Dr Tom Acton


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Room 366 , Dept of Accountancy and Finance, J. E. Cairnes Graduate School of Business & Public Policy

+ 353 (0) 91 493806

http://www.is.nuigalway.ie/tacton/

Research projects:

PRTLI_INTERORG: "The Role of Inter-organisational Sytems in Collaborative Networks" (Participant) Details>>

Publications, presentations etc.:

Journal articles:

Acton, T. and Golden, W. "Measuring Usability in User Interfaces: A Case of Divergent Metrics." Interfaces, 2003, 55(Summer), pp. 10-11.

Acton, T. and Golden, W. "Training the Knowledge Worker: A Descriptive Study of Training Practices in Irish Software Companies." European Journal of Industrial Training, 2003, 27(2/3/4), pp. 137-46.

Acton, T. and Golden, W. "Transparent Interfaces on Small Screen Devices: Usable or Not?" Journal of Doing Business Across Borders, 2002, 1(2), pp. 113-27.

Acton, T., Golden, W., & Van der Heijden, H.,'Effects of see-through interfaces on user acceptance of small screen information systems'13th European Conference on Information Systems,Regensburg, Germany, May 2005, pp 1-11

Book chapters:

Scott, M., Hill, S., Acton, T., & Hughes, M., 'Biometric identies and e-government services' Encyclopedia of E-Commerce, E-Government and Mobile Commerce, May 2005

Conference papers/presentations:

Acton, T. and Golden, W. "Active Screen Space Maximisation on Small Devices," T. Acton and P. Swatman, 8th Collaborative Electronic Commerce Technology and Research Conference (CollECTeR). Galway, Ireland, 2003, 132-43.

Acton, T. and Golden, W. "An Investigation into the Use of a Transparent User Interface for 3rd Generation Mobile Phones," 7th Collaborative Electronic Commerce Technology and Research Conference (CollECTer). Toulouse, 2002.

Acton, T. and Golden, W. "Training: The Way to Retain Valuable IT Employees?," Informing Science and Information Technology Education Conference. University College Cork, 2002, 1-12.

Acton, T., Scott., M., 'E-Education - Keys to success for Organisations' 18th Bled eConference eIntegratin in Action Bled, Slovenia

Acton, T.; Golden, W. and Scott, M. "Training the Knowledge Worker: A Descriptive Study of Training Practices in Irish Software Companies," 5th Irish Academy of Management Conference. Waterford Institute of Technology, 2002, 172-73.