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{"title":"“Real impact”: Challenges and opportunities in bridging the gap between research and practice – Making a difference in industry, policy, and society","authors":"Yogesh K. Dwivedi,&nbsp;Anand Jeyaraj,&nbsp;Laurie Hughes,&nbsp;Gareth H. Davies,&nbsp;Manju Ahuja ,&nbsp;Mousa Ahmed Albashrawi ,&nbsp;Adil S. Al-Busaidi ,&nbsp;Salah Al-Sharhan ,&nbsp;Khalid Ibrahim Al-Sulaiti ,&nbsp;Levent Altinay ,&nbsp;Shem Amalaya ,&nbsp;Sunil Archak ,&nbsp;María Teresa Ballestar ,&nbsp;Shonil A. Bhagwat ,&nbsp;Anandhi Bharadwaj ,&nbsp;Amit Bhushan ,&nbsp;Indranil Bose ,&nbsp;Pawan Budhwar ,&nbsp;Deborah Bunker ,&nbsp;Alexandru Capatina ,&nbsp;Paul Walton","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102750","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102750","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Achieving impact from academic research is a challenging, complex, multifaceted, and interconnected topic with a number of competing priorities and key performance indicators driving the extent and reach of meaningful and measurable benefits from research. Academic researchers are incentivised to publish their research in high-ranking journals and academic conferences but also to demonstrate the impact of their outputs through metrics such as citation counts, altmetrics, policy and practice impacts, and demonstrable institutional decision-making influence. However, academic research has been criticized for: its theoretical emphasis, high degree of complexity, jargon-heavy language, disconnect from industry and societal needs, overly complex and lengthy publishing timeframe, and misalignment between academic and industry objectives. Initiatives such as collaborative research projects and technology transfer offices have attempted to deliver meaningful impact, but significant barriers remain in the identification and evaluation of tangible impact from academic research. This editorial focusses on these aspects to deliver a multi-expert perspective on impact by developing an agenda to deliver more meaningful and demonstrable change to how “impact” can be conceptualized and measured to better align with the aims of academia, industry, and wider society. We present the 4D model - Design, Deliver, Disseminate, and Demonstrate - to provide a structured approach for academia to better align research endeavors with practice and deliver meaningful, tangible benefits to stakeholders.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"78 ","pages":"Article 102750"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139874315","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":"Artificial intelligence innovation of tourism businesses: From satisfied tourists to continued service usage intention","authors":"Edward C.S. Ku ,&nbsp;Chun-Der Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102757","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102757","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The study analyzes how tourism businesses satisfy customers through artificial intelligence innovation services. Based on the socio-technical system perspective and emotions, the research framework was proposed and analyzed using the partial least squares (PLS-SEM) approach. By collecting questionnaire data over two years (2022 and 2023 from Beijing, Hangzhou, Taipei, and Singapore) and conducting in-depth interviews with a well-known travel agency and AI service development company in Taiwan, this could thus provide a combination of quantitative and qualitative evidence to enhance the study's validity. Our research findings indicate that AI innovation and new product advantage significantly enhance functional benefits, strengthening tourist satisfaction and continued AI service usage intention. However, the moderating effects of positive user experience and perceived anthropomorphism are not supported. Building upon the previous research results, this study proposes relevant theoretical contributions, practical implications, and insightful suggestions for tourism businesses seeking to implement AI services to improve customer satisfaction.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 102757"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139633813","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":"Challenges in the adoption of sustainability information systems: A study on green IS in organizations","authors":"Jeanine Kirchner-Krath ,&nbsp;Benedikt Morschheuser ,&nbsp;Nevena Sicevic ,&nbsp;Nannan Xi ,&nbsp;Harald F.O. von Korflesch ,&nbsp;Juho Hamari","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102754","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102754","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Economic, social and ecological sustainability presents one of the greatest challenges of our society. As a result, there is growing pressure on a variety of organizations to implement sustainability programs, such as inclusion training related to social sustainability, cost management programs related to economic sustainability, and perhaps most importantly, green (information) systems related to environmental sustainability. Not only is multi-faceted sustainability most beneficial to organizations at large, but also there are several categorical thresholds that organizations must meet in order to be certified. For these reasons, companies are increasingly adopting information systems (IS) for sustainability in their operations. Specifically, programs designed to influence employee motivation, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors are gaining attention. While there is a long tradition of research on technology adoption, such sustainability systems harbor several new phenomena, both with respect to individual and organizational adoption. Therefore, in this study, we explore the challenges of adopting sustainability systems in organizational contexts. Using activity theory and innovation diffusion theory, and with technology adoption theory as the backdrop of our investigation, we conduct a qualitative field study in four small- and medium- sized companies. Using both theory-guided deductive and inductive interpretation phases, we illuminate adoption challenges through combined intersections of adoption stages (knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, and confirmation) and activity domains (subject, instrument, object, community, rules). We then shed light on the severity and importance of these challenges through an expert validation study with green IS experts. In discussing the challenges in light of motivational and green IS design, we posit four dilemmas in green IS adoption that arise from tensions in the specific context of sustainability in organizations. Our findings expand existing knowledge in research on green IS, motivational IS design and sustainable behavior change interventions and yield several theoretical and practical avenues for future inquiry and endeavour.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 102754"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0268401224000021/pdfft?md5=7f3a7bd4e577b12769b7e3f0fa8f4045&pid=1-s2.0-S0268401224000021-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139631649","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}

