Software Development

My research in this area has two primary foci with regard to software development teams. The first is a focus on collaboration processes that software project teams can use to improve outcomes (e.g., software quality and on-time delivery), particularly under challenging conditions such as technical risk and deadline pressure. The second is a focus on identifying what project managers can do to enable software project teams to achieve positive outcomes under challenging conditions.

Selected publications:

• Maruping, L. M., and Matook, S. The multiplex nature of the customer representative role in agile information systems development. MIS Quarterly. Forthcoming.
• Maruping, L. M., Venkatesh, V., Zhang, X., and Thong, J. Y. L. (2019). A risk mitigation framework for information technology projects: A cultural contingency perspective. Journal of Management Information Systems, (36:1), pp. 120-157.
• Venkatesh, V. Rai, A., and Maruping, L. M. (2018). Information systems projects and individual developer outcomes: Role of project managers and process control. Information Systems Research, (29:1), pp. 127-148.
• Windeler, J. B., Maruping, L. M., and Venkatesh, V. (2017). Systems development risk factors: The role of empowering leadership in lowering developers’ stress. Information Systems Research, (28:4), pp. 775-796.
• Maruping, L. M., Venkatesh, V., Thatcher, S. M. B. and Patel, P. C. (2015). Folding under pressure or rising to the occasion? Perceived time pressure and the moderating role of team temporal leadership. Academy of Management Journal, (58:5), pp. 1313-1333.
• Maruping, L. M., Venkatesh, V., and Agarwal, R. (2009). A control theory perspective on agile methodology use and changing user requirements. Information Systems Research, (20:3), pp. 377-399.
• Rai, A., Maruping, L. M., and Venkatesh, V. (2009). Offshore information systems project success: The role of social embeddedness and cultural characteristics. MIS Quarterly, (33:3), pp. 617-641.