Dr Pamela Abbott
Lecturer
Contact
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Information Systems and Computing
St John's 132 Brunel University Uxbridge UB8 3PH United Kingdom |
Tel: +44 (0)1895 267334 Fax: +44 (0)1895 251686 Email: pamela.abbott@brunel.ac.uk |
Research Interests
The social, political and economic implications of information systems use, implementation and development in developing or newly industrialising countries. The socio-cultural implications of the globalisation of information technology. Discourses on globalisation and the organisation of work practices such as offshore outsourcing. How ICTs are implicated in our contemporary reconceptualisations of space, place and time.
University Research Centre Membership
Publications
Journals
(2007) Carmel, E. and Abbott, P., Why "Nearshore" Means That Distance Matters, Communications of the ACM 50 (10) : 40-46
(2006) Zweig, P, Kaiser, K, Beath, C, Bullen, C, Gallagher, K, Goles, T, Howland, J, Simon, J, Abbott, P, Abraham, T, Carmel, E, Evaristo, R, Hawk, S, Lacity, M, Gallivan, M, Kelly, S, Mooney, J, Ranganathan, C, Rottman, J, Ryan, T and Wion R., The Information Technology Workforce Trends and Implications 2005-2008, MIS Quarterly Executive 5 (2) : 101-108
(2005) Abbott, P.Y., Software-Export Strategies for Developing Countries: A Caribbean Perspective, Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC) 20 (1) : 1-19 BURA
Others
(2007) Abbott, P., What Do We Know About Distance in Offshore Outsourcing?, First Information Systems Workshop on Global Sourcing
(2007) Abbott, P. and Jones, M.R., Everywhere and Nowhere: Nearshore Software Development in the Context of Globalisation, 2nd International Conference on Management of Globally Distributed Work
(2006) Abbott, P., The Influence of Location and Proximity in Offshore/Nearshore Outsourcing Arrangements: A Survey of Industry Practitioners, 3rd CEMS Research Seminar on Supply Chain Management
(2006) Carmel, E. and Abbott, P., Configurations of Global Software Development: Offshore Versus Nearshore, International Workshop on Global Software Development for the Practitioner (GSD'06)
(2006) Nikolychuk, L. and Abbott, P., In Defense of Content Analysis Methodology, 5th European Conference on Research Methods in Business and Management : 302-312
(2003) Abbott, P.Y., Implementing Global Strategies in a Local Context: Software Outsourcing in the Caribbean, IFIP TC8 and TC9 / WG8.2 and WG9.4 Working Conference on Information Systems Perspectives and Challenges in the Context of Globalization : 163-174
(2002) Abbott, P.Y. and Jones, M.R., The Importance of Being Nearest: Nearshore Software Outsourcing and Globalisation Discourse, IFIP TC8 / WG8.2 Working Conference on Global and Organizational Discourse About Information Technology : 375-397