Dr Pamela Abbott

• Books
• Journal articles
• Chapters
• Book reviews
• Conference proceedings papers
• Reports
• Posters
• Preprints

Books

• Zheng Y, Abbott P & Robles-Flores JA (2022) Preface.
• Abbott P, Zheng Y & Du R (2014) Collaboration, Learning and Innovation Across Outsourced Services Value Networks Software Services Outsourcing in China. Springer International Publishing.

Journal articles

• Benson Marshall M, Pinfield S, Abbott P, Cox A, Alperin JP, Chtena N & Fleerackers A (2025) “It’s messy and it’s massive”: how has the open science debate developed in the post-COVID era?. F1000Research, 14(500). View this article in WRRO
• Benson Marshall M, Pinfield S, Abbott P, Cox A, Alperin JP, Barata GF, Chtena N, Dorsch I, Fleerackers A, Oliveira M & Peters I (2024) The impact of COVID-19 on the debate on open science: a qualitative analysis of published materials from the period of the pandemic. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11. View this article in WRRO
• Abbott PY, Dasuki S & Jimenez A (2024) The 4Rs: A collective reflexive methodology for realising critical self-transformation in ICT4D research practice. Information Systems Journal. View this article in WRRO
• Zamani ED, Watson‐Manheim MB, Abbott P & Lin A (2024) The new wave of 'hybrid' work: An opportunity to revise assumptions and build theory. Information Systems Journal.
• Klyshbekova M & Abbott P (2024) ChatGPT and Assessment in Higher Education: A Magic Wand or a Disruptor?. Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 22(2), 00-00.
• Maulidati Z & Abbott P (2024) A Postphenomenological Study of the Digital Experience of Islamic Boarding School Graduates Transitioning to University Education. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 55.
• Zhang J, Bates J & Abbott P (2022) State-steered smartmentality in Chinese smart urbanism. Urban Studies, 59(14), 2933-2950.
• Katabalwa AS, Bates J & Abbott P (2021) Potential opportunities and risks of sharing agricultural research data in Tanzania. IASSIST Quarterly, 45(3-4). View this article in WRRO
• Jimenez A, Abbott P & Dasuki S (2021) In-betweenness in ICT4D research: critically examining the role of the researcher. European Journal of Information Systems. View this article in WRRO
• Ayoung DA & Abbott P (2021) Minding the design reality gap : an empirical evaluation of telecentre initiatives in rural Ghana. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI), 5(3), 64-97. View this article in WRRO
• Cox A & Abbott P (2021) Librarians’ perceptions of the challenges for researchers in Rwanda and the potential of open scholarship. Libri, 71(2), 93-107. View this article in WRRO
• Adaba GB, Ayoung DA & Abbott PY (2019) Exploring the contribution of mobile money to well-being from a capability perspective. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 85(4). View this article in WRRO
• Kashefi A, Taylor SJE, Abbott P, Anagnostou A, Tessa OM, Oaiya O, Barry B & Alline D (2019) User requirements for national research and education networks for research in West and Central Africa. Information Development, 35(4), 575-591.
• Ayoung DA, Abbott P & Kashefi A (2016) The Influence of Intangible (‘Soft’) Constructs on the Outcome of Community ICT Initiatives in Ghana: A Gap Archetype Analysis. Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 77(1), 1-22.
• Alkali AM, Abbott P, Dasuki SI & Quaye AKM (2016) Offshore Business Process Outsourcing for Developing Countries: A South African Perspective. Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 74(1), 1-24.
• Dasuki SI & Abbott P (2015) A Socio-Technical Analysis of ICT Investments in Developing Countries: A Capability Perspective. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 67(1), 1-29.
• Spyridonis F, Taylor SJE, Abbott P, Barbera R, Nungu A, Gustafsson LL, Pehrson B, Oaiya O & Banda T (2015) A study on the state-of-the-art of e-Infrastructures uptake in Africa. Palgrave Communications, 1(1).
• Dasuki SI, Abbott P & Azerikatoa D (2014) ICT and empowerment to participate. Information Development, 30(4), 321-331.
• Abbott PY (2013) How can African countries advance their outsourcing industries: An overview of possible approaches. The African Journal of Information Systems, 5(1), 27-35.
• Suri GS & Abbott PY (2013) IT Cultural Enclaves and Social Change: The Interplay Between Indian Cultural values and Western Ways of Working in an Indian IT Organization. Information Technology for Development, 19(3), 193-214.
• Abbott P, Zheng Y & Du R (2013) Innovation through Collaborative Partnerships: Creating the MSN News for iPad App at VanceInfo Technologies. Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases, 3(1), 16-28.
• Abbott P, Zheng Y, Du R & Willcocks L (2013) From boundary spanning to creolization: A study of Chinese software and services outsourcing vendors. The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 22(2), 121-136.
• Abbott PY & Jones MR (2012) Everywhere and nowhere: nearshore software development in the context of globalisation. European Journal of Information Systems, 21(5), 529-551.
• Kashefi A, Abbott P & Bell D (2012) The Influences of Employees’ Emotions and Cognition on IT Adoption. International Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in IT, 2(3), 1-16.
• Ai S, Du R, Abbott P & Zheng Y (2012) Internal and contextual factors, knowledge processes and performance: From the Chinese provider’s perspective. Expert Systems with Applications, 39(4), 4464-4472.
• Dasuki SI, Abbott PY & Kashefi A (2012) The impact of ICT investments on development using the capability approach: The case of the Nigerian pre-paid electricity billing system. The African Journal of Information Systems, 4(1), 31-45.
• Du R, Ai S, Abbott P & Zheng Y (2011) Contextual Factors, Knowledge Processes and Performance in Global Sourcing of IT Services. Journal of Global Information Management, 19(2), 1-26.
• Carmel E & Abbott P (2007) Why 'nearshore' means that distance matters. Communications of the ACM, 50(10), 40-46.
• Carmel E & Abbott P (2007) Nearshore locations in three principal global clusters and their respective attributes. Communications of the ACM, 50(10), 45-45.
• Zwieg P, Kaiser KM, Beath CM, Bullen CV, Gallagher KP, Goles T, Howland J, Simon JC, Abbott P, Abraham T , Carmel E et al (2006) The Information Technology Workforce: Trends and Implications 2005-2008.. MIS Q. Executive, 5.
• Abbott PY (2004) Software-export Strategies for Developing Countries: A Caribbean Perspective. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 20(1), 1-19.
• Robinson JA, Stroud DA, Jennings K, Grady S, Mahon C, Hawkins K, Abbott P, McCarthy B & Pienkowski MW () Developing Statements of Compliance for UK protected areas and 'other effective area-based conservation measures'. Parks, 30(1), 37-45.
• Lichtenstein Y, Abbott P & Rechavi A () Engaging Students in an MIS Course through the Creation of E-Business: A Self-Determination Theory Analysis. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 36.

Chapters

• Abbott P (2024) A Social Justice Analysis of an African Open Science Initiative, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (pp. 385-399). Springer Nature Switzerland
• Abbott P & Wagg S (2023) Reflections on Post Hoc Theorization of ICT4D Action Research Projects, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (pp. 338-349). Springer Nature Switzerland
• Wang J, Abbott PY & Zamani ED (2021) BIM as a Boundary Object in Construction Projects: A Knowledge-as-Practice Perspective, Responsible AI and Analytics for an Ethical and Inclusive Digitized Society (pp. 371-382). Springer International Publishing
• Abbott P & Cox A (2020) Perceptions of Rwanda’s Research Environment in the Context of Digitalization: Reflections on Deficit Discourses, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (pp. 50-64). Springer International Publishing
• Abbott P & Cox A (2020) The Potential of Open Science for Research Visibility in the Global South: Rwandan Librarians’ Perspectives, Information and Communication Technologies for Development (pp. 41-53). Springer International Publishing
• Shat FJF & Abbott P (2017) The Main Factors Affecting E-voting Service Implementation: The Case of Palestine, Complexity in Information Systems Development (pp. 221-236). Springer International Publishing
• Abbott P, Zheng YQ, Du R & Willcocks LP (2012) Offshoring: Cross-Cultural Strategies from the Offshore Provider’s Perspective, The New IT Outsourcing Landscape (pp. 206-221). Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Nasir IN, Abbott P & Fitzgerald G (2011) Shared services centres: A case study on a dispersed services oriented organization In Kotlarsky J, Willcocks LP & Oshri I (Ed.), New Studies in Global IT and Business Service Outsourcing (pp. 175-200).
• Du R, Ai S, Abbott P & Zheng Y () Contextual Factors, Knowledge Processes and Performance in Global Sourcing of IT Services, Global Diffusion and Adoption of Technologies for Knowledge and Information Sharing (pp. 82-109). IGI Global

Book reviews

• Abbott PY (2014) [Book Review] Connecting ICTs to Development: The IDRC Experience. Information Technologies and International Development, 10(3), 83-85.

Conference proceedings papers

• Chirwa E, Abbott P & Foster J (2021) Understanding the Interplay between Boundary Resources and Governance Practices in influencing Ecosystem Value Co-Creation for Digital Platforms: A Case from the Global South. IFIP Working Group 9.4: Implications of Information and Digital Technologies for Development
• Abbott P, Checco A & Polese D (2021) Smart Farming in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Sensor Networks, 9 February 2021 - 10 February 2021.
• Counsell S, Modi S & Abbott P (2020) Themes and Difficulties in Distributed Agile Email Activity. Proceedings of the Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
• Kashefi A, Abbott P, Nuhu KA, Ayoung DA & Alwzinani F (2018) Investigating users' IT adaptation behaviors: A case of a computerized work system. International Conference on Information Systems 2018, ICIS 2018
• Maikore FS, Selenge G, Olayinka A, Abbott P & Soldatova L (2017) An ontology for clinical laboratory standard operating procedures. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 2050
• Modi S, Abbott P & Counsell S (2017) Exploring the emergence of collaborative practices in globally distributed agile software development. AMCIS 2017 - America's Conference on Information Systems: A Tradition of Innovation, Vol. 2017-August
• Shat FJF & Abbott P (2016) The main factors affecting E-voting service implementation: The case of palestine. 25th International Conference on Information Systems Development, ISD 2016 (pp 495-507)
• Kashefi A, Abbott P & Ayoung AD (2015) User IT adaptation behaviors: What have we learned and why does IT matter?. 2015 Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2015
• Taylor SJE, Abbott P, Young T & Grocott-Mason R (2015) Student modeling & simulation projects in healthcare: Experiences with Hillingdon Hospital. IEEE Press, Vol. 2015-January (pp 3650-3661)
• Ayoung AD, Sigweni B & Abbott P (2015) Case-based reasoning system for predicting the sustainability of a telecentre. 2015 10th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST), 14 December 2015 - 16 December 2015.
• Lewis R, Louvieris P, Abbott P, Clewley N & Jones K (2014) Cybersecurity information sharing: A framework for information security management in UK SME supply chains. ECIS 2014 Proceedings - 22nd European Conference on Information Systems
• Zheng Y & Abbott P (2013) Moving up the value chain or reconfiguring the value network? An organizational learning perspective on born global outsourcing vendors. ECIS 2013 - Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Information Systems
• Modi S & Abbott P (2013) Understanding Collaborative Practices in Distributed Agile Development: Research Proposal. 2013 IEEE 8th International Conference on Global Software Engineering Workshops, 26 August 2013 - 26 August 2013.
• Modi S, Abbott P & Counsell S (2013) Negotiating Common Ground in Distributed Agile Development: A Case Study Perspective. 2013 IEEE 8th International Conference on Global Software Engineering, 26 August 2013 - 29 August 2013.
• Abbott P, Zheng Y, Modi S & Du R (2012) Moving up the value chain: Exploring the issues for Chinese software & services outsourcers. PACIS 2012
• Kashefi A & Abbott P (2012) The Influences of Employees' Emotions and Cognition on IT Adoption: Some Perspectives from Iran. 2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 4 January 2012 - 7 January 2012.
• Ibrahim-Dasuki S & Abbott P (2011) ICT and empowerment to participate: A capability approach. 17th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2011, AMCIS 2011, Vol. 1 (pp 148-158)
• Dasuki SI & Abbott PY (2011) The impact of ICT investments on development: Lessons from the Nigeria pre-paid electricity billing system. 11th IFIP 9.4, 22 May 2011 - 25 May 2011.
• Feng J, Du R, Ai S, Zheng Y & Abbott P (2011) An empirical research of relation norms on IT outsourcing performance. Procedia Engineering, Vol. 24 (pp 214-218)
• Dasuki SI & Abbott PY (2010) Evaluating the effects of ICTs on development using the capability approach: The case of the Nigeria pre-paid electricity billing meter. International Conference on Information Systems
• Abbott P, Zheng Y, Du R & Willcocks L (2010) From boundary spanning to creolization: Cross-cultural strategies from the offshore provider's perspective. 16th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2010, AMCIS 2010, Vol. 1 (pp 1-10)
• Singh GS & Abbott PY (2009) Cultural enclaves: the interplay between Indian cultural values and Western ways of working in an Indian IT organisation. International Conference on Information Systems, 14 December 2009 - 18 December 2009.
• Du R, Ai S, Abbott PY & Zheng Y (2009) Knowledge processes in offshore outsourcing in Xi’an China. Hong Kong, 3 December 2009 - 4 December 2009.
• Abbott PY & Jones MR (2007) Everywhere and nowhere: nearshore software development in the context of globalisation. Bangalore. GDW Foundation (pp 339-350)
• Abbott PY (2007) What do we know about distance in offshore outsourcing?. .
• Carmel E & Abbott P (2006) Configurations of global software development. Proceedings of the 2006 international workshop on Global software development for the practitioner - GSD '06, 23 May 2006 - 23 May 2006.
• Abbott PY (2006) The influence of location and proximity in offshore/nearshore outsourcing arrangements: a survey of industry practitioners. Supply Chain Management
• Abbott PY (2003) Implementing global strategies in a local context: software outsourcing in the Caribbean. Working Conference on Information Systems Perspectives and Challenges in the Context of Globalization
• (2003) Global and Organizational Discourse about Information Technology
• Al-Wahshi J, Foster J & Abbott P () An Investigation into the Role of Data Governance in Improving Data Quality: A Case Study of the Omani Banking Sector. ECIS 2022
• Nikolychuk L & Abbott P () In Defense of Content Analysis Methodology. SSRN Electronic Journal

Reports

• Nikolychuk L, Kerrigan F & Abbott PY (2009) UK independent television & film production sectors: Exploring new collaborative (business) models

Posters

• Foster J, Al Wahshi J & Abbott P (2021) An investigation into the role of information governance in mitigating the risks of money laundering: A case study of the Omani banking sector. iConference 2021.

Preprints

• Benson Marshall M, Pinfield S, Abbott P, Cox AM, Alperin JP, Chtena N & Fleerackers A (2025) “It’s messy and it’s massive”: How has the open science debate developed in the post-COVID era?, F1000 Research.
• Marshall MB, Pinfield S, Abbott P, Cox A, Alperin JP, Barata G, Chtena N, Dorsch I, Fleerackers A, de Oliveira MB & Peters I (2024) The impact of COVID-19 on the debate on open science: An analysis of expert opinion, Center for Open Science.
• Grubb E, Carmel E & Abbott P () Digital Identity Development in the Caribbean: A Comparative Analysis of Five Island Nations.