Kai Spohrer
Associate Professor of Information Systems • Professor
Associate Professor of Information Systems
Kai Spohrer is Associate Professor of Information Systems. In his research, he applies qualitative and quantitative methods as well as design science to understand and shape the development and use of information systems. He is particularly interested in questions related to collaboration and coordination in information systems development, IT healthcare, and blockchain systems.
Digital transformations force organizations to develop and maintain innovative digital products and services. Thus, effectively managing these activities and supporting them with appropriate technology at various levels is crucial for organizational success. To support these goals, Kai Spohrer conducts research at several levels, ranging from psychological explanations of biased behavior in AI system users over team-level analyses of software development methods to investigations into the interactions of software architecture and organizational structure in development organizations. His research has appeared and is forthcoming in MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, IEEE Transactions of Software Engineering, and others.
Prior to joining FS, Kai Spohrer was Assistant Professor at the Business School of the University of Mannheim where he completed his habilitation on digital innovation in healthcare and the software industry, focusing particularly on agile development, design, and use of information systems. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Mannheim for his dissertation on collaborative quality assurance and team cognition in software development teams. Over the years, he has spent time as a student and visiting researcher at institutions such as the University of Arkansas, Washington State University, and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. He is a founding member and the director of content and media of the AIS special interest group “Advances in Sourcing”.
Digital transformations force organizations to develop and maintain innovative digital products and services. Thus, effectively managing these activities and supporting them with appropriate technology at various levels is crucial for organizational success. To support these goals, Kai Spohrer conducts research at several levels, ranging from psychological explanations of biased behavior in AI system users over team-level analyses of software development methods to investigations into the interactions of software architecture and organizational structure in development organizations. His research has appeared and is forthcoming in MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, IEEE Transactions of Software Engineering, and others.
Prior to joining FS, Kai Spohrer was Assistant Professor at the Business School of the University of Mannheim where he completed his habilitation on digital innovation in healthcare and the software industry, focusing particularly on agile development, design, and use of information systems. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Mannheim for his dissertation on collaborative quality assurance and team cognition in software development teams. Over the years, he has spent time as a student and visiting researcher at institutions such as the University of Arkansas, Washington State University, and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. He is a founding member and the director of content and media of the AIS special interest group “Advances in Sourcing”.
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PUBLICATIONS
Bossler, L., Buchwald, A., Spohrer, K., 2025. And No One Gets the Short End of the Stick: A Blockchain-Based Approach to Solving the Two-Sided Opportunism Problem in Interorganizational Information Sharing, Information Systems Research. (forthcoming)
Dietz, J., Spohrer, K., Hoehle, H., 2025. Identity Work in Interdependent Professional Groups: The Role of a Target Identity in Enterprise Systems Implementation, Information Systems Research. (forthcoming)
Kunz, P., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2025. Process-level value creation from business analytics: A theoretical literature review of value creation paths and changes induced by machine learning, The Journal of Strategic Information Systems Vol. 34(2, 101902).
Venkatesh, V., Thong, J., Spohrer, K., Chan, F., Arora, A., Höhle, H., Venkatraman, S., 2023. Equality Does Not Make You Happy: Effects of Differentiated Leader-Member Exchange and Team-Member Exchange on Developer Satisfaction in Agile Development Teams, MIS Quarterly Vol. 47(3), pp. 1239-1270.
Jussupow, E., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2022. Augmenting or Replacing?: How AI threatens physicians' professional identity, JMIR formative research Vol. 6(3, e32403).
Jussupow, E., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2022. Radiologists' Usage of Diagnostic AI Systems: The Role of Diagnostic Self-Efficacy for Sensemaking from Confirmation and Disconfirmation, Business & Information Systems Engineering Vol. 64(3), pp. 293-309.
Jussupow, E., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., Gawlitza, J., 2021. Augmenting Medical Diagnosis Decisions? An Investigation into Physicians' Decision Making Process with Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems Research Vol. 32(3), pp. 713-735.
