Dr Marian Carcary
Research interests
Qualitative and quantitative research methods, design science and engaged scholarship, IT management, organisational digital transformation, digital technology adoption within the education sector
More information
List of publications and other academic contributions
Books
Curley, M., Kenneally, J., Carcary, M., and Kavanagh, D. (eds) (2017). The Information Technology Capability Maturity Framework (IT-CMF) – A Management Guide. Van Haren.
Curley, M., Kenneally, J., and Carcary, M. (eds) (2016). The Information Technology Capability Maturity Framework (IT-CMF) - The Body of Knowledge Guide. 2nd edition. Van Haren.
Curley, M., Kenneally, J., and Carcary, M. (eds) (2015). The Information Technology Capability Maturity Framework (IT-CMF) - The Body of Knowledge Guide. Van Haren.
Book Chapters
Thornley, C., Carcary, M., and Doherty, E. (2014). The impact of globalization. In The e-skills Manifesto. European School Net, p29-34.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Carcary, M. (2020). The research audit trail: methodological guidance for application in practice. Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, 18 (2), 166-177.
Thornley, C., Murnane, S., Veling, L., McLaughlin, S., Carcary, M., and Doherty, E. (2018). The role of ethics in developing professionalism within the global ICT community. International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals. 9 (4), 56-71.
Carcary, M., Doherty, E., and Thornley, C. (2015). Enabling business innovation and differentiation – maturing the IT capability. IEEE, IT Professional - special Issue on IT-enabled business innovation. 17 (2), 46-53.
Doherty, E., Carcary, M., Conway, G., and McLaughlin, S. (2015). Migrating to the cloud – examining the drivers and barriers to adoption of cloud computing by SMEs in Ireland; an exploratory study. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. 22 (3), 512-527.
Carcary, M., Renaud, K., Mclaughlin, S., and O’Brien, C. (2015). A capability maturity framework for information security governance and management. IEEE, IT Professional. March/April, 2016.
Carcary, M., Doherty, E., Conway, G., and McLaughlin, S. (2014). Cloud Computing adoption readiness and benefit realisation in Irish SMEs – an exploratory study, Information Systems Management. 31 (4), 313-327.
Carcary, M., Doherty, E., and Conway, G. (2014). The adoption of cloud computing by Irish SMEs – an exploratory study. Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation. 17 (1), 3-14.
Sherry, M., Carcary, M., McLaughlin, S., and O’Brien, C. (2013). Actions towards maturing the ICT profession within Europe. International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals. 4 (1), 46-61.
Carcary, M. (2013). IT risk management: A capability maturity model perspective, Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation, 16 (1), 3-13.
Carcary, M. (2011). Evidence analysis using CAQDAS: insights from a qualitative researcher, Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, 9 (1), 10-24.
Carcary, M. (2011). Design science research: the case of the IT Capability Maturity Framework (IT-CMF), Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, 9 (2), 109-118.
Whelan, E. and Carcary, M. (2011). Integrating talent and knowledge management: Where are the benefits?, Journal of Knowledge Management, 15 (4), 675-687.
Carcary, M. (2010). Evaluating a student MIS in the tertiary education sector: addressing functional-operational misalignment through continuous participative evaluation, Journal of Service Science and Management, 3 (1), 38-44.
Carcary, M. (2009). ICT evaluation in the Irish higher education sector, Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation, 12 (2), 129-140.
Carcary, M. (2009). The research audit trail – enhancing trustworthiness in qualitative inquiry, Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, 7, (1), 11-24.
Conference Papers
Carcary, M., and Doherty, E. (2022). Digital transformation: a foundational capability building block perspective on maturing the IT capability. In Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance. Lisbon, Portugal, 10th ‐ 11th November.
Doherty, E., Carcary, M., Ramsey, E., Kelly, D., and Dunlop, P. (2022). An examination of governance failure by the Irish State: the critical case of the ‘mica’/defective blocks issue. In Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance. Lisbon, Portugal, 10th ‐ 11th November.
Carcary, M. (2020). Advancing the research audit trail – a ten year retrospective. In Proceedings of 19th European Conference on Research Methods. Aveiro, Portugal, 18th – 19th June.
Carcary, M., Doherty, E., and Conway, G. (2019). A framework for managing cybersecurity effectiveness in the digital context. In Proceeding of the 18th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security. Coimbra, Portugal, 4th-5th July.
