Dr John McAvoy
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Business Information Systems
University College Cork
Cork University Business School
Cork University Business School
Biography
Prior to joining UCC, John worked in a variety of roles from Sys Admin in the aircraft manufacturing industry to leading a team of software developers in the telecomms industry. John's research in Information Systems Development Methodology Adoption has introduced a new approach to examining the interrelations between the project stakeholders and the ISD methodology. This new approach has highlighted elements that had previously not been identified. This research has been published in top ranked journals and leading academic conferences. John is also involved in Fintech research through the State Street Advanced Technology Centre where he is the co-director.
Research Domains
- Systems Development Methodology Adoption
- Agile software development methods
- Financial Research, Analysis and Communication
- Technology innovation
Publications
Journal article
| Year 2022 | Publication DEMPSEY, M., GEITNER, L., BRENNAN, A., MCAVOY, J. (2022). A Review of the Success and Failure Factors for Change Management. IEEE Engineering Management Review, 50 (1), 85 - 93. doi:10.1109/EMR.2021.3130989. Details |
| Year 2022 | Publication BRENNAN, A., MCDONAGH, T., DEMPSEY, M., MCAVOY, J. (2022). Cosmic Sounds: A Game to Support Phonological Awareness Skills for Children With Dyslexia. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 15 (3). doi:10.1109/TLT.2022.3170231. Details |
| Year 2022 | Publication DEMPSEY, M., BRENNAN, A., HOLZBERGER, A., MCAVOY, J. (2022). A review of the most significant challenges impacting conventional Project Management success. IEEE Engineering Management Review, 50 (3). doi:10.1109/EMR.2022.3187168. Details |
| Year 2022 | Publication MCAVOY, J., MURPHY, C., MUSHTAQ, L., O’DONNELL, J., BRENNAN, A., DEMPSEY, M., KIELY, G. (2022). Portfolio Management: The Holistic Data Lifecycle. Drake Management Review, 12 (1/2), 49-66. |
| Year 2021 | Publication WALSH, C., GLEASURE, R., MCAVOY, J., O’LEARY, K. (2021). Understanding manager resistance to blockchain systems. European Management Journal, 39 (3), 353-365. doi:10.1016/j.emj.2020.10.001. Details |
| Year 2020 | Publication BEARE, E. C., O’RAGHALLAIGH, P., MCAVOY, J., HAYES, J. (2020). Employees’ emotional reactions to digitally enabled work events. Journal of Decision Systems. doi:10.1080/12460125.2020.1782085. Details |
| Year 2020 | Publication DEMPSEY, M., BRENNAN, A., MCAVOY, J. (2020). Barriers and waste in the research grant application process in higher education through a Lean Six Sigma lens. Management and Production Engineering Review. doi:10.24425/MPER.2020.134938. Details |
| Year 2020 | Publication MCAVOY, J., DEMPSEY, M., QUINN, E. (2020). Incremental Learning in a Capstone Project. Not All Mature Students Are the Same. International Journal of Innovative Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. doi:10.4018/ijitlhe.2020040101. Details |
| Year 2019 | Publication O'DRISCOLL, M., KIELY, G., MCAVOY, J. (2019). The data-driven pilot and the risk of personal sensitivity to a negative outcome. Journal of Decision Systems. doi:10.1080/12460125.2019.1620574. Details |
| Year 2018 | Publication BUTLER, T., MCAVOY, J. (2018). A critical realist method for applied business research. Journal of Critical Realism. |
| Year 2014 | Publication SAMMON, D., NAGLE, T., MCAVOY, J. (2014). Analysing ISD performance using narrative networks, routines and mindfulness. Information and Software Technology. doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2014.01.007. Details |