{"title":"Artificial intelligence vs. autonomous decision-making in streaming platforms: A mixed-method approach","authors":"Ana Rita Gonçalves ,&nbsp;Diego Costa Pinto ,&nbsp;Saleh Shuqair ,&nbsp;Marlon Dalmoro ,&nbsp;Anna S. Mattila","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102748","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102748","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Although the empowerment of technology is of great value to society, little is known about its downstream effects on consumers' decisions. This research draws on the expectation–confirmation theory and autonomy in artificial intelligence (AI) and investigates how AI (vs. autonomous choice) has detrimental effects on consumer outcomes, creating an autonomy-technology tension — i.e., the conflict arising from AI technology diminishing consumers' autonomy in their choices. Four studies using a mixed-method approach reveal that the use of AI recommendations in streaming platforms creates an autonomy-technology tension that reduces consumers' performance expectancy, thus lowering their satisfaction. However, such effects are contingent on the nature of the AI recommendations. While a mismatch between AI recommendations and consumer preferences might backfire, AI's negative effect is mitigated when choices match consumers' preferences. We make significant theoretical and practical contributions to empirical research on consumers' sense of autonomy while interacting with AI.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 102748"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0268401223001299/pdfft?md5=9c8f5b1cdd022050472096509da411fb&pid=1-s2.0-S0268401223001299-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139632158","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}

{"title":"Blockchain technology and privacy regulation: Reviewing frictions and synthesizing opportunities","authors":"Oluwafemi Akanfe ,&nbsp;Diane Lawong ,&nbsp;H. Raghav Rao","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102753","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As the application of Blockchain Technology (BCT) grows across several industries<span>, its inherent decentralized and immutable nature raises some conflicting issues concerning privacy regulation. The enforcement of privacy regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) exemplifies these challenges, as certain stringent privacy requirements within GDPR may conflict with BCT's features. However, little attention is given to such critical issues. This study draws on the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) theoretical lens as a mechanism to unfold the issue. The current research focuses on exploring the tensions and the opportunities for synergy through the lens of TOE to prevent privacy regulatory compliance failure. We analyzed 71 multidisciplinary research studies that highlight the areas of friction and present a unifying structure for research synthesis. In response to the identified areas of friction and potential opportunities for coexistence, we formulate nine research propositions centered around six prominent and contentious data privacy and protection requirements within the GDPR. This research contributes to the broader discourse on privacy regulatory-compliant blockchain-based solutions by providing a theoretical foundation for future investigation into this critical area. The study suggests that reconciling BCT and privacy regulation requirements will unlock BCT's full potential, creating a secure, privacy-conscious technology infrastructure and offering practical implications and insights for policymakers.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 102753"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139480212","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":"Enhancing recommendation acceptance: Resolving the personalization–privacy paradox in recommender systems: A privacy calculus perspective","authors":"Yedi Wang ,&nbsp;Jiaji Zhu ,&nbsp;Renhuai Liu ,&nbsp;Yushi Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102755","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The concept of recommendation acceptance intention (RAI) refers to the willingness of an individual to adopt and use recommender systems. However, contemporary recommender systems, relying solely on accuracy as an evaluation metric have demonstrated subpar performance. The evolving landscape requires the integration of multiple objectives, including relevance, diversity, novelty, and coverage. This study investigates the influence of distinct product organization formats (similar vs. related products) on consumer reactions, aiming to reduce privacy concerns while achieving objectives such as relevance and variety. Grounded in the privacy calculus theory and personalization–privacy paradox framework, this study asserts that organization formats prompt consumers to evaluate a recommender system, considering both privacy risks and personalization benefits. Findings from three experiments and one qualitative study indicate that a related product organization format effectively decreases consumer perceptions of privacy violation while enhancing their perceptions of variety compared to a similar product organization format. This result contributes to RAI and shapes consumer preferences for recommender systems. Moreover, this research distinguishes the mechanisms underlying the influence of organization formats on RAI in the context of different product types, such as durable goods and consumables. This distinction enhances implications for designing recommender systems in e-commerce.