scholarly journals Revisiting How Perceived Uncertainty and Herd Behavior Influence Technology Choice

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Ali Vedadi ◽  
Timothy H. Greer
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Herd Behavior ◽  
Technology Choice ◽  
Response Uncertainty ◽  
Broad Concept ◽  
State Uncertainty ◽  
Technology Trends

Understanding how herd behavior occurs in the information systems context is important because such behavior influences many choice decisions, is the reason for some decision anomalies, and explains the reasons behind the rise or collapse of technology trends. Perceived uncertainty is a critical factor that triggers herding, but despite its influential role, prior research has not adequately investigated this broad concept. This research contributes to the literature by decomposing perceived uncertainty to its dimensions and analyzing the influence of each one on triggering individuals’ herd behavior. Our findings show that unlike state uncertainty, only effect and response uncertainty are the triggers herd behavior.

scholarly journals Revisiting How Perceived Uncertainty and Herd Behavior Influence Technology Choice

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Herd Behavior ◽  
Technology Choice ◽  
Response Uncertainty ◽  
Broad Concept ◽  
State Uncertainty ◽  
Technology Trends

Understanding how herd behavior occurs in the information systems context is important because such behavior influences many choice decisions, is the reason for some decision anomalies, and explains the reasons behind the rise or collapse of technology trends. Perceived uncertainty is a critical factor that triggers herding, but despite its influential role, prior research has not adequately investigated this broad concept. This research contributes to the literature by decomposing perceived uncertainty to its dimensions and analyzing the influence of each one on triggering individuals’ herd behavior. Our findings show that unlike state uncertainty, only effect and response uncertainty are the triggers herd behavior.

Modeling guests’ intentions to use mobile apps in hotels

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (9) ◽  
pp. 1968-1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristian Morosan ◽  
Agnes DeFranco
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
The Usa

Purpose The unprecedented development of hotel-branded mobile applications (apps) has been instrumental in facilitating the rich guest–hotel interactions, thus contributing to a high personalization of services. For true personalization, guests need to provide personal information via apps. Yet, no study to date has addressed how guests develop intentions to use such apps given the current personalization and privacy challenges. Therefore, this study aims to investigate hotel guests’ intentions to use hotel apps to access personalized services. Design/methodology/approach Drawing from personalization-privacy theory, this study conceptualized perceived personalization and privacy concerns as distinct constructs while recognizing two different privacy concerns constructs: general and app-specific privacy concerns. To build a comprehensive structural model that is appropriate for explicating intentions to use hotel apps, this study incorporates consumer psychology and information systems theoretical streams that provide constructs that unequivocally capture the unique set of consumer–app interactions in highly experiential settings such as hotels (e.g. innovativeness and involvement). Using a nation-wide sample of hotel guests from the USA, the model was validated using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equations modeling. Findings The predictors explained 79 per cent of the variability in the intentions to use hotel apps to personalize hotel services. The strongest predictor of intentions was involvement, followed by app-related privacy concerns and perceived personalization. Research limitations/implications First, this study’s extended theoretical framework was well supported, as it captures relevant elements of the mobile commerce ecosystem (e.g. personalization and privacy), thus extending the classic paradigmatic approach to information systems adoption beyond system beliefs. Second, this study clarifies the distinct roles of personalization and privacy in the context of hotel apps, which has not been examined in the context of m-commerce in hospitality. Third, the study clarifies the role of involvement as the most critical factor that can influence guests’ intentions to use hotel apps when personalization options and privacy concerns exist. Practical implications This study offers hotel decision-makers a mapping of the factors, leading to use of hotel apps for purchasing personalized hotel services. Originality/value This study provides a first theoretical perspective on the hotel app utilization behaviors that have not been studied so far, but carry a strong strategic and financial significance for the hotel industry (direct distribution, brand consolidation and extensive contact with guests).

Decisional Difficulty in Pattern Discrimination

1978 ◽  
Vol 47 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1191-1194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel C. Fulkerson ◽  
Paul S. Mann
Keyword(s):  
Task Difficulty ◽  
Discrimination Task ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Pattern Discrimination ◽  
Relative Influence ◽  
Response Uncertainty ◽  
Uncertainty Condition ◽  
Black And White ◽  
High Uncertainty

To assess the relative influence of decisional ambiguity and response uncertainty on task difficulty, a pattern discrimination task was presented to 60 college undergraduates. The comparison stimuli were nine 20 × 20 matrices of randomly assigned black and white squares, with percent of black squares varying evenly from 10% to 90%. The standard contained 50% black squares. In a low-response uncertainty condition there were two response categories, and five in a high uncertainty condition. It was hypothesized that decisional ambiguity should be greatest at the boundaries between categories. The results suggested that decisional ambiguity was the critical factor determining judgment difficulty.

scholarly journals Informacinių sistemų ir verslo suderinamumo užtikrinimo modelis

2014 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 95-107
Author(s):  
Gediminas Rumšas ◽  
Rimvydas Skyrius
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Information System Success ◽  
Implementation Evaluation ◽  
Systems Planning ◽  
Business Alignment ◽  
Alignment Model ◽  
System Success ◽  
It Decision Making ◽  
Information Systems Planning

