ABSTRACT Mobile commerce (m-commerce) research has gained considerable traction in the last decade. Researchers have shown significant interest in assessing the users’ continuance intention for m-commerce by using the Expectation-Confirmation Model (ECM). The ECM has been applied across varying contexts and hence, comprehensive conclusions cannot be drawn. Hence, the present study conducted a meta-analysis

ABSTRACT Virtual reality (VR) training offers the capability to industrial workers to acquire skills and address complex tasks by immersing them in a safe and controlled virtual environment. Immersive VR (IVR) training is adopted in many diverse settings, yet little systematic work currently exists on how researchers have applied it for industrial skills training and if it holds the potential to be

ABSTRACT Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of people had to stay at home for several months and to move their everyday activities online. From smart-working to online learning, also considering entertainment activities, people started to extensively use platforms for remote communication and for sharing video, text, and audio content. Such systems are able to cope with the need of communicating

ABSTRACT We explore the use of Virtual Reality as a way to simulate field studies via what is known as Virtual Field Studies. This is particularly relevant when inviting participants to the lab is not feasible, or in the case of our work to simulate locomotion in crowded streets from the safety of the lab. We rely on this to assess the effects of four different cues in normalising gait performance

ABSTRACT This research presents the results of a field experiment that measured users’ performance, satisfaction and confidence in completing a number of different Business Intelligence (BI) tasks using tablets and compares the results with those obtained with laptops. Previous usability research for tablets addressed basic, elemental, non-complex tasks. This study takes advantage of improvements in

ABSTRACT Social commerce is an emergent business model where user-generated content is a valuable source of information that minimises the risk and ambiguity surrounding online purchase decisions. This study examines the user-generated content represented by reviews and recommendations (electronic word of mouth or eWOM) by contrasting customer (peer) vs. authority (expert) generated eWOM, from a product

ABSTRACT According to coping theory, individuals cope with information system threats by adopting either problem-focused coping (PFC) or emotion-focused coping (EFC). However, little is known about EFC in the information security (ISec) literature. Moreover, there is potential confusion regarding the meaning of some EFC strategies. Hence, ISec scholars and practitioners may (i) have a narrow view of

ABSTRACT This research examines the perceptions of ‘Millennials’ on cyberloafing, as a form of workplace deviance, and uncovers their rationale for cyberloafing to better understand, how organisations can mitigate this issue. Employing a qualitative research methodology, a total of 90 semi-structured interviews were conducted with postgraduate students, where 65% of the participants were international

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ABSTRACT This study investigates the role of positive performance feedback for information and communications technology (ICT) users, who could have either low or high levels of self-control. It could, moreover, explain the impact of that technological pressure on the users’ performance, resulting in their achieving less. This study employs three techno-stressors, i.e. complexity, system errors, and

ABSTRACT Information disclosure during online political activities can place participants under the threat of personal data leakage and misuse, but privacy protection in the context of online political participation has rarely been studied. This study examined how online political participation is related to privacy protection behaviours. Using survey data of internet users from 10 Asian societies

ABSTRACT Measures of ethical behaviours in research may be subject to social desirability bias (SDB). Most behavioural aspects of software piracy research are a subset of ethical research. Few studies of software piracy have explicitly addressed the issue of SDB. In this article, the extent of SDB that may be present in software piracy is empirically assessed. This was done by comparing SDB in software

ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to provide insights concerning the effects of the ubiquitous digital environment on the way people think and the subsequent need to equip young individuals with the necessary skills. Several studies focus on defining the so-called digital skills, also providing indications that higher cognitive skills are required. However, they do not examine how young individuals

ABSTRACT Cialdini’s six principles of influence are commercially used but less common to encourage healthy behaviors. This study examines how these influence strategies relate to the persuasive systems design (PSD) model constructs implemented in commercial mobile fitness applications. Our research questions address whether susceptibility to influence strategies strengthen the relationships between

ABSTRACT User interfaces often utilise imagery of pristine natural environments, even if the system’s purpose and context are unrelated to nature. In this paper, we build on evolutionary psychology to develop a theoretical model for the influence of nature imagery on user perceptions of trust, visual aesthetics, and purchase intentions in a corporate sales setting. We evaluate our model by means of

ABSTRACT Game-based interventions have been gradually and successfully implemented in the mental health domain given the games’ ability to positively affect a variety of mental health conditions. To this aim, scholars have recently discovered the usefulness of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) video games, due to their increasing popularity, availability, and cost effectiveness. Nevertheless, key aspects

ABSTRACT Visual appeal is a critical determinant in eliciting positive consumer responses. In an online shopping environment, in which consumers’ interaction with products is limited to the visual, the pictorial representation of products becomes of paramount importance. While product visual appeal is a widely applied concept, relatively little is known about the underlying mechanisms of how consumers

