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{"title":"“Nerds of a Feather”: Homophilic Drivers of Worldwide Video Game Viewership on Twitch","authors":"Ravi Thambusamy, E. M. Church","doi":"10.1080/1097198X.2023.2235231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1097198X.2023.2235231","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Twitch is a global online live streaming platform which is redefining how user-generated video content is produced and consumed. Streamers in countries all over the world have flocked to Twitch to broadcast themselves playing video games or engaging in other activities. Twitch has the potential to generate significant revenues for successful streamers. However, despite worldwide explosive growth in Twitch streamers, the number of streamers who actually gather a large enough viewer base to be called popular is rather small. This study examines these successful streamers and attempts to explain global Twitch viewership based on homophily and the tendencies of viewers to gravitate to streamers who seem most like themselves. A model of Twitch viewership is developed and tested based on four aspects of homophily. Ultimately, a Poisson panel regression analysis of data gathered on 207 of the most popular Twitch streamers from 27 countries shows that streamers who actively promote homophily in its various forms through their streaming practices have accrued a greater number of viewers than those who do not. The research’s implications for streamers, the Twitch platform itself, and researchers are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":45982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Information Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87657620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Twenty-Five Years of the Journal of Global Information Technology Management: A Bibliometric Analysis","authors":"Bhawana Rathore, Baidyanath Biswas, Rohit Gupta, Prashant C. Palvia","doi":"10.1080/1097198X.2023.2235229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1097198X.2023.2235229","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM) is an established and globally reputed journal in the Information Technology area, focusing on publishing international IS research. It is international in all respects: content, authors’ origin, readers’ origin, and the editorial board. The journal was established in January 1998 and completed 25 years of publication in 2022. In celebration, this study presents a comprehensive and historical overview of the leading trends of the journal since its inception. The bibliographic data was retrieved from the Scopus database and analyzed with the help of the R software. This analysis considers indicators such as the most cited articles, productive authors, influential authors, leading institutes, top countries publishing in JGITM, co-citation networks, and keyword analysis. The study also develops a graphical visualization of the networks of bibliographic data. This graphical visual helps to analyze co-citation and bibliographic coupling among the published research studies. Our results indicate a continuous and substantial increase in the quality of publications, impact factor, and a growing interest in publishing articles in the journal by a broader community of academicians and scholars. We hope this information will be of significant value to JGITM’s audience: the readers and past and future authors.","PeriodicalId":45982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Information Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89882150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Towards an Embeddedness View of IT Professionals: An Agenda for the Next-Generation Global IT Workforce","authors":"Michael Dinger, Julie T. Wade, J. Thatcher","doi":"10.1080/1097198x.2023.2237377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1097198x.2023.2237377","url":null,"abstract":"Imagine, for a moment, that you are a software developer for a major bank. Things were different when you started some 20 years ago. Everyone came to work at the office. You discussed development projects with your team face to face, sometimes in formal meetings, sometimes just in casual chats. You had desks near each other. People went to lunch together from time to time or grabbed a drink after work on occasion. Some of your colleagues were “work friends,” if not actual friends. You lived in the same area, commuted to the same office, and had some good times together. Time passed and things changed. Some colleagues left for greener pastures. A few got promoted into managerial roles. Some retired. Instead of directly replacing many of those that left or retired, your employer now supplements IT work with contract labor sourced internationally from a country about a dozen time zones away. You have an IT contractor that is assigned to work with you, and you’re supposed to enhance your own productivity by giving them tasks that help you get your projects done. Understandably, there is a bit of a language and culture barrier, but you like them, and they work hard. They’ve been very upfront about appreciating the work and opportunity. Still, this isn’t really what you had in mind when you picked a career in software development – you never wanted to be a manager, even of just one person. You want your contractor to have work so they can help support their family, but you didn’t want to be responsible for someone else’s welfare. They regularly ask you for more work. Sometimes you have something else you can give them, and sometimes you don’t. You feel bad when you don’t. Also, if