[AISWorld] Abstract Announcement: JGIM 2013 Volume 21, Issue 2

[Choon Ling SIA]

The contents of the latest issue of:

Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM)

Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association

Volume 21, Issue 2, April - June 2013

Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically

ISSN: 1062-7375 EISSN: 1533-7995

Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA

www.igi-global.com/jgim<http://www.igi-global.com/jgim>



Editor-in-Chief: Choon Ling Sia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong



PAPER ONE



Exploring the Antecedents to Learning Continuance in Virtual Worlds: A Balanced Thinking-Feeling and Social-Constructivism Perspective



Na Liu (Department of Information Systems, National University of Singapore, Singapore),

Xue Yang (Department of Electronic Business, School of Business (Management), Nanjing University, Jiangsu, China) and

Hock Chuan Chan (Department of Information Systems, National University of Singapore, Singapore)



Many education institutes are planning to use virtual worlds to offer distance education programs and to reach potential students globally. However, the success of such programs depends on students' willingness to use virtual worlds for learning continuously. Students' learning continuance helps to decrease the drop-out rate of the programs. Motivated thus, this study uses the lenses of the balanced thinking-feelings model and socio-constructivism to model how students' personal learning and social learning experiences influence virtual world learning continuance. Our results show that the utilitarian and hedonic values are critical to learners' continuous intention of virtual world learning, and they are influenced by learners' social learning experiences. Social learning factors are also found to interact with students' personal learning factors to influence their perceived utilitarian and hedonic values of virtual world learning. The findings provide theoretical implications by integrating information systems theories and education psychology to understand the factors influencing the virtual world learning continuance in a systematic way. The findings also provide educators empirical evidence on what influences users' learning continuance in virtual worlds.



To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.

http://www.igi-global.com/article/exploring-antecedents-learning-continuance-virtual/76870



To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.

http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=76870







PAPER TWO



The Role of the Owner-Manager in SMEs' Adoption of Information and Communication Technology in the United Arab Emirates



Ibrahim Elbeltagi (Department of Information & Knowledge Management, Plymouth Business School, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK),

Yahya Al Sharji (Information Systems Audit Department, Government of Dubai, Dubai, UAE),

Glenn Hardaker (Department of Innovation Management, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK) and

Ahmed Elsetouhi (Department of Commerce, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt)



This study evaluates the factors that lead small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to adopt information and communication technology (ICT). Our research proposes an ICT adoption model using structural equation modelling that examines the role of SMEs' owner-managers as mediators in the adoption of ICT. The model is focused on the investigation of the direct and indirect influences of technological, cultural, environmental and organisational factors on the SME's adoption process. The results indicate the validity of these adoption factors and their applicability to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) environment. The main focus of the research was to develop a new framework that develops further the research of Rashid and Al-Qirim (2001). The present paper identifies the critical mediating role of the owner-manager's decision to adopt ICT in SMEs in the UAE, and confirm the importance of technological, organisational and environmental factors in the adoption process. Although there is cultural diversity in the UAE, culture is not found to be a significant factor, either directly or indirectly, in SMEs' ICT adoption in the country.



To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.

http://www.igi-global.com/article/role-owner-manager-smes-adoption/76871



To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.

http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=76871





PAPER THREE



Factors Driving Value Creation in Online B2B Banking



Jung-Yu Lai (Department of Technology Management, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan),

Khire Rushikesh Ulhas (Graduate Institute of Technology Management, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan),

Ching-Tsung Lin (Graduate Institute of Information Management, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan) and

Chorng-Shyong Ong (Department of Information Management, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan)



In today's highly competitive business environment, online business-to-business (B2B) banking services offer efficient, reliable, securable, and convenient financial services for customers. However, research has paid scant attention to quantifying the value of online B2B banking and identifying the factors that drive it from the employees' perspective. Hence, this study explores value creation in online B2B banking in terms of user satisfaction, individual impacts, and organizational impacts by incorporating technological, organizational, and environmental forces. The results based on a survey of 178 respondents collected from Taiwanese Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) strongly support the contention of the study that technological, organizational, and environmental forces really drive value creation in online B2B banking in terms of user satisfaction, individual impacts, and organizational impacts. These findings and the proposed research model may be helpful to managers when implementing online B2B banking, and valuable for researchers who are developing related theories.



