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Professor Andrew Burton-Jones
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Andrew Burton-Jones

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Overview

Background

Andrew is Professor of Business Information Systems in UQ Business School, where is also co-lead of the Future of Health Research Hub (https://business.uq.edu.au/research/research-hubs/future-health) and Chair of the Education Steering Committee of the Queensland Digital Health Centre (https://chsr.centre.uq.edu.au/research/queensland-digital-health-centre). He helped found the UQ's Graduate Certificate in Clinical Informatics and Digital Health (https://medicine.uq.edu.au/gccidh).

Andrew graduated from UQ’s Commerce program in 1998 and worked for several years in IT risk management for one of the Big-4 accounting/consulting firms. He then moved to Georgia State University in Atlanta, USA, to complete his Ph.D., followed by seven years at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, where he became a tenured Associate Professor. He returned to UQ as Professor in May 2012.

Andrew has taught information systems in undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs, in several counties. He has extensive experience teaching IT governance and control, systems analysis and design, and digital health. He undertakes research in three areas. His first area focuses on how effectively organisations use IT. For example, he has been studying the effective use of electronic health records in health authorities. His second research area focused on improving methods to analyse and design IT systems. For example, he has examined ways to improve the specification of user requirements. His third research stream focuses on improving theories and methods used by researchers in the Information Systems discipline. In addition to these three streams, he engages in interdisciplinary, team-based research to inform stakeholders involved in the digital transformation of healthcare.

He has published in and served on the editorial boards of many journals, including the Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Information and Organization, and Academy of Management Discoveries. He has also served as Representative for the Americas for the Association of Information Systems and as International Representative for the Academy of Management (OCIS/CTO Division). He is a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia, past Editor-in-Chief of MIS Quarterly, past President of the Association for Information Systems, and member of the Working Board of the global Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) Network.

Availability

Professor Andrew Burton-Jones is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Commerce, The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Coursework), The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Georgia State University

Research impacts

My research is intended to help organisations to analyse, design, use, and govern their information systems more effectively, and to evaluate the impact of their information systems investments. Much of my work is situated in healthcare contexts, where I seek to help health services and their many stakeholders to engage effectively in the digital transformation of healthcare. For example, I have conducted extensive work evaluating the implementation of electronic medical records in Queensland hospitals and provided insights for how these systems can be improved and how such evaluations can also be conducted more effectively.

Works

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133 works between 1999 and 2025

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Featured

2022

Journal Article

Applying and extending the theory of effective use in a business intelligence context

Trieu, Van-Hau, Deakin University, Burton-Jones, Andrew, Green, Peter and Cockcroft, Sophie (2022). Applying and extending the theory of effective use in a business intelligence context. MIS Quarterly, 46 (1), 645-678. doi: 10.25300/misq/2022/14880

Applying and extending the theory of effective use in a business intelligence context

Featured

2020

Journal Article

Changing the conversation on evaluating digital transformation in healthcare: insights from an institutional analysis

Burton-Jones, Andrew, Akhlaghpour, Saeed, Ayre, Stephen, Barde, Payal, Staib, Andrew and Sullivan, Clair (2020). Changing the conversation on evaluating digital transformation in healthcare: insights from an institutional analysis. Information and Organization, 30 (1) 100255, 100255. doi: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2019.100255

Changing the conversation on evaluating digital transformation in healthcare: insights from an institutional analysis

Featured

2017

Journal Article

Assessing representation theory with a framework for pursuing success and failure

Burton-Jones, Andrew, Recker, Jan, Indulska, Marta, Green, Peter and Weber, Ron (2017). Assessing representation theory with a framework for pursuing success and failure. MIS Quarterly, 41 (4), 1307-+. doi: 10.25300/MISQ/2017/41.4.13

Assessing representation theory with a framework for pursuing success and failure

Featured

2017

Journal Article

How can we develop contextualized theories of effective use? A demonstration in the context of community-care electronic health records

Burton-Jones, Andrew and Volkoff, Olga (2017). How can we develop contextualized theories of effective use? A demonstration in the context of community-care electronic health records. Information Systems Research, 28 (3), 468-489. doi: 10.1287/isre.2017.0702

How can we develop contextualized theories of effective use? A demonstration in the context of community-care electronic health records

Featured

2016

Journal Article

On the ontological quality and logical quality of conceptual-modeling grammars: the need for a dual perspective