| Year 2013 | Publication MCAVOY, J., NAGLE, T., SAMMON, D. (2013). A novel approach to breaking consensus in IS evaluations: The Agitation Workshop. Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation. |
| Year 2013 | Publication MCAVOY, J., NAGLE, T., SAMMON, D. (2013). Using mindfulness to examine ISD agility. Information Systems Journal. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2575.2012.00405.x. Details |
| Year 2009 | Publication MCAVOY, J., SICKLE, E. V., CAMERON, B. (2009). A Successful Failure to Collaborate on Storage Technology Education. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education. doi:10.4018/jicte.2009041006. Details |
| Year 2009 | Publication MCAVOY, J., BUTLER, T. (2009). The role of project management in ineffective decision making within Agile software development projects. European Journal of Information Systems. doi:10.1057/ejis.2009.22. Details |
| Year 2009 | Publication MCAVOY, J., BUTLER, T. (2009). A Failure to Learn By Software Developers: Inhibiting the Adoption of an Agile Software Development Methodology. Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research. doi:10.1080/15228053.2009.10856152. Details |
| Year 2009 | Publication MCAVOY, J., BUTLER, T. (2009). Project Post-mortems Mindless Mismanagement of Agreement. Journal of Decision Systems. doi:10.3166/jds.18.53-73. Details |
| Year 2009 | Publication MCAVOY, J., BUTLER, T. (2009). The Dilution of Effort in Self-Evaluating Development Teams: Agile Loafing. Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation. |
| Year 2007 | Publication MCAVOY, J., SAMMON, D., OWENS, I. (2007). A simple tool to assist in agile methodology adoption decisions. Journal of Decision Systems. doi:10.3166/jds.16.451-468. Details |
| Year 2007 | Publication MCAVOY, J., BUTLER, T. (2007). The impact of the Abilene Paradox on double-loop learning in an agile team. Information and Software Technology. doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2007.02.012. Details |
| Year 2006 | Publication MCAVOY, J., BUTLER, T. (2006). Resisting the change to user stories: a trip to Abilene. International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management. doi:10.1504/ijiscm.2006.008286. Details |
| Year 2006 | Publication BUTLER, T., MCAVOY, J. (2006). A paradox of virtual teams and change: an implementation of the theory of competing commitments. International Journal of e-Collaboration (IJeC). |
| Year 2006 | Publication MCAVOY, J. (2006). 'Evaluating the Evaluations: Preconceptions of Project Post- Mortems. Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation. |
| Year 2005 | Publication MCAVOY, J., SAMMON, D. (2005). Agile Methodology Adoption Decisions: An Innovative Approach to Teaching and Learning. Journal of Information Systems Education. |
Book chapter
| Year 2011 | Publication MCAVOY, J., SICKLE, E. V., CAMERON, B. (2011). Collaboration between Academia and Industry. A Change in Approach. Online Courses and ICT in Education. IGI Global. Details |
| Year 2009 | Publication MCAVOY, J., BUTLER, T. (2009). Competing Commitments Theory. Handbook of Research on Contemporary Theoretical Models in Information Systems. IGI Global. Details |
| Year 2008 | Publication BUTLER, T., MCAVOY, J. (2008). The Desire for Cohesion in Virtual Teams. E-Collaboration in Modern Organizations: Initiating and Managing. |
| Year 2008 | Publication MCAVOY, J., BUTLER, T. (2008). A Failure to Learn in a Software Development Team: The Unsuccessful Introduction of an Agile Method. Information Systems Development. Springer Publishing. Details |
Conference paper
| Year 2008 | Publication BUTLER, T., MCAVOY, J. (2008). Social inclusion and IT education: An institutional analysis. ICIS 2008 Proceedings. |
| Year 2006 | Publication MCAVOY, J., BUTLER, T. (2006). Looking for a place to hide: A study of social loafing in Agile teams. European Conference on Information Systems. |
