Zhiyong Yang , Franklin Velasco Vizcaíno , Manhui Jin
{"title":"Enhancing patient wellbeing through telemedicine services: The impact of cognitive and affective service quality ratings and physicians’ long-term orientation","authors":"Zhiyong Yang , Franklin Velasco Vizcaíno , Manhui Jin","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2025.102873","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2025.102873","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research employs a multi-study approach to examine how patient wellbeing is enhanced through cognitive and affective aspects of telemedicine services. In Study 1, based on a sample of 67 physicians and 370 patients, both cognitive and affective telemedicine ratings are shown to positively impact patients’ perceived wellbeing enhancement, with cognitive ratings exerting a stronger effect than affective ratings. Additionally, the effect of affective ratings diminishes as cognitive ratings increase or when physicians exhibit a stronger long-term orientation. Study 2 replicates main findings of Study 1 and further extends the analysis by incorporating a new measure of wellbeing enhancement that captures changes in patients’ physical, social, mental wellbeing. Theoretical contributions and managerial implications for enhancing telemedicine service quality are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 102873"},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143144807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Suraksha Gupta, YiChuan Wang, Parth Patel, Michael Czinkota
{"title":"Navigating the future of AI in marketing: AI integration across borders, ethical considerations, and policy implications","authors":"Suraksha Gupta, YiChuan Wang, Parth Patel, Michael Czinkota","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2025.102871","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2025.102871","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The superior computing power of modern technologies, combined with their ability to provide insights through analytics on rich data sets, is helping companies enhance performance across all areas. Consequently, companies are increasingly deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to synchronise, reshape, and restructure their resources to achieve business objectives and enhance customer engagement in marketing efforts. AI facilitates marketing strategies by delivering personalised experiences to both local and international customers. However, the rapid pace of innovation in AI and the absence of comprehensive regulatory frameworks pose concerns. These gaps make it challenging for companies to ensure that their AI applications are compliant and safeguard stakeholder interests. Therefore, transitioning into the AI domain carries risks for companies aiming to maintain an ethical and responsible image. To mitigate these risks, integrating responsible AI usage into corporate policies can serve as a critical first step for companies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 102871"},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143144042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xuebing Dong , Chuanzhi Hu , Jonas Heller , Nianqi Deng
{"title":"Does using augmented reality in online shopping affect post-purchase product perceptions? A mixed design using machine-learning based sentiment analysis, lab experiments, and focus groups","authors":"Xuebing Dong , Chuanzhi Hu , Jonas Heller , Nianqi Deng","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2025.102872","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2025.102872","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the advent of augmented reality (AR) use in online retailing, scholars have increasingly focused on its impact on consumers’ online shopping decisions. While numerous studies have examined AR applications in online retailing during the pre- and mid-purchase stages, limited research has explored the influence of AR use on consumers’ evaluation of product perceptions in the post-purchase stage. This study examines whether and how AR use enhances consumers’ post-purchase evaluation of product perceptions. Using a mixed-method design, encompassing machine-learning based sentiment analysis, lab experiments, and semi-structured focus groups, we found that AR use positively influenced consumers’ perceptions of a product’s aesthetic, functional, and service dimensions. Furthermore, we determined that consumer expectations mediated the improvement in product perceptions in the post-purchase stage, with the degree of body involvement in the product and brand familiarity moderating this mediation. These results extend the existing AR literature by highlighting the impact of AR technology on consumers’ post-purchase evaluation of product perceptions. The study also offers important practical guidance for retail platforms and product manufacturers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 102872"},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143144043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julia Stefanie Roppelt , Andreas Schuster , Nina Sophie Greimel , Dominik K. Kanbach , Kakoli Sen
