Defining information systems as work systems: implications for the IS field

By Steven L. Alter. European Journal of Information Systems, 2008

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The technostress trifecta ‐ techno eustress, techno distress and design: Theoretical directions and an agenda for research (2019, background): “It involves complex work processes that depend on the discretion of the user (Stein et al., 2015) and are enacted through multiple devices and sources of data, as users interact with task and technology to engage in innovation for both task and IS use (Alter, 2008).”
What is an Information System? (2015, background): “[1] in Table 1.”
Work System Theory: Overview of Core Concepts, Extensions, and Challenges for the Future (2013, methodology): “The Work System Life Cycle Model (Alter, 2008a, 2008b) Journal of the Association for Information Systems Vol. 14, Issue 2, pp. 72-121, February 2013 79”
Research on information systems failures and successes: Status update and future directions (2014, background): “To redress an overly technical bias, Markus (2004) introduced the concept of “ techno change ” , and Alter (2008, 2013) proposed his concept of the “ work system ” .”