ABSTRACT The paradigm of developing mobile apps has shifted from native apps that store data on mobile devices to mobile cloud computing (MCC) apps that send data to the cloud. Transferring users’ data to the cloud provides several benefits, such as larger storage capacity and simultaneous access by multiple devices and users. However, storing data in the cloud also raises privacy concerns as users

ABSTRACT Based on the general assumption that even problematic behaviours are associated with an inherently health-promoting motivation to cope with unpleasant or unsatisfying life situations, the compensatory model of media use focuses on how psychosocial vulnerabilities moderate links between media behaviours and adverse outcomes. The present paper means to further develop this approach by exploring

ABSTRACT A virtual reality (VR) study was conducted both in our lab setting and remotely to investigate the effects of virtual hand appearance and tactile feedback on ownership, external appearance, and tactile sensation embodiment dimensions when participants were instructed to perform an assembly task in a virtual environment. Six experimental conditions that combine hand appearances (abstract, mannequin

ABSTRACT More and more countries have become greying societies along with the burgeoning of digital devices. The older generation suffers from a sharp digital divide. Although the information infrastructure is fully developed, the elderly, not having grown up with it, tend to lack digital literacy and hold less intention to learn to use digital technologies. In the past, it was cable TV which pervaded

ABSTRACT Phubbing is the act of snubbing someone during face-to-face interactions by using smartphones instead of paying attention to them. Although studies have examined phubbing in many different relationships, little is known about friend phubbing (Fphubbing). The present study examines which individual factors including indicators of mental health (i.e. depression and social anxiety) and personality

ABSTRACT As the novel coronavirus spreads across the world, work, pleasure, entertainment, social interactions, and meetings have shifted online. The conversations on social media have spiked, and given the uncertainties and new policies, COVID-19 remains the trending topic on all such platforms, including Twitter. This research explores the factors that affect COVID-19 content-sharing by Twitter users

ABSTRACT This research aims to evaluate the level of accessibility knowledge by student website and app (WEB&APP) developers as well as the role of education in their perceptions and usage of accessibility guidelines. It proposes an integrative theoretical framework to understand the relationship among education, WEB&APP developer knowledge, and guideline usage. The present work with results of a multivariate

ABSTRACT Solvers’ participation is essential for successful implementation of crowdsourcing contests for problem solving (CCPS). Many efforts have been made to investigate solvers’ various participation behaviours in CCPS. Whether or not a solver will conduct a behaviour is the result of decision making. However, to our knowledge, few studies concentrated on solvers’ participation from a decision process

ABSTRACT Population aging has become a common phenomenon worldwide, and various virtual reality (VR) applications are emerging. In this study, a VR exercise software programme was designed and compared with conventional exercise equipment in terms of the differences in usability and immersion perceived by middle-aged, older, and young adults. A VR software programme for dumbbell stretching exercise

ABSTRACT This study focuses on students from vulnerable communities who are at the bottom 40% of the population income distribution in a developing country. These students are more likely to face challenges in accessing quality education, with many having a high propensity to drop out of school. Computer-aided education is one way to increase academic enthusiasm and creativity amongst these students

ABSTRACT This study conceptualises a framework of technological affordances for augmented reality games (ARG) relative to the affordances of internalised and embodied experiences by users. This study examines players’ affordances and investigate how they influence user experience in ARG. It explores how affordances are perceived and enacted by users in an augmented environment to maximise user experience

ABSTRACT With the advancement of digital technologies, big data and learning analytics have become prevalent in the higher education. Various student-facing systems increased the amount of data available to students, and whether students can use big data and learning analytics effectively will affect their academic success. Most studies, however, have focused on how teachers and administrative personnel

ABSTRACT In this paper, we present an experimental study in which an electroencephalogram (EEG) device was used to measure cognitive load in programmers as they attempted to predict the output of C code snippets. Our goal was to see if particular patterns within the snippet induced higher levels of cognitive load, and if the collected EEG data might provide more detailed insights than performance measures

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ABSTRACT Nowadays, most interactive social systems allow users to react to their contents and exploit user reactions to provide intelligent behaviours, such as adaptation or recommendation. Therefore, carefully understanding and designing the user/system dialogue that revolves around reaction provisioning is a crucial aspect. In this paper, we introduce the UpRISEmodel with the aim of formally describing

(2021). Statement of Retraction. Behaviour & Information Technology. Ahead of Print.

(2021). Statement of Retraction. Behaviour & Information Technology. Ahead of Print.

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ABSTRACT The novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a major health problem worldwide. The impact of COVID-19 has also been associated with psychological and social problems. The main objective of the present study was to examine the associations between fear of COVID-19 and mental wellbeing, through a serial mediation analysis that included loneliness and smartphone addiction. Utilising

(2021). Statement of Retraction. Behaviour & Information Technology. Ahead of Print.

