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- Carlsson, Christer, et al.
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Go Vendla Go! Creating a Digital Coach for the Young Elderly
- 2017
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Ingår i: INFORMATION SYSTEMS, EMCIS 2017. - Cham : Springer. - 9783319659305 - 9783319659299 ; , s. 204-209
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The proportion of ageing citizens is high and increasing in most EU countries and there is a growing political pressure to make sure that the costs for the elderly care programs do not grow out of bounds. The focus of the ageing population programs is at the 75+ age group. The younger age group - the "young elderly" that is the focus in our research - does not get much attention. Recently, we have noticed a growing insight that preventive programs could be helpful as healthier young elderly will help produce healthier seniors (the 75 + age group) which over time will have significant effects on the costs for health and social care for the ageing population. Our study is a synergistic combination of two timely research areas: digitalisation and the ageing population. The focus combination of digital wellness services and the young elderly is unique. We build on a research program that is operating since January 2014. Our current research in progress aims at finding out how a digital coach - a personal trainer called Vendla - can be worked out for digital wellness services.
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- Helmefalk, Miralem, et al.
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The role of mechanics in gamification : an interdisciplinary perspective
- 2019
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Ingår i: International Journal of Virtual and Augmented Reality. - : IGI Global. - 2473-537X .- 2473-5388. ; 3:1, s. 18-41
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- With regard to the contemporary discussion of gamifying processes in various domains, it is obvious that there exists a naive notion that simply adding leaderboards/pins/points/badges would lead to success. Even though other instances of gamification mechanics could actually perform better. The literature has not yet managed to prove whether different domains require different mechanics in order to impact on engagement and motivation. To address these critical issues, a literature review was conducted across six domains that examined game mechanics, including their uniqueness for gamification research. Findings show a myriad of mechanics with different sharing properties, which are more or less domain-congruent. These mechanics can be separated into four levels: general, mostly similar, partly similar and unique. The findings enable a better understanding of how to employ situation-congruent mechanics to a given context, which is important for both research and practice.
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- Lundqvist, Siw, 1956-
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A perspective of post-merger integration : administrators do not necessarily resist changes
- 2011
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Ingår i: IRIS Selected Papers of the Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia. - Åbo, Finland : Tapir Akademisk Forlag. - 1891-9863 .- 2387-3353. ; :2, s. 183-196
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Mergers often fail, which makes it important to understand more about what couldpromote successful mergers. This paper reports on a longitudinal case-study following amerger from the administrators’ perspectives. Prior findings showed administrators that werepositive to the merger and to reengineering initiatives and that were confident about theirskills. The present study showed that the administrators wished for further development evenif some found the realized changes to have influenced their work negatively. The findingsconfirm the importance of applying various types of advice on how to prevent resistance tochanges, which includes embracing openness to changes and the necessity of providing meansfor adapting to new systems and to contribute to new routines. The case-study aims at addingfurther to the knowledge base on how to facilitate post-merger integration with a focus onunderstanding the human factors that either contribute to or hinder a merging process.
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- Lundqvist, Siw, 1956-, et al.
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Activity theory applied at channel expansions in small and medium enterprises
- 2017
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Ingår i: Problems of Management in the 21st Century. - : Scientia Socialis. - 2029-6932 .- 2538-712X. ; 12:1, s. 20-38
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Today’s commonly carried out channel expansions of commerce could be both costly and problematic to manage. Especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that often suffer from a lack of digital competence, time and monetary resources in generally. Still, these transitions would be necessary to carry out because of customer demands and expectations concerning 24/7 availability, and access to digital commerce alternatives. Scarce resources are important reasons to search for how to carry out channel expansions with minimized problems. Activity theory (AT) focuses on the whole in order to detect problems that hinder successful outcomes. Hence, this theory was applied to prior findings, from a project about SME’s channel expansions, highlighting several problems that could appear during these activities. Implications for research foremost involve issues connected to the use of AT; implications for practice particularly concern how the expansive visibilization of work method could be used to support channel broadening activities.
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- Lundqvist, Siw, 1956-, et al.
