Information Technology & People: Volume 30 Issue 2

Compromising gender identities: Stay strategies of women in gender-atypical information technology firms in Sri Lanka

Kanchana Wijayawardena, Nilupama Wijewardena, Ramanie Samaratunge

Given the limited research on women in information technology (IT) sectors in emerging economies and the importance of understanding their experiences working in highly gendered…

The moderating role of social media usage in the relationship among multicultural experiences, cultural intelligence, and individual creativity

Shangui Hu, Jibao Gu, Hefu Liu, Qian Huang

The purpose of this paper is to explore the moderating role of social media usage in the relationship among multicultural experiences, cultural intelligence, and creativity.

Constructing and enacting normality online across generations: The case of social networking sites

Niki Panteli, Ben Marder

The purpose of this paper is to examine how different age groups construct and enact normality within social networking sites (SNS) and consequently extend theory in the area of…

Open data in Kazakhstan: incentives, implementation and challenges

Maxat Kassen

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the promising potential of open data in Kazakhstan to boost public sector innovations and trace the emergence of the related civic…

Perceived value of advanced mobile messaging services: A cross-cultural comparison of Greek and Spanish users

Blanca Hernandez-Ortega, Joaquin Aldas-Manzano, Carla Ruiz-Mafe, Silvia Sanz-Blas

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the role of perceived value on post-acceptance behaviour for users of advanced mobile messaging services (AMMS). The paper also compares…

Factors influencing consumer intention in social commerce adoption

Ibrahim Akman, Alok Mishra

Social media remarkably changed the way of interaction between the consumers and organizations. The increased acceptance of social media has given rise to social commerce…

Community-based evaluation in online communities: Considering the materiality of (making) “best practice”

Juliane Jarke

The idea of “best practice” is very much built into information systems and the ways in which they organise and structure work. The purpose of this paper is to examine how “best…

The translation and adaptation of agile methods: a discourse of fragmentation and articulation

Jan Pries-Heje, Richard Baskerville

The purpose of this paper is to use translation theory to develop a framework (called FTRA) that explains how companies adopt agile methods in a discourse of fragmentation and…

Innovation and ICT use by firms and households in the EU: A multivariate analysis of regional disparities

Margarita Billon, Rocío Marco, Fernando Lera-Lopez

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the existence of patterns that combine innovation and information and communication technologies (ICT) use, and the factors explaining…

Overcoming transience and flux: routines in community-governed mass collaborations

Jacqueline C. Pike, Elisabeth W. Joyce, Brian S. Butler

Community-governed mass collaborations are virtual organizations in which volunteers self-organize to produce content of value. Given the high turnover of participants and the…

The information ethics perception gaps between Chinese and American students: A Chinese guanxi perspective

Christina Ling-hsing Chang, Jim Q. Chen

The purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of Chinese culture on the information ethics perception gaps between Chinese and American students.

Smartphone chronic gaming consumption and positive coping practice

Ronan de Kervenoael, Alexandre Schwob, Mark Palmer, Geoff Simmons

Chronic consumption practice has been greatly accelerated by mobile, interactive and smartphone gaming technology devices. The purpose of this paper is to explore how chronic…