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Factors influencing online health information credibility: a meta-analysis Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Yuehua Zhao, Linyi Zhang, Chenxi Zeng, Yidan Chen, Wenrui Lu, Ningyuan Song
Purpose This study aims to address the growing importance of online health information (OHI) and the associated uncertainty. Although previous research has explored factors influencing the credibility of OHI, results have been inconsistent. Therefore, this study aims to identify the essential factors that influence the perceived credibility of OHI by conducting a meta-analysis of articles published
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Enhancing green service innovation behavior through green involvement: the role of information technology adoption Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Shu-Mei Tseng, Shervina Octavyaputri
Purpose Developing green innovative services is critical to the restaurant industry to achieve significant benefits as well as environmental sustainability. This study aims to explore the mechanisms through which employees’ green involvement can foster green service innovation behavior. Design/methodology/approach The data set garnered from employees who worked in restaurants was used to test these
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Gender and social inclusion: impact of mobile payment system on micro-entrepreneurs' perceived success and subjective well-being Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Asma Shahid Khan, Subhan Shahid
Purpose The study examines how adopting e-paisa technology (a mobile payment system) enhances micro-entrepreneurs' perceived success and subjective well-being during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The study also theorizes the moderating effects of gender through a moderated-mediation model. Design/methodology/approach The data are collected from 282 micro-entrepreneurs in Pakistan using a two-week time-lagged
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Exploring the determinants of maternal and infant health knowledge adoption, sharing and purchase in short videos from an empathy theory perspective Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Fanfan Huo, Chaoguang Huo
Purpose This paper aims to explore the determinants of maternal and infant health knowledge (M&IHK) adoption and sharing in the short video from an empathy theory perspective. We explore how to transfer users from free health knowledge to health-related product purchase intention, which is vital for platform knowledge management and service. Design/methodology/approach Focusing on the M&IHK, this study
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The collective emotion of mentally ill individuals within Facebook groups during Covid-19 pandemic Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Nava Rothschild, Jonathan Schler, David Sarne, Noa Aharony
Purpose People with pre-existing mental health conditions are more likely to be affected by global crises. The Covid-19 pandemic has presented them with unique challenges, including reduced contact with the psychiatric rehabilitation and support systems. Thus, understanding the emotional experience of this population may assist mental health organizations in future global crises. Design/methodology/approach
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Exploring academic influence of algorithms by co-occurrence network based on full-text of academic papers Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Yuzhuo Wang, Chengzhi Zhang, Min Song, Seongdeok Kim, Youngsoo Ko, Juhee Lee
Purpose In the era of artificial intelligence (AI), algorithms have gained unprecedented importance. Scientific studies have shown that algorithms are frequently mentioned in papers, making mention frequency a classical indicator of their popularity and influence. However, contemporary methods for evaluating influence tend to focus solely on individual algorithms, disregarding the collective impact
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Women’s adoption of wearable health-monitoring technology: empirical evidence from a least developed country Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Md. Shahinur Rahman, Najmul Hasan, Jing Zhang, Iqbal Hossain Moral, Gazi Md. Shakhawat Hossain
Purpose Although wearable health-monitoring technology (WHMT) has become a stimulus for public health, women’s acceptance rate of this technology appears to be low. Thus, this study intends to investigate the factors affecting women’s adoption of WHMT. Design/methodology/approach The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology–2 model has been used in this study as a research framework that
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Lessons learned for infodemics management in future health crises by studying the fear of COVID-1 impact on health information seeking of general population Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Petros Kostagiolas, Charalampos Platis, Alkeviadis Belitsas, Maria Elisavet Psomiadi, Dimitris Niakas
Purpose The higher-level aim of this study is to investigate the impact of health information needs satisfaction on the fear of COVID-19 for the general population. The investigation is theoretically grounded on Wilsons’ model of information seeking in the context of inquesting the reasons for seeking health information as well as the information sources the general population deploy during the COVID-19
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Nip risks in the bud: research data ethics governance framework and collaborative network from the perspective of UK policy Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Li Si, Xianrui Liu
