Riitta Hekkala

Associate Professor
Associate Professor
E704 Dept. Information and Service Management
Telefonnummer
+358503483639

Kompetensområde

Grounded Theory, Information systems, Qualitative Research, Project management, Organization Studies, Emotions

Utmärkelser

Best Paper Award in recognition of outstanding paper

Hekkala R, Newman M, Urquhart C (2012) “Building a substantive theory of emotions from an IOIS project”
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Information and Service Management Jan 2012

An Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing Award by European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS)

This certificate is in recognition of the quality and time I have contributed during 2021.
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Information and Service Management Jan 2021

Best Theory Paper Award

for track Digital Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and New Business Models at the International Conference on Information Systems
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Information and Service Management Jan 2020

Association for Information Systems (AIS) Distinguished Member 2023

For demonstrated commitment to the association
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Information and Service Management Jan 2023

Best Reviewers of the Year 2015 Award, Elsevier

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Information and Service Management Jan 2015

Publikationer

Newcomers' stress and its effects on well-being during an IT organization's socialization process

Riitta Hekkala 2023 Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Power and conflict in inter-organisational information systems development

Riitta Hekkala, Mari Klara Stein, Suprateek Sarker 2022 Information Systems Journal

Integration of artificial intelligence into recruiting young undergraduates

Sara Hekkala, Riitta Hekkala 2021 Proceedings of the 54th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2021

The role of anticipatory emotions and their contagiousness in an is project

Riitta Hekkala, Markus Salo 2021 International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2020 - Making Digital Inclusive

The Interplay of IT Users' Coping Strategies

Markus Salo, Markus Makkonen, Riitta Hekkala 2020 MIS Quarterly

Factors Influencing Communication and Collaboration in Enterprise Architecture Development

Negin Banaeianjahromi, Riitta Hekkala 2019 Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

The magical “we”

Samuli Pekkola, Riitta Hekkala, Matti Rossi, Kari Smolander 2019 Communications of the association for information systems

How Mobile Game Startups Excel in the Market

Maryam Roshan, Virpi Tuunainen, Riitta Hekkala 2019 Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2019)

DYNAMICS OF SUCCESS FOR MOBILE GAMES: THE CASE OF EARLY-STAGE STARTUPS

Maryam Roshan Kokabha, Riitta Hekkala, Virpi Kristiina Tuunainen 2019 Proceedings of the 27th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)

Metaphors in managerial and employee sensemaking in an information systems project

Riitta Hekkala, Mari-Klara Stein, Matti Rossi 2018 Information Systems Journal

Utilization of Accelerator Facilities in Mobile App Developer Startups

Maryam Roshan, Riitta Hekkala, Virpi Tuunainen 2018 ECIS 2018 Proceedings

Dynamic Activities for Managing an IS-enabled Organisational Change

Taru Salmimaa, Riitta Hekkala, Samuli Pekkola 2018 Business and Information Systems Engineering

Distress, Eustress or No Stress? Explaining Smartphone Users’ Different Technostress Responses

Markus Salo, Henri Pirkkalainen, Markus Makkonen, Riitta Hekkala 2018 ICIS Proceedings 2018

“He doesn't ask for help because he is from China” - How people make sense of communication behaviour in global virtual teams

Karin Väyrynen, Riitta Hekkala 2018 European Conference on Information Systems 2018 June 23-28, 2018, Portsmouth, UK

Challenges in Transitioning to an Agile Way of Working

Riitta Hekkala, Mari-Klara Stein, Matti Rossi, Kari Smolander 2017 Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

No Gain without Pain: Feelings and Emotional Practices in an Information System Project

Riitta Hekkala, Liisa von Hellens, MIchael Newman 2017 Proceedings of the 50th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Silences and Voices of Fear, Anger and Rationality

Riitta Hekkala, Mari-Klara Stein 2016 Emotions and organizational governance

Governance structure in IT outsourcing

Tingting Lin, Riitta Hekkala 2016 STRATEGIC OUTSOURCING: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

