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Dissertation Information for John Lawrence Ober

NAME:
- John Lawrence Ober

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- University of California, Berkeley (USA) (1989)

ADVISORS:
- Nancy A. Van House

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- None

MPACT Status: Incomplete - Not_Inspected

Title: Task characteristics and information system use: Office automation at a major research university

Abstract: The study explores the relationship between characteristics of an individual's tasks in a job and the use of an office automation system. The research model proposes that task analyzability and task variety are related to the amount of information processing required in one's job, and that information processing, along with demographic variables, predicts system use. This represents an application of Perrow's "technology" construct to information system implementation.

A modified version of the Position Analysis Questionnaire (McCormick, Jeanneret and Mecham, 1977) was used to generate self-report measures of task variety, task analyzability, and amount of information processing. System use was measured with a software monitoring system which recorded information about University staff, faculty, and administrative use of IBM's Professional Office System.

The findings provide limited support to the hypothesis that system use may be predicted by task variety, task analyzability, and amount of information processing in an individual's job. the study is an addition to information system implementation literature in that it (1) treats system use as a dependent variable rather than as an independent variable driving job satisfaction or organizational structure measures; and (2) expands the use of an instrument with origins in job analysis to individual-level measurement of information processing variables of task variety, task analyzability, and amount of information processing.

MPACT Scores for John Lawrence Ober

A = 0
C = 1
A+C = 1
T = 0
G = 0
W = 0
TD = 0
TA = 0
calculated 2008-05-29 20:30:48

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Students under John Lawrence Ober

ADVISEES:
- None

COMMITTEESHIPS:
- Saadia Beatriz Sanchez-Vegas - University of California, Berkeley (1993)