Tora K Bikson

Datos Biográficos

ID5380997
NOMBRETora K Bikson
NOMBRESTora K
APELLIDOBikson
FIRMABIKSON T K
AFILIACIONESRAND Corporation
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS11
TOTAL DE CITAS13
TOTAL COMO AUTOR11
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1978
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2010
ÍNDICE H2

  • Mobile Technology and Action Teams: Assessing BlackBerry Use in Law Enforcement Units

    Open AccessSusan G Straus, Tora K Bikson et al.ARTICLEComputer Supported Cooperative…2010

  • The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule: A Practical Guide for Researchers

    Patrick P Gunn, Allen M Fremont et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2004Referencias: 5

    BACKGROUND: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, intended to address potential threats to patient privacy posed by the computerization and standardization of medical records, provides a new floor level of federal protection for health information in all 50 states. In most cases, compliance with the Privacy Rule was required as of April 2003. Yet considerable confusion and concern remain about the Privacy R…

  • New challenges for international leadership: Lessons from organizations with global missions: (659902010-001)

    Tora K Bikson, Gregory F Treverton et al.DATASETPsycEXTRA Dataset2003

    Addresses the question of whether or not the U.S. has the capacity to develop the intellectual and professional expertise that will be required for leadership in international affairs, in an increasingly globalized environment.

  • The Global Course of the Information Revolution: Recurring Themes and Regional Variations

    Richard Hundley, Richard O Hundley et al.BOOKThe global course of the…2003

    Advances in information technology are heavily influencing ways in which business, society, and government work and function throughout the globe, bringing many changes to everyday life, in a process commonly termed the

  • Sociotechnical reinvention: Implementation dynamics and collaboration tools

    Tora K Bikson, J D EvelandARTICLEInformation Communication & Society1998

    Sociotechnical systems theory suggests several themes about implementation, including continuous mutual adaptation of tool and context, task emphasis, the priority of process, and changes in evaluative criteria over time. The effectiveness of these ideas is illustrated in the experience of the World Bank in its implementation of a group decision support system, GroupSystems

  • Electronic information media and records management methods: A survey of practices in UN organizations

    Tora K Bikson, Sally Ann LawARTICLEThe Information Society1993Referencias: 2

    The rapid and widespread diffusion of electronic information and communication media has presented significant challenges for archives and records management in UN organizations. Traditional practices devised primarily to handle paper‐based record material are not readily extended to these new media. The Advisory Committee for the Coordination of Information Systems (ACCIS) identified the need for UN organizations to develop policies and procedur…

  • Electronic mail use at the World Bank: Messages from users

    Tora K Bikson, Sally Ann LawARTICLEThe Information Society1993Referencias: 4

    In the summer of 1991, we conducted a systematic user‐based study of electronic mail at The World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. The World Bank is a leader among UN organizations in using innovative communication media. The focus of the research was to understand the technical and organizational issues associated with the implementation and use of new information technologies in an international organization. This article presents the resu…

  • Fragments of your communication: Email, vmail, and fax

    M Lynne Markus, Tora K Bikson et al.ARTICLEThe Information Society1992Citada por: 5Referencias: 15

    How are new media, such as electronic mail, voice mail, and fax, used when people have access to several of them simultaneously? This paper reports findings from a field study of media use in four sizable subunits within two large organizations where most employees had access to email, vmail, and fax. Respondents tended to use multiple electronic media rather than relying on one. However, they also showed a tendency to prefer one medium for async…

  • Differential experiences of men and women in computerized offices

    Open AccessBarbara A Gutek, Tora K BiksonARTICLESex Roles1985Citada por: 8

  • Contributions of social science to innovation and productivity

    Louis G Tornatzky, Trudy Solomon et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist1982

  • The Status of Children's Intellectual Rights

    Open AccessTora K BiksonARTICLEJournal of Social Issues1978Referencias: 25

    It is suggested that U.S. public education systematically denies children's intellectual rights, that the kinds of educational experiences to which they are subjected discourage curiosity, creativity, and active participatory (dialogic) learning, and that children are thereby being deprived of the right to be “autonomous inquirers in the community of inquirers.” In the case of lower status children there is, beyond suppression of desirable intell…