Professor Joe Nandhakumar
Professor of Information Systems
Research Interests
Design and use of information systems; social networks and virtual teams; digital innovation, knowledge and interdisciplinary collaboration; digital entrepreneurship; and practice theory.
Teaching in 2019-2020
Doctorate in Business Administration
- WBDB14: Digital Transformation
Management of Information Systems & Digital Innovation
- IB96E0: Digital Business Strategy
- IB96H0: Knowledge, Work and Innovation
- IB9HY0: Research Methods
Postgraduate Research Business and Management
- IB9EE0: Business in the Digital Age
Innovation, Knowledge & Organisational Networks Research Unit, Information Systems & Management Group
Email: Joe.Nandhakumar@wbs.ac.uk / Tel: 024 765 24277 / Room: 1.016
Biography
Joe Nandhakumar is Professor of Information Systems at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick. His primary research interest focuses on the design and use of digital technology and its implications for the nature of work and organizational interactions and engagement. He was principal investigator on ESRC funded studies: Interdisciplinary collaboration in design of digital innovation (e.g. computer games innovation); and valuing innovation (process of developing business models for emerging digital innovations). He is currently an Associate Editor for Information Systems Research (ISR - INFORMS). He is a former Senior Editor of Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS) and an Associate Editor for European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS).
Joe earned his PhD in Management Information Systems from the University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering. He held faculty positions in the School of Management, University of Bath and University of Southampton. He held visiting faculty positions in the Department of Information and Computer Science at the University of California Irvine and in the Department of Computer Information Systems at Georgia State University. He has a wide ranging industrial experience with Ford of Europe and Nestlé, and he is a fully qualified Chartered Management Accountant. He teaches Digital Business Strategy and Knowledge and Work and Innovation at Warwick Business School.
Publications
Journal Articles
- Henfridsson, O., Nandhakumar, J., Scarbrough, H. and Panourgias, N. (2018) "Recombination in the open-ended value landscape of digital innovation", Information & Organization, 28, 2, 89-100
- Liu, J., Nandhakumar, J. and Zachariadis, M. (2018) "When guanxi meets structural holes : exploring the guanxi networks of Chinese entrepreneurs on digital platforms", The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
- Bernardi, R., Constantinides, P. and Nandhakumar, J. (2017) "Challenging dominant frames in policies for IS innovation in healthcare through rhetorical strategies", Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 18, 2, 3
- Molnar, W., Nandhakumar, J. and Stacy, P. A. (2017) "A paradox of progressive saturation : the changing nature of improvisation over time in a systems development project ", Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 18, 11, 1
- Mohajerani, A., Baptista, J. and Nandhakumar, J. (2015) "Exploring the role of social media in importing logics across social contexts : the case of IT SMEs in Iran", Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 95, 16-31
- Scarbrough, H., Panourgias, N. and Nandhakumar, J. (2015) "Developing a relational view of the organizing role of objects : a study of the innovation process in computer games", Organization studies, 36, 2, 197-220
- Panourgias, N., Nandhakumar, J. and Scarbrough, H. (2014) "Entanglements of creative agency and digital technology : a sociomaterial study of computer game development", Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 83, 111-126
- Subramaniam, N., Nandhakumar, J. and Baptista, J. (2013) "Exploring social network interactions in enterprise systems : the role of virtual co-presence", Information Systems Journal, Volume 23, Number 6, 475-499
- Nandhakumar, J., Panourgias, N. and Scarbrough, H. (2013) "From knowing it to "getting it" : envisioning practices in computer games development", Information Systems Research, Volume 24, Number 4, 933-955
- Nandhakumar, J. and Scarbrough, H. (2011) "Open sources? : a commentary on ‘IS research methods: inclusive or exclusive?’", Journal of Information Technology, Vol.26, No.4, 302-303
- Nandhakumar, J. and Baskerville, R. (2011) "Moderating a discourse on the moderating effects in the study of top management support", European Journal of Information Systems, Vol.20, No.6, 691-692
- Mattila, M., Nandhakumar, J., Hallikainen, P. and Rossi, M. (2011) "Role of enterprise systems in organizational transformation", Engineering Management Journal, 23, 3, 8-12