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Advertisements for ICT project managers show diversity between Swedish employers' and project management associations' views of PM certifications
- 2014
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Ingår i: Problems of Management in the 21st Century. - Siauliai : Scientific Methodical Center. - 2029-6932. ; 9:1, s. 35-55
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- AppointingICT project managers is a delicate issue for management; not least since ICTprojects are known to be unsuccessful in delivering the required product intime and on budget. Hence, it is even more important to find the “right”individual for the job. According to project management associations, certificationin project management is a prerequisite for a project manager’s successfulcareer. The appreciation of project management certifications among Swedishemployers was studied using data collected from job advertisements for ICTproject managers during four years (2010-2013). Judged on how theadvertisements were worded the result indicates surprisingly low interest fromthe employers’ side, which conflicts with the project management associationsstatements about the certifications’ indispensable value for successfulprojects. Furthermore, it conflicts with a common understanding ofcertifications as essential for appointment as a project manager. The findingsidentify a possible gap between PM associations’ and employers’ views regardingthe certifications’ value, and highlight the necessity of seriously consideringwhether it is worthwhile for the individuals to strive for, and for theorganizations to promote certification, since it is costly in both time, effortand money.
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- Lundqvist, Siw, 1956-, et al.
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Apply a Project Core View to Promote Project Success
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of Modern Project Management. - Brazil : Mundo Press. - 2317-3963. ; 3:1, s. 100-109
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Achieving successful projects is critical and the project manager’s role is beyond dispute. Hence, successful recruitment processes that put critical competence requirements in focus could facilitate successful project outcomes. It is fundamental that a certain project supports the organization’s core product, because that is the basis for the organization’s success in the first place. Therefore it is important that the project core product is viewed since it is supposed to support the core product. Further, it would be helpful to distinguish between general competences and core competences in order to avoid focusing on more or less insignificant general qualification requirements while missing to elucidate the core qualification requirements that should be decisive for the outcome. This paper aims at shedding light on the necessity of paying careful attention to project core product and project core competence as basic conditions for project success. Implications for practice and research are discussed.
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- Lundqvist, Siw, 1956-
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Are PMOs really that momentous for public authorities?
- 2017
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Ingår i: International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management. - : Science Sphere. - 2182-7796 .- 2182-7788. ; 5:3, s. 45-64
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Project management offices (PMOs) are frequently referred to as necessary, or even indispensable, for carrying out projects in multi-project settings, which often occur in public authorities’ Information Technology (IT) projects; particularly in times of today’s sweeping digitalization. Hence, this research studied Swedish public authorities and their IT departments’ use of PMOs; a survey was directed to IT project managers. Findings showed that even though PMOs are commonly described as significant, those that applied PMOs were fewer than those that did not. This research searched for correlations between the existence of PMOs and 88 variables that resulted in relatively few, mostly weak correlations. A hypothesis test did not show significant association between PMOs’ usage and project models’ usage. The research contributions are principally that PMOs do not appear to be that significant after all for Swedish public authorities, and to have reasonable expectations on PMOs. For practice, the implications foremost concern the importance of understanding conceivable pros and cons.
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- Lundqvist, Siw, 1956-
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Focus on the most critical demands in IT project manager recruitment
- 2018
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Ingår i: Journal of Modern Project Management. - : The Journal of Modern PM. - 2317-3963. ; 6:1, s. 68-75
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Many descriptions are available about the qualifications IT project managers are supposed to hold in order to be fully eligible and fit for employment. Sometimes these knowledge demands are apprehended as scary in a way that actually reject people from taking on a journey for such a job career. This research concerns how IT project managers in Swedish public authorities regard the demands on their profession; 46 questions regarding these matters are answered (survey 2016) by 82 individuals. The four most prominent requirements turned out to be: 1) experience from project management, 2) self-sufficiency 3a) being social, and on shared third place 3b) being co-operative. The three demands counted from the bottom ranking, concerned holding project management certifications. The findings are useful for practice because it could play down excessively described expectations and put the light on highly relevant requirements instead. For research, the findings provide input to further research.
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- Marcusson, Leif, 1954-, et al.
