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Suicide risk prediction for users with depression in question answering communities: A design based on deep learning 问答社区中抑郁症用户自杀风险预测：基于深度学习的设计

IF 8.2 2区管理学

Information & Management Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2025.104219

Haoyue Fan , Qiuju Yin , Junwei Kuang , Zhijun Yan

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When will online free product trials contribute to product sales? The impacts of trial periods 什么时候在线免费试用能促进产品销售？试用期的影响

IF 8.2 2区管理学

Information & Management Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2025.104214

Xue Yang , Yuting Xu , Lele Kang , Xueyan Yin

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Modeling cryptocurrency failure using deep learning approaches and a post-hoc interpretability algorithm 使用深度学习方法和事后可解释性算法建模加密货币故障

IF 8.2 2区管理学

Information & Management Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2025.104215

Peng Xie , Nan Li , Hongwei Du

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Allow or not? Strategic choices of competing platforms in response to ad blockers 允许还是不允许？竞争平台应对广告拦截软件的战略选择

IF 8.2 2区管理学

Information & Management Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2025.104217

Xinman Lu , Xiaoling Hou , Nan Yuan , Jun Wang

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Is “compromised algorithmic control” equivalent to “compromised performance”? The effect of algorithmic control on the performance of crowdsourced workers “算法控制受损”是否等同于“性能受损”？算法控制对众包员工绩效的影响

IF 8.2 2区管理学

Information & Management Pub Date : 2025-07-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2025.104216

Chen Lin , Chen Zhao , Zhonghua Gao , Jinlai Zhou

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Not all innovations are the same: Exploring employees’ ambidextrous innovation behavior in enterprise collaboration platforms 并不是所有的创新都是一样的：探索企业协作平台中员工的双灵巧创新行为

IF 8.2 2区管理学

Information & Management Pub Date : 2025-07-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2025.104210

Zhen Shao , Rui Zhang , Jose Benitez , Lin Zhang , Jianfeng Zhang

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Trolling in social media: A deindividuation and contagion perspective 社交媒体上的网络喷子：去个性化和传染的视角

IF 8.2 2区管理学

Information & Management Pub Date : 2025-07-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2025.104211

Mohammad Alamgir Hossain , Mohammed Quaddus , Shahriar Akter , Patrick Mikalef , Matthew Warren

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Employee Participation in Digital Transformation: From Digitalization Sentiment to Transformation Predisposition 员工参与数字化转型：从数字化情绪到转型倾向

IF 8.2 2区管理学

Information & Management Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2025.104212

Kaveh Abhari

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When do Employees Perceive Technology as Stressful? A Meta-Analysis of work-related Technostress Antecedents 员工什么时候会觉得技术有压力？与工作相关的技术压力前因的元分析

IF 8.2 2区管理学

Information & Management Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2025.104203

Magdalena Kotek , Ivana Vranjes

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Too good to be true? The impact of distinction badges on patient satisfaction with online healthcare services 好得令人难以置信？区分徽章对在线医疗保健服务患者满意度的影响

IF 8.2 2区管理学

Information & Management Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2025.104209

Hualong Yang , Le Wang , Xin (Robert) Luo , Jiahui Mo , Dan Li

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