- Joe Nandhakumar (2010) "Contrarian information systems studies", European Journal of Information Systems, Vol.19, No.6, 687-688
- Shoib, G. and Nandhakumar, J. (2009) "Using social theory to make sense of IS: what’s it all about?", Information Technology & People, Vol.22, No.1, 5-8
- Stacey, P. and Nandhakumar, J. (2009) "A temporal perspective of the computer game development process", Information Systems Journal, Vol.19, No.5, 479-497
- Nandhakumar, J. and Ignatiadis, I. (2009) "The Effect of ERP system workarounds on organizational control: an interpretivist case study", Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, Vol.21, No.3, 59-90
- Stacey, P. and Nandhakumar, J. (2008) "Opening up to agile games development", Communications of the ACM, Vol.51, No.12, 143-146
- Brown, A. D. (. D., Stacey, P. and Nandhakumar, J. (2008) "Making sense of sensemaking narratives", Human Relations, Vol.61, No.8, 1035-1062
- Baskerville, R. and Nandhakumar, J. (2007) "Activating and perpetuating virtual teams: now that we're mobile, where do we go?", IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Vol.50, No.1, 17-34
- Ignatiadis, I. and Nandhakumar, J. (2007) "The impact of enterprise systems on organizational resilience", Journal of Information Technology, Vol.22, No.1, 36-43
- Ignatiadis, I. and Nandhakumar, J. (2007) "The Impact of Enterprise Systems on Organizational Control and Drift", International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems, Vol.3, No.3, 36-51
- Ashleigh, M. J. and Nandhakumar, J. (2007) "Trust and technologies : implications for organizational work practices", Decision Support Systems, 43, 2, 607-617
- Davison, R., Nandhakumar, J. and Baskerville, R. (2006) "Durability of online teamworking : patterns of trust", Information Technology & People, 19, 4, 371-389
- Nandhakumar, J., Rossi, M. and Talvinen, J. (2005) "The dynamics of contextual forces of ERP implementation", The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 14, 2, 221-242
- Shoib, G. and Nandhakumar, J. (2003) "Cross-cultural IS adoption in multinational corporations : a study of rationality", Information Technology for Development, 10, 4, 249-260
- Nandhakumar, J. and Montealegre, R. (2003) "Guest editorial Social and organizational aspects of internet-based information systems", Information Systems Journal, 13, 2, 109-112
- Joe Nandhakumar (2002) "Managing time in a software factory : temporal and spatial organization of IS development activities", The Information Society, 18, 4, 251-262
- Nandhakumar, J. and Jones, M. (2002) "Development gain? Participant observation in interpretive management information systems research", Qualitative Research, 2, 3, 323-341
- Schwarz, M. and Nandhakumar, J. (2002) "Conceptualizing the development of strategic ideas : a grounded theory analysis", British Journal of Management, 13, 1, 67-82
- Nandhakumar, J. and Jones, M. (2001) "Accounting for time : managing time in project-based teamworking", Accounting, Organizations and Society, 26, 3, 193-214
- Nandhakumar, J. and Avison, D. E. (1999) "The fiction of methodological development : a field study of information systems development", Information Technology & People, 12, 2, 176-191
- Nandhakumar, J. and Jones, M. (1997) "Too close for comfort? Distance and engagement in interpretive information systems research", Information Systems Journal, 7, 2, 109-131
- Joe Nandhakumar (1996) "Executive information system development : a case study of a manufacturing company", Journal of Information Technology, 11, 3, 199-209
- Joe Nandhakumar (1996) "Design for success? Critical success factors in executive information systems development", European Journal of Information Systems, 5, 1, 62-72
Book Items
- Joe Nandhakumar (2016) "Virtual teams and the lost proximity : consequences on trust relationships", 46-56, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxford
- Stacey, P., Thomas, D. and Nandhakumar, J. (2013) "How funny are games? Violent games content and studio well-being", 142-165, Palgrave Macmillan, London
- Stacey, P. and Nandhakumar, J. (2011) "Emotional Journeys in Game Design Teams", Chapter 14, 220-236, I G I Global, Hershey, PA
- Ignatiadis, I. and Nandhakumar, J. (2009) "Enterprise Systems, Control and Drift", Chapter 16, 317-343, I G I Global, Hershey, PA
- Nandhakumar, J. and Xu, X. S. (2007) "Managing E-relationships in a supply network", IGI Global, Hershey, PA
- Nandhakumar, J., Panteli, N., Powell, P. and Vidgen, R. (2004) "Trust in the digital era", 77-94, IGI Global, Hershey PA
- Schwarz, M. and Nandhakumar, J. (1999) "The evolution of strategy in a newly transformed organization : the interplay between strategy development and corporate culture", 97-128, Wileyt, New York
- Joe Nandhakumar (1997) "Issues in participant observation : a study of executive information systems development", 210-220, Falmer Press, London