Spohrer, K., Venkatesh, V., Raman, R., Höhle, H., 2021. Blockchain Technology: how Research on Information Systems and Service Management Can Make a Difference; in: Büttgen et al., Blockchain in Service Management and Service Research - Developing a Research Agenda and Managerial Implications, Journal of Service Management Research Vol. 5(2), pp. 77-82.
Spohrer, K., Fallon, M., Höhle, H., Heinzl, A., 2021. Designing Effective Mobile Health Apps: Does Combining Behavior Change Techniques Really Create Synergies?, Journal of Management Information Systems Vol. 38(2), pp. 517-545.
Venkatesh, V., Chan, F., Thong, J., Höhle, H., Spohrer, K., 2020. How Agile Software Development Methods Reduce Work Exhaustion: Empirical Insights on Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity, Information Systems Journal Jg. 30(4), pp. 733-761.
Gawlitza, J., Sturm, T., Spohrer, K., Henzler, T., Akin, I., Schönberg, S., Borggrefe, M., Haubenreisser, H., Trinkmann, F., 2019. Predicting Pulmonary Function Testing from Quantified Computed Tomography Using Machine Learning Algorithms in Patients with COPD, Diagnostics Jg. 9(1), p. 33.
Marten, R., Spohrer, K., 2017. A Blockchain Research Framework: what we (don't) know, where we go from here, and how we will get there, Business & Information Systems Engineering Vol. 59(6), pp. 385-409.
Bick, S., Spohrer, K., Hoda, R., Scheerer, A., Heinzl, A., 2017. Coordination Challenges in Large-Scale Software Development: a Case Study of Planning Misalignment in Hybrid Settings, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering Vol. 44(10), pp. 932-950.
Dietz, J., Spohrer, K., Hoehle, H., 2025. Identity Work in Interdependent Professional Groups: The Role of a Target Identity in Enterprise Systems Implementation, Information Systems Research. (forthcoming)
Kunz, P., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2025. Process-level value creation from business analytics: A theoretical literature review of value creation paths and changes induced by machine learning, The Journal of Strategic Information Systems Vol. 34(2, 101902).
Venkatesh, V., Thong, J., Spohrer, K., Chan, F., Arora, A., Höhle, H., Venkatraman, S., 2023. Equality Does Not Make You Happy: Effects of Differentiated Leader-Member Exchange and Team-Member Exchange on Developer Satisfaction in Agile Development Teams, MIS Quarterly Vol. 47(3), pp. 1239-1270.
Jussupow, E., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2022. Augmenting or Replacing?: How AI threatens physicians' professional identity, JMIR formative research Vol. 6(3, e32403).
Jussupow, E., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2022. Radiologists' Usage of Diagnostic AI Systems: The Role of Diagnostic Self-Efficacy for Sensemaking from Confirmation and Disconfirmation, Business & Information Systems Engineering Vol. 64(3), pp. 293-309.
Jussupow, E., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., Gawlitza, J., 2021. Augmenting Medical Diagnosis Decisions? An Investigation into Physicians' Decision Making Process with Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems Research Vol. 32(3), pp. 713-735.
Spohrer, K., Venkatesh, V., Raman, R., Höhle, H., 2021. Blockchain Technology: how Research on Information Systems and Service Management Can Make a Difference; in: Büttgen et al., Blockchain in Service Management and Service Research - Developing a Research Agenda and Managerial Implications, Journal of Service Management Research Vol. 5(2), pp. 77-82.
Spohrer, K., Fallon, M., Höhle, H., Heinzl, A., 2021. Designing Effective Mobile Health Apps: Does Combining Behavior Change Techniques Really Create Synergies?, Journal of Management Information Systems Vol. 38(2), pp. 517-545.
Venkatesh, V., Chan, F., Thong, J., Höhle, H., Spohrer, K., 2020. How Agile Software Development Methods Reduce Work Exhaustion: Empirical Insights on Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity, Information Systems Journal Jg. 30(4), pp. 733-761.