ABSTRACT Self-determination theory posits that satisfaction of basic psychological needs is essential for well-being. Empirical evidence for the distinction between need frustration and need satisfaction has been growing within the last decade. However, research on player experience of need frustration is lagging behind. This paper investigates whether player experience of need frustration is distinct

ABSTRACT Smartphone ownership is growing rapidly in China. Using a national sample of smartphone users, this study examined how different uses of the smartphone were related to emotional and psychological well-being, while examining the mediating role of perceived information overload. Results showed that social use, informational use, and entertainment use of the smartphone were positively associated

ABSTRACT Organisations expect that users will fully incorporate information technology (IT) into their work to achieve the benefit of IT deployment in the post-adoption period. Evidence from previous research shows that these benefits are not determined by the initial use of technology but rather through usage behaviours with which individuals maximise the potential of the technology known as infusion

ABSTRACT Braindraw is a participatory technique in which participants collaboratively design the interface for a proposed solution. Conducting braindraw in different design situations is still a factor of difficulty for its use by human-computer interaction professionals in the software industry, as there is no set of basic guidelines to be followed. In this sense, this article presents a narrative

(2021). BIT Special Issue ECCE2021 Editorial. Behaviour & Information Technology: Vol. 40, Highlights from the 32nd European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics, pp. 443-444.

ABSTRACT As collaborative robots and artificial intelligence (AI) systems are being deployed in ever-increasing contexts, we are more and more called upon to make judgements on their moral behaviour. Understanding the factors, affecting our ethical judgements involving these types of agents, would thus seem of the uttermost importance to allow for safer and well-regulated interactions between humans

ABSTRACT Current design approaches mainly focus on co-design activities for creating (novel) digital artefacts. Less attention is paid on implications of new technologies on people and their experiences. This paper proposes a conceptual framework aimed at describing and supporting systematic and sustained critical co-reflection on artefact use. It employs and expands ideas from design research and

ABSTRACT Understanding users is central to design and Human-Computer Interaction, both for researchers and for practitioners, who often conduct user research and communicate its value to stakeholders and clients. Despite its praised relevance, we know little about how user research affects design creativity. Our objective is to establish a foundation for answering this question. We first review empirical

ABSTRACT The current experiment is part of an ongoing feasibility testing of grip force as a measure of stress in joystick-controlled tasks. In a previous study, we showed that grip force of one group was higher under a stress manipulation, and higher than of another group without stress manipulation. In the current experiment, we tested if we could identify greater grip force under stress, per individual

ABSTRACT It is important for the sustainability of society that everyone can participate in societal discussions. Although a plethora of services exists for digital participation, they have not proven to entice a broad range of youths to contribute. The aim of this research is to investigate how digital tools can offer inclusive ways for youth to take part in societal processes. We present a study

ABSTRACT The paper describes the design case of an accessible handweaving loom that allows people with different disabilities, including cognitive and sensorial disabilities, to weave independently, promoting self-expression and stimulating creativity. The project developed through an intense phase of prototyping activities, resulting in the re-design of a handweaving loom enhanced and transformed

ABSTRACT The role of social media, particularly Twitter, in ensuring the large-scale propagation of information cannot be overemphasised. This study introduces the recipient network’s reciprocity toward a particular topic as a novel factor that contributes toward a central node’s information propagation potential, in addition to other widely studied factors. It first employs multiple regression analysis

ABSTRACT The use of Smart Homes has grown considerably in the past decade. Enabling end-users to develop rules to program their homes and devices is very important to empower them. Several studies have analysed trigger-action programming tools, primarily using form-based and data-flow approaches for programming interfaces. This study evaluated the usability of a block-based tool for end-user development

ABSTRACT Security research on the role of employees’ negative emotions in their information security policy (ISP) violations is limited. In this study, we examine how employees’ negative emotions influence their intention to violate ISP. To understand how to reduce employees’ negative emotions, we investigate the effects of perceived organisational support, psychological ownership, and work engagement

ABSTRACT This study investigates how serendipitous suggestions enhance user engagement with and sociality perceptions of movie recommendation system (RS). We constructed a mock-up recommendation system that provided either serendipitous or personalised movie suggestions to users. Based on the uses and gratifications theory, entertainment and information-seeking motives were hypothesized to moderate

ABSTRACT Nowadays, new technologies are taking place for enabling conversational interactions between users and bots. Creating conversational interfaces (CI) paves the way for new design challenges. Designers need to use appropriate design specifications for creating a logically sound dialogue endowed with proper visual cues in the case of chatbots that captures the entire user experience. To do it

ABSTRACT Customers can raise various aspects of concerns and anxieties during their participation in gamified social mobile marketing campaigns. To gain insights into how to address these anxieties, this research explores the impact of group-formation gamification mechanisms on users’ emotional anxiety and their intentions to participate in such campaigns. A research model depicting group-formation

ABSTRACT End-user development (EUD) seeks to facilitate the extension and customisation of systems during use, with increasing possibilities as the Internet-of-Things (IoT) computing paradigm becomes widespread and expands into realms such as the smart home. This exploratory research study explores two popular physical computing platforms, oriented towards novice makers, that allow end-user developers