{"title":"Towards effective adoption of artificial intelligence in talent acquisition: A mixed method study","authors":"Julia Stefanie Roppelt , Andreas Schuster , Nina Sophie Greimel , Dominik K. Kanbach , Kakoli Sen","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2025.102870","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2025.102870","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Artificial intelligence (AI) emerges as a promising technology to address burgeoning challenges resulting from shifting demographics, coupled with a shortage of qualified personnel. Thus, the adoption of AI creates especially interest within the talent acquisition (TA) domain to realize anticipated efficiency gains. However, evidence suggests that AI adoption may foster the emergence of harmful forms of practices (HFP) within TA practices. Despite the importance, respective empirical studies collecting data to generate insights remain sparse. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate HFP and underlying drivers through a mixed-method approach. At the first stage, we conducted in-depth interviews with 42 TA experts. The resulting insights informed the development of the <em>'Adoption of AI in TA: Framework on Negative Consequences</em>.' This model suggests that a confluence of technological, individual, and organizational factors can result in the emergence of HFP post-AI adoption. Such potential HFP include <em>biased decision-making</em>, <em>data privacy violations</em>, and <em>efficiency reduction</em>. Then, we validated our qualitative findings and confirmed our hypotheses by employing a quantitative, survey-based approach with 303 valid study participants. By shedding light on potential HFP through AI adoption in TA and respective catalysts, our research empowers both information technology and TA professionals to proactively engage in mitigation strategies. In this vein, they may successfully navigate the complex landscape of AI adoption. Hence, this study adds to research on effective AI adoption in TA.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 102870"},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143144644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Petrescu , Marie-Odile Richard , Aidin Namin , Burak Cankaya
{"title":"Technology emancipative and traditionalist value in cross-cultural market segmentation","authors":"Maria Petrescu , Marie-Odile Richard , Aidin Namin , Burak Cankaya","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102868","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102868","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article identifies five key consumer segments based on digital technology-related behavior, attitudes toward technology (ATT), and cultural values, using cross-cultural data from the large-scale World Values Survey and national data from Pew Research data, and a combination of traditional clustering, latent class analysis, and explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) methods. The segments— Moderate Tech Enthusiasts, Highly Religious Traditionalists, Tech-Savvy Cosmopolitans, Secular Emancipatives, and Conservative Technophobes— reveal varying degrees of technology adoption and cosmopolitanism across cultures. The results indicate the interconnectedness between consumer behavior and attitudes toward technology, emancipative values, religiosity, political orientation, and cosmopolitanism, as well as the influence of demographic factors such as age, income, education, and region. The findings offer valuable insights into developing targeted, culturally sensitive international marketing strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102868"},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143167205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lefa Teng , Hongyan Wang , Xinran Wang , Lianne Foti
{"title":"Unlocking the potential of virtual endorsers: The role of brand-owned and brand-non-owned virtual endorsers in shaping brand attitude","authors":"Lefa Teng , Hongyan Wang , Xinran Wang , Lianne Foti","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102864","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102864","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As digital marketing evolves, virtual endorsers have become a key strategy for brands to attract and connect with consumers. More and more brands are using both brand-owned and brand-non-owned virtual endorsers. While existing research has largely focused on comparing virtual and human endorsers and typically categorizes virtual endorsers as human-like or cartoon-like, systematic studies on brand-owned and brand-non-owned virtual endorsers are still lacking. This research employs a mixed-method approach to explore the attributes of brand-owned and brand-non-owned virtual endorsers and their effects on brand attitude. Through qualitative methods, including focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, and essay writing, we identified ten key attributes of brand-owned and brand-non-owned virtual endorsers: endorser-brand match, independence, popularity, uniqueness, credibility, interactivity, informativeness, flexibility, novelty, and stability. Quantitative research using a survey demonstrated that both types of virtual endorsers and their attributes significantly enhance brand attitude. Additionally, an experiment explored the effects of brand-owned versus brand-non-owned virtual endorsers on brand attitude, brand association, and purchase intention across collectivist and individualist cultures. This research systematically investigates brand-owned and brand-non-owned virtual endorsers, enriching theoretical insights in digital marketing and advertising, and providing practical guidance for brands in selecting and managing virtual endorsers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102864"},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143167204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Action research and design science, Newton and Darwin, and why IS researchers should try HARDS with Big Tech","authors":"Ned Kock","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102866","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102866","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Those of us who do research in the field of IS, and who are in schools of business, are