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Applying a core competence model on Swedish job advertisements for IT project managers
- 2015
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Ingår i: International Journal of Information Technology Project Management. - : IGI Global. - 1938-0232 .- 1938-0240. ; 6:2, s. 1-17
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Recruitments of IT project managers are costly and time-consuming, which makes it important to handle them effectively. IT project managers’ key function in IT projects conveys that the prerequisites in such job ads become extensive and hard to satisfy because of overloaded descriptions. The organization’s core competence (henceforth CC) requirements need to be decisive and explicitly expressed. Hence, each recruitment process should involve the defining of what the CC qualifications are. Advertisements were collected (2010-2013) and a CC lens was tested for assessment of CC criteria in order to get an indication of its value. The study’s practical implication is an added understanding of the importance to discern what core competence/-s a specific project requires and furthermore to match those with the job requirements during the recruitment process. The implication for research is an inspiration for further development of methods for determining core competence criteria for recruiting IT-project managers.
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- Marcusson, Leif, 1954-, et al.
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Core competencies' core context!
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Ingår i: Advanced online education and training technologies. - Hershey PA, USA : IGI Global. - 9781522570103 - 1522570101 - 9781522570110 ; , s. 75-95
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter stresses the importance of putting core competence in its specific and accurate context to optimize its usefulness. Otherwise, the value might easily erode or even get totally lost. This research highlights core competence in the contexts of recruiting and educating IT project managers. A longitudinal study (2010 – 2013) scrutinized 325 advertisements for IT project managers. A core competence lens was used on the findings to test if such a lens was applicable to the project area (recruitment and training), which it was. This chapter follows-up on the prior research that proposes both recruitment and further training of IT project managers would gain from applying the core competence concept. The main reason for this goes back to understanding the importance of acknowledging the context, and of acting accordingly to reach customer perceived benefits / values. Core competence must be considered in the light of end products and business value.
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- Marcusson, Leif, 1954-, et al.
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Swedish IT project managers’ personality traits mirrored in the Big five
- 2016
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Ingår i: International Journal of Information Technology Project Management. - : IGI Global. - 1938-0232 .- 1938-0240. ; 7:3, s. 1-14
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Project success, which is critical to achieve, requires a competent project manager. Could anybody become a skilled project manager, or what does it take? One factor that is considered to influence the opportunities of succeeding is individuals’ personality traits. Which ones would be suitable for Swedish IT project managers then? Could these be mirrored in the perspective of the Big five categories? This research was carried out by collecting and analyzing job advertisements (henceforth ads.) once a year (2010-2013), in total 325 ads. The findings indicate that the three most requested personality traits for a Swedish IT project manager are driven, communicative and structured. Mirrored in the Big five dimensions the most requested traits from the study fell into the categories conscientiousness and extraversion. The practical implication is improved ads. by using the Big five categories; research implications are foremost yet another perspective of IT project managers’ personality traits.
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- Marcusson, Leif, 1954-, et al.
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Teachers´ view of servicescape : experience from a gamified distance course
- 2020
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Ingår i: Utilizing gamification in servicescapes for improved consumer engagement. - Hershey : IGI Global. - 1799819701 - 9781799819707 - 9781799819721 ; , s. 224-251
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- It is well-known that student motivation is an important factor for achieving good learning results. This is no less interesting for distance courses where the students usually lack the contexts that are naturally available to campus students, something that can lower motivation. Gamification is sometimes mentioned as a means for raising motivation. Furthermore, the course servicescape can positively and negatively influence the students' motivation. This chapter presents teacher experience from developing and using gamified distance courses. The result is useful for both practice and research, and the most important lessons learned are to consider the learning platform's opportunities and limitations carefully before starting the practical work with a gamified course development as well as the willingness to spend enough time for assignments like this.
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- Sell, Anna, et al.
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Go Digital : B2C Microenterprise Channel Expansions
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Electronic Commerce Research. - : California State University. - 1938-9027 .- 1526-6133. ; 20:2, s. 75-90
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Online channels are highly relevant for microenterprises, but research focusing specifically on the challenges and circumstances faced by microenterprises doing channel expansions is scarce. A channel expansion is a strategic decision that will modify the business strategy of the company. Through twenty-two case studies in Finland and Sweden, we investigate microenterprises doing channel expansions. The goal of the research is to find out how microenterprises carry out channel expansions and what characteristics emerge from the two national samples. We look at the channel expansion from a business model perspective, which gives us a practical tool to probe the microentrepreneurs to discuss their expansions from many dimensions. Our findings show that microenterprises struggle to balance technology, business, and customer demands with competence and resources. A lack of strategic planning leads to a situation where both positive and negative outcomes of the channel expansions are largely unanticipated and unexpected.
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