Editorial

Citation

Standing, C. (2007), "Editorial", Journal of Systems and Information Technology, Vol. 9 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/jsit.2007.36509aaa.001

Editorial

This issue symbolises a new beginning for the Journal of Systems and Information Technology (JSIT) as it is the first issue published under Emerald. When the Journal started in 1997 its aim was to publish high quality peer reviewed articles that took a broad systems perspective of information technology issues. Now with the support of Emerald which is one of the most innovative and proactive academic publishers, JSIT has the potential to reach a wider audience of researchers and practitioners in the information technology field. The marketing and administrative support provided by Emerald will mean that the articles published will be read by more people. The Journal has a bright future with two issues to be published in 2007 and then three issues per year starting in 2008.

A key theme of JSIT is to create a forum to bring research areas together to analyse issues related to information technology (IT), information systems and electronic business. The need for a multi-disciplinary perspective in IT research is just as critical today as when then the Journal started in 1997 as technology increasingly impacts on our lives. If we consider the interaction of technologies with the wider systems they are part we should be better able to recommend the organisational changes required to fully leverage those technologies. JSIT encourages authors to submit papers that examine aspects of the human, social, economic, political, cultural and work practice implications of technologies in organisations and society.

Submitted papers undergo a double blind review process to ensure the quality of papers published. The experienced editorial board and team of reviewers will provide detailed comments and suggestions for improvements and these will be used to make a decision on the fate of every paper in a timely manner.

This issue of the Journal includes five papers that examine information technology and e-business issues. McLeod, MacDonell and Doolin provide a timely investigation of the use of information systems development approaches. The use of surprise in computer-based learning is the topic discussed by Kock in his paper. Beynon-Davies and Hill explore the use of a digital divide index within a regional context. Stockdale and Kuhn provide a case study to investigate the factors associated with effective virtual team performance. Finally, Abushanab and Pearson examine Internet banking adoption in Jordan.

Craig StandingSchool of Management, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia