Kybernetes: Volume 52 Issue 9

Guest editorial: CyberSystemic implications on the future of societies

Co-evolutionary hybrid intelligence is a key concept for the world intellectualization

This study aims to show the inconsistency of the approach to the development of artificial intelligence as an independent tool (just one more tool that humans have developed); to…

Transferring artificial intelligence practices between collaborative robotics and autonomous driving

Collaborative robotics and autonomous driving are fairly new disciplines, still with a long way to go to achieve goals, set by the research community, manufacturers and users. For…

On the dynamic neural network toolbox design for identification, estimation and control

There are common problems in the identification of uncertain nonlinear systems, nonparametric approximation, state estimation, and automatic control. Dynamic neural network (DNN…

Requisite trust requirements for digital society development

This study aims to demonstrate the importance of the requisite trust for the processes of digitalization of business, the state and society in general.

Data sharing concepts: a viable system model diagnosis

Artificial intelligence (AI) reasoning is fuelled by high-quality, detailed behavioural data. These can usually be obtained by the biometrical sensors embedded in smart devices…

Social network analysis to understand the dynamics of global supply chains

The aim of this study is to increase the understanding of collaborative relationships and assess according to the project size, the influence of the contributory factors in…

Dark personality triad and cyberentrepreneurial intentions: the mediation of cyberentrepreneurial self-efficacy and moderation of positive thinking

Advancement and disruptions in technologies have attracted cyberentrepreneurs globally, but what factors influence their intentions is an area that requires in-depth…

Critical variables for assessing the effectiveness of electronic customer relationship management systems in online shopping

Nowadays, businesses globally are scrambling to keep up with the latest trend of adopting Information Technology (IT) tools like electronic customer relationship management…

Digital inclusive finance, economic growth and innovative development

This paper aims to explore the impact of digital inclusive finance (DIF) on regional economic growth and innovation-driven development.

Turn the table around: workplace incivility, coworker deviance, turnover intentions and nurses' job performance

The present study aims to analyze the effect of workplace incivility and coworker deviant behavior on turnover intentions and nurses' job performance.

Knowledge-based HR practices, π-shaped skills and innovative performance in the contemporary organizations

As technology accelerates, the pace of innovation and product and process life cycles have significantly decreased. Firms seek to leverage their employees' efforts, particularly…

Bibliometric study on SDG 6: analysing main content aspects by using Web of Science data from 2015 to 2021

The purpose of the article is to understand how the literature has been addressing the United Nations' Sixth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to obtain an overview of the…

ICT – a surviving tool for economy in the phase of social distancing: a systematic literature review

The purpose of this study is to recognise the role of information and communication technology (ICT) tools in different sectors like Education, Health Care, Business, FMCG and…

Assessing the impact of ICT adoption on residents' self-rated health: evidence from China

Utilizing data from the 2017 Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS2017), the paper aims to investigate the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) adoption on…

Impact of big data usage on product and process innovation: the role of data diagnosticity

In today's business environment, big data is viewed as the “new oil,” which is rapidly changing the traditional business models and mode of operations. According to commentaries…

Course complexity in engineering education using E-learner's affective-state prediction

Affective states in learning have gained immense attention in education. The precise affective-states prediction can increase the learning gain by adapting targeted interventions…

Does fear of COVID-19 undermine career optimism? A time-lagged quantitative inquiry of non-managerial employees

This study intends to examine the impact of a fear of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on workers' career optimism via perceived job insecurity among non-managerial working…

How do businesses achieve sustainable success and gain a competitive advantage in the green era?

To attain green economic efficiency, small, micro and medium-sized firms must follow environmental paradigms. This research aims to discover the relationship between green…

Smart grid reliability evaluation and assessment

Smart grid is an integration between traditional electricity grid and communication systems and networks. Providing reliable services and functions is a critical challenge for the…

Generating destination brand awareness and image through the firm's social media

The role of social media in the tourism industry growth cannot be ignored, because today the internet and social media platforms are one of the most popular information channels…

Modeling combined economic emission dispatch for renewable energy system via Levy-based glowworm swarm optimization

Currently, more renewable energy resources with advanced technology levels are incorporated in the electric power networks. Under this circumstance, the attainment of optimal…

Research on the path choice behavior of donated materials under major epidemics

In the face of major disasters, the Chinese people's willingness to donate has increased and the result is that the donation paths have increased. However, there are certain…

Complex characteristics analysis of time-delay digital supply chain driven by cybersecurity

The purpose of this study is to analyze the short-term development pattern and long-term development trend of the digital supply chain.

