Information Technology & People: Volume 24 Issue 3

Design and diffusion of systems for human benefit: Toward more humanistic realisation of information systems in society

John R. Venable, Jan Pries‐Heje, Deborah Bunker, Nancy L. Russo

This paper aims to introduce this special issue of ITP on systems for human benefit (S4HB), to develop and promote the idea of S4HB, and advocate that more research be conducted…

Investigating the design process: participatory design in agile software development

Karlheinz Kautz

This paper aims to explore a case of customer and user participation in an agile software development project, which produced a tailor‐made information system for workplace…

The adoption and continued usage intention of RFID: an integrated framework

Mohammad Alamgir Hossain, Mohammed Quaddus

The purpose of this study is to examine the factors of radio frequency identification (RFID) adoption and its continuance intention in a mandatory and in a voluntary environment…

Designing and theorizing the adoption of mobile technology‐mediated ethical consumption tools

Stephanie Watts, George Wyner

The ethical consumption movement is increasingly being supported by mobile web applications that enable consumers to reward ethical companies (and punish unethical ones) with…

The role of design values in information system development for human benefit

Aditya Johri, Sumitra Nair

This paper appropriates the value sensitive design (VSD) framework to examine the role of design values in the development of an information system designed to increase…

Computer self‐efficacy in the information society: Design of learning strategies, mechanisms and skill areas

Pernilla Gripenberg

IT related skills are vital for becoming and remaining a citizen in a digitally supported information society – also for adults who are no longer in school; do not use IT in their…