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Publication date: 31 December 2019

Colleen Wolverton and David Stevens

The purpose of this paper is to investigate and quantify the effects of personality traits, as defined by the five-factor model (FFM) on an individual’s ability to detect fake…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to investigate and quantify the effects of personality traits, as defined by the five-factor model (FFM) on an individual’s ability to detect fake news. The findings of this study are increasingly important because of the proliferation of social media news stories and the exposure of organizational stakeholders and business decision makers to a tremendous amount of information, including information that is not correct (a.k.a. disinformation).

Design/methodology/approach

The data were collected utilizing the snowball sampling methodology. Students in an Management Information Systems course completed the survey. Since a diverse sample was sought, survey participants were instructed to recruit another individual from a different generation. The survey questions of the FFM identify particular personality traits in respondents. Survey respondents were given a collection of nine news stories, five of which were false and four that were true. The number of correctly identified stories was recorded, and the effect of personality traits on the ability of survey respondents to identify fake news was calculated using eta-squared and the effect size index.

Findings

Each of the five factors in the FFM demonstrated an effect on an individual’s ability to detect disinformation. In fact, every single variable studied had at least a small effect size index, with one exception: gender, which had basically no effect. Therefore, each variable studied (with the exception of gender) explained a portion of the variability in the number of correctly identified false news stories. Specifically, this quantitative research demonstrates that individuals with the following personality traits are better able to identify disinformation: closed to experience or cautious, introverted, disagreeable or unsympathetic, unconscientious or undirected and emotionally stable.

Originality/value

There is scant research on an individual’s ability to detect false news stories, although some research has been conducted on the ability to detect phishing (a type of social engineering attack to obtain funds or personal information from the person being deceived). The results of this study enable corporations to determine which of their customers, investors and other stakeholders are most likely to be deceived by disinformation. With this information, they can better prepare for and combat the impacts of misinformation on their organization, and thereby avoid the negative financial impacts that result.

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Online Information Review, vol. 44 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1468-4527

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Publication date: 10 November 2022

Colleen Carraher Wolverton, Brandi N. Guidry Hollier, Ignatius Cahyanto and David P. Stevens

The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the adoption of smartwatches. Specifically, the robustness of the perceived characteristics of innovation (PCI…

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Purpose

The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the adoption of smartwatches. Specifically, the robustness of the perceived characteristics of innovation (PCI) model in predicting such adoption is demonstrated. Previous smartwatch research has not used this same technology adoption model. This research demonstrates the value of examining the adoption of wearables and other new technologies (i.e. smartwatches) with the new approach of PCI while avoiding some of the limitations of previous studies.

Design/methodology/approach

A survey of 178 respondents was conducted, and the data was analyzed using structured equation modeling and partial least squares. The model described here extends the models used in extant smartwatch research by identifying additional factors.

Findings

The results show that three factors (compatibility, trialability and relative advantage) significantly impact behavioral intention to adopt the technology.

Originality/value

With the escalation of remote work, the increase in wearable technology and the widespread use of Wi-Fi technology, the way that employees adopt and use their technology must be reassessed. Therefore, a new approach was sought with an established theoretical base to evaluate the adoption of smartwatches under these evolving circumstances. Specifically, Moore and Benbasat’s characterization of the PCI was selected, which is rooted in Rogers’ diffusion of innovation theory.

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Journal of Systems and Information Technology, vol. 24 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1328-7265

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The Creation and Analysis of Employer-Employee Matched Data
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-0-44450-256-8

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Publication date: 1 August 1998

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Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, vol. 45 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0003-5599

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Publication date: 28 September 2016

David Denmark and Nick Stevens

This chapter presents a review of community transport in Australia with the aim of providing material for comparative research in flexible transport.

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Purpose

This chapter presents a review of community transport in Australia with the aim of providing material for comparative research in flexible transport.

Design/methodology/approach

Research on Australian community transport has been brought together to present an analysis of the key features of the industry: history; geography; funding; regulation and the use of volunteers.

Findings

Each key feature has led to the current strong state/territory basis for service organisation and delivery, despite the federal responsibility for supplying most of the funding and ensuring equity and standards. Varying approaches to regulation and supply have also been driven by remoteness and the prevalence of large pockets of entrenched social disadvantage in some regions.

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The chapter summarises research findings including hitherto unpublished research on an application of flexible transport services outside mainstream public transport operations in Australia.

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Paratransit: Shaping the Flexible Transport Future
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78635-225-5

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Publication date: 1 March 1985

Through a survey of 200 employees working in five of the thirty establishments analysed in previous research about the microeconomic effects of reducing the working time (Cahier…

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Through a survey of 200 employees working in five of the thirty establishments analysed in previous research about the microeconomic effects of reducing the working time (Cahier 25), the consequences on employees of such a reduction can be assessed; and relevant attitudes and aspirations better known.

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International Journal of Manpower, vol. 6 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0143-7720

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Publication date: 1 May 1982

MAKE no mistake about it, robots are not just here to stay static: their use will extend far beyond the very dreams of their earliest inventors, and who they were is lost under…

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MAKE no mistake about it, robots are not just here to stay static: their use will extend far beyond the very dreams of their earliest inventors, and who they were is lost under the veils of age‐long antiquity.

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Work Study, vol. 31 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0043-8022

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Publication date: 13 September 1999

Erling Barth and Harald Dalc-OIsen

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The Creation and Analysis of Employer-Employee Matched Data
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ISBN: 978-0-44450-256-8

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Publication date: 1 October 1998

Edward Budman and David Stevens

There is a continuing desire to obtain sacrificial plated coatings that provide ever higher standards of protection. This paper looks at alternatives to cadmium dye to its toxic…

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There is a continuing desire to obtain sacrificial plated coatings that provide ever higher standards of protection. This paper looks at alternatives to cadmium dye to its toxic and carcinogenic characteristics. Alloy combinations with zinc are considered. It concludes that tin‐zinc alloy plating gives excellent corrosion resistance and solderability.

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Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, vol. 45 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0003-5599

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Publication date: 1 January 1979

Chris Eastcott, Bernard Palmer, Brian Griffin, James Herring, Eric Stevens, David Radmore and Mike Pearce

SATURDAY MORNING. The morning after the night before. The night before was the 5.30 to 9.00 shift. Time to have a quick perusal of the professional literature to see what our…

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SATURDAY MORNING. The morning after the night before. The night before was the 5.30 to 9.00 shift. Time to have a quick perusal of the professional literature to see what our elders and betters have been writing. Time to read Alan Day's ‘Comment’ (NLW October) before the first of the punters arrive in search of information, with the light of science in their eyes.

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New Library World, vol. 80 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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