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 102755"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139480211","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":"Guest editorial: More supportive or more distractive? Investigating the negative effects of technology at the customer interface","authors":"Eleonora Pantano,&nbsp;Jamie Carlson,&nbsp;Konstantina Spanaki,&nbsp;George Christodoulides","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102752","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102752","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The continuous development of technology leads to stimuli-dense consumption environments for consumers. Although the literature primarily highlighted the advantages of adopting technologies to support consumers’ decision-making process, these systems may also require too much attention and excessive effort to be considered always rewarding. Accordingly, this special issue addresses the interplay between technology-supported consumption experiences and the related distracting mechanisms triggered by this interaction in varied contexts. Specifically, the actual collection of papers in this special issue covers three main themes: (1) conceptualizing a Customer Smartphone Distraction (CSD) organizing framework, (2) drivers (including musical atmosphere, the context of the application, parasocial interaction and anthropomorphisms of virtual agents), and (3) consequences (cognitive, affective and behavioral responses, including sensory overload and discomfort).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 102752"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139749316","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":"Augmenting research methods with foundation models and generative AI","authors":"Sippo Rossi,&nbsp;Matti Rossi,&nbsp;Raghava Rao Mukkamala,&nbsp;Jason Bennett Thatcher,&nbsp;Yogesh K. Dwivedi","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102749","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102749","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Deep learning (DL) research has made remarkable progress in recent years. Natural language processing and image generation have made the leap from computer science journals to open-source communities and commercial services. Pre-trained DL models built on massive datasets, also known as foundation models, such as the GPT-3 and BERT, have led the way in democratizing artificial intelligence (AI). However, their potential use as research tools has been overshadowed by fears of how this technology can be misused. Some have argued that AI threatens scholarship, suggesting they should not replace human collaborators. Others have argued that AI creates opportunities, suggesting that AI-human collaborations could speed up research. Taking a constructive stance, this editorial outlines ways to use foundation models to advance science. We argue that DL tools can be used to create realistic experiments and make specific types of quantitative studies feasible or safer with synthetic rather than real data. All in all, we posit that the use of generative AI and foundation models as a tool in information systems research is in very early stages. Still, if we proceed cautiously and develop clear guidelines for using foundation models and generative AI, their benefits for science and scholarship far outweigh their risks.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 102749"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139636956","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":"Blockchain and agency theory in supply chain management: A question of trust","authors":"Maximiliano JEANNERET MEDINA ,&nbsp;Cédric Baudet ,&nbsp;Jean-Fabrice Lebraty","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102747","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102747","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper aims to explore how does the introduction of blockchain technologies impact trust in existing supply chain relationships. To do so, we conducted a multiple case study through the lens of agency theory. Three Swiss companies which are carrying out blockchain projects for their supply chain have been analyzed in semi-structured interviews and document analysis. Two significant findings of the impact on principal-agent relationships are stressed. Firstly, blockchain technologies can reduce the asymmetry of information, increase the control of agents, and consequently minimize the trust in the principal towards the agents. Secondly and paradoxically, the control mechanisms inherent in these technologies can decrease the agent's trust in the principal. Thus, questioning trust is necessary, both as an antecedent and an unexpected consequence when adopting blockchain technologies. Finally, we provide guidelines for initiating the adoption of blockchain technologies in supply chains.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 102747"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0268401223001287/pdfft?md5=e7aa9a73e596777184e94f8b274d58a1&pid=1-s2.0-S0268401223001287-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139457177","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}

{"title":"Technology distraction in Generation Z: The effects on consumer responses, sensory overload, and discomfort","authors":"Constantinos Vasilios Priporas ,&nbsp;Shahzeb Hussain ,&nbsp;Suyash Khaneja ,&nbsp;Hafizur Rahman","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102751","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102751","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Drawing on social cognitive theory, this study examines the effects of technology distraction on consumers’ responses, sensory overload, and discomfort. Its three objectives are: (i) to explore the effects of technology distraction on three types of consumer responses, i.e. cognitive, affective, and behavioural responses; (ii) to explore the effects of technology distraction on sensory overload; and (iii) to explore the effects of technology distraction on discomfort. To achieve these objectives, two </span>qualitative studies<span> were carried out. In Study 1, 25 semi-structured interviews were conducted with members of Generation Z in London, UK. Its purpose was to devise a model based on the objectives. In Study 2, 12 practitioners and academics specialising in technology-related disciplines were consulted to explore the practical utility of the model. Thematic analysis by means of NVivo 12 was carried out. The findings confirm all the objectives were achieved based on social cognitive theory, with a few additional suggestions collected from Study 2. The main implications for researchers and technology firms are provided, along with the study’s limitations and possibilities for future research.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 102751"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139455808","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}