{"title":"Toward the Understanding of the Appropriation of Compliance Support System in Organizations","authors":"Sang-Soo Kim, Yong Jin Kim","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10546-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10546-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Considering the complexity of compliance environment, only focusing on control-oriented actions through compulsory or disciplinary measures, as many firms did in the past, does not help firms tackle imminent challenges. Applying adaptive structuration theory to corporate compliance management, this study focused on identifying antecedents of compliance support system appropriation and investigating their impacts on compliance performance. As a result of surveying 192 multi-business firms in Korea, this study found that regulation environment and compliance championship as meta-structuring contexts shape compliance culture as an institutional structure and require key features of compliance support system (CSS) as a structure to be appropriated by users, which ultimately enhances the compliance performance of the firm. The findings contribute to making the previous adaptive structuration theory more applicable and providing useful directions to improve compliance performance for corporations.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142488824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Problem of Plenty? Understanding the Impact of Choice and Information Overload on Airbnb Bookings","authors":"V Athi Karthick, Adrija Majumdar, Indranil Bose","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10548-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10548-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Online sharing platforms offer countless choices and detailed product descriptions to consumers. In this study, we demonstrate the effect of choice and information overload on booking decisions using large-scale field data from Airbnb and observe an inverse U-shaped association. Furthermore, our results show that providing quality assurance of the product exacerbates the choice and information overload relationship. As a post-hoc analysis, we perform topic modeling to gain better insights into how product information influences booking decisions. Specifically, the post-hoc analyses show that the number of topics in the description has a positive association with the number of bookings. Furthermore, topic count moderates the information overload effect by intensifying the influence of product description on the number of bookings. Our findings have important implications for online sharing platforms, service providers, and travelers as they shed light on the detrimental effects of excessive variety and information on booking decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142451996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Blockchain: Exploring its Impact on the Business Models of Australian Accounting Firms","authors":"Maria Cadiz Dyball, Ravi Seethamraju","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10547-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10547-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper reports on a study that investigated how the business models of Australian accounting firms are impacted by audit clients using blockchain technology. Semi-structured interviews with a range of stakeholders including audit partners from big-4 accounting firms reveal that firms are gradually adapting their business models by offering value propositions that involve efficiency, complementarities and novelty, despite a formative blockchain ecosystem in Australia. This ecosystem is characterized by clients’ reluctance to use blockchain platforms for financial systems and a lack of clear direction on applicable accounting standards and consensus on blockchain standards and governance.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142449610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating in Turbulent Times: Using Social Media to Examine Small and family-Owned Business Topics and Sentiments during the COVID-19 Crisis","authors":"Shaun Meric Menezes, Ashok Kumar, Shantanu Dutta","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10542-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10542-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>During a crisis, small and family-owned businesses tend to experience more severe economic consequences than their larger counterparts and often lack financial resources needed to weather the challenges brought about by the crisis. To comprehend the distinct challenges and concerns of small and family-owned businesses during a major crisis, this research study focuses on the recent COVID-19 pandemic, which had a catastrophic effect on businesses and societies alike. To that effect, we address two research questions: First, what topics pertaining to small and family-owned businesses do social media users discuss during the COVID-19 pandemic? To achieve this goal, we employ the BERTopic model, a state-of-the-art technique for topic modeling, to identify and categorize prevalent themes arising from the discourse. Second, what is the impact of major government announcements on these discussions? Specifically, we study how sentiments change around a major government announcement aimed at supporting small businesses in the face of the pandemic. Our findings suggest that government announcements do not change the negative sentiments for most of the topics. This highlights the ineffectiveness of government announcements in alleviating people’s concern related to small and family-owned business and underscores the importance of a better consultation process and communication strategy by policymakers. The implications of our study transcend recent COVID-19 effects, as World Health Organization (WHO) cautions that there could be even worse health and socio-economic crises in the future, and we need to be better prepared to handle