Purpose This research aims to explore the research data ethics governance framework and collaborative network to optimize research data ethics governance practices, to balance the relationship between data development and utilization, open sharing, data security and to reduce the ethical risks that may arise from data sharing and utilization. Design/methodology/approach This study explores the framework
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Multimodal archive resources organization based on deep learning: a prospective framework Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Yaolin Zhou, Zhaoyang Zhang, Xiaoyu Wang, Quanzheng Sheng, Rongying Zhao
Purpose The digitalization of archival management has rapidly developed with the maturation of digital technology. With data's exponential growth, archival resources have transitioned from single modalities, such as text, images, audio and video, to integrated multimodal forms. This paper identifies key trends, gaps and areas of focus in the field. Furthermore, it proposes a theoretical organizational
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Device-dependent click-through rate estimation in Google organic search results based on clicks and impressions data Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Artur Strzelecki, Andrej Miklosik
Purpose The landscape of search engine usage has evolved since the last known data were used to calculate click-through rate (CTR) values. The objective was to provide a replicable method for accessing data from the Google search engine using programmatic access and calculating CTR values from the retrieved data to show how the CTRs have changed since the last studies were published. Design/methodology/approach
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Measuring digital literacy with eye tracking: an examination of skills and performance based on user gaze Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Nili Steinfeld, Azi Lev-On, Hama Abu-Kishk
Purpose This study presents an innovative approach to analyzing user behavior when performing digital tasks by integrating eye-tracking technology. Through the measurement of user scan patterns, gaze and attention during task completion, the authors gain valuable insights into users' approaches and execution of these tasks. Design/methodology/approach In this research, the authors conducted an observational
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The S-O-R paradigm in explaining enterprise social network (ESN) discontinuous usage intention Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Mohammad Olfat
Purpose This study aims to show that employees' excessive work-related use of enterprise social networks (ESN) can be accompanied by some work-related strains, hindering them from continuing utilization of ESN at work. To this end, the impact of employees' excessive work-related utilization of ESN on their discontinuous usage intentions by mediating roles of employees' impression management concerns
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Understanding online review helpfulness: a pleasure-arousal-dominance (PAD) model perspective Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Wuhuan Xu, Zhong Yao, Dandan He, Ling Cao
Purpose Drawing on the pleasure-arousal-dominance (PAD) emotion model, the emotional states of consumers embedded in online reviews can be described through three dimensions, that is, pleasure, arousal and dominance, rather than only the one-dimensional positive and negative polarity, as in previous studies. Therefore, this study aims to explore the effect of online review emotion on perceived review
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Development of governance for an integrated public data (GIPD) framework: illustrative use of GIPD in South Korea Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Haengmi Kim, Jaeyoung An, Choong C. Lee
Purpose Upon the realization of the need for guideline in cross-organizational data integration, in an exploratory manner, this study developed a public data governance framework, specifically, the governance for integrated public data (GIPD) framework and identified the influential factors of its successful implementation. This framework was then subjected to an analysis of a real data integration
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Information seeking and personal information management behaviors as scaffolding during life transitions: the case of early-career researchers Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Lilach Alon
Purpose The study investigates the information-related challenges as well as the practices adopted by early-career researchers during transitions between roles and institutions. Its primary goal is to delve into how information behaviors serve as scaffolding during significant life shifts. Moreover, the research aims to provide actionable insights based on this scaffolding concept for individuals navigating
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Fake news in business and management literature: a systematic review of definitions, theories, methods and implications Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Bahareh Farhoudinia, Selcen Ozturkcan, Nihat Kasap
Purpose This paper aims to conduct an interdisciplinary systematic literature review (SLR) of fake news research and to advance the socio-technical understanding of digital information practices and platforms in business and management studies. Design/methodology/approach The paper applies a focused, SLR method to analyze articles on fake news in business and management journals from 2010 to 2020.
