Information Technology & People: Volume 34 Issue 5

The empowerment of singleton daughters: exploring the gender digital divide among Chinese college students

Puxin Zhang, Lian Wang, Chun Liu

Existing researches find that a gender difference exists in terms of Internet usage. In China, the singleton daughters resulting from China's one-child policy enjoy unprecedented…

The role of integrated offline/online social activity and social identification in Facebook citizenship behaviour formation

Zeeshan Ahmed Bhatti, Ghulam Ali Arain, Hina Mahboob Yasin, Muhammad Asif Khan, Muhammad Shakaib Akram

Drawing on social identity theory and prosocial behaviour research, this study explores how people's integration of their offline and online social activities through Facebook…

Does multitasking computer self-efficacy mitigate the impact of social media affordances on overload and fatigue among professionals?

A.K.M. Najmul Islam, Eoin Whelan, Stoney Brooks

This paper investigates the moderating role of multitasking computer self-efficacy on the relationship between social media affordances and social media overload as well as its…

Continuous e-learning at the workplace: the passport for the future of knowledge

Amra Kapo, Alisa Mujkic, Lejla Turulja, Jasna Kovačević

Conceptual model in this paper combines existing scientific knowledge grounded in theories of planned behavior, diffusion of innovation and a unified theory of acceptance and use…

The “Right” recipes for security culture: a competing values model perspective

Hwee-Joo Kam, Thomas Mattson, Dan J. Kim

This study argues that the effect of perceived organizational culture on the formation of security-related subjective norms and the level of compliance pressure will vary based on…

Why organizations fail to share knowledge: an empirical investigation and opportunities for improvement

John Israilidis, Evangelia Siachou, Stephen Kelly

This paper explores critical failure factors (CFFs) in the context of knowledge sharing. It provides further insights into what can cause knowledge- sharing failures, inflexible…