate in Information Systems from the University of the West of England, UK. His research explores the way designers and users make sense of information systems and technologies, and their impacts on the expertise of communities of practice: these communities include physicians and other clinicians; fingerprint and forensic scientists and enterprise architects. His current work focuses on creativity and sense making in design, which builds on the socio-cognitive orientation of his doctoral thesis. His work has been published in a range of outlets including Communications of the ACM, the Journal of Computer Information Systems, Information Systems Management, Informing Science, the Journal of Applied Business Research and the MIS Quarterly. Dr. Davis is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the British Computer Society; has served as Associate Editor of the European Journal of Information Systems and currently serves as the Chairman of The Open Group IT4IT™ Forum.

Peer Reviewed Article (22)

User response to mandatory IT use: A coping theory perspective. (Anol Bhattacherjee, Christopher J. Davis, Amy J. Connolly, et al.) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (2018)

The introduction of a new information technology (IT) into a workplace often engenders a wide range of responses among users. These responses encompass a variety of emotions, such as excitement, indifference, skepticism, and fear, and ...

Situational privacy concerns and antecedent factors. (Varol O. Kayhan and Christopher J. Davis) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (2016)

This study examines the factors that contribute to context-based, or situational, privacy concerns drawing upon the theoretic lens of attribution theory. We posit that situational privacy concerns develop through individuals' causal explanations of prior privacy ...

Student engagement: The core model and inter-cohort analysis. (Christopher Davis and Karla M. Kmetz) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (2015)

Prior research in higher education shows that engagement has been inconsistently conceptualized: semantic inconsistency has been compounded by variations in the constructs used to operationalize engagement. Acknowledging these limitations, we conceptualize student engagement as a ...

A neurodesign model for IS research. (Alan R. Hevner, Christopher Davis, Rosann Webb Collins, et al.) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (2014)

The constructive (i.e. Build) activity in Design Research is where human cognitive (e.g., complexity, creativity, control) and social (e.g., collaboration) activities contribute to the design of novel artifacts that improve the human condition. In this ...

Verification of knowledge assets in electronic repositories: Expert- and community-governance. (Varol O. Kayhan, Christopher Davis, Rosann Webb Collins, et al.) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (2013)

Two mechanisms that verify knowledge contributions in electronic repositories are expert-governance and community-governance. Our goal is to examine repository users' perceptions of the conditions under which these mechanisms verify knowledge contributions. Qualitative data show that ...

Enterprise risks, rewards, and regulation. (Jennifer Blaskovich, Christopher Davis and Eileen Z. Taylor) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (2012)

Risk management is critical to the success of contemporary firms and while new technologies present opportunities for innovation and growth, they present new risks. Risk management of information systems and technology (IS/IT) is particularly critical ...

Technology and organization: Strategic intersections and asymptotes. (Christopher Davis) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (2011)

Although it is commonly assumed or hoped that information systems can be aligned or matched with organizational needs, notions of match, alignment and fit are poorly defined. Nor is the hoped for alignment apparently happening. ...

The Overreliance on Analyst Experience in the Selection of Requirements Elicitation Techniques (Robert M. Fuller and Christopher J. Davis) AMCIS 2008 Proceedings (2008)

This study applies theory Channel Expansion Theory to assess factors that influence analyst perceptions of the richness of requirements elicitation techniques. These perceptions of richness are of interest as communication research has shown that richness ...

The student productivity paradox: Technology mediated learning in schools. (Neset Hikmet, Eileen Z. Taylor and Christopher Davis) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (2008)

Training as regulation and development : An exploration of the needs of enterprise systems users. (Christopher Davis and Neset Hikmet) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (2008)

The view of the organization as a system that 'processes' information or 'solves' problems is at odds with the dynamics of change associated with the development and use of IS in an organization. A significant ...

User Reactions to Information Technology: Evidence from the Healthcare Sector (Anol Bhattacherjee, Christopher J Davis, Neset Hikmet, et al.) ICIS 2008 Proceedings (2008)

This paper examines the diverse nature of user reactions to information technology (IT) within the social-historical context of its organizational use. Employing activity theory as a conceptual framework, we conduct an interpretive analysis of physicians ...