commonly faced with rather dim view of the field, figuratively speaking: finance is royalty, accounting is nobility, and the rest (including IS) proudly occupy the house of commons. A major point that is made in this paper is that this can change if IS researchers employ a holistic action research and design science (HARDS) approach, in a way that draws inspiration from the academic trajectories of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. It is also argued that IS researchers can particularly benefit from employing HARDS by building closer ties with big technology companies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102866"},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143167203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Helping others is helping oneself: A mixed-methods investigation of antecedents driving consumer engagement in the value co-creation of mHealth platforms","authors":"Chuanhui Wu , Zixin Yang , Qinjian Yuan , Haitao Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102867","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102867","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Consumer engagement in co-creation is crucial for maintaining a successful and sustainable mobile health (mHealth) ecosystem, as multiple stages of mHealth services require consumer engagement, collaboration, and evaluation. Unlike online health communities and offline medical institutions, mHealth encompasses a technology focus and human-technology interaction. Compared to healthcare providers primarily driven by economic interests, there is a lack of empirical evidence concerning what drives consumer engagement in the co-creation of mHealth. Thus, we adopted a mixed-method design consisting of two qualitative and two quantitative studies. Specifically, we identified four key dimensions through an exploratory qualitative study: quality, interactive factors, technical cognition, and trust. Then, we further analyzed the interrelationship between constructs and proposed our proposed framework based on the DeLone and McLean IS success (D&M) model. Two quantitative studies validated the applicability of the proposed framework in large sample sizes and cross-country contexts (China and the US). In addition, considering the possible asymmetric relationship between the antecedents and consumer engagement, we utilized the fsQCA method to reveal its configuration patterns. Our results further enrich the stream of mHealth research in the information system (IS) fields and value co-creation in technology-enabled healthcare services. Moreover, our focus on technology factors provides opportunities for system design and improvement of mHealth.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102867"},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143167202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Patient-centered doctor recommender system of online health communities: A multidimensional sequence alignment approach","authors":"Xue Meng, Jianghua Zhang, Xuemei Fu","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102865","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102865","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study develops a patient-centered Doctor Recommender System (DRS), facilitating patients' doctor choice performance by calculating doctors' \"biological distance\" based on Multidimensional Sequence Alignment (MSA) method. The distance is measured by doctor-patient interaction attributes, which are acquired from a combination of Levenshtein Distance and opinion mining technology. The XGBoost is used to identify the importance of these attributes. The precision of patient-centered DRS is 72.60 %, and the recommended doctors are significantly different from the doctors chosen by patients lacking medical knowledge. It not only furnishes practical guidance for OHCs in increasing patients' consulting satisfaction, but also illuminates the important properties in improving doctors' popularity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102865"},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143167201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of perceived risk on consumers’ intention and behavior in cross-border e-commerce transactions: A case study of the Tmall Global platform","authors":"Dan Ma , Jialing Dong , Chien-Chiang Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102854","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102854","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the rapid development of economic integration and information technology, cross-border e-commerce has become the most important form of e-commerce. However, there are currently many uncertainties in cross-border online shopping, and the low physical proximity exacerbates the psychological distance, perceived risk, and lack of trust, all of which affect consumer decision-making to a considerable extent. This study adopts both quantitative and qualitative methods. A questionnaire survey was conducted among consumers using the Tmall Global platform in Chinese-speaking (433 individuals) and non-Chinese-speaking (379 individuals) regions, and structural equation modeling was used for data analysis. We also conducted a focus group discussion to interpret the quantitative results and provide recommendations for platform improvements. The results show that perceived risk has a negative effect on consumers’ intentions and behaviors to purchase and recommend the platform. Perceived risk can reduce the level of trust, whereas trust and intention can promote consumer behavior.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102854"},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142704561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}