Informacinėms sistemoms (toliau – IS) išplitus ir įsitvirtinus organizacijų veikloje, nemažai dėmesio skirta jų plėtrai ir tobulėjančioms technologijoms, tačiau santykinai mažesnio dėmesio sulaukė jų sukuriama vertė ir jos didinimo keliai. Vienas iš kritinių IS sėkmės veiksnių yra IS ir verslo suderinamumas, kurio tyrimų svarbą jau gerą dešimtmetį pabrėžia daugelis mokslininkų. Šiuolaikinės organizacijos taip pat supranta, kad būtina užtikrinti naudojamų IS ir verslo strategijos, tikslų bei procesų suderinamumą, tačiau nėra apibrėžtų metodų šiam suderinamumui užtikrinti.Šio darbo tikslas – pateikti teorinio modelio, kuris leistų geriau užtikrinti IS ir verslo suderinamumą, pagrindines nuostatas. Darbe nustatomos verslo ir IS suderinamumą sukeliančios problemos, siūlomas suderinamumo užtikrinimo modelis, kurį sudaro suderinamumo užtikrinimo bei sėkmės vertinimo metodai.Pagrindiniai žodžiai: IS strateginis planavimas, IS ir verslo suderinamumasInformation systems and business alignment modelGediminas Rumšas, Rimvydas Skyrius SummaryThe paper analyses information systems and business alignment as a critical factor for information system success. After performing an analysis of current alignment issues it is stated that main such issues in various stages of information systems planning could be handled by thorough systematical approach. An alignment model consisting of recommendations in Planning, Implementation, Evaluation and Improvement phases is proposed and implemented during a project in Lithuanian organization. Alignment model implementation during strategic planning sessions led to following results: 1) identification of main organizational IT priorities; 2) evaluation of current software solutions and their importance to business; 3) data-based support for strategic IT decision making.

Does Real Options Reasoning Support or Oppose Project Performance? Empirical Evidence from Electronic Commerce Projects

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi ◽  
Alexander Brem
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Real Options ◽  
Longitudinal Analysis ◽  
Environmental Effect ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Response Uncertainty ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
State Uncertainty

There is a consensus among scholars that real options reasoning is crucial for improving project performance but there has been little empirical support thus far; hence, we explore how real options reasoning may influence project timeliness, efficiency, and effectiveness. Our longitudinal analysis of 110 electronic commerce projects, drawn from new technology ventures, indicated the differential effects of real options reasoning on project performance. We find that higher uncertainty does not always lead to a greater use of real options reasoning. Although perceived environmental state uncertainty is positively linked to real options, perceived environmental effect and response uncertainty are not.

Development of Trust During Large Scale System Implementation

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjarne Rerup Schlichter
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
System Implementation ◽  
Integrated Healthcare ◽  
Large Scale System

Implementations of information systems are complex and problematic with a reputation for being delayed and exceeding budget. A critical factor in implementations is trust in the system, trust in the project and trust between the various stakeholders. This case charts the evolution of trust in the implementation of the Faroese integrated healthcare system and shows how trust relations at various points in the project became difficult, what the causes and consequences of these trust difficulties were, and how they were successfully resolved in the project.

ENTERPRISE MODELLING AND THE TELEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING

1995 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 45-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. LOUCOPOULOS ◽  
E. KAVAKLI
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Requirements Engineering ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Software System ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Systems Requirements

A critical factor in successful requirements analysis appears to be the understanding not only of what the system under consideration should do, but also why. To capture the purpose of an information system, one needs a mechanism to describe the behaviour of the organization in which the system will operate. This approach suggests further understanding and modelling of the organizational goals and the way that these goals become operationalised. In software systems development we often make the distinction between the enter prise world and the system world. The former describes the domain about which the proposed software system is to provide some service, while the second is concerned with specifications on what the system does and include descriptions of the systems requirements, conceptual designs and implementations. This paper describes an approach which involves the explicit modelling of organizational objectives, social roles and operations and the synthesis of these different perspectives towards a set of information systems requirements.

Factors of Usage Evaluation for a Tax Information System

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Stavros Ioannis Valsamidis ◽  
Ioannis Petasakis ◽  
Sotirios Kontogiannis ◽  
Fotini Perdiki
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Satisfactory Performance ◽  
Electronic Transactions ◽  
Usage Evaluation ◽  
Office Employees

The Greek taxation information system is now in the second decade of its operation. Although many weaknesses were recorded in the first decade, it has been operating sufficiently well during the last five years. One critical factor for the satisfactory performance for each information system is the acceptance by its users. The purpose of this study is to investigate the parameters affecting the positive or negative intentions in the use of information systems by tax office employees, as well as their contribution to the transactions between the public and private sectors and their effects. This article focuses on three important factors: (1) those that affect the acceptance of e-government systems by employees, (2) those that affect employees' intention to accept the e-government services, and (3) the contribution of information systems to electronic transactions their effects. In particular, research is done to identify the parameters that affect the intentions for using TAXIS platform by tax office employees of four branches in the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.

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