Clarke, Roger, Burton-Jones, Andrew and Weber, Ron (2016). On the ontological quality and logical quality of conceptual-modeling grammars: the need for a dual perspective. Information Systems Research, 27 (2), 365-382. doi: 10.1287/isre.2016.0631

On the ontological quality and logical quality of conceptual-modeling grammars: the need for a dual perspective

Featured

2015

Journal Article

Theoretical perspectives in IS research: from variance and process to conceptual latitude and conceptual fit

Burton-Jones, Andrew, McLean, Ephraim R. and Monod, Emmanuel (2015). Theoretical perspectives in IS research: from variance and process to conceptual latitude and conceptual fit. European Journal of Information Systems, 24 (6), 664-679. doi: 10.1057/ejis.2014.31

Theoretical perspectives in IS research: from variance and process to conceptual latitude and conceptual fit

Featured

2014

Journal Article

What have we learned from the Smart Machine?

Burton-Jones, Andrew (2014). What have we learned from the Smart Machine?. Information and Organization, 24 (2), 71-105. doi: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2014.03.001

What have we learned from the Smart Machine?

Featured

2013

Journal Article

From use to effective use: a representation theory perspective

Burton-Jones, Andrew and Grange, Camille (2013). From use to effective use: a representation theory perspective. Information Systems Research, 24 (3), 632-658. doi: 10.1287/isre.1120.0444

From use to effective use: a representation theory perspective

Featured

2007

Journal Article

Towards a deeper understanding of system usage in organizations: A multi-level perspective

Burton-Jones, Andrew and Gallivan, Michael J. (2007). Towards a deeper understanding of system usage in organizations: A multi-level perspective. MIS Quarterly, 31 (4), 657-679.

Towards a deeper understanding of system usage in organizations: A multi-level perspective

Featured

2006

Journal Article

Reconceptualizing system usage: An approach and empirical test

Burton-Jones, Andrew and Straub, Detmar W. (2006). Reconceptualizing system usage: An approach and empirical test. Information Systems Research, 17 (3), 228-246. doi: 10.1287/isre.1060.0096

Reconceptualizing system usage: An approach and empirical test

2025

Journal Article

Development of a digital dashboard to address population-level obesity using electronic medical record data

Canfell, Oliver J., Burton-Jones, Andrew, Eakin, Elizabeth, Woods, Leanna, Macklin, Sophie, Austin, Jodie, Philip, Reji, Lim, Han Chang, Ahmed, Kazi Rumana, Slade, Christine, Francis, Daniel and Sullivan, Clair (2025). Development of a digital dashboard to address population-level obesity using electronic medical record data. Public Health Research and Practice, 35 (4) PU24029, 4. doi: 10.1071/pu24029

Development of a digital dashboard to address population-level obesity using electronic medical record data

2025

Journal Article

Towards a model for understanding failures in health data protection: a mixed-methods study

Pool, Javad, Akhlaghpour, Saeed, Hassandoust, Farkhondeh, Fatehi, Farhad and Burton-Jones, Andrew (2025). Towards a model for understanding failures in health data protection: a mixed-methods study. Behaviour and Information Technology, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-26. doi: 10.1080/0144929X.2025.2551568

Towards a model for understanding failures in health data protection: a mixed-methods study

2025

Conference Publication

Governing digital health data: a public values perspective

Eden, Rebekah, Burton-Jones, Andrew, Head, Brian, Pole, Jason, Richards, Bernadette, Vincent, Michael, Pointon, Keren and Donovan, Raelene (2025). Governing digital health data: a public values perspective. Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2025, Montreal, QC, Canada, 14-16 August 2025. Atlanta, GA, United States: Association for Information Systems.

Governing digital health data: a public values perspective

2025

Conference Publication

The temporal dynamics of configuring digital resources for platform generativity

Lin, Yanpei and Burton-Jones, Andrew (2025). The temporal dynamics of configuring digital resources for platform generativity. Academy of Management, Copenhagen, Denmark, 25-29 July 2025. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/AMPROC.2025.295bp

The temporal dynamics of configuring digital resources for platform generativity

2025

Journal Article

This article is not just in english: making science more inclusive and impactful with artificial intelligence translation

Burton-Jones, Andrew, Amano, Tatsuya, Boyce, James, Chau, Patrick, Feng, Juan (Jane), Guzman, Indira R., Jarvenpaa, Sirkka, Li, Jingqi (Celeste), Namvar, Morteza, Padmanabhan, Balaji, Pineda, Jose, Richet, Jean-Loup, Sarker, Suprateek, Seidel, Stefan, Sharma, Sujeet, Vogel, Doug, Wang, Harry and Yoon, Victoria (2025). This article is not just in english: making science more inclusive and impactful with artificial intelligence translation. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 29 5875, 1-54. doi: 10.3127/ajis.v29.5875