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Unearthing historical insights: semantic organization and application of historical newspapers from a fine-grained knowledge element perspective Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Shaodan Sun, Jun Deng, Xugong Qin
Purpose This paper aims to amplify the retrieval and utilization of historical newspapers through the application of semantic organization, all from the vantage point of a fine-grained knowledge element perspective. This endeavor seeks to unlock the latent value embedded within newspaper contents while simultaneously furnishing invaluable guidance within methodological paradigms for research in the
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Factors influencing customer satisfaction with AR shopping assistant applications in e-commerce: an empirical analysis utilizing text-mining techniques Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Jae-Yun Ho, Gyeong Ju, Seoeui Hong, Jaeyoung An, Choong C. Lee
Purpose This study investigates the key factors that influence customer satisfaction when interacting with augmented reality shopping assistance applications (ARSAPs). ARSAPs grant consumers the capability to experience products in a virtually simulated user environment before product acquisition. With the development of mobile e-commerce due to breakthroughs in smartphone and augmented reality (AR)
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The role of positive online reviews in risk-based consumer behaviours: an information processing perspective Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Tri Lam, Jon Heales, Nicole Hartley
Purpose The continuing development of digital technologies creates expanding opportunities for information transparency. Consumers use social media to provide online reviews that are focused on changing levels of consumer trust. This study examines the effect of perceived risk that prompts consumers to search for online reviews in the context of food safety. Design/methodology/approach Commitment-trust
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Assessing the informational credibility of conspiracy theories: online discussion about the Nord Stream damage Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Reijo Savolainen
Purpose To elaborate the picture of credibility assessment by examining how participants of online discussion evaluate the informational credibility of conspiracy theories. Design/methodology/approach Descriptive quantitative analysis and qualitative content analysis of 2,663 posts submitted to seven Reddit threads discussing a conspiracy operation, that is, the damage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines
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Technology assisted research assessment: algorithmic bias and transparency issues Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Mike Thelwall, Kayvan Kousha
Purpose Technology is sometimes used to support assessments of academic research in the form of automatically generated bibliometrics for reviewers to consult during their evaluations or by replacing some or all human judgements. With artificial intelligence (AI), there is increasing scope to use technology to assist research assessment processes in new ways. Since transparency and fairness are widely
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Social contagion of online physician choice: the infection and immunity mechanism Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Jia Li, Shengkang Ma, David C. Yen, Ling Ma
Purpose In the digital age, the spread of online behavior and real-world information leads to social contagion. This study aims to investigate the contagion phenomenon of online physician choice and then discuss its potential influence on the sub-specialization process in the healthcare service industry. In specific, this study aims to propose the basic mechanism of infection and immunity as follows
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Ability first or opportunity first in the m-health era? A hybrid SEM-ANN approach Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Ping Li
Purpose The purpose of this study is to propose and test a model to explain users’ intention to adopt m-health devices and divide the importance of antecedents for users to adopt m-health devices based on the stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) framework. Design/methodology/approach This research conducted an online survey with m-health app users and collected 562 valid responses. A hybrid SEM-ANN approach
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Research on the measurement of academic activeness of scholars in academic conferences Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Rongying Zhao, Ruru Chang
Purpose Academic conferences play a crucial role in fostering scholarly exchanges and discussions among core members, thereby shaping the core performance of these events. Understanding the contributions of scholars in academic conferences is essential for advancing the goals and development of such events. This paper aims to discuss the aforementioned idea. Design/methodology/approach This paper proposes
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Influencing factors of social media addiction: a systematic review Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Mengli Liang, Qingyu Duan, Jiazhen Liu, Xiaoguang Wang, Han Zheng
Purpose As an unhealthy dependence on social media platforms, social media addiction (SMA) has become increasingly commonplace in the digital era. The purpose of this paper is to provide a general overview of SMA research and develop a theoretical model that explains how different types of factors contribute to SMA. Design/methodology/approach Considering the nascent nature of this research area, this
