Information Technology & People: Volume 30 Issue 4

Comparing face-to-face and electronic word-of-mouth in destination image formation: The case of Iran

Mohammad Reza Jalilvand, Ali Heidari

The purpose of this paper is to address the following question: which type of word-of-mouth (WOM) communication, face-to-face vs electronic, has the stronger influence on…

An extended conceptual framework to understand information and communication technology-enabled socio-economic development at community level in Bangladesh

Mahfuz Ashraf, Helena Grunfeld, Md. Rakibul Hoque, Khorshed Alam

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have received much attention as a tool for development for several decades. One way in which ICTs were introduced in developing…

Investigating the post-adoption stage of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony diffusion: A use-diffusion approach

Ying-Wei Shih, Ya-Ling Wu, Yi-Shun Wang, Chiung-Liang Chen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the post-adoption stage of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony diffusion, examining usage behavior based on Shih and…

The development and validation of a two-staged adoption model of RFID technology in livestock businesses

Mohammad Alamgir Hossain, Craig Standing, Caroline Chan

Grounded on the technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework, the purpose of this paper is to develop a two-stage model of radio frequency identification (RFID) adoption in…

Exploring nurses’ reactions to electronic nursing documentation at the point of care

Lemai Nguyen, Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Bernice Redley, Peter Haddad, Imran Muhammad, Mari Botti

The purpose of this paper is to investigate nurses’ attitudes, perceptions, and reactions to a new point-of-care information system for documenting nursing care.

Collaborative open strategic planning: a method and case study

Alireza Amrollahi, Bruce Rowlands

The purpose of this paper is to show how collaborative information technology (IT) tools and a crowdsourcing model can be leveraged for the purpose of strategic planning. To…

Branding in a multichannel retail environment: Online stores vs app stores and the effect of product type

Sajad Rezaei, Naser Valaei

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the structural relationship between online brand equity, brand experience, brand attitude, and brand attachment while considering the…

Theorizing the configuration of modifiable off-the-shelf software

Elham Mousavidin, Leiser Silva

The purpose of this paper is to theorize the social dynamics of modifiable off-the-shelf software (MOTS) configuration process. The authors do so by formulating theoretical…

Doing social network ethics: a critical, interdisciplinary approach

Simon Jones

The purpose of this paper is to propose an inter-disciplinary approach to the ethics of social networking services (SNS) that connects critical analysis with the doing of ethics…

Exploring and expanding students’ success in software testing

Deepti Mishra, Sofiya Ostrovska, Tuna Hacaloglu

Testing is one of the indispensable activities in software development and is being adopted as an independent course by software engineering (SE) departments at universities…

Let’s meet offline: A mixed-methods approach exploring new trends in social networking

Aaron M. French

The purpose of this paper is to explore new trends in social networking such as social tourism and determine motivations resulting in visiting others when traveling. A research…

The offline spill-over of signing online petitions against companies: A dual pathway model

Paolo Antonetti, Danae Manika

The purpose of this paper is to examine cognitive, emotional, and behavioral reactions caused by online petition campaigns against cases of perceived corporate malpractice, while…