Gawlitza, J., Sturm, T., Spohrer, K., Henzler, T., Akin, I., Schönberg, S., Borggrefe, M., Haubenreisser, H., Trinkmann, F., 2019. Predicting Pulmonary Function Testing from Quantified Computed Tomography Using Machine Learning Algorithms in Patients with COPD, Diagnostics Jg. 9(1), p. 33.
Marten, R., Spohrer, K., 2017. A Blockchain Research Framework: what we (don't) know, where we go from here, and how we will get there, Business & Information Systems Engineering Vol. 59(6), pp. 385-409.
Bick, S., Spohrer, K., Hoda, R., Scheerer, A., Heinzl, A., 2017. Coordination Challenges in Large-Scale Software Development: a Case Study of Planning Misalignment in Hybrid Settings, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering Vol. 44(10), pp. 932-950.
Roeck, T., Hoffmann, P., Spohrer, K., Schimmer, T., Heinzl, A., 2022, Assessing the Impact of Empirical Process Control Metrics in Agile Software Development - A Framework based on Improvement Capability, in: ECIS 2022 Research Papers, Atlanta: Association for Information Systems.
Kunz, P., Jussupow, E., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2022, How the Application of Machine Learning Systems Changes Business Processes: A Multiple Case Study, in: ECIS 2022 Research-in-Progress Papers, Atlanta: Association for Information Systems.
Hoffmann, P., Mateja, D., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2020, Socio-Behavioral Elements in Data-Driven Requirements Engineering: The Case of Enterprise Cloud Software, in: European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Atlanta: Association for Information Systems.
Kunz, P., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2020, The Impact of Business Analytics: A Process-Level Perspective, in: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Hoffmann, P., Mateja, D., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2019, Bridging the Vendor-User Gap in Enterprise Cloud Software Development through Data-Driven Requirements Engineering, in: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Fallon, M., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2019, Deep Structure Use of Consumer Health IT: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective, in: European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Jussupow, E., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., Dibbern, J., 2018, AI Changes Who We Are ¿ Doesn¿t it? Intelligent Decision Support and Physicians¿ Professional Identity, in: European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Atlanta: Association for Information Systems.
Nisius, T., Spohrer, K., Höhle, H., Benlian, A., 2018, Conceptualization and Measurement of Individual-Level Transparency in Enterprise System Implementations, in: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Aydingül, O., Jussupow, E., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2018, Conceptualizing User Choice as Motivational Factor in Ad-Hoc Tumor Board Scheduling Applications, in: Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik, Trier: Trier-Univ.
Aydingül, O., Jussupow, E., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2018, Designing a Mobile Application for Ad-Hoc Tumor Board Scheduling, in: European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Atlanta: Association for Information Systems.
Jussupow, E., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., Link, C., 2018, I am; We are - Conceptualizing Professional Identity Threats from Emerging Technologies, in: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Nisius, T., Spohrer, K., Höhle, H., Schmitz, R., 2017, Individual-Level Effects of Transparency in ES Implementations: A Dual Perspective on Job and Technology Outcomes, in: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Aydingül, O., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., Kostrzewa, M., 2016, Electronic Patient Briefing and Informed Consent: Creating Patient Trust and Information Satisfaction through Social Presence and Personalization, in: Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Spohrer, K., Kude, T., Schmidt, C., Heinzl, A., 2016, The Transactive Processes of Social Coding: How Code Review Substitutes for Transactive Memory in Software Development Teams, in: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Spohrer, K., Kude, T., Schmidt, C., Heinzl, A., 2013, Knowledge Creation in Information Systems Development Teams: The Role of Pair Programming and Peer Code Review, in: European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Atlanta: Association for Information Systems.
Schmidt, C., Kude, T., Tripp, J., Heinzl, A., Spohrer, K., 2013, Team Adaptability in Agile Information Systems Development, in: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Spohrer, K., Gholami, B., Heinzl, A., 2012, Team Learning in Information Systems Development: a Literature Review, in: European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Atlanta: Association for Information Systems.