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Toward topic diversity in recommender systems: integrating topic modeling with a hashing algorithm Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Donghui Yang, Yan Wang, Zhaoyang Shi, Huimin Wang
Purpose Improving the diversity of recommendation information has become one of the latest research hotspots to solve information cocoons. Aiming to achieve both high accuracy and diversity of recommender system, a hybrid method has been proposed in this paper. This study aims to discuss the aforementioned method. Design/methodology/approach This paper integrates latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) model
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Automatic retrieval of health case reports for public needs using deep learning techniques Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Yi-Hung Liu, Sheng-Fong Chen, Dan-Wei (Marian) Wen
Purpose Online medical repositories provide a platform for users to share information and dynamically access abundant electronic health data. It is important to determine whether case report information can assist the general public in appropriately managing their diseases. Therefore, this paper aims to introduce a novel deep learning-based method that allows non-professionals to make inquiries using
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Sustaining the environment through e-waste recycling: an extended valence theory perspective Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-25 Pradaini Nadarajan, Ali Vafaei-Zadeh, Haniruzila Hanifah, Ramayah Thurasamay
Purpose The escalating volume of electronic waste (e-waste) presents a significant environmental and health hazard, emphasizing the importance of promoting e-waste recycling. Therefore, this study aims to utilize a valence theory approach to comprehensively understand the factors influencing individuals' intention to recycle e-waste. Design/methodology/approach A survey-based research approach was
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Knowledge mapping of entrepreneurship research during COVID-19 and forecasting research directions for the post-pandemic era Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Carson Duan
Purpose The COVID-19 crisis has adversely affected entrepreneurs, innovators and their ventures and, arguably, entrepreneurship research. This study aims to map the knowledge of entrepreneurship research during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide evidence of literature evolution in the field with the purpose of supporting future decision-making for policymakers, academics and practitioners in the post-COVID-19
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From internal to external information search: the role of information accessibility, information diagnosticity, and involvement Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Saeed Tajdini, Edward Ramirez, Zhenning Xu
Purpose Consumers are assumed to engage in external information search only after exhausting their internal information sources. Guided by the accessibility/diagnosticity and ease-of-retrieval frameworks, and the elaboration likelihood model, the current study investigates this phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach To test the relationships between internal information accessibility/diagnosticity
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Exploring the experiences of researchers in the interdisciplinary humanities research teams on knowledge creation: a qualitative study Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Zahra Karparvar, Mahdieh Mirzabeigi, Ghasem Salimi
Purpose The process of knowledge creation is recognized as an essential process for organizational learning and innovation. Creating knowledge to solve the problems and complexities of today's world is like opening a black box. Hence, the higher education system and universities are exploring ways to overcome the complexities and cope with global changes. In this regard, interdisciplinary collaborations
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Machine learning and deep learning-based advanced classification techniques for the detection of major depressive disorder Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Abhinandan Chatterjee, Pradip Bala, Shruti Gedam, Sanchita Paul, Nishant Goyal
Purpose Depression is a mental health problem characterized by a persistent sense of sadness and loss of interest. EEG signals are regarded as the most appropriate instruments for diagnosing depression because they reflect the operating status of the human brain. The purpose of this study is the early detection of depression among people using EEG signals. Design/methodology/approach (i) Artifacts
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Extending UTAUT with competitive pressure for SMEs digitalization adoption in two European nations: a multi-group analysis Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Michael Adu Kwarteng, Alex Ntsiful, Lerma Fernando Plata Diego, Petr Novák
Purpose In this article, the authors draw-upon an extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) and propose a research model involving performance expectancy (PE), effort expectancy (EE), facilitating conditions (FC) and competitive pressure (CP) as potential salient factors explaining the adoption of digitalization in European SMEs. The authors also postulate that there may be
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Factors affecting college freshmen's YouTube acceptance for learning purposes Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Lindsey M. Harper, Soohyung Joo, Youngseek Kim
