From the Editor

Abstract

Welcome to volume 40! I am pleased to introduce the first of five articles in this volume, entitled “Towards a design theory of user-centred score mechanics for gamified competency development.” Authors Martin Böckle, Markus Bick, and Jasminko Novak propose an information systems design theory, grounded in theory on motivation, knowledge management, and goal setting, for the application of user-centered score mechanics to assist researchers and practitioners in building gamified environments. Details of a prototypical implementation and a detailed plan for the evaluation of the proposed theory are presented. In the next article, “Factors that influence the adoption of mobile government (m-gov): A proposal of a unified model,” authors Jullian Hermann Creutzberg, Amarolinda Zanela Klein, and Celso Augusto de Matos develop and empirically test a research model to determine the factors that influence the acceptance and adoption of m-gov by citizens. The results reveal the main factor influencing the behavioral intention of using m-gov is perceived usefulness, followed by facilitating conditions, the convenience of access, perceived security, and social influence. In the third article, authors Nikhil Mehta, Eric Jack, Randy Bradley, and Sumedha Chauhan empirically examine the influence of key project characteristics, project scale, and project interdependence on team knowledge integration in their article entitled, “Complementary and substitutive roles of information technology in the relationship between project characteristics and knowledge integration in software teams.” The findings show that the project characteristics project scale and interdependence have differential but significant effects on team knowledge integration, even after controlling for project duration and leader’s experience, team and firm size, and relational capital. The next article is entitled “Investigating the interaction effect between ITenabled innovation and corporate social responsibility on firm performance,” by Mookwon Jung, Mike Taein Eom, and Alper Yayla. In this article, the relationship between a firm’s corporate social responsibility and IT-enabled innovation activities and its effect on market performance is empirically examined. The results demonstrate that the performance effect of the investment decisions varies based on what type of corporate social responsibility, that is environmental, social, or governance, and what type of innovation, either R&D or IT-enabled, the firm is pursuing. In addition, the effect of pursuing both types of investments on performance is contingent on the financial slack of the firm. Finally, in the fifth and final article, Soňa Karkošková proposes a data governance model adapted to the needs of financial institutions in the article entitled, “Data governance model to enhance data quality in financial institutions.” The model, which addresses data governance, data quality management, and metadata management, is iteratively validated by implementing it in a financial institution. Submissions are welcome through ScholarOne’s ManuscriptCentral for ISM at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/uism ISM’s website presents submission details: http://www.tandfonline.com/uism I hope you enjoy reading this issue. I would like to thank our Senior Editors for conscientiously overseeing submissions, our reviewers for providing thoughtful and constructive comments on submissions, our authors for their quality research, and our readers for referencing relevant articles published in ISM. As always, I welcome you to submit your research for publication consideration in Information Systems Management.