Rationality, empathy, and bluntness: emotionologies in an information system project

Riitta Hekkala, Mari-Klara Stein 2015 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Vancouver, Canada, 7-11 August, 2015

The role of social capital as antecedent in clan formation in information systems outsourcing project

Riitta Hekkala, Ari Heiskanen, Matti Rossi 2015 Achieving success and innovation in global sourcing: perspectives and practices (Lecture notes in business information processing, volume 236)

Paradoxes in the development of a business critical information system

Taru Salmimaa, Riitta Hekkala, Samuli Pekkola 2015 Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS'15), Singapore, 5-9 July, 2015

Paradoxes of change management in information system development

Taru Salmimaa, Riitta Hekkala 2015 23rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Münster, Germany, May 26-29, 2015

"They do not get along without us and we do not get along without them...": uncertainty in information system development

Taru Salmimaa, Riitta Hekkala, Samuli Pekkola 2015 48th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Hawaii, USA, 5-8 January, 2015

"I just cursed and opened a beer": explaining mobile users' non-complaining behavior through coping

Markus Salo, Markus Makkonen, Riitta Hekkala 2015 36th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Fort Worth, Texas, USA, December 13-16, 2015

Comfortably ‘Betwixt and Between’? Delimiting and Blending Space, Time and Technology at Work

Mari-Klara Stein, Tina Blegind Jensen, Riitta Hekkala 2015 36th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Fort Worth, Texas, USA, December 13-16, 2015

The role of users in prototypical and infrastructural systems design

Anna-Liisa Syrjänen, Riitta Hekkala 2015 Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS'15), Singapore, 5-9 July, 2015

The concept of maintaining face in global virtual teams

Karin Väyrynen, Riitta Hekkala 2015 48th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Hawaii, USA, 5-8 January, 2015

Information system outsourcing dynamics: a case study as seen by a client boundary role person

Ari Heiskanen, Riitta Hekkala, Mike Newman, Merja Eklin 2014 Information systems outsourcing : Towards sustainable business value

"It was a war that wore out both men and women..." -Metaphors in an information system project

Riitta Hekkala, Mari-Klara Stein, Matti Rossi 2014 22nd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Tel Aviv, Israel, 9-11 June, 2014

"Omega-team is moving to another premise over my dead body…" Power as discursive-material practice in an IS project

Riitta Hekkala, Mari-Klara Stein, Matti Rossi 2014 35th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Auckland, New Zealand, December 14-17, 2014

Communication networks and governance forms in IT outsourcing: from the vendor's perspective

Tingting Lin, Riitta Hekkala 2014 8th Global Sourcing Workshop, Val D'isere, France, 23-26 March, 2014

Exploring IT outsourcing governance with vendor's interpersonal networks: a case study

Tingting Lin, Riitta Hekkala 2014 Governing sourcing relationship: a collection of studies at the country, sector and firm level

Action dynamics in information system outsourcing: a case study as seen by a client boundary role person

Ari Heiskanen, Riitta Hekkala, Mike Newman, Merja Eklin 2013 International Conference on Outsourcing of Information Services (ICOIS), Mannheim, Germany, June 10-11, 2013

The socio-technical change and PSIC models as lenses to view three consecutive public sector IS projects

Ari Heiskanen, Riitta Hekkala, Mike Newman, Merja Eklin 2013 21st European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Utrecht, the Netherlands, June 5-8, 2013

Everyday power struggles: living in an IOIS project

Riitta Hekkala, Cathy Urquhart 2013 European Journal of Information Systems

Power and status theory as a lens to view knowledge sharing and knowledge building issues in an IOIS project

Michael Newman, Riitta Hekkala 2013 46th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, Hawaii, US, 7-10 January, 2013

Knowledge protection challenges of social media encountered by organizations

Karin Väyrynen, Riitta Hekkala, Tuula Liias 2013 Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce