The Bandwagon Effect

Rikkers, Layton F.

doi:10.1016/s1091-255x(02)00054-9

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“…While the effects of these barriers are notable in management and information systems research, they are even more prominent in some other disciplines, such as medicine. Indeed, some experts attribute unfounded medical fashions to the slowness of the academic research establishment in delivering the evidence necessary to debunk unjustified medical procedures that can persist for decades (Cohen and Rothschild 1979;Rikkers 2002). "Evidence-based medicine" is one proposed solution.…”

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Fashion Waves in Information Systems Research and Practice

Myers¹

2009

MIS Quarterly

138

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Building on neo-institutional theory and theories of innovation and diffusion, recent work in the field of management has suggested that management research and practice is characterized by fashions. A management fashion is a relatively transitory belief that a certain management technique leads rational management progress. Using bibliographic research, we apply Abrahamson's management fashion theory to information systems research and practice. Our findings reveal that information systems research and practice, like management research and practice, is indeed characterized by fashions. These "IS fashion waves" are relatively transitory and represent a burst of interest in particular topics by 1 Carol Saunders was the accepting senior editor for this paper. IS researchers and practitioners. However, while our findings show that IS research closely parallels practice, we suggest that a more proactive engagement of IS academics is needed in the IS fashion-setting process.

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Fashion Waves in Information Systems Research and Practice

Myers¹

2009

MIS Quarterly

138

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“…The phrase originated with the American political campaigns using the band of Dan Rice, popular circus clown in 1848. Initial march of endosurgery piled on such bandwagons [22]. The endosurgery bandwagon is driven by the industry and patients, armed with media blitzkrieg [22].…”

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“…Initial march of endosurgery piled on such bandwagons [22]. The endosurgery bandwagon is driven by the industry and patients, armed with media blitzkrieg [22]. Unfortunately academic journals too become the routes down which bandwagons are driven [22].…”

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Innovations in Endosurgery—Journey into the Past of the Future

Agarwal¹,

Chintamani

Ali³

et al. 2012

Indian J Surg

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Progress in surgical practice has paralleled the civilizational evolution. Surgery has progressed from being the last resort in saving life to being form and function preserver. Post-renaissance Industrial age gave an impetus to this march of surgery. The currently on going digital technological revolution has further catalysed this march. Having achieved the stabilized and acceptable clinical outcomes, the surgeon has embarked on a journey of improving patient reported outcomes (PRO). Improvement in PROs with the advent of laparoscopic surgery with the attendant emphasis on minimising invasion has led to debates about invasion being just parietal or holistic in physiological sense. There is a concern that parietal invasiveness shouldn't be a trade-off for compromised clinical outcomes. Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) in its current avatar with current instrumentation seems to be an enthusiastic bandwagon rolling on with the cosmetic benefits acting as veil to hide the potential clinical concerns. History of surgical innovations is riddled with tales of vindictiveness and vicissitude. Lest the same fate befalls SILS we would do better to examine the SILS bandwagon in its current form till the emerging technologies address the current concerns.

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“…Hoarding food and toilet paper despite official assurances of sufficient and stable supply are examples of impaired decision-making: stressed people often believe that taking action, any action, no matter the kind, tends to resolve problems, a phenomenon known as action bias. Such a bias will naturally be amplified in a social context because of the human tendency to follow blindly the actions of the others (the “bandwagon effect”) out of fear of missing out on something [ 2 ]. Unfortunately, queuing in front of a supermarket can only create dangerous vicious circles by spreading infection and panic.…”

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