Information Technology & People: Volume 34 Issue 1

A two-factor theoretical model of social media discontinuance: role of regret, inertia, and their antecedents

Junkai Wang, Bowen Zheng, Hefu Liu, Lingling Yu

Although materializing the benefits of social media substantially depends on sustained user participation, social media service providers are experiencing a decline in the number…

The impact of social media on the performance of microfinance institutions in developing countries: a quantitative approach

Ahmad Daowd, Muhammad Mustafa Kamal, Tillal Eldabi, Ruaa Hasan, Farouk Missi, Bidit Lal Dey

Over the last few decades, microfinance industry is argued to have played a constructive role in alleviating poverty level and providing the underprivileged with access to…

A new perspective on online malicious comments: effects of attention and neutralization

Han-Min Kim, Gee-Woo Bock, Hyung Su Kim

Today, online malicious comments are serious issues. They can cause psychological distress and suicide of victims. Although prior studies have focused on the role of anonymity as…

How the social dimension of fitness apps can enhance and undermine wellbeing: A dual model of passion perspective

Eoin Whelan, Trevor Clohessy

While the positive health benefits of fitness apps, which motivate and track physical exercise, are widely acknowledged, the adverse connection between these technologies and…

Exploring the effect of an enhanced e-commerce institutional mechanism on online shopping intention in the context of e-commerce poverty alleviation

Feiyan Han, Bo Li

E-commerce poverty alleviation (EPA) is an innovative poverty alleviation model in China. The institutional mechanisms of the e-commerce platform improve the effect of EPA and…

Individual adaptive performance in computer-mediated work: a migration perspective

Edgardo R. Bravo, Jhony Ostos

In dynamic environments, employees should respond to changing demands carrying out actions to achieve proper knowledge of the information systems (IS) that they use (individual…

Effects of smart city service channel- and user-characteristics on user satisfaction and continuance intention

Taghreed Abu Salim, May El Barachi, Okey Peter Onyia, Sujith Samuel Mathew

Smart city services (SCS) in contrast with other technology-based services, demand significant interaction and collaboration between the users and the service providers. This…

Key competencies for big data analytics professions: a multimethod study

Ajax Persaud

This study aims to identify the precise competencies that employers are seeking for big data analytics professions and whether higher education big data programs enable students…

Unveiling knowledge quality, researcher satisfaction, learning, and loyalty: A model of academic social media success

Mehwish Waheed, Jane E Klobas, NoorUl Ain

Examines how perceived knowledge quality influences researchers' satisfaction with academic social media (ASM) site use, perceived learning from use, and loyalty toward the site.

The impacts of relational capital on self-disclosure in virtual communities: A cross-level analysis of key moderators

Yi-Hsuan Lee, Chan Hsiao, Jingjing Weng, Yi-Hsuan Chen

This study examines whether relational capital influences self-disclosure behavior through the mechanism of needs-based motivation in virtual communities.

Information system security policy noncompliance: the role of situation-specific ethical orientation

Gaurav Bansal, Steven Muzatko, Soo Il Shin

This study examines how neutralization strategies affect the efficacy of information system security policies. This paper proposes that neutralization strategies used to…

From freemium to premium: the roles of consumption values and game affordance

Le Wang, Yu Gao, Jie Yan, Jianqun Qin

The purpose of this paper is to facilitate understanding of how to convert free players to paid consumers in free-to-play games.

Making a digital innovator: antecedents of innovativeness with digital technologies

Rubén Mancha, G. Shankaranarayanan

To compete in the current digital economy, organizations need a workforce capable of developing novel products/services using digital technologies to create value. The purpose of…

OKC-enabled online knowledge integration: role of group heterogeneity and group interaction process

Jiangnan Qiu, Liwei Xu, Min Zuo, Jingxian Wang, Weadon Helen

Online knowledge integration has been an important concern of the online knowledge community as it can lead to various positive outcomes of online knowledge coproduction. This…

Subjective well-being among victimized university students: comparison between cyber dating abuse and bullying victimization

Beatriz Víllora, Santiago Yubero, Raul Navarro

Previous research has documented a negative association between subjective well-being and different forms of victimization. The present study aims to examine differences in…

Analyzing enterprise information system’s feature use: a data-driven perspective

Yu Jia, Shilun Ge, Nianxin Wang

The purpose of this study is to propose a data-driven perspective to analyze enterprise information system (EIS) feature use for understanding what and how the system features are…

Improving mobile health apps usage: a quantitative study on mPower data of Parkinson's disease

Jiexun Li, Xiaohui Chang

The emergence of mobile health (mHealth) products has created a capability of monitoring and managing the health of patients with chronic diseases. These mHealth technologies…

Information technology competency and organizational agility: roles of absorptive capacity and information intensity

Hongyi Mao, Shan Liu, Jinlong Zhang, Yajun Zhang, Yeming Gong

Scholars have examined the possible relationship between information technology (IT) and organizational agility. Although the general-level effect of IT is undisputed, empirical…