Schmidt, C., Spohrer, K., Kude, T., Heinzl, A., 2012, The Impact of Peer-Based Software Reviews on Team Performance: The Role of Feedback and Transactive Memory Systems, in: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., Li, Y., 2011, Antecedents of ISD Offshoring Outcomes: Exploring Differences between India and China, in: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Piscataway: IEEE.
Kunz, P., Jussupow, E., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2022, How the Application of Machine Learning Systems Changes Business Processes: A Multiple Case Study, in: ECIS 2022 Research-in-Progress Papers, Atlanta: Association for Information Systems.
Hoffmann, P., Mateja, D., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2020, Socio-Behavioral Elements in Data-Driven Requirements Engineering: The Case of Enterprise Cloud Software, in: European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Atlanta: Association for Information Systems.
Kunz, P., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2020, The Impact of Business Analytics: A Process-Level Perspective, in: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Hoffmann, P., Mateja, D., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2019, Bridging the Vendor-User Gap in Enterprise Cloud Software Development through Data-Driven Requirements Engineering, in: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Fallon, M., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2019, Deep Structure Use of Consumer Health IT: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective, in: European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Jussupow, E., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., Dibbern, J., 2018, AI Changes Who We Are ¿ Doesn¿t it? Intelligent Decision Support and Physicians¿ Professional Identity, in: European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Atlanta: Association for Information Systems.
Nisius, T., Spohrer, K., Höhle, H., Benlian, A., 2018, Conceptualization and Measurement of Individual-Level Transparency in Enterprise System Implementations, in: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Aydingül, O., Jussupow, E., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2018, Conceptualizing User Choice as Motivational Factor in Ad-Hoc Tumor Board Scheduling Applications, in: Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik, Trier: Trier-Univ.
Aydingül, O., Jussupow, E., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2018, Designing a Mobile Application for Ad-Hoc Tumor Board Scheduling, in: European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Atlanta: Association for Information Systems.
Jussupow, E., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., Link, C., 2018, I am; We are - Conceptualizing Professional Identity Threats from Emerging Technologies, in: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Nisius, T., Spohrer, K., Höhle, H., Schmitz, R., 2017, Individual-Level Effects of Transparency in ES Implementations: A Dual Perspective on Job and Technology Outcomes, in: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Aydingül, O., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., Kostrzewa, M., 2016, Electronic Patient Briefing and Informed Consent: Creating Patient Trust and Information Satisfaction through Social Presence and Personalization, in: Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Spohrer, K., Kude, T., Schmidt, C., Heinzl, A., 2016, The Transactive Processes of Social Coding: How Code Review Substitutes for Transactive Memory in Software Development Teams, in: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Spohrer, K., Kude, T., Schmidt, C., Heinzl, A., 2013, Knowledge Creation in Information Systems Development Teams: The Role of Pair Programming and Peer Code Review, in: European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Atlanta: Association for Information Systems.
Schmidt, C., Kude, T., Tripp, J., Heinzl, A., Spohrer, K., 2013, Team Adaptability in Agile Information Systems Development, in: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Spohrer, K., Gholami, B., Heinzl, A., 2012, Team Learning in Information Systems Development: a Literature Review, in: European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Atlanta: Association for Information Systems.
Schmidt, C., Spohrer, K., Kude, T., Heinzl, A., 2012, The Impact of Peer-Based Software Reviews on Team Performance: The Role of Feedback and Transactive Memory Systems, in: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New York: Association for Information Systems.
Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., Li, Y., 2011, Antecedents of ISD Offshoring Outcomes: Exploring Differences between India and China, in: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Piscataway: IEEE.
Spohrer, K., 2016. Collaborative Quality Assurance in Information Systems Development: the Interaction of Software Development Techniques and Team Cognition, Mannheim: Springer.
