Information Technology & People: Volume 31 Issue 2

Using the technology acceptance model to predict patient attitude toward personal health records in regional communities

Jamil Razmak, Charles Bélanger

The purpose of this paper is to statistically measure (quantify) how a sample of Canadians perceives the usability of electronic personal health records (PHRs) and, in the…

What social media activities reveal about election results? The use of Facebook during the 2015 general election campaign in Croatia

Marina Bagić Babac, Vedran Podobnik

Due to the significant rise in the use of social media in recent years, the purpose of this paper is to investigate who, how and why participates in creating content at political…

Towards a user-centric theory of value-driven information security compliance

Neil F. Doherty, Sharul T. Tajuddin

The purpose of this paper is to fill a gap in the literature, by investigating the relationship between users’ perceptions of the value of the information that they are handling…

Technological appropriations as workarounds: Integrating electronic health records and adaptive structuration theory research

Ashley Katherine Barrett

The purpose of this paper is to further adaptive structuration theory (AST) by associating technological appropriations with health information technology workarounds. The author…

Dividing network externality into the number of peers and users: Focusing on sociability and enjoyment in online games

Hana Kim, Daeho Lee, Jun-Seok Hwang

Even though network externality plays an important role in users’ motivations to use services or products, the implications of this are not clear because previous studies did not…

Assistive technologies for aged care: Comparative literature survey on the effectiveness of theories for supportive and empowering technologies

Suchada Vichitvanichphong, Amir Talaei-Khoei, Don Kerr, Amir Hossein Ghapanchi

One may categorize assistive technologies for aged care into two types, namely, supportive (helping the elderly with their everyday activities) and empowering (obtaining physical…

Understanding and managing knowledge transfer for customers in IT adoption

Abdelkader Daghfous, Omar Belkhodja, Norita Ahmad

The purpose of this paper is to advance information technology (IT) adoption research and practice by investigating the process of knowledge transfer (KT) undertaken by suppliers…

Investigating Emirati citizens’ adoption of e-government services in Abu Dhabi using modified UTAUT model

Khaled Ahmed Al Mansoori, Jawahitha Sarabdeen, Abdel Latif Tchantchane

E-government is new to the public administration sector of Abu Dhabi and it is rapidly expanding. The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that might motivate citizens…

Selfie appropriation by young British South Asian adults: Reifying, endorsing and reinforcing dual cultural identity in social media

Bidit Lal Dey, John M.T. Balmer, Ameet Pandit, Mike Saren

The purpose of this paper is to examine how young British South Asian adults’ dual cultural identity is exhibited and reaffirmed through the appropriation of selfies.

Managers’ perception of mobile technology adoption in the Life Insurance industry

Visvanathan Naicker, Derrick Barry Van Der Merwe

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that influence the adoption of mobile technology by considering the information technology (IT) managers’ perception. The…

Utilising a systematic knowledge management based system to optimise project management operations in oil and gas organisations

Edward Godfrey Ochieng, Oghenemarho Omaruaye Ovbagbedia, Tarila Zuofa, Raymond Abdulai, Wilfred Matipa, Ximing Ruan, Akunna Oledinma

The purpose of this paper is to examine the efficacy of knowledge management (KM) based systems and best practices that could be used to address operational issues in the oil and…

From virtual worlds to reality: Moderating and mediating mechanisms between online and offline leadership

Yi-Hsuan Lee, Ying-Che Hsieh, Chan Hsiao, Chen-Hsiang Lin

The purpose of this paper is to explore whether online leadership affects offline leadership through a mediation mechanism.

A tour of India in one workplace: investigating complex and gendered relations in IT

Sunrita Dhar-Bhattacharjee, Helen Richardson

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the situation of women working as information technology (IT) professionals in different regions of India within multi-national…

A process model for identifying online customer engagement patterns on Facebook brand pages

Vidyasagar Potdar, Sujata Joshi, Rahul Harish, Richard Baskerville, Pornpit Wongthongtham

The purpose of this paper is to develop and empirically test a process model (comprising of seven dimensions), for identifying online customer engagement patterns leading to…