Purpose There are a variety of benefits associated with the use of YouTube for learning purposes, such as YouTube is a free open-access tool students can use to facilitate their learning. This study investigates whether an attitudinal factor (i.e. perceived usefulness) and the factor's antecedents, resource quality factors (i.e. credibility, currency, coverage and relevance), normative factor (i.e
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Consumer engagement behavior in the value co-creation process of healthcare services: a scoping review Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Chuanhui Wu, Shaohai Jiang, Yusheng Zhou, Qinjian Yuan
Purpose The purpose of this review is to provide a conceptual framework of consumer engagement behavior in the value co-creation process of healthcare services, and further understand the current knowledge maps and advances. Design/methodology/approach Specifically, the scoping review methodology is used to synthesize the extant findings. The authors first develop the inclusion/exclusion criteria to
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Blockchain: a promising technology for judicial translation services in cases with foreign elements Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Lingling Huang, Chengqiang Zhao, Shijie Chen, Liujing Zeng
Purpose Technical advantages embraced by blockchain, such as distributed ledger, P2P networks, consensus mechanisms and smart contracts, are highly compatible with addressing the security issues of transferring and storing judicial documents and obtaining the feedback and evaluation of judicial translation services in cases with foreign elements. Therefore, based on this, a consortium blockchain-based
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Achieving popularity to attract more patients via free knowledge sharing in the online health community Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Peng Ouyang, Jiaming Liu, Xiaofei Zhang
Purpose Free knowledge sharing in the online health community has been widely documented. However, whether free knowledge sharing can help physicians accumulate popularity and further the accumulated popularity can help physicians attract patients remain unclear. To unveil these gaps, this study aims to examine how physicians' popularity are affected by their free knowledge sharing, how the relationship
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Understanding the effects of personality traits on the quality of individual ideas on open innovation platforms: a mediated empirical investigation Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-19 Lixin Zhou, Zhenyu Zhang, Laijun Zhao, Pingle Yang
Purpose Online open innovation platforms provide opportunities for product users to participate in the innovation process and contribute their ideas to the platform. Nonetheless, they also present a significant challenge for platform managers, who select high-quality innovations from a massive collection of information with diverse quality. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the authors employed
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Developing and testing a social media-based intervention for improving business skills and income levels of young smallholder farmers Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Verlumun Celestine Gever, Nabaz Nawzad Abdullah, Mohammed Shaibu Onakpa, Ogochukwu Gabriella Onah, Chukwuemeka Chiebonam Onyia, Ifeanyi E. Iwundu, Esther Rita Gever
Purpose This study aimed to develop and test the impact of a social media-based intervention for improving the business skills and income of young smallholder farmers. Design/methodology/approach First, the researchers used an exploratory approach to develop a social media-based intervention for acquiring business skills and improving income. Second, the researchers tested the effectiveness of the
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Research on two-stage public opinion evolution configuration path based on fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Yanhui Hou, Fan Meng, Jiakun Wang, Yun Li
Purpose Under the background of coexistence of information overload and information fragmentation, it is of great significance to identify influencing factors and reveal the evolution logic of public opinion for public opinion governance. Design/methodology/approach Taking 24 hot social events as research cases, firstly, the evolution process of public opinion was divided into initial stage and response
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Exploring the economics of conversational search sessions Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Souvick Ghosh, Julie Gogoi, Kristen Chua
Purpose Turn-taking is beneficial to conversational search success, but the increase in turns and time can also increase the cognitive load of the user. Therefore, in this research paper, the authors view conversational search sessions through the lens of economic theory and use the economic models of search to analyze the various costs and benefits of information-seeking interactions. Design/methodology/approach
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Motivations for the initiation of knowledge management activities in times of routine and emergency Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Maayan Nakash, Dan Bouhnik
Purpose This research seeks to understand, for the first time, what motivates knowledge-intensive organizations (KIOs) to initiate knowledge management (KM) activities in times of routine and emergency. The COVID-19 pandemic was placed at the center as a case study of an extreme crisis. Design/methodology/approach Based on the adoption of the qualitative-constructivist paradigm, the study was conducted