subsequent devastating effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142448412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"FGI-CogViT: Fuzzy Granule-based Interpretable Cognitive Vision Transformer for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease using MRI Scan Images","authors":"Anima Pramanik, Soumick Sarker, Sobhan Sarkar, Indranil Bose","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10541-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10541-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is crucial for timely intervention and management of this debilitating neurodegenerative disorder. However, it demands further serious attention. State-of-the-art vision transformers for multi-class AD detection techniques cannot handle the uncertainty issue arising between various stages of AD. Moreover, AD identification based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans is likewise computationally expensive. Further, vision transformers used in AD detection often suffer from a lack of interpretability of results. To address these issues, a new vision transformer, namely Fuzzy Granule-based Interpretable Cognitive Vision Transformer (FGI-CogViT) is developed. It has three parts, namely feature extraction, fuzzy logic-based granulation, and I-CogViT-based classification. Various vision and statistical features are computed over the MRI scan image(s). The statistical features are used to obtain the disease-prone regions in terms of fuzzy granules. In these regions, uncertainty may arise among the different stages of AD. Fuzzy logic-based rules are defined to obtain the crisp granules. Instead of considering the entire image, statistical features corresponding to the crisp granules are added with vision features for classification tasks through the I-CogViT that consists of three modules, namely residual network, traditional vision transformer, and classification network. These characteristics improve the speed and accuracy of FGI-CogViT. It synergizes the robust feature extraction capabilities of vision transformers with cognitive computing principles, aiming to augment the model’s interpretability. The efficacy of the FGI-CogViT has been demonstrated over 6,460 MRI scan images. Results reveal that FGI-CogViT outperforms some state-of-the-art. Furthermore, robustness checking and statistical significance testing support the findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"85 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142440235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Khaled Alshare, Murad Moqbel, Mohammad I. Merhi, Valerie Bartelt, Maliha Alam
{"title":"The Impact of Cultural Dimensions and Quality of Life on Smartphone Addiction and Employee Performance: The Moderating Role of Quality of Life","authors":"Khaled Alshare, Murad Moqbel, Mohammad I. Merhi, Valerie Bartelt, Maliha Alam","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10544-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10544-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Smartphones, while ubiquitous and beneficial, can lead to problematic use. This study investigates the intricate interplay between cultural dimensions, smartphone addiction, and employee performance. Through the lens of distraction theory, attachment Theory, coping theory combined with Hofstede's cultural dimensions, and self-regulation theory and quality of life, we examine how collectivism, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity cultural dimensions influence smartphone addiction and its subsequent effect on employee performance. The findings, based on data collected from 233 employees at a major medical center in the Midwest region of the USA and employing structural equation modeling, reveal a significant cultural influence on smartphone addiction, ultimately leading to a decline in performance. However, quality of life emerges as a crucial moderator, mitigating the negative impact of smartphone addiction. This research offers valuable insights for information systems scholars, highlighting the importance of cultural context in understanding smartphone addiction. Furthermore, the study equips managers with practical knowledge to address smartphone addiction within a culturally diverse workforce. By implementing strategies that enhance employee quality of life, organizations can foster a more productive and engaged work environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142363115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors Affecting Big Data Analytics Adoption in Small and Medium Enterprises","authors":"Rawan Babalghaith, Amer Aljarallah","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10538-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10538-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Big data analytics (BDA) has a pivotal role in improving business performance, especially in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The objective of this study is to examine the determinants and consequences of BDA adoption for SMEs. The theoretical foundation of the study is derived from Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework and Resource-Based View (RBV) theory. Using a survey of 233 SMEs in Saudi Arabia, the results reveal that technical aspects (i.e., complexity and compatibility), environmental aspects (i.e., uncertainty), and organizational aspects (i.e., top management support, organization readiness, and data-driven culture) are perceived as factors that encourage firms to adopt BDA. The study shows a strong relationship between BDA and SMEs’ performance (financial, market, and business process). The empirical work presented in this paper adds to the understanding of the motivators of BDA adoption for SMEs, and consequently the effects of BDA adoption on SME performance. Theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed further.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142330000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura Cercenelli, Nicolas Emiliani, Chiara Gulotta, Mirko Bevini, Giovanni Badiali, Emanuela Marcelli