Carcary, M., Doherty, E., and Conway, G. (2019). Personal Data Protection (PDP): A conceptual framework for organisational management of personal data in the digital context. In Proceeding of the 18th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security. Coimbra, Portugal, 4th-5th July.
Carcary, M., Doherty, E., and Conway, G. (2019). A capability approach to managing organisational information security. In Proceeding of the 18th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security. Coimbra, Portugal, 4th-5th July.
Carcary, M., Maccani, G., Doherty, E., and Conway, G. (2018). Exploring the determinants of IoT adoption: findings from a systematic literature review. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research. Stockholm, Sweden, 24th - 26th September.
Carcary, M., Doherty, E., and Conway, G. (2018). An analysis of the systematic literature review (SLR) approach in the field of IS management. In Proceedings of 17th European Conference on Research Methodology. Rome, Italy, 12th – 13th July.
Conway, G., Doherty, E., and Carcary, M. (2018). Evaluation of a focus group approach to developing a survey instrument. In Proceedings of 17th European Conference on Research Methodology. Rome, Italy, 12th – 13th July.
Doherty, E., Ramsey, E., Ibbotson, P., Carcary, M., and Conway, G. (2018). Utilisation of a sequential mixed methods research approach in examining SME digitization. In Proceedings of 17th European Conference on Research Methodology. Rome, Italy, 12th – 13th July.
Carcary, M., Doherty, E., Conway, G., and Crowley, C. (2017). Transforming to a digital enterprise – an empirical investigation. In Proceedings of 11th European Conference on Information Systems Management. Genoa, Italy, 14th – 15th September.
Doherty, E., Carcary, M., and Conway, G. (2017). Customer experience – development of a conceptual framework for the digitized organization. In Proceedings of 11th European Conference on Information Systems Management. Genoa, Italy, 14th – 15th September.
Conway, G., Carcary, M., and Doherty, E. (2017). Enterprise cloud adoption – cloud maturity model. In Proceedings of 11th European Conference on Information Systems Management. Genoa, Italy, 14th – 15th September.
Crowley, C. and Carcary, M. (2017). Rethinking IT sourcing and supplier management for the digital age. In Proceedings of 11th European Conference on Information Systems Management. Genoa, Italy, 14th – 15th September.
Thornley, C., Carcary, M., Connolly, N., O’Duffy, M., and Pierce, J. (2017). Getting better at Knowledge Management: Integrating individual skills and organizational capability. In Proceedings of 18th European Conference on Knowledge Management. Barcelona, Spain, 7th – 8th September.
Carcary, M., Doherty, E., and Conway, G. (2016). A dynamic capability approach to digital transformation – a focus on key foundational themes. In Proceedings of 10th European Conference on Information Systems Management. Evora, Portugal, 8th – 9th September.
Carcary, M. and Doherty, E. (2016). ‘The Digital Wild West’: managing the risks of digital disruption. In Proceedings of 10th European Conference on Information Systems Management. Evora, Portugal, 8th – 9th September.
Doherty, E., Carcary, M., and Conway, G. (2016). Strategizing in the digital age – how IT strategy needs to evolve to remain relevant. In Proceedings of 10th European Conference on Information Systems Management. Evora, Portugal, 8th – 9th September.
Thornley, C., Carcary, M., Connolly, N., O’Duffy, M., and Pierce, J. (2016). Developing a maturity model for knowledge management (KM) in the digital age. In Proceedings of 17th European Conference on Knowledge Management. Belfast, Ireland, 1st - 2nd September.
Thornley, C., Murnane, S., Veling, L., McLaughlin, S., Carcary, M., and Doherty, E. (2016). Professional identity and ethical engagement in the international ICT community. In Proceedings of the 2016 Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference. 31st August – 2nd September.
Carcary, M. and Doherty, E. (2015). Development of a small to medium sized enterprise IT management framework – leveraging engaged scholarship and design science principles. In Proceedings of 14th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies. Valetta, Malta, 11th – 12th June.
Conway, G., Carcary, M., and Doherty, E. (2015). A framework to implement and manage a cloud computing environment. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization, Nice, France, 22nd – 27th March.
Doherty, E., Carcary, M., Ibbotson, P., and Ramsey, E. (2015). The importance of ‘e’ in mixed methods research – development of an SME framework to leverage value from IT. In Proceedings of 14th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies. Valetta, Malta, 11th – 12th June.
