Tommaso Federici
Tommaso, habilitated as associate professor, presently teaches Organization Theory and Human Resource Management at University of Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy), and Digital and Organizational Innovation at LUISS University (Rome, Italy). Over the last 25 years he taught the same courses and also Information Systems Organization at the same and other Universities, Schools of management, Ph.D. programmes.
He is since ever fascinated by the the innovation process, particularly when a new digital artifact is introduced into an organization – seen as structures, processes and groups of individuals –, possibly supported by a new organization design. Such a change may (or may not) generate impacts, positive or negative, on cultures, people, habits, structures and performance. It is a frontier territory to be interpreted by adopting multiple perspectives, trying to combine theoretical rigor with practical relevance. His most recent research interests are: Online Communities for collective action, Influence of digital technologies on Political Processes, Digital Natives entering the workplace, Agile work as a new form of organizing.
His works (for a list, go on Scholar) are published on journals – among them: Information Systems Journal, Information & Organization, Government Information Quarterly (GIQ), Journal of Enterprise Information Management (JEIM), Journal of Cases in Information Technology (JCIT), Communications of the AIS (CAIS), VINE The Journal of Knowledge Management Systems – chapters of book, and proceedings.
He has also gained a long experience leading teams through IT-based organizational innovation projects within public administrations and large companies.