Abstract
Software developers’ innovative behavior is imperative for the achievement of organizational innovation. Focusing on two prominent issues in the software industry, viz., role-related debate and wide information technology (IT) application, we explore how software developers innovate in the IT-enabled work environment by considering their role perceptions. Based on the theory of role dynamics and IT affordance theory, our research model depicts the relationships between IT affordances (i.e., collaborative affordance, collective memory affordance and process management affordance), role perceptions (i.e., role ambiguity and role conflict) and individual innovative behavior. A survey on software developers will be conducted to test the model. This research intends to shed light on software developers’ innovative behavior by linking it with IT affordances and role perceptions, and provide software firms with suggestions to enhance innovation.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 21th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2017) |
| Publisher | Association for Information Systems |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2017 |
| Event | 21st Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2017): Societal Transformation Through IS/IT - Langkawi, Malaysia Duration: 16 Jul 2017 → 20 Jul 2017 https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2017/ |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS |
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Conference
| Conference | 21st Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2017) |
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| Abbreviated title | PACIS2017 |
| Place | Malaysia |
| City | Langkawi |
| Period | 16/07/17 → 20/07/17 |
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Bibliographical note
Full text of this publication does not contain sufficient affiliation information. With consent from the author(s) concerned, the Research Unit(s) information for this record is based on the existing academic department affiliation of the author(s).Research Keywords
- Individual innovative behavior
- IT affordances
- Role ambiguity
- Role conflict
- Role perceptions
- Software development
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