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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Please distribute to
colleagues and relevant lists.<br>
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 13, NUMBER 3, (July 2010) OF THE JOURNAL OF GLOBAL
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (JGITM)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Note that JGITM is now among the elite group of MIS journals
included in the prestigious Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).<span style=""> </span>It will be included in both SSCI and
CC/S&BS, both produced by Thomson Reuters.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://jgitm.uncg.edu/">http://jgitm.uncg.edu/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Publisher: Ivy League
Publishing, <a href="http://www.ivylp.com/">http://www.ivylp.com</a>, email:
<a href="mailto:admin@ivylp.com">admin@ivylp.com</a><br>
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IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED A FREE SAMPLE IN THE PAST AND WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE
ONE, PLEASE WRITE OR SEND AN EMAIL MESSAGE TO THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Prashant
Palvia, Ph.D., </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The University of North
Carolina at Greensboro (<a href="mailto:pcpalvia@uncg.edu">pcpalvia@uncg.edu</a>
and <a href="mailto:rmouzts@uncg.edu">rmouzts@uncg.edu</a>).<br>
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CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS: The journal invites contributions from all parts of the
world from academic and industry scholars involved in research, management, and
the utilization of global information resources. Besides quality work, at a
minimum each submitted article should have the following three
components: an IS topic, an international orientation (e.g., cross
cultural studies or strong international implications), and strong evidence
(e.g., survey data, case studies, experiments, secondary data, etc.).
Please submit your manuscript electronically to the Editor-in-Chief at <a href="mailto:pcpalvia@uncg.edu">pcpalvia@uncg.edu</a>.<br>
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REVIEW PROCESS: Each suitable article is blind-reviewed by three members of the
editorial review board. A recommendation is then made by the Editor-in-Chief or
an Associate Editor. The final decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief.
If a revision is recommended, the revised paper is sent for final approval to
one of the Editors.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE OF
JGITM (VOL. 13, NO.3, JULY 2010)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">EDITORIAL PREFACE: PROMISES
AND PERILS OF INTERNET BASED NETWORKING</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Shailendra C. Jain Palvia, Long
Island University, <a href="mailto:spalvia@liu.edu">spalvia@liu.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Rudy Pancaro, Long Island
University, <a href="mailto:rpancaro@epcomworld.com">rpancaro@epcomworld.com</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Social, professional, and
entertainment networking on cyberspace are becoming the norm in today’s
society.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>Several issues are discussed in this essay: online
and offline social capital; where the real and virtual meet; humans turning into
hermits in a prospering hangout culture; generation gap among users; legal and
privacy issues; fraud and misuse; is Facebook the next Google?; social
networking in classrooms; marketing innovations with social networking; cyber
bullying; and quality, security, and trust.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">IT DOESN’T FIT! THE INFLUENCE
OF CULTURE ON B2B IN THAILAND<span style="font-variant: small-caps;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Savanid
Vatanasakdakul, Macquarie University, Australia, <a href="mailto:savanid.vatanasakdakul@mq.edu.au"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">savanid.vatanasakdakul@mq.edu.au</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">John
D'Ambra, University of New South Wales, Australia, <span style=""> </span><a href="mailto:j.dambra@unsw.edu.au"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">j.dambra@unsw.edu.au</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Prem
Ramburuth, University of New South Wales, Australia, <a href="mailto:p.ramburuth@unsw.edu.au"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">p.ramburuth@unsw.edu.au</span></a><span style=""> </span><span style="font-variant: small-caps;"></span></span></p>
<p class="AbstractHeader" style="margin: 0in -2.15pt 0.0001pt 0in; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-AU">This
study investigates how Thai culture affects the use of internet-based
business-to-business (B2B) technology in the Thai tourism industry. Extending
Goodhue and Thompson’s Task-Technology-Fit (TTF) model (1995), the study
explores, in particular, five dimensions of cultural fit and their implications
for how the B2B technology is adopted. These dimensions are personal
relationships, long-term relationships, inter-organisational trust, ability to
communicate in the English language and western influence. Results showed that <span style="color: black;">more the B2B technology was perceived by the users to fit
their culture, the more likely they were to use the technology. Nevertheless,
task-technology fit still had a greater impact than culture on a firm’s
perceived performance. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">AN
ONLINE BANKING SECURITY FRAMEWORK AND A CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Nena Lim, Curtin University
of Technology, Australia, <a href="mailto:n.lim@curtin.edu.au">n.lim@curtin.edu.au</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Paul H. P. Yeow, Monash
University, Sunway Campus, Malaysia, <a href="mailto:paul.yeow@buseco.monash.edu.my">paul.yeow@buseco.monash.edu.my</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yee Yen Yuen, Multimedia
University, Malaysia, <a href="mailto:yyyuen20302000@yahoo.com">yyyuen20302000@yahoo.com</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This research develops a
security framework for online banking based on security information posted on
websites of eight major banks in Australia and Malaysia and to investigate
whether and why banks in culturally different countries manage security
differently. Twenty-five security measures were identified and classified into
three categories – physical, administrative, and technical. Results show that Australian
banks provide general security information more often than Malaysian banks. <span style=""> </span>Moreover, Australian banks pay attention to
