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Evaluation; (17) Laboratory Experiment–Software; (18) Concept Implementation/Proof of
Concept; (19) Simulation; (20) Focus Group; (21) Delphi; (22) Interview; (23) Network
Analysis; (24) Meta Analysis; and (25) Content Analysis.
3. Conclusions and Discussion
This study provides an overview of the development of the IM field, highlighting the
importance of research trend and its timeline. Through analyzing
JIM
articles, the study
discovers the concern of IT applications has gradually moved away from IT applications in
enterprises towards individual consumer’s attitudes and behaviors regarding the use of
electronic business or emerging technologies, such as mobile communications and social
media. IM research issues have switched focus from organizational applications to user
behavior models. The research issues discussed in
JIM
encompass various emerging issues
and theory validation topics; the journal is thus highly valued by IM scholars in Taiwan.
The research methods adopted by the scholars are mostly field survey and analyses of
large secondary data from databases. More and more scholars adopt design science approach
to validate emerging technologies. Moreover, the research emphasis of IM scholars has
moved away from intra-organizational IT applications to individual living and mobile
applications. The validation method of technology introduction has advanced from
traditional conceptual validation to multi-criteria validation methods. Finally, the quality
criteria of IM articles are also improving–such as reliability of dataset and validity of
measurement.
4. Recommendations
Since the Industrial Revolution, people's workplaces have shifted from home to the
production environment or working office. There has been distinct spatial segmentation
between home and office. However, with the help of Internet of Things (IOT) and computing
capabilities, now this spatial segmentation has been broken. People not only can complete
their office’s tasks at home, but also remote control intelligent home appliances at their
office. This is subverting the traditional management thinking and methods. This study
encourages future researchers to follow this innovative trend (i.e., IOT) and catch related
research topics and applications. For practice, managers should rethink their business models
and IT applications by IOT, and thereby increasing profits for company. Future researchers
could identify a research gap in the existing studies or seek for possible research ideas based
on our findings.