Government policies for e-commerce supply chain with fairness concerns towards sustainable remanufacturing

This paper aims to explore the effect of fairness concerns on supply chain members' optimal decisions and profits, to compare their profits under different policies, and to…

Optimal service quality and pricing for App service supply chain with network externality based on four different scenarios

The paper aims to investigate the optimal service quality and pricing for a mobile application (App) service supply chain (SSC) and analyze the impact of network externality on…

A three-stage grey evaluation method for assessing the performance of interdisciplinary organizations

This study constructs a three-stage evaluation model for interdisciplinary organizations to solve their ranking problems effectively.

Are red managers greener? The relationship of communist CEOs and corporate environmental responsibility in China

As China's only ruling party, will the Communist Party influence corporate decisions? The purpose of this paper is to examine whether and how the political ideology of CEOs…

Multi-skilled worker assignment in seru production system for the trade-off between production efficiency and workload fairness

The paper formulates a bi-objective mixed-integer nonlinear programming model, aimed at minimizing the total labor hours and the workload unfairness for the multi-skilled worker…

Realization path of social capital “exit from virtual to real”: evidence from China

How to realize social capital “exit from virtual to real” has become not only a hot issue that elicited economists' and the practice field's concern but also a key economic…

A participative system methodology to model pest dynamics in an agricultural setting

This study aims to identify the most relevant causal factors and the feedback loops of the dynamics between Tuta absoluta incidence in tomato crops and farmers' reactions to the…

The influence of entrepreneurial leadership on employee improvisation in new ventures: based on cognitive-affective processing system framework

Employee improvisation is valuable in seizing opportunities, creating radically new ideas and dealing with unexpected events. It is increasingly important for new ventures in…

Visual social network group consensus method with improved PageRank algorithm

The purpose of this study is to build a consensus model of social network group decision-making (SNGDM) based on improved PageRank algorithm. By objectively and fairly measuring…

A novel ensemble approach based on MCC and MCDM methods for prioritizing tweets mentioning urban issues in smart city

Social media platform, like Twitter, has increasingly become the mode of reporting civic issues owing to their vast and fast reachability. A tremendous amount of information on…

Analysing the impact of high-tech industry on regional competitiveness with principal component analysis method based on the new development concept

This study explores how to develop high-tech industries in Hunan province and enhance regional competitiveness. Through the comprehensive quantitative analysis of the development…

Oilseed warehouse location selection with an integrated approach: a case of Turkey

Agricultural sector not only meets the nutritional requirements of all living creatures but also generates the primary source of the raw material provided by various branches of…

Understanding online shopping hate in social commerce context: antecedents and consequences of psychological reactance

This study explores the underlying mechanism of psychological reactance that leads to online shopping hate in social commerce. Based on self-congruity and psychological reactance…

Trust and knowledge sharing in project teams in construction industry of Pakistan: moderating role of perceived behavioral control

This research aims to study the relationship between trust and knowledge sharing intention. Furthermore, the overarching objective of this study also determines the moderating…

A trust-enhanced consensus reaching model based on interaction among decision-makers with incomplete preferences

The development of social networks enhances the interaction between people, which brings new challenges to the research of group decision-making (GDM). This study aims at the…

Chatbots in the frontline: drivers of acceptance

By extending the service robot acceptance model (sRAM), this study aims to explore and enhance the acceptance of chatbots. The study considered functional, relational, social…

Home health care routing and scheduling problem with different groups of patients and health workers

In this study, the authors investigate a different routing and scheduling problem in the field of home health care (HHC) management system. The purpose of this paper is to route…

The effect of individual perceived dissimilarity on social media fatigue: the mediating role of social anxiety

The increasing social media use has been widely recognized for its adverse effects, such as social media fatigue. With the continuously increasing friends on social media, the…