Emerging from the Shadows: Survey Evidence of Shadow IT Use from Blissfully Ignorant Employees

Through the last century, historic Muslim Cities witnessed significant decay. The level of decay, while a number of those cities were inscribed in the WHL, created an international urge to intervene. With very limited exceptions, modern interventions did not create an obvious impact due to common factors: inefficient management, fragmented responsibilities on administrative levels, weak legislations, and lack of community awareness, participation, and absence of integrated mechanisms. However, those factors are mostly of operational nature. This paper sheds light on a socio-cultural aspect of deterioration through inquiring about a basic issue: “How was the historic Muslim city maintained for centuries?”The key answer refers always to “the Waqf”. Although its nature and role are quite different now, the Waqf institution was the main player in urban regeneration in Muslim cities until early 1900. How did it use to work? Within which value reference? In addition, what was the position of the local community in the process? Those are the key issues discussed in the paper arguing that reconsidering this traditional mechanism might add another layer to the understanding of the complexity of Muslim cities and accordingly, might lead to different approaches in future interventions.

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Strategy Blindness as Disciplined IT-use Practice: Looking Past the 'Unintended and Unexpectedd Through the Practice Lens

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2674079 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Viktor Arvidsson

Keyword(s):

It Use

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An Exploratory Study of the Online Learning Environment

Issues in Accounting Education ◽

10.2308/iace-50614 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

pp. 117-147 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Cynthia J. Khanlarian ◽

Rahul Singh

Keyword(s):

Learning Environment ◽

Student Performance ◽

It Use ◽

Environment Impact ◽

Web Based ◽

Improve Student Performance ◽

Research Questions ◽

The Impact ◽

Relevant Factors ◽

Significant Factors

ABSTRACT Web-based homework (WBH) is an increasingly important phenomenon. There is little research about its character, the nature of its impact on student performance, and how that impact evolves over an academic term. The primary research questions addressed in this study are: What relevant factors in a WBH learning environment impact students' performance? And how does the impact of these factors change over the course of an academic term? This paper examines and identifies significant factors in a WBH learning environment and how they impact student performance. We studied over 300 students using WBH extensively for their coursework, throughout a semester in an undergraduate class at a large public university. In this paper, we present factors in the WBH learning environment that were found to have a significant impact on student performance during the course of a semester. In addition to individual and technological factors, this study presents findings that demonstrate that frustration with IT use is a component of the learning environment, and as a construct, has a larger impact than usefulness on student performance at the end of a course. Our results indicate that educators may benefit from training students and engaging them in utility of co-operative learning assignments to mitigate the level of frustration with the software in the WBH learning environment and improve student performance.

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Registered nurses’ experiences of information technology use in home health care - from a sustainable development perspective

BMC Nursing ◽

10.1186/s12912-021-00583-6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Vicki Koltsida ◽

Lise-Lotte Jonasson

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Information Technology ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Registered Nurses ◽

Home Health Care ◽

Technology Use ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Well Being ◽

Home Health ◽

It Use

Abstract Background The work of registered nurses in home health care is complicated and extensive, and information technology (IT) is used in everyday activities. Coordination between care and resource efficiency is important. There is a wealth of information that supports the notion of sustainable development, but what sustainable development means from the perspective of the registered nurse in home health care when using IT is limited. The term “sustainable development” is not clearly defined and is poorly researched in nursing. Sustainable development in this study includes the ecological, economic, social, technical and ethical dimensions. The aim of this study was to describe registered nurses’ experience of IT use in home health care through a sustainable development model. Methods This study was conducted using ten semi-structured lifeworld interviews with registered nurses. The method employed was a qualitative content analysis with a deductive approach. The deductive approach consisted of a model of sustainable development. Results Analysis of the interviews and the model of sustainable development provided categories: using IT from an ecological dimension, the registered nurses experienced reduced consumption and damage to the environment; using IT in the economical dimension, saving of time and resources was experienced; the use of IT affected social aspects such as the work environment and patient safety, and positive consequences, such as accessibility, were also mentioned; using IT from a technical dimension was characterized by the nurse’s attitude towards it – the registered nurses felt it improved the quality of care and gave users an overview of the organization; and from an ethical dimension, the registered nurses expressed the need for IT to be adaptable to the patient’s well-being and indicated that more awareness of risks in the care meeting may be needed. Conclusion The findings are discussed based on the synergies and conflicts that arise between the different dimensions of sustainable development. IT intertwines and overlaps with, and within, the environment, economy, society, technology and ethics. Registered nurses in home health care want to conduct good and safe care, while using IT could benefit patients.

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Dynamic Effect Simulation of Snow Falling Based on Particle System

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.651-653.1840 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 651-653 ◽

pp. 1840-1843

Author(s):

Ying Ying Yin

Keyword(s):

Particle System ◽

Dynamic Effect ◽

It Use ◽

The Real ◽

Real Effects ◽

Simulation Results ◽

Natural Characteristics ◽

Calculated Model

To simulate snow falling scene dynamically, a method based on particle system is presented to simulate snow falling effects, it use calculated model to simulate the real effects of snow falling in the basis of snow natural characteristics. The simulation results have proven that the proposed method is more effective for simulating snow falling with realistic effects.

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Configurational examination of successful human resources outsourcing

Management Decision ◽

10.1108/md-10-2016-0723 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 55 (8) ◽

pp. 1681-1697

Author(s):

Thuy Thi Thanh Nguyen ◽

Man-Ling Chang

Keyword(s):

Human Resources ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽

Task Interdependence ◽

It Use ◽

Research Attention ◽

Content Type ◽

Provider Quality ◽

Core Condition ◽

Practical Implications

Purpose The causal conditions leading to successful human resources outsourcing (HRO) have until now attracted only limited research attention. To address this shortcoming, the purpose of this paper is to investigate how a firm and a HR provider should work together to ensure successful HRO. Design/methodology/approach By applying a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, the authors demonstrate how combining in different ways provider quality, business understanding, trust, and closed HRO networks can lead to HRO success. In addition, this study compares the causal combinations between cases with differing levels of HR-task interdependence and IT use. Findings The results of this study reveal three common solutions that lead to successful HRO from both economic and relational viewpoints. The findings also indicate that, from an economic viewpoint, trust is a core condition for achieving HRO success. Moreover, HR-task interdependence and IT use alter the number of solutions and the conditions for attaining HRO success. Practical implications Based on the solutions proposed herein, firms can consider different ways to achieve HRO success under diverse conditions. Originality/value This work also contributes to building new theories regarding HRO, trust, knowledge sharing, and IT use.

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