The student productivity paradox: Technology mediated learning in schools (Neset Hikmet, Eileen Z Taylor and Christopher J Davis) Communications of the ACM (2008)

Training as regulation and development: An exploration of the needs of enterprise systems users (Christopher J Davis and Neset Hikmet) nformation & Management (2008)

Through the Eyes of Experts: a Socio-Cognitive Perspective on the Automation of Fingerprint Work (Christopher Davis and Ellen M. Hufnagel) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (2007)

Prior research on technological frames indicates that manyof the difficulties associated with systems implementation stem from differences in the meanings users, managers, and system developers attribute to automation projects. Although the concept of technological frames ...

Communication Challenges in Requirements Elicitation and the Use of the Repertory Grid Technique (Christopher Davis, Robert M. Fuller, Monica Chiarini Tremblay, et al.) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (2006)

Requirements elicitation is a central and critical activity in the systems analysis and design process. This paper explores the nature of the challenges that confront analysts and their clients during requirements elicitation. A review of ...

Determining value in organizations : myths, norms, facts and values. (Misha Hebel and Christopher Davis) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (2005)

Whether carried out by external consultants or internally, evaluation of business activity frequently relies on the use of criteria that arise from industry norms, benchmarking or other sources outside the organization. The research presented in ...

Organisations and Information Systems: Investigating their Dynamic Complexities Using Repertory Grids and Cognitive Mapping (Laurence Brooks, Christopher Davis and Mark Lycet) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (2005)

Starting from personal construct theory (PCT), this article explores the use of two complementary approaches to investigate the interdependence of organisations and information systems. These two techniques - repertory grid analysis (RGA) and cognitive mapping ...

Change Management: The Contribution of Personal Construct Theory (PCT) (Laurence Brooks, Christopher J. Davis and Mark Lycett) ECIS 2004 Proceedings (2004)

This paper explores the use of two complementary approaches, each stemming from Personal Construct Theory (PCT), to investigate the interdependence of organizations and information systems. Two techniques - Repertory Grid Analysis (RGA) and Cognitive Mapping ...

Implementing Information Systems to Support Knowledge Work: An Exploration of Work Motifs (Christopher J. Davis and Ellen M. Hunagel) ECIS 2004 Proceedings (2004)

The research presented in this paper is part of a larger study of the organizational impacts of information systems on knowledge work. The phase of the research reported in the paper explores current understanding of ...

Emergence and accomplishment in organizational change. (Ian Beeson and Christopher Davis) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (2000)

Systems theories, because of the emphasis they place on the maintenance of order, have generally given an impoverished account of change. Complexity theory gives an explanation of non-linear systems which makes change fundamental and strikes ...

Making a mark: The National Automated Fingerprint Identification System. (Christopher Davis) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (1998)

Through the Eyes of Experts: A Socio-Cognitive Perspective on the Automation of Fingerprint Work (Christopher J. Davis and Ellen M. Hufnagel) Management Information Systems Quarterly

Prior research on technological frames indicates that many of the difficulties associated with systems implementation stem from differences in the meanings users, managers, and system developers attribute to automation projects. Although the concept of technological ...

Access to on-line learning: a SAD case. (Karla M. Kmetz and Christopher Davis) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (2013)

As evident through recent litigation, Institutions of Higher Education are increasingly being held accountable for the federal mandates on ensuring equivalent access to online education for students with disabilities. This has strong implications for incorporating ...

Access to on-line learning: a SAD case. (Karla M. Kmetz and Christopher Davis) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (2013)

As evident through recent litigation, Institutions of Higher Education are increasingly being held accountable for the federal mandates on ensuring equivalent access to online education for students with disabilities. This has strong implications for incorporating ...

Physician reactions to healthcare IT: An activity-theoretic analysis. (Anol Bhattacherjee, Christopher Davis and Neset Hikmet) USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications (2013)

This paper examines the diverse nature of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral reactions elicited among physicians in response to the introduction of a computerized physician order entry system in a hospital setting. These diverse reactions, which ...