My research is in computer supported group practices with emerging technology. I examine how tailorable technology is designed, developed, and used both individually and organizationally. Secondary streams of study include IS theory and methods.
Matt Germonprez is currently a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. Prior to joining UW-Eau Claire, he was a faculty member at Case Western Reserve University and a Ph.D. student at the University of Colorado-Boulder. His research focuses on theory and method development and investigation with particular focus on emerging and tailorable technologies. In particular he explores how these new, user-centered technologies are designed and used in practice from the individual to the enterprise level. His recent work has been published in The Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, Information & Organization, and The Communications of the Association for Information Systems.
Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, Information Systems, 2002
M.S., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Information Systems, 1997
B.S., Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Biology, 1993
H.S., Neenah High School, Neenah, WI, 1989
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
College of Business
Assistant Professor of Information Systems
2005-Present
Case Western Reserve University
Weatherhead School of Management
Assistant Professor of Information Systems
2002-2005
Carnegie Foundation CASE Professor of the Year Nominee for UW-Eau Claire - 2009
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Teaching Excellence Award - 2008
Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award - Case Western Reserve University - 2005
Committee on Learning and Academic Support Services Honoree - University of Colorado - 2001
Davis, A., Germonprez, M., Petter, S., Drum, D., and Kolstad, J. (2009). A Case Study of Offshore Development across IS Courses: Lessons Learned From a Global Student Project, Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS), 24(21), 351-372.
Germonprez, M. and Zigurs, I. (2009). Task, Technology, and Tailoring in Communicative Action: An In-Depth Analysis of Group Communication, Information and Organization (I&O), 19, 22-46.
Chiasson, M., Germonprez, M., Mathiassen, L. (2009). The Conventional Role of Research Methods in Information Systems Action Research, Information Systems Journal (ISJ), 19, 31-54.
Hovorka, D., Germonprez, M., Larsen, K. (2008). Explanation in Information Systems, Information Systems Journal (ISJ), 18(1), 23-43.
Germonprez, M., Hovorka, D., Collopy, F. (2007). A Theory of Tailorable Technology Design, Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS), 8(6), 315-367.
Germonprez, M., Avital, M., Srinivasan, N. (2006). Impacts of Cascading Style Sheets on Mobile Computing, International Journal of IT Standards & Standardisation Research (JITSR), 4(2), 55-69.
Lyytinen, K., Prey, J., Ramesh, B., Germonprez, M., and Ko, DG. (2005). Grant Proposal Writing in Information Systems, Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS), 16(22), 457-462.
Avital, M. and Germonprez, M. (2004). On Paragrammatic Uses of Organizational Theory - A Response to Yiannis Gabriel, Organization Studies, 25(6), 1045-1048.
Hovorka, D.S. and Germonprez, M. (2010). Reflecting, Tinkering, and Tailoring: Implications for Theories of Information Systems Design in Reframing the Human in Information Systems Design, Isomaki, H. And Pekkola, S. (eds), Springer, New York, NY.
Germonprez, M., Avital, M., and Srinivasan, N. (2007). The Value of Web Design Standards for Mobile Computing in Standardization Research in Information Technology, Kai Jakobs (ed.), IGI Global, Hershey, PA.
Hovorka, D. and Germonprez, M. (2007). Design Theorizing: A Kantian Inquiring Approach in Perspectives in Information Management, Erik J. de Vries and Ard Huizing (eds.), Elsiver Publishers, Atlanta, GA.
Braley, D., Fano, A., Light, J., Germonprez, M. (2005). Ubiquitous Computing in Practice in Designing Ubiquitous Information Environments: Socio-technical Issues and Challenges, Lyytinen, K., Yoo, Y., Sorensen, K., and DeGross, J. (eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.
Germonprez, M. and Mathiassen, L. (2004). The Role of Conventional Research Methods in Information Systems Action Research in Information Systems Research: Relevant Theory and Informed Practice, Kaplan, B., Truex, D., Wastell, D., Wood-Harper, T., and DeGross, J. (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA.
Germonprez, M., Hovorka, D., and Gal, U. (2009). Secondary Design: Mid-Range Theorizing, JAIS Theory Workshop, Phoenix, AZ.