Carcary, M. and Zlydareva, O. (2014). Investigating the application of the IT-CMF in maturing strategic business-IT alignment. In Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation, Ghent, Belgium. 11th – 12th September.
Carcary, M., Doherty, E., and Conway, G. (2013). Understanding and supporting Cloud Computing adoption in Irish Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs). In Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation, Gdansk, Poland, 12th – 13th September.
Doherty, E., Carcary, M., Downey, U. and McLaughlin, S. (2013). Enhancing IT capability maturity – development of a conceptual SME framework to maximise the value gained from IT. In Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation, Gdansk, Poland, 12th – 13th September.
Carcary, M. (2012). Developing a framework for maturing IT risk management capabilities. In Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation, Cork, 13th-14th September.
Carcary, M., Sherry, M., McLaughlin, S., and O’Brien, C. (2012). Career development for ICT professionals: driving transparency in educational attainment. In Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance. Cyprus, 8th-9th November.
Sherry, M., Carcary, M., McLaughlin, S., and O’Brien, C. (2012). Considerations in developing a European framework for ICT professionalism. In Proceedings of the 7th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, Madrid, 20th – 23rd June.
Carcary, M. (2011). A design science approach to development of the IT Capability Maturity Framework (IT-CMF). In Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies, Caen, 20th -21st June.
Ngosi, T., Helfert, M., Carcary, M., and Whelan, E. (2011). Design science and actor network theory nexus: a perspective of content development of a critical process for enterprise architecture management. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Beijing, 8th – 11th June.
Carcary, M. (2010). Analysing qualitative evidence: the role of CAQDAS. In Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies, Madrid, 24nd-25rd June.
Carcary, M. (2009). Evaluating qualitative research – implementing the research audit trail. In Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Business Research Methods, Malta, 22nd-23rd June.
Commissioned Reports
McLaughlin, S., Sherry, M., Doherty, E., Carcary, M., Thornley, C., Wang, Y., CEPIS, IDC, and empirica. (2014). e-Skills: the international dimension and impact of globalisation. Prepared for the European Commission Directorate General Enterprise and Industry.
McLaughlin, S., Sherry, M., Carcary, M., O’Brien, C., Fanning, F., Theodorakis, D., Dolan, D., and Farren, N. (2012). E-Skills and ICT professionalism: fostering the ICT profession in Europe. Prepared for the European Commission Directorate General Enterprise and Industry.
Seminars and Workshops
Carcary, M. and Heynen, P. (2019). IVI digital transformation collaborative learning programme. CIO Forum, Irish Computer Society, Dublin, 21st March.
Ikegami, H., Carcary, M., Iijima, J. (2019). A comparative analysis of digital readiness across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. 8th CNoW Digital Ecosystems and the Changing Nature of Work pre-ICIS workshop. Munich, Germany, December 15th.
Davidson, S., Doherty, E., and Carcary, M. (2018). Introducing the SME digital technology assessment. Workshop with Small Firms Association (SFA), SFA HQ, Dublin, 6th July.
Carcary, M. (2017). Cybersecurity effectiveness. IVI Summit, Maynooth, Co Kildare, 22nd June.
Carcary, M. (2017). Organizational readiness for digital transformation. IVI Summit, Maynooth, Co Kildare, 22nd June.
Carcary, M. and O’Brien, C. (2013). Maturing information security management – extending the IT-CMF. IVI Spring Summit, Dallas, 26th-27th February.
Carcary, M. (2013). IT-CMF for small and medium enterprises. IVI Spring Summit, Dallas, 26th-27th February.
Carcary, M., Doherty, E., and Downey, U. (2013). Driving effective management of IT for small and medium enterprises. IVI Autumn Summit, Croke Park, Dublin, 24th-25th September.
Delaney, M. and Carcary, M. (2013). Maximising SME efficiency – introducing the SME IT Capability Maturity Framework, Midlands Think Tank, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, 14th-15th November.
Curley, M. and Carcary, M. (2012). Driving and deriving value from capability/competence frameworks. CEN Workshop for ICT Skills. Amsterdam, 12th September.
Sherry, M. and Carcary, M. (2011). European ICT professionalism. European Commission Steering Committee Meeting, Brussels, 21st November.