{"title":"Augmented Reality to Assist in the Diagnosis of Temporomandibular Joint Alterations","authors":"Laura Cercenelli, Nicolas Emiliani, Chiara Gulotta, Mirko Bevini, Giovanni Badiali, Emanuela Marcelli","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10545-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10545-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Augmented Reality (AR) is an increasingly prominent technology with diverse applications across various surgical disciplines. This study aims to develop and assess the feasibility of a novel AR application intended to aid surgeons in the clinical assessment of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) alterations necessitating surgical intervention. The application employs a multi-modality tracking approach, combining both marker-less and marker-based tracking techniques to concurrently track the fixed portion of the joint and the movable mandible involved in TMJ. For the marker-based tracking both a planar marker with a binary QR-code pattern and a cuboid marker that contains a unique QR-code pattern on each face were tested and compared. The AR application was implemented for the HoloLens 2 head-mounted display and validated on a healthy volunteer performing the TMJ task, i.e. the opening and closing of the mouth. During the task, video recordings from the HoloLens cameras captured the horizontal and vertical excursions of the jaw movements (TMJ movements) using virtual markers anchored to the AR-displayed virtual anatomies. For validation, the video-recorded TMJ movements during AR viewing were compared with standard kinesiographic acquisitions. The findings demonstrated the consistency between the AR-derived trajectories and the kinesiography curves, especially when using the cubic Multi Target tracker to follow the moving mandible. Finally, the AR application was experienced on a patient and it was extremely useful for the surgeon to diagnose alterations in the normal kinematics of the TMJ. Future efforts should be addressed to minimize the bulkiness of the tracker and provide additional visual cues for surgeons.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142325160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guoqing Zhao, Xiaoning Chen, Paul Jones, Shaofeng Liu, Carmen Lopez, Leonardo Leoni, Denis Dennehy
{"title":"Understanding the Drivers of Industry 4.0 Technologies to Enhance Supply Chain Sustainability: Insights from the Agri-Food Industry","authors":"Guoqing Zhao, Xiaoning Chen, Paul Jones, Shaofeng Liu, Carmen Lopez, Leonardo Leoni, Denis Dennehy","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10539-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10539-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The sustainability of agri-food supply chains (AFSCs) is severely threatened by regional and global events (e.g., conflicts, natural and human-made disasters, climate crises). In response, the AFSC industry is seeking digital solutions using Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies to enhance resilience and efficiency. However, why I4.0 adoption remains stubbornly low in the agri-food industry remains poorly understood. To address this gap, this study draws on middle-range theory (MRT) and uses thematic analysis, the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process, total interpretive structural modelling, and fuzzy cross-impact matrix multiplication applied to classification to produce insights from nine case studies in China that have invested in I4.0 technologies to improve their AFSC sustainability. New drivers of I4.0 unique to the agri-food industry are identified, showing how I4.0 can contribute to the environmental, economic, and social dimensions of AFSC sustainability. The results have implications for AFSC researchers and practitioners with an interest in supply chain sustainability.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142321193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Combating Online Malicious Behavior: Integrating Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods for Harmful News and Toxic Comments","authors":"Szu-Yin Lin, Shih-Yi Chien, Yi-Zhen Chen, Yu-Hang Chien","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10540-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10540-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The surge in online media has inundated the public with information, prompting the use of sensational and provocative language to capture attention, worsening the prevalence of online malicious behavior. This study delves into machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) techniques to identify and recognize harmful news and toxic comments, aiming to counteract the detrimental impact on public perception. Effective methods for detecting and categorizing malicious content are proposed and discussed, highlighting the differences between ML and DL approaches in combating malicious behavior. The study employs feature selection methods to scrutinize the distinctive feature set and keywords linked to harmful news and toxic comments. The proposed approach yields promising outcomes, achieving a 94% accuracy rate in recognizing toxic comments, a 68% recognition accuracy for harmful news, and an 81% accuracy in classifying malicious behavior content (combining harmful news and toxic comments). By harnessing the capabilities of ML and DL, this research enriches our comprehension of and ability to mitigate malicious behavior in online media. It provides valuable insights into the practical identification and categorization of harmful news and toxic comments, highlighting the unique facets of these advanced computational strategies as they address the pressing challenges of our digital society.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142313762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}