This article is not just in english: making science more inclusive and impactful with artificial intelligence translation

2025

Book Chapter

UQ Business School Indigenising curriculum with technology

Jordan, Ree, Axelsen, Micheal, Matook, Sabine, Bremhorst, Mark, Burton-Jones, Andrew, Callan, Victor, Ferris, Louise, Karanasios, Stan, Mylonas, Aliisa, O’Quinn, Richard and Ashil Ranpara (2025). UQ Business School Indigenising curriculum with technology. Indigenising curriculum at The University of Queensland: a handbook. (pp. 212-227) edited by Tracey Bunda, Katelyn Barney, Levon Blue and Laura Deane. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

UQ Business School Indigenising curriculum with technology

2025

Journal Article

AI-mediated translation presents two possible futures for academic publishing in a multilingual world

Amano, Tatsuya, Bowker, Lynne and Burton-Jones, Andrew (2025). AI-mediated translation presents two possible futures for academic publishing in a multilingual world. PLOS Biology, 23 (6) e3003215, 1-6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003215

AI-mediated translation presents two possible futures for academic publishing in a multilingual world

2025

Journal Article

Navigating digital turbulence and seizing new possibilities: Special issue from the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems

Burton-Jones, Andrew, Tan, Chuan-Hoo and Xiao, Bo (2025). Navigating digital turbulence and seizing new possibilities: Special issue from the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems. Information & Management, 62 (5) 104158, 104158-5. doi: 10.1016/j.im.2025.104158

Navigating digital turbulence and seizing new possibilities: Special issue from the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems

2025

Journal Article

Quantitative behavioral IS research—a look back and a look forward

Maruping, Likoebe, Yin, Dezhi, Chen, Adela, Kankanhalli, Atreyi, Burton-Jones, Andrew and Brown, Susan (2025). Quantitative behavioral IS research—a look back and a look forward. MIS Quarterly, 49 (1). doi: 10.25300/MISQ/2025/49.1.00

Quantitative behavioral IS research—a look back and a look forward

2025

Conference Publication

Building a plane while flying it: how actors coordinate for distributed innovation in ecosystems

Jiang, Xianxian, Sandberg, Jörgen and Burton-Jones, Andrew (2025). Building a plane while flying it: how actors coordinate for distributed innovation in ecosystems. Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark, 25-29 July 2025. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/AMPROC.2025.295bp

Building a plane while flying it: how actors coordinate for distributed innovation in ecosystems

Funding

Current funding

  • 2021 - 2027
    UQ-QH HDR Alliance Program
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2026
    ARC Training Centre for Information Resilience
    ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centres
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2026
    Bringing Digital Excellence to Clinical Excellence: Leading Digital Excellence in Queensland Health
    Digital Health CRC
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023
    Digital public health to transform obesity prevention in Queensland
    UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    SMART Project - Towards Systematic Maturation of Analytics and System Redesign to Transform (SMART) Healthcare and Public Health Research
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    Digital Hospital Evaluation
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    Enhanced data extraction and modelling from electronic medical records and phenotyping for clinical care, and research: Case studies in management of medication stewardship
    Digital Health CRC
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2024
    Unlocking Benefits from Digital Investments through Meaningful Use
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    Understanding and Improving the Effective Use of Electronic Medical Records
    UQ Development Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    Using electronic medical record systems effectively and aligning to a Digital Healthcare vision (ieMR Assessment Program)
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Electronic Medical Records and a Digital Healthcare Vision: Benefits Evaluation
    Metro South Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    Evidence-based approach to evaluating strategic transformation.
    Mater Misericordiae Public Hospital
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Learning how to reconfigure the governance of multi-site electronic medical record projects to achieve planned and emergent benefits
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund - FirstLink
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    Resolving the Alignment Issue between Business and Information Technology in Organizations (ARC Discovery Project administered by QUT)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Resolving the Alignment Issue between Business and Information Technology in Organizations
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2017
    A New Paradigm for Understanding and Improving the Effective Use of Information Systems in Organisations
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Clarifying Domain Semantics Through Improved Conceptual Modelling
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Clarifying Domain Semantics Through Improved Conceptual Modelling (ARC Discovery Grant Administered by Monash University)
    Monash University
    Open grant

Supervision

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