you’re honest, usually their work is solid, but sometimes it . . . isn’t. So you must consider how important something is before handing it off, because you need to do the critical work yourself. This isn’t the only thing that’s different now. More and more people started working remotely, but this really boomed post-Covid. Now, pretty much everyone works remotely. Given the new paradigm and how little you need to go in, you recently moved over an hour from the office. Meetings are all on Zoom and don’t happen that often. When they do happen, your team lead is the only one who turns their camera on. Occasionally. What used to be daily chats and a regular lunch with long-time work friends is now the occasional e-mail with newer colleagues who you have yet to meet in person. It’s not all bad, obviously. Your work-life balance is great, and, in general, you feel happier than ever. You still get just as much done, if not more. However, you don’t have a stressful commute, you have incredibly flexible hours, and you’ve realized how much more you can focus on your family and personal life when you don’t have to spend so much time in the office every week. Not being in the office much, you do wonder if you’ve become more expendable because you worry management now has you and your IT","PeriodicalId":45982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Information Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90338256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Readiness for Enterprise Social Media: A Multi-Country Investigation of User Cultural Values and Intention to Use","authors":"Aimee Jacobs, Yu-chun Pan, Yen-Chen Ho","doi":"10.1080/1097198X.2023.2200509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1097198X.2023.2200509","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Enterprise Social Media (ESM) empowers connections throughout an organization in real-time. However, research reveals that enterprise-wide adoption is a challenge for businesses. Research indicates that culture is one of the impediments to enterprise-wide adoption. Thus, a deeper understanding of the cultural influence on organizational readiness will help organizations plan more effectively. Schwartz’s cultural framework was used in a quantitative study to investigate the intention to use ESM at various levels in multiple countries. The participants’ responses were analyzed using structural equation modeling, including multiple group analysis. The test results suggest significant effects of autonomy and egalitarianism on individuals’ intention to adopt ESM. However, contrary to previous research, the effects of egalitarianism were found to be negative. This study emphasizes the importance of cultural values in shaping individuals’ intentions to use ESM, which contributes to organizational readiness for ESM adoption. The findings of this study provide organizations with awareness of cultural influences on intention to use ESM and can help organizations identify potential barriers to ESM adoption readiness.","PeriodicalId":45982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Information Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79332687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Role of Information Technology During COVID-19: Asset or Obstacle?","authors":"R. Sabherwal","doi":"10.1080/1097198X.2023.2200424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1097198X.2023.2200424","url":null,"abstract":"Over 6.8 million deaths, and over 760 million confirmed cases over time! These astronomical numbers from the World Health Organization’s March 16, 2023 report reflect the catastrophic impact coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an infectious disease that is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has had on our world. Although the effects have decreased in recent times, they continue to be significant. Based on a quick analysis of publicly available data, 26906 individuals died across the world due to COVID-19 in the 28-day period from February 16, 2022, to March 15, 2023, i.e., a daily average of 961. Moreover, the number of daily deaths has declined in all six continents. During the same period, about 3.92 million new cases were confirmed, for a daily average of about 140,000. The number of confirmed cases has been dropping since February 2022, both worldwide and in five of the six continents. Asia continues to have an increasing number of confirmed cases. However, this continuing rise in confirmed cases is largely influenced by China, which has shown a continuing rapid increase in the number of cases; the rest of Asia is similar to the other five continents with declining number of cases. Amidst this global pandemic, which has caused worldwide economic problems and has been viewed as “a tipping point of historic proportions” (McKinsey, 2020), information technology (IT) has played a prominent role, with significant effects on individuals as well as organizations. This editorial examines some of those effects, including some that could be viewed as positive, and some that could be seen as negative.","PeriodicalId":45982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Information Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72383528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Science Mapping of Digital Transformation in Business: A Bibliometric Analysis and Research Outlook","authors":"Roberto Vinaja","doi":"10.1080/1097198X.2023.2200707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1097198X.2023.2200707","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Information Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77882629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Common