Jens Dibbern, Jens Förderer, Thomas Kude, Franz Rothlauf, Kai Spohrer (eds), 2022. Digitalization Across Organizational Levels: New Frontiers for Information Systems Research, Heidelberg: Springer.
Spohrer, K., Risius, M., 2022, The Affordances of Blockchain Platforms: Why Service Providers Use Blockchains, in: Jens Dibbern, Jens Förderer, Thomas Kude, Franz Rothlauf, Kai Spohrer (eds): Digitalization Across Organizational Levels, Cham: Springer, pp. 181-208.
Hoffmann, P., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2020, Analyzing Usage Data in Enterprise Cloud Software: an Action Design Research Approach, in: Information Systems Outsourcing : the Era of Digital Transformation, Heidelberg: Springer International Publishing, pp. 257-276.
Halckenhäußer, A., Heinzl, A., Spohrer, K., 2020, Gravitation of SaaS-Centric Cloud Platforms, in: The Routledge Companion to Managing Digital Outsourcing, 1. Aufl., Oxon / Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 245-268.
Spohrer, K., Kramer, T., Heinzl, A., 2012, Global Sourcing of Information Systems Development: explaining Project Outcomes Based on Social, Cultural, and Asset-Related Characteristics, in: The Dynamics of Global Sourcing: Perspectives and Practices ; 6th Global Sourcing Workshop 2012, Courchevel, France, March 12-15, 2012, Revised Selected Papers, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 212-233.
Kramer, T., Heinzl, A., Spohrer, K., 2011, Should This Software Component Be Developed Inside or Outside Our Firm?: a Design Science Perspective on the Sourcing of Application Systems, in: New Studies in Global IT and Business Service Outsourcing, 5th Global Scourcing Workshop 2011, Courchevel, France, March 14-17, 2011, Revised Selected Papers, Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 115-132.
Hoffmann, P., Spohrer, K., Heinzl, A., 2020, Analyzing Usage Data in Enterprise Cloud Software: an Action Design Research Approach, in: Information Systems Outsourcing : the Era of Digital Transformation, Heidelberg: Springer International Publishing, pp. 257-276.
Halckenhäußer, A., Heinzl, A., Spohrer, K., 2020, Gravitation of SaaS-Centric Cloud Platforms, in: The Routledge Companion to Managing Digital Outsourcing, 1. Aufl., Oxon / Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 245-268.
Spohrer, K., Kramer, T., Heinzl, A., 2012, Global Sourcing of Information Systems Development: explaining Project Outcomes Based on Social, Cultural, and Asset-Related Characteristics, in: The Dynamics of Global Sourcing: Perspectives and Practices ; 6th Global Sourcing Workshop 2012, Courchevel, France, March 12-15, 2012, Revised Selected Papers, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 212-233.
Kramer, T., Heinzl, A., Spohrer, K., 2011, Should This Software Component Be Developed Inside or Outside Our Firm?: a Design Science Perspective on the Sourcing of Application Systems, in: New Studies in Global IT and Business Service Outsourcing, 5th Global Scourcing Workshop 2011, Courchevel, France, March 14-17, 2011, Revised Selected Papers, Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 115-132.
Gawlitza, J., Sturm, T., Spohrer, K., Henzler, T., 2018. PrediCT: Vorhersage von Lungenfunktionparametern aus qCT-Daten mithilfe eines neuronalen Netzwerkes, Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren Jg. 190(S01), p. 2.
Bick, S., Spohrer, K., Hoda, R., Scheerer, A., Heinzl, A., 2017. Coordination Challenges in Large-Scale Software Development: A Case Study of Planning Misalignment in Hybrid Settings, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering Vol. 44(10), pp. 932-950.
Bick, S., Spohrer, K., Hoda, R., Scheerer, A., Heinzl, A., 2017. Coordination Challenges in Large-Scale Software Development: A Case Study of Planning Misalignment in Hybrid Settings, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering Vol. 44(10), pp. 932-950.
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OFFICE HOURS
During the lecture period
By appointment in office D4.60
Room
D4.60