Kybernetes: Volume 49 Issue 5

A new model for assessing the role of customer behavior history, product classification, and prices on the success of the recommender systems in e-commerce

Karzan Wakil, Fatemeh Alyari, Mahdi Ghasvari, Zahra Lesani, Lila Rajabion

This paper aims to propose a new method for evaluating the success of the recommender systems based on customer history, product classification and prices criteria in the…

The integration role of governmental information disclosure platform: An evolutionary game analysis of corporate environmental monitoring data fraud

Jing Peng, Guoping Tu, Yanhong Liu, Hao Zhang, Bibing Leng

The purpose of this paper is to provide a feasible scheme for local governments to regulate corporate environmental data fraud and to discuss whether the influence of the…

Does unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) reduce resistance and anxiety of individuals towards a new system?

Aygul Donmez-Turan

Technology acceptance is an incremental approach that has developed over the years. Taking technology acceptance or adoption literature into consideration, the paper aims to…

How can entrepreneurs achieve success in chaos?: The effects of entrepreneurs’ effectuation on new venture performance in China

Lihui Xia, Biao Luo, Ying Sun

This paper aims to explore the mediating role of organizational entrepreneurial capability in the link between entrepreneurs’ effectuation and new venture performance, and whether…

Citizen engagement in the “post-truth era”: A knowledge management inquiry into the online spread of information

Andreia Gabriela Andrei, Adriana Zait, Claudia Stoian, Oana Tugulea, Adriana Manolica

The purpose of this study is to analyze citizen engagement and to explain the underlying mechanism that makes well-intended people to act as disinformation amplifiers in the…

Determinants of voting avoidance On mobile social media: evidence from WeChat in China

Shengliang Zhang, Yuan Chen, Xiaodong Li, Guowei Dou

The purpose of this study is to use role expectation theory to identify potential determinants of user voting avoidance on mobile social media.

Validation of a digital intelligence quotient questionnaire for employee of small and medium-sized Thai enterprises using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis

Khahan Na-Nan, Theerawat Roopleam, Natthaya Wongsuwan

The purpose of this paper is to develop a digital intelligence quotient (DIQ) scale questionnaire that encompasses the digital identity, digital use, digital safety, digital…

A hybrid FCM-VIKOR approach to family economic policy-making

Seyyede Ashraf Mousavi Loghman, Alireza Moini, Mir Saman Pishvaee

This paper aims to present a systematic methodology to study different economic labor policies and their impacts on women and families. As women entered into the labor market, the…

Research on decision-making behavior of crowdsourcing task based on loss aversion and incentive level

Liang Wang, Tingjia Xu, Jie Chen

The purpose of this paper is to study the decision-making behavior of the initiator and the participant under innovative and project-based tasks, respectively. It further explores…

Norbert Wiener Memorial Gold medal is awarded to Matjaž Mulej

Igor Perko, Raul Espejo

The purpose of this memorandum is to share the awarding of one of the most prestigious recognitions in systems thinking and cybernetics: The World Organisation of Systems and…

Optimal production lot sizing for an imperfect manufacturing system with machine breakdown and emergency maintenance policy

Xinfeng Lai, Zhixiang Chen, Bhaba R. Sarker

The purpose of this paper is to study a production lot sizing problem with consideration of imperfect manufacturing and emergency maintenance policy, providing managerial…

Impact of hedonic motivation and corporate culture on the adoption of an information system

Imane Beqqali Hassani, Razane Chroqui, Chafik Okar, Mohamed Talea, Ahmed Ouiddad

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of corporate culture (CC) and hedonic motivation (HM) on the adoption of an information system (IS) inside a Moroccan company…