or Not? Variations in E-Commerce Adoption Factors Between India and the USA","authors":"Reuban Gnana Asir T","doi":"10.1080/1097198X.2023.2200382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1097198X.2023.2200382","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The e-commerce adoption rate is not the same across countries, and there are significant variations. While most technology adoption research has been carried out in on ecommerce across countries, this study focuses on introducing novel constructs with a mix of cross-cultural study. The present study therefore uses a sample mix from a developed nation (the USA) and a developing nation (India) to explore the e-commerce adoption factors. In this study, the supportive factors of perceived trust are hypothesized as causal factors for e-commerce adoption and studied with USA and India results. The factors considered in the proposed model are: hedonic motivation; comparison shopping; and perceived trust (further classified as honesty, benevolence, and competence). The study used Amazon’s MTurk to collect data from Indian (n = 471) and US (n = 440) respondents. The results of the multi-group moderation technique reveal that honesty, comparison shopping, and hedonic motivation were stronger for the US sample, while benevolence and comfort were stronger for the Indian sample. Based on the results, theoretical contributions, managerial implications, and future research directions are discussed.","PeriodicalId":45982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Information Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74434565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Comparative Analysis of E-Government in Jamaica and Singapore: An Exploratory Study of Supply-Side Factors","authors":"Odayne Haughton, D. Barnes","doi":"10.1080/1097198X.2023.2200395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1097198X.2023.2200395","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The paper compares the case of Jamaica, which despite a two-decade-long journey, has experienced unsatisfactory progress in implementing e-Government, with that of Singapore, which has achieved considerable success, despite being small island-states of similar-sized populations with British colonial histories, with both nations gaining their independence around the same time in the mid-1960s. Qualitative data gathered from interviews and documentation from supply-side stakeholders were analyzed to better understand the drivers for, and barriers to, the successful implementation of e-Government initiatives. Based on the existing literature, a novel conceptual framework was used to guide the data collection and analysis process. This enabled the presence of previously identified drivers and barriers for e-Government initiatives to be assessed in the context of both countries. The study was also able to surface new and additional factors influencing e-Government implementation, which have not been previously identified within the e-Government research literature, namely Administration/Leadership, e-Readiness, and Communication. The research findings enabled practical and actionable recommendations to those leading e-Government initiatives in Jamaica to improve implementation by overcoming forces that hinder progress. The findings from this study are limited as the research draws on data from limited sources in just two countries.","PeriodicalId":45982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Information Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76776560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An Interview with Bryan Garcia, Chief Technology Officer, FinLocker, USA Leading FinTech with Cloud and Artificial Intelligence","authors":"V. Singh, K. Joshi","doi":"10.1080/1097198x.2023.2201528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1097198x.2023.2201528","url":null,"abstract":"This interview provides insights into how a leading FinTech company – FinLocker is leveraging cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to offer solutions to multiple stakeholders in the mortgage industry, including mortgage originators, lenders, servicers, banks, credit unions, and credit counse-lors. The company provides personalized financial solutions and experiences to customers of the above stakeholders. Currently, FinLocker operates in U.S. and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. FinLocker has adopted cloud computing and it is exploring a wide range of AI technologies to solve challenging problems in the FinTech industry. Bryan Garcia is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at FinLocker. He leads all aspects of FinLocker Technology & Data Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Compliance, and AI/Machine Learning (ML) efforts. He also leads collaborations with various industry partners on advancing data standards, and for the application of Artificial Intelligence in product development and deployments. JGITM","PeriodicalId":45982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Information Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83143355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Chinese typewriter: A history","authors":"V. Kleist","doi":"10.1080/1097198x.2023.2167560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1097198x.2023.2167560","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Information Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88765547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}