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Understanding social media users' information avoidance intention: a C-A-C perspective Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Tao Zhou, Yingying Xie
Purpose Based on the C-A-C framework, this article examined users' information avoidance intention in social media platforms. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted data analysis using a mixed method of the SEM and fsQCA. Findings The results indicated that information overload, functional overload and social overload influence fatigue and dissatisfaction, both of which further determine
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Who and what messages are more suitable for health ads: the combined influence of endorsers and message framing on visual attention and ad effectiveness Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Chiung-Wen Hsu
Purpose The author examined effects of endorser type and message framing on visual attention and ad effectiveness in health ads, including the moderator of involvement. This paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach An experiment was conducted with a 2 (celebrity vs. expert) × 2 (positive vs. negative framing) between-subject factorial design. Eye-tracking measured visual attention
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Rhetorical structure parallels research topic in LIS articles: a temporal bibliometrics examination Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Wen Lou, Jiangen He, Qianqian Xu, Zhijie Zhu, Qiwen Lu, Yongjun Zhu
Purpose The effectiveness of rhetorical structure is essential to communicate key messages in research articles (RAs). The interdisciplinary nature of library and information science (LIS) has led to unclear patterns and practice of using rhetorical structures. Understanding how RAs are constructed in LIS to facilitate effective scholarly communication is important. Numerous studies investigated the
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First impressions matter: evaluating the importance of online reputation in social networking sites for initial trust in virtual work partners Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-02-17 Hugo Martinelli Watanuki, Renato de Oliveira Moraes
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the practices that owners of public profiles in social networking sites can leverage to actively build online reputation and to evaluate the impact of the adoption of such practices on the initial formation of trust toward these individuals when they are presented as new virtual work partners. Design/methodology/approach A theoretical model was developed
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Understanding TMS and knowledge transfer in the social media mobile App context Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Yalan Yan, Siyu Xin, Xianjin Zha
Purpose Knowledge transfer which refers to the communication of knowledge from a source so that it is learned and applied by a recipient has long been a challenge for knowledge management. The purpose of this study is to understand influencing factors of transactive memory system (TMS) and knowledge transfer. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on the theories of communication visibility, social distance
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A study on the competitive dissemination of disinformation and knowledge on social media Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-02-07 YiShu Wu, Dandan Wang, Feicheng Ma
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the evolutionary path and stable strategy for the competitive dissemination between disinformation and knowledge on social media to provide effective solutions to curb the dissemination of disinformation and promote the spread of knowledge. Design/methodology/approach Based on the social capital (SC) theory, the benefit matrix is constructed and an evolutional
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Research on the formation mechanism of product contribution in online product communities: content contribution as a mediating variable Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Min Qin, Wei Zhu, Jinxia Pan, Shuqin Li, Shanshan Qiu
Purpose Enterprises build online product community to expect users to contribute: opinion sharing (content contribution) and product consumption (product contribution). Previous literature rarely focused on both. The purpose of this paper is to explain user contribution mechanism by identifying content contribution and product contribution. Design/methodology/approach This research chose Xiaomi-hosted
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Digital content marketing consumption motives in the age of social media: an investigation of relational and monetary outcomes Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-01-27 Ernest Emeka Izogo, Mercy Mpinganjira
Purpose Although digital content marketing (DCM) research and industry-wide expenditure is growing very rapidly owing to the positive outcomes associated with this new pull marketing strategy, research has not completely mapped how DCM activities can be optimized in the social media brand community context. This paper seeks to understand how social media DCM activities can be optimized to achieve greater
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An artificial neural network (ANN) model for publication bias: a machine learning-based study on PubMed meta-analyses Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-01-24 Hossein Motahari-Nezhad
