Internet Research: Volume 34 Issue 7

The role of project owners' and potential backers' implicit social ties in crowdfunding project success

Jayesh Prakash Gupta, Hongxiu Li, Hannu Kärkkäinen, Raghava Rao Mukkamala

In this study, the authors sought to investigate how the implicit social ties of both project owners and potential backers are associated with crowdfunding project success.

Personal use of smartphones in the workplace and work–life conflict: a natural quasi-experiment

Eoin Whelan, Ofir Turel

Prior research has extensively examined how bringing technology from work into the non-work life domain creates conflict, yet the reverse pathway has rarely been studied. The…

Will after-hours technology-mediated work make employees leave? A mediated moderation model

Xiaolin Sun, Jiawen Zhu, Huigang Liang, Yajiong Xue, Bo Yao

As after-hours technology-mediated work (ATW) becomes common in organizations, the increased workload and interference to life caused by ATW has induced employee turnover. This…

Acceptance of the metaverse: a laboratory experiment on augmented and virtual reality shopping

Nannan Xi, Juan Chen, Filipe Gama, Henry Korkeila, Juho Hamari

In recent years, there has been significant interest in adopting XR (extended reality) technologies such as VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality), particularly in…

Problem resolution with business analytics: a task-technology fit perspective

Givemore Muchenje, Marko Seppänen, Hongxiu Li

The study explores the extent to which business analytics can address business problems using the task-technology fit theory.

Barrier-breakers’ influence on full-adoption of digital payment methods

Irina Dimitrova

The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the relationships between barrier-breakers and customers’ intention to fully adopt digital payment methods (DPMs).

Disentangling user fatigue in WeChat use: the configurational interplay of fear of missing out and overload

Heng Zhang, Hongxiu Li, Chenglong Li, Xinyuan Lu

The purpose of this study is to examine how the interplay of stressor (e.g. fear of missing out, FoMO) and strains (e.g. perceived social overload, communication overload…

The effect of social commerce attributes on customer engagement: an empirical investigation

Abdelsalam Busalim, Linda D. Hollebeek, Theo Lynn

Social commerce (s-commerce) offers community-based platforms that facilitate customer-to-customer interactions and the development of customers' social shopping-based experience…

Blockchain for sustainable consumption: an affordance and consumer value-based view

Maryam Hina, Najmul Islam, Amandeep Dhir

There is little empirical evidence on how blockchain affordances may encourage consumers to make sustainable choices. Thus, this paper examines how blockchain affordances affect…