To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.

http://www.igi-global.com/article/factors-driving-value-creation-online/76872



To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.

http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=76872





PAPER FOUR



Factors Affecting Internet Banking Success: A Comparative Investigation between Indonesia and South Korea



Aries Susanto (Department of Management Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea),

Hwansoo Lee (Department of Management Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea),

Hangjung Zo (Department of Management Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea) and

Andrew P. Ciganek (Department of Information Technology/Business Education, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, USA)



Internet banking is a prominent example of Internet-based applications. Previous research has found that satisfaction, trust, commitment, and loyalty are important factors for Internet banking success. Resistance to adopt Internet banking is often attributed to the role of trust, security, and privacy in e-commerce systems. This study proposes a framework to examine behaviors toward Internet banking services in Indonesia and South Korea. A research model was empirically tested with data captured in a large-scale study. The results show that Indonesians' use of Internet banking is strongly influenced by perceived security, while Koreans use of Internet banking is strongly influenced by privacy concerns. Trust and user satisfaction have a greater influence on loyalty for Indonesians while commitment has a greater influence on loyalty for Koreans. The study develops related conclusions including a discussion of the research implications.



To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.

http://www.igi-global.com/article/factors-affecting-internet-banking-success/76873



To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.

http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=76873







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For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM) in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "InfoSci-Journals" database: http://www.igi-global.com/EResources/InfoSciJournals.aspx. *****************************************************



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Mission of JGIM:



The Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM) publishes original material concerned with all aspects of global information resources management. JGIM is the primary forum for researchers and practitioners to disseminate the evolving knowledge in the theory and practice related to information technology and management of information resources at the international level. The journal emphasizes the managerial and organizational facets of information technology resources management. Articles published in JGIM deal with a vast number of issues concerning usage, failure, success, policies, strategies, and applications of information technology in organizations in and across developed, emerging and developing nations.



Coverage of JGIM



The journal accepts submissions in the following categories:



*Research Article - Contributions to this section are full research papers. The research must be complete and make substantial theoretical and/or empirical contributions to knowledge in the field. Papers using various theoretical and methodological approaches are invited.



*Research Note - This section welcomes research that is novel and complete but not as comprehensive as to qualify as a full research paper, e.g., exploratory studies and methodological papers. Rigor and quality are still essential in this section.



*Research Review - Reviews should be insightful and carefully crafted articles that conceptualize research areas and synthesize prior research. Research review articles must provide new insights that advance our understanding of the research areas, and help in identifying and developing future research directions. Research review articles can be between 3000-8000 words.



Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts that are consistent to the following submission themes:



(a) Cross-National Studies. These need not be cross-culture per se. These studies lead to understanding of IT as it leaves one nation and is built/bought/used in another. Generally, these studies bring to light transferability issues and they challenge if practices in one nation transfer (and if they don't, they shed light on how or why not).



(b) Cross-Cultural Studies. These need not be cross-nation. Cultures could be across regions that share a similar culture. They can also be within nations (subcultures, ethnicities, etc.). These studies lead to understanding of IT as it leaves one culture and is built/bought/used in another. Generally, these studies bring to light transferability issues and they challenge if practices in one culture transfer (and if they don't, they shed light on how or why not).



(c) JGIM continues to welcome single country studies but encourage authors to consider weaving the country context throughout the manuscript thereby situating the study in the country context. In addition, findings of these studies can be compared to similar research from better represented nations.



(d) Studies of the development, implementation, management and use of IT in multinational, transnational, inter-national and global organizations.


IGI Global is pleased to offer a special Multi-Year Subscription Loyalty Program. In this program, customers who subscribe to one or more journals for a minimum of two years will qualify for secure subscription pricing. IGI Global pledges to cap their annual price increase at 5%, which guarantees that the subscription rates for these customers will not increase by more than 5% annually.



Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines www.igi-global.com/jgim<http://www.igi-global.com/jgim>.



All inquiries and submissions should be sent to:

Choon Ling Sia

Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Global Information Management
jgim at cityu.edu.hk<mailto:jgim at cityu.edu.hk>




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