Purpose No study has investigated the effects of different parameters on publication bias in meta-analyses using a machine learning approach. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the impact of various factors on publication bias in meta-analyses. Design/methodology/approach An electronic questionnaire was created according to some factors extracted from the Cochrane Handbook and AMSTAR-2 tool to
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Social media marketing, value creation and firm's sustainability performance: a study among young consumers Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-01-10 Adwoa Yeboaa Owusu Yeboah, Michael Adu Kwarteng, Petr Novak
Purpose Social media marketing (SMMT) is explored in the light of value creation (VC) and firms' sustainability performance. This research deals with the influence of both value co-creation (VCCR) and value co-destruction (VCDE) on SMMT and firm sustainability. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative approach is employed in this research. By means of structural equation modeling (SEM), specifically
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Travel vlogs influencing tourist decisions: information preferences and gender differences Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-01-06 Wenyi Cheng, Ruwen Tian, Dickson K.W. Chiu
Purpose As independent travel has become increasingly popular in recent years, factors influencing users’ attitudes and behaviors should be explored. Besides, the rise of video platforms like YouTube, Bilibili and TikTok has led to the flourishing of user generated content (UGC), among which travel vlogs have become convenient and essential references for tourists before and while they travel on their
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Explaining consumers' continuous purchase intention toward subscriber-based knowledge payment platforms: findings from PLS-SEM and fsQCA Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-01-06 Xin Liu, Chenghu Zhang, Jiaqi Wu
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the influencing mechanism of consumers' continuous purchase intention toward the subscriber-based knowledge payment platforms (SBKPPs). Design/methodology/approach This study obtained 226 valid samples through questionnaire surveys and used partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA)
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Support towards emergency event processing via fine-grained analysis on users' expressions Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Qingqing Zhou
Purpose With the rapid development of social media, the occurrence and evolution of emergency events are often accompanied by massive users' expressions. The fine-grained analysis on users' expressions can provide accurate and reliable information for event processing. Hence, 2,003,814 expressions on a major malignant emergency event were mined from multiple dimensions in this paper. Design/methodology/approach
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Order and disorder in the evolution of online knowledge community: an investigation of the chaotic behavior in social tagging systems with evidence of stack overflow Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-01-02 Yanqing Shi, Hongye Cao, Si Chen
Purpose Online question-and-answer (Q&A) communities serve as important channels for knowledge diffusion. The purpose of this study is to investigate the dynamic development process of online knowledge systems and explore the final or progressive state of system development. By measuring the nonlinear characteristics of knowledge systems from the perspective of complexity science, the authors aim to
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Data mining topics in the discipline of library and information science: analysis of influential terms and Dirichlet multinomial regression topic model Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Sukjin You, Soohyung Joo, Marie Katsurai
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore to which extent data mining research would be associated with the library and information science (LIS) discipline. This study aims to identify data mining related subject terms and topics in representative LIS scholarly publications. Design/methodology/approach A large set of bibliographic records over 38,000 was collected from a scholarly database representing
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Reflection on future directions: a systematic review of reported limitations and solutions in interactive information retrieval user studies Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Tianji Jiang, Jiqun Liu
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how users behave and evaluate how systems with users are essential for interactive information retrieval (IIR) research. User study methodology serves as a primary approach to answering IIR research questions. In addition to designing user study procedures, understanding the limitations of varying study designs and discussing solutions to the limitations
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The impact of destination online review content characteristics on travel intention: experiments based on psychological distance perspectives Aslib Journal of Information Management (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-12-08 Zhangxiang Zhu, Yaxin Zhao, Jing Wang
Purpose This study aims to explore the relationship between the content characteristics of destination online reviews and travel intention under three individual circumstances: temporal distance, social distance and experiential distance. Design/methodology/approach Based on construal-level theory (CLT), this study divides online travel reviews into concrete and abstract reviews. Three experiments