| Year 2005 | Publication BUTLER, T., MCAVOY, J. (2005). A Paradox of the Change to User Stories: The Application of the Theory of Competing Commitments. ECIS 2005 Proceedings. |
Encyclopedia entry
| Year 2009 | Publication MCAVOY, J., SAMMON, D. (2009). Agile Methodology Adoption. Details |
| Year 2008 | Publication BUTLER, T., MCAVOY, J. (2008). Ineffective Decision Making in Adopting an Agile Software Development Methodology. IGI Global. |
Other
| Year 2022 | Publication WALSH, M. J., MCAVOY, J., SAMMON, D. (2022). Grounding data governance motivations: a review of the literature. Journal of Decision Systems. Details |
| Year 2022 | Publication MCAVOY, J., CREED, A., COTTER, A., MERRIMAN, L., O’REILLY, P., DEMPSEY, M., BRENNAN, A. (2022). Investor decision making: an investigation of the modality effect. Journal of Decision Systems. Details |
| Year 2020 | Publication MCAVOY, J. (2020). Determining Digital Transformation Success Factors. University of Hawaii. Details |
| Year 2020 | Publication COONEY, A., HAYES, J., MCAVOY, J., O'REILLY, P., O’RAGHALLAIGH, P. (2020). Barriers to deciding on a consumption-based model for funding IT. Journal of Decision Systems. Details |
| Year 2020 | Publication RUSSELL, K., O’RAGHALLAIGH, P., MCAVOY, J., HAYES, J. (2020). A cognitive model of digital transformation and IS decision making. Journal of Decision Systems. Details |
| Year 2019 | Publication LANE, D., MCAVOY, J., RENWICK, R., O'REILLY, P. (2019). The Advent of Speech Based NLP QA Systems: A Refined Usability Testing Model. Springer Publishing. Details |
| Year 2019 | Publication ALHARBI, F., MCAVOY, J., WOODWORTH, S. (2019). An Examination of Barriers to the Adoption of Smart Living Services: A Case Study of the Al-Madinah Region Development Authority. International Consortium for Electronic Business. |
| Year 2017 | Publication MCAVOY, J., BUTLER, T. (2017). Causal framework through retroduction and retrodiction. Association for Information Systems. |
| Year 2012 | Publication MCAVOY, J., SAMMON, D., NAGLE, T. (2012). Breaking consensus in IS evaluations: The agitation workshop. Academic Conferences and Publishing. |
| Year 2012 | Publication SAMMON, D., NAGLE, T., MCAVOY, J. (2012). The ISD process as a live routine: The mindless behaviours of a narrative network. Association of Information Systems. |
| Year 2012 | Publication MCAVOY, J., NAGLE, T., SAMMON, D. (2012). Breaking consensus in IS evaluations: The agitation workshop. |
| Year 2011 | Publication SAMMON, D., NAGLE, T., MCAVOY, J. (2011). The ISD process as a “live routine”. |
| Year 2011 | Publication NAGLE, T., MCAVOY, J., SAMMON, D. (2011). Utilising mindfulness to analyse agile global software development. |
| Year 2009 | Publication SAMMON, D., MCAVOY, J., OWENS, I. (2009). Agile teams: Reflective debate and shared understanding. |
| Year 2009 | Publication SAMMON, D., NAGLE, T., MCAVOY, J. (2009). The ISD process as a live routine. |
| Year 2008 | Publication OWENS, I., MCAVOY, J., SAMMON, D., MCAVOY, J. (2008). A sense-making approach to Agile method adoption. Scitepress. Details |
| Year 2006 | Publication MCAVOY, J., OWENS, I., SAMMON, D. (2006). Towards the development of a simple tool to assist in agile methodology adoption decisions: Agile adoption matrix. |
| Year 2005 | Publication MCAVOY, J., BUTLER, T. (2005). A little information can be a dangerous thing for software developers. |
| Year 2004 | Publication MCAVOY, J., SAMMON, D. (2004). An innovative approach to learning and teaching around agile methodology adoption decisions. |
| Year 2004 | Publication HEAVIN, C., MCAVOY, J., NEVILLE, K. M. (2004). Knowing the knower: A systems development case study. |