Hovorka, D. and Germonprez, M. (2009). Reflecting and Tinkering: Implications for Theories of Design, AMCIS Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Germonprez, M. and Gal, U. (2009). Understanding Tailorable Technology Use through Social Representations Theory, AMCIS Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Germonprez, M., Gou, M., Petter, S., and Zigurs, I. (2009). Perspectives on Publishing, MWAIS Conference, Madison, SD.
Hovorka, D. and Germonprez, M. (2008). From Practice to Design: Emergence of an Information Service View, ACIS Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Hovorka, D. and Germonprez, M. (2008). Identification-Interaction-Innovation: A Phenomenological Basis for an Information Service View, The 4th Information Systems Foundations Workshop, Canberra, Australia.
Montealegre, R., Germonprez, M., and Hovorka, D. (2008). Toward an Information System View of an Enterprise, ICIS Conference, Paris, France.
Germonprez, M. and Hovorka, D. (2008). The Information Service View, IFIP 8.2 Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Germonprez, M. (2007). The Reflective Design Environment, OASIS Workshop, IFIP8.2 - Pre ICIS Workshop, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Germonprez, M. (2007). Programming in the IS Curriculum, Panel, 2nd Annual MWAIS Conference, Springfield, IL.
Germonprez, M. (2007). The Adoption of Service Oriented Architecture, MBAA International Conference, Chicago, IL.
Germonprez, M. (2006). Adopting Service Oriented Architectures for Designing Information Systems, OASIS Workshop, IFIP8.2 - Pre ICIS Workshop, Milwaukee, WI.
Germonprez, M. and Avital. (2006). Service Oriented Architectures for Designing Information Systems, AIM Pre ICIS Workshop, Milwaukee, WI.
Germonprez, M., Hovorka, D., and Collopy, F. (2006). Theorizing about Tailorable Technology, JAIS AMCIS Theory Workshop, Acapulco, Mexico.
Wilson, V. and Germonprez , M. (2006). An HCI-Oriented Approach to the Introductory IS Programming, 1st Annual MWAIS Conference, Grand Rapids, MI.
Germonprez, M., Hovorka, D., and Collopy, F. (2005). Theorizing about Tailorable Technology, JAIS ICIS Theory Workshop, Las Vegas, NV.
Braley, D., Fano, A., Light, J., and Germonprez, M. (2005). Ubiquitous Computing in Practice, IFIP 8.2, Cleveland, OH.
Lyytinen, K., Ramesh, B., Iacono, S., Prey, S., Ko, DG., and Germonprez, M. (2005). Grant Writing in Information Systems, AMCIS Pre-Conference Workshop, Omaha, NE.
Germonprez, M. (2005). Designing and Teaching Web Systems Integration, AMCIS Pre-Conference Workshop, Omaha, NE.
Germonprez, M. and Collopy, F. (2004). Designing Tailorable Technology., SIGHCI ICIS Pre-Conference Workshop, Washington, D.C.
Avital, M., Germonprez, M., Baskerville, R., Boland, R., Hart, P., and Schultze, U. (2004). The Actionability of Information Systems Theory, OCIS Panel, Academy of Management Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Germonprez, M., Srinivasan, N., and Meyer, E. (2004). Interface Design Standards: A Little K Goes a Long Way. Austin Mobility Roundtable, Austin, TX.
Germonprez, M. and Mathiassen, L. (2004). The Role of Conventional Research Methods in Information Systems Action Research. IFIP 8.2, Manchester, England.
Avital, M. and Germonprez, M. (2003). Ubiquitous Computing: Surfing the Trend in a Balanced Act. Workshop on Ubiquitous Computer Environments, Cleveland, OH.
Germonprez, M. and Hovorka, D. (2002). Examining Group Communicative Processes: Critically Based Tools and Training Proceedings of Americas Conference on Information Systems, Dallas, TX.
Germonprez, M. (2001). Redefining Channel Expansion: A Critical Approach, Proceedings of Americas Conference on Information Systems, Boston, MA.
Mathiassen, L., Chiasson, M., Germonprez, M. (2009). Compositional Styles in Action Research: A Critical Analysis of Leading Informations Systems Journals, Sprouts: Working Papers on Information Systems, 9(35).
Germonprez, M., Srinivasan, N., and Avital, M.(2005). Using Interface Design Standards to Support Pervasive Computing, Sprouts: Working Papers on Information Environments, Systems and Organizations, 5(1).
Germonprez, M. and Collopy, F. (2004). Designing Tailorable Technology, Sprouts: Working Papers on Information Environments, Systems and Organizations, 4(7).
Germonprez, M. and Zigurs, I. (2003). Causal Factors for Web Site Complexity, Sprouts: Working Papers on Information Environments, Systems and Organizations, 3(5).
Hovorka, D., Chiasson, M., and Germonprez, M. (2009). (In)Commensurability of Kernel Theories: Implications for Information System Design Theory.
Mathiassen, L., Chiasson, M., Germonprez, M. (2009). Compositional Styles in Action Research.
Avital, M. and Germonprez, M. (2009). A Socio-Technical Framework for Understanding and Developing Ubiquitous Computing.
Hovorka, D., Germonprez, M., and Gal, U. (2009). Wikipedia and the Shared Construction of Social Knowledge.
Germonprez, M. and Warner, B. (2010). Open Communities.
Brancheau, J. and Germonprez, M. (Available 1998-2000). Managing Web Services with Apache. O'Reilly and Associates/Digital Education, chapters 3-14.
Laird, C. and Germonprez, M. (Available 1999-2000). Learning Linux Basics. O'Reilly and Associates/Digital Education, chapters 1-4.
Germonprez, M. (Available 2000). Extensible Markup Language. O'Reilly and Associates/Digital Education.
"Understanding Tailorable Technology," University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2009.
"Understanding Tailorable Technology Use through Social Representations Theory," AMCIS Conference, San Francisco, CA, August 2009.
"The Conventional Role of Research Methods in Information Systems Action Research," AIB Center for Information and Knowledge Management, Limerick University, Limerick, Ireland, March 2009.
"Toward an Information Service view of an Enterprise," CIST Roundtable, Peter Kewit Institute, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, October 2008.
"The Information Service View," IFIP 8.2 Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 2008.
"A Theory of Tailorable Technology Design," IDSc Department and MISRC Research Workshop, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, April 2008.
"A Theory of Tailorable Technology Design," AIB Center for Information and Knowledge Management, Limerick University, Limerick, Ireland, March 2008.
"The Reflective Design Environment," OASIS Workshop, IFIP8.2 - Pre ICIS Workshop, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, December 2007.
“Programming in the IS Curriculum,” 2nd Annual MWAIS Conference, Springfield, IL, May 2007.
“The Adoption of Service Oriented Architecture,” MBAA International Conference, Chicago, IL, March 2007.
"Adopting Service Oriented Architectures for Designing Information Systems," OASIS Workshop, IFIP8.2 - Pre ICIS Workshop, Milwaukee, WI, December 2006.
"Service Oriented Architectures for Designing Information Systems," AIM Pre ICIS Workshop, Milwaukee, WI, December 2006.
"Designing and Teaching Web Systems Integration," AMCIS Pre-Conference Workshop, Omaha, NE., August, 2005.
"Designing Tailorable Technologies," SIGHCI Pre-ICIS Workshop, Washington, D.C., December, 2004.
"A Socio-Technical Framework for Understanding and Developing Ubiquitous Computing," Case Western Reserve University, April, 2004.
"Discussion of: Towards a Theory of Accelerated Technology Deployment in Teams: Spanning Temporal and Compositional Fault Lines Using Collaborative Technologies," Academy of Management Conference, Seattle, WA, August 2003.
"Designing the Default State of a Tailorable Technology: A Case Study," Miami University of Ohio, March, 2003.
"Articulating a Research Agenda: Integrating Channel Expansion Theory, Communicative Processes, the Theory of Task-Technology Fit, (and Appropriation)," Junior Faculty and Doctoral Consortium, University of Minnesota, May, 2002.
"A Critical Examination of Channel Expansion Theory," Information Systems Research Colloquium, University of Colorado, Boulder, December, 2000.