all categories of security measures whereas Malaysian banks lack physical
security measures. Such differences are attributed to cultural factors such as
individualism, power distance, and uncertainty avoidance. Results help
customers in Australia and Malaysia assess the security of their online banks
and are useful as a benchmark to banks worldwide. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">LOCUS OF CONTROL AND LOCATION
PRIVACY: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN SINGAPORE</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Heng Xu, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">The Pennsylvania State University, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:hxu@ist.psu.edu"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;" lang="EN-AU">hxu@ist.psu.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Privacy concerns are
particularly salient for Location-Based Services (LBS), because LBS could potentially
associate the lifestyle habits, behaviors, and movements with a consumer’s
personal identity. Drawing on psychological control literature, the authors
conducted an experiment to test: i) whether the presence of privacy assurance
approaches has a considerable influence on alleviating consumers’ privacy
concerns, and ii) whether such influence will be moderated by the individual
difference variable – locus of control (LOC). Results demonstrate the
importance of LOC in moderating the effects of privacy assurance approaches on
alleviating consumers’ privacy concerns. <span style=""> </span>The marriage of the privacy and social
psychology literature may provide a rich understanding of consumers’ privacy
reactions to LBS usage, and therefore benefit the privacy research in IS. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="OLE_LINK4"></a><a name="OLE_LINK3"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">THE EXPERT OPINION: AN INTERVIEW WITH MIKE UWE DICKERSBACH, VICE
PRESIDENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - THAYER LODGING GROUP</span></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Conducted by M.
Naveed Baqir, University of Delaware, <a href="mailto:mnbaqir@udel.edu">mnbaqir@udel.edu</a></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">The interview discusses </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">the role of </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">information
technology (IT) in the global hospitality industry in general, and Thayer
Lodging Group in particular.<span style=""> </span>Also
explored are the emerging trends in the use of IT for improved customer
experience and strategic IT applications in the next several years.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">BOOK
REVIEW: IS OFFSHORING: ESSAYS ON PROJECT SUITABILITY AND SUCCESS, BY</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">MARKUS
K. WESTNER, GABLER VERLAG; WIESBADEN, GERMANY; 2009</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Reviewed
by Roberto Vinaja, Texas A&M University - San Antonio, <a href="mailto:robertvinaja@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">robertvinaja@gmail.com</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The
book “IS Offshoring” is an outstanding work that integrates an extensive literature
review and two major empirical studies. One qualitative research study focuses
on project suitability, while the other study focuses on project success and it
is based on a quantitative approach. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">********************************************</span></b></p>
<h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">For copies of the above articles, please check for
the Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM) in your
institution's library.</span></h5>
<h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">********************************************</span></h5>
<h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">MISSION: The mission of the Journal of Global
Information Technology Management (JGITM) is to continue to be the premier
journal on Global Information Technology Management. It is a refereed
international journal supported by global IT scholars from all over the
world. JGITM publishes articles and reports related to all aspects of the
application of information technology for international business. For
example, it will report on information resource management, managerial and
organizational concerns, educational issues, and innovative applications
related to global IT. Very important to the journal is its emphasis on quality
and relevance. The journal disseminates this knowledge to researchers,
practitioners, academicians, and educators all over the world on a timely basis.
Finally, the journal is international in all respects: content, article
authorship, readership, and the editorial board.</span></h5>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">SCOPE AND COVERAGE: The journal's scope is
multidisciplinary. It publishes research, applied, and educational articles
from all areas of MIS as well as functional IT applications that have
international focus. The journal also entertains a variety of methodological
approaches. It encourages manuscript submissions from authors all over the
world, both from academia and industry. In addition, the journal will also
include educational cases and reviews of MIS books that have bearing on global
aspects. Practitioner input will be specifically solicited from time-to-time in
the form of industry columns and CIO interviews.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Articles in the journal
include, but are not limited to the following areas: Frameworks and
models for global information systems (GIS), Development, evaluation and
management of GIS, Electronic Commerce, Internet related issues, Societal
impacts of IT in developing countries, IT and Economic development, IT
Diffusion in developing countries, IT human resource issues, DSS/EIS/ES in
international settings, Organizational and management structures for GIS,
Transborder data flow issues, Electronic data interchange, Telecommunications,
Distributed global databases and networks, Cultural and societal impacts,
Comparative studies of nations, and Applications and case studies (both
educational and research).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">The 12<sup>th</sup> annual Global Information Technology
Management Association (GITMA) World Conference will be held in Las Vegas,
Nevada, USA on June 5, 6, & 7, 2011.<span style="">
</span>The submission deadline is Nov. 15, 2010. <a href="http://www.gitma.org">http://www.gitma.org</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
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