Leida Chen

Nomadic Culture: Cultural Support for Working Anytime, Anywhere

Abstract This article argues that a nomadic culture is required to achieve the competitive benefits of a workforce using ubiquitous computing technologies. A nomadic culture is defined as a collection of artifacts, beliefs, and basic assumptions based on a prior published model of organizational culture in general, the term nomadic culture is defined in this article. the authors provide lists of questions for managers to conduct an internal cultural audit.

Understanding the underlying factors of Internet addiction across cultures

This study found that the underlying factors of Internet addition and their importance differ across cultures.The varying factors of Internet addiction across cultures have important implications to the diagnosis and treatment of Internet addiction.Internet addiction was found to be prevalent globally among young Internet users.E-commerce businesses have the ethical and legal responsibilities to help reduce Internet addiction.This study will allow future research projects to integrate Internet addiction to study user behaviors in the e-commerce context effectively. Studies have shown that technology addiction distorts the true intentions of technology users. This is primarily due to the maladaptive perceptions that form as a result of the addiction to technology. Internet is the vehicle for e-commerce; therefore, understanding Internet addiction (IA) is critical to developing a sustainable and healthy environment for e-commerce growth and ignoring it could lead to a myriad of business, societal, ethical and legal ramifications. Internet Addiction Test (IAT) is a well-established instrument for measuring an individuals addiction level. While IAT has been widely adopted clinically and in research in many countries, the differences in the underlying constructs of IA among various countries have not been sufficiently examined. Using the data collected from 488 US, 453 African, and 209 Chinese college students, this study focuses on discovering the differences in the underlying properties of IA from a cross-cultural perspective. The analysis shows that a sizable percent of the users in each region suffers from IA problems. More importantly, the results indicate that the key underlying IA psychometric constructs are substantially different in different cultural, economic and technological contexts. Further, the implications of the findings and directions for future research are discussed.

Impediments to mobile work: an empirical study

Enterprise mobility promises to transform how business is conducted and will profoundly affect the workforce and their work. This research presents the results of a study that examines the impediments and strategies related to mobile work from a socio-technical perspective. The data for this research was gathered by interviewing and surveying Chief Information Officers (CIOs). A factor analysis of the data identifies seven impediment factors to success with mobile work/workers. Also, several strategies are identified that can guide an organisation in achieving success in mobile work. Finally, the implications of the findings of this research for future research and practice are discussed.

An Empirical Investigation of the Consequences of Technostress: Evidence from China

With the growing adoption of information technology in organizations, technostress has become a problem that can no longer be ignored. Despite the fact that this form of stress emanates from excessive dependence on technologies, prior studies investigated its consequences mostly from job-centric points of view. The current study argues that technostress consequences are multi-faceted and lead to not only job-centric but also IT-centric detriments. It proposes a model that theoretically ties together the immediate reactions and extensive consequences of technostress for users. Using a survey of 221 Chinese knowledge workers, it was found that the negative influences of technostress expand far beyond what have been identified in prior research. Putting in a broader perspective, it can be detrimental to both the employees job satisfaction and global attitude towards using information and communications technologies. Theoretical and pragmatic implications are also discussed.

Business analytics maturity of firms: an examination of the relationships between managerial perception of IT, business analytics maturity and success

ABSTRACT This study develops a measure for business analytics (BA) maturity and empirically examines the relationships between managerial perception of IT, BA maturity and BA success. The findings suggest that (1) BA maturity can be measured via BA integration & management support, process-level benefits of BA and technology & data analytics capabilities, (2) BA maturity positively affects organizations’ overall BA success, and (3) managerial perception of IT positively influence organizations’ achievement of BA maturity.