"Building a Web Presence: Selling Online," presented at the Colorado State University, College of Business, Corporate Sponsorship Seminar, Fort Collins, CO, May, 1996.
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Civility Committee Member, 2005-2007
Undergraduate Faculty Advisor - IS Department, Case Western Reserve University, 2003-2005
Information Systems Introduction Course Design - IS Department, Case Western Reserve University, 2004
Faculty Representative for Undergraduate USG Student Group - Case Western Reserve University, 2004
Executive
President Elect, Midwest Association for Information Systems (MWAIS), 2009-2010
Membership and Publicity Director, Midwest Association for Information Systems, 2006 - 2009
Secretary-Treasurer, SIG-HCI, 2004-2007
Journal Editorship
Associate Editor, European Journal for Information Systems, Special Issue on Qualitative Research Methods, 2010
Associate Editor, AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 2008-2011
Guest Editor, International Journal for Human Computer Studies, Special Issue on HCI, 2009
Guest Editor, DataBase for the Advances of Information Systems (with Traci Hess and Gabe Lee) Special Issue on HCI, 2008
Guest Editor, Information Systems Journal (with Traci Hess and Nancy Russo) Special Issue on HCI, 2007
Organizing (Conference Level)
MWAIS Conference Co-Chair, 2008
Co-Chair for Panels, Tutorials, and Workshops, AMCIS 2005 and 2007
ICIS SIGHCI Pre-Conference Workshop, 2003 - 2006
OASIS (IFIP 8.2) Organizer, ICIS, 2006
Organizing Co-Chair, SIGHCI/ICIS Workshop, 2006
Organizing Co-Chair, IFIP 8.2, 2005
Program Committee Member (Track or Mini-Track Level)
IFIP 8.2, AE, 2011
ICIS Project and Program Management Track, AE, 2009
European Conference for Information Systems, AE, 2006 and 2008
AMCIS Track Co-Chair, SIGCHI, 2006 - 2008
AMCIS Minitrack Co-Chair, Interface Design, Evaluation, and Impact (SIGHCI), 2006 - 2008
Editorial Reviews
Information Systems Research
MIS Quarterly
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of the Association for Information Systems
European Journal of Information Systems
Information Systems Journal
Communications of the Association for Information Systems
Communications of the ACM
International Journal of Human Computer Studies
Information Systems and E-Business Management
E-Service Journal
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
International Conference on Information Systems
Americas Conference on Information Systems
European Conference on Information Systems
Academy of Management Conference
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Language Action Perspective Conference
IFIP 8.2 Annual Conference
Alanah Davis, "Technology Choice in Virtual Teams: The Use of Interventions to Change the Pattern of Technology Choice in Virtual Teams," University of Nebraska at Omaha. Defended 2009.
Dirk Hovorka, "Information Systems Foundations: Four Research Essays," University of Colorado - Boulder. Defended 2006.
Sean McGann, "Coping with the Unplanned: The Dynamics of Improvisation in Information Systems: Evolution Within and Across Firm Boundaries," Case Western Reserve University. Defended 2005.
FIPSE Atlantis Excellence in Mobility Grant: University of Nebraska - Omaha, TU - Braunschweig, and the Management Center of Innsbruck: $194,000: 2009 through 2013
UWEC My InnerView Student Mentorship, $3,500 - 2009
UWEC Roehl Transportation Student Mentorship, $3,000 - 2008
UWEC Student-Faculty PIE/ORSP International Grant, $4,200 - 2008
UWEC Mason Shoes Netsuite Technology Grant, $750 - 2008
UWEC College of Business Research Grant - 2006, 2007
University of Colorado Hart Research Fellowship - 2000
Colorado State University Texas Instruments Research Award 1997
Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Midwest Association for Information Systems (MWAIS)
IFIP 8.2
Distributed Systems Development
Computer Network Design and Management
Object Oriented Programming
Advanced Development Methods
Information Systems Introduction
Cumulus Internet Services
Fort Collins, CO, 1995-1996.
Co-Founder
Coss Technology Group
Fort Collins, CO, 1996-1997.
Managing Director
LPR Construction
Loveland, CO, 1996-1998.
IT Director