This paper reports on an empirical study of the multidimensionality of partnership quality in IT outsourcing arrangements and the relationships between these dimensions of partnership quality. A two-phase national survey was conducted to collect empirical data to confirm the dimensions of partnership quality in an IT outsourcing arrangement from the client organisation perspective and to identi...

Personality traits have rarely been used to discussed the phenomenon under information systems context, especially not in the emerging topic of IS continued usage. IS continuance gained prominence because it is seem as the key indicator to the successfulness of information systems. This study explores and proposed a model to connect personality traits to IS continued usage through the introduct...

Retaining users and facilitating their continuance usage are critical for mobile Internet service providers. From the perspective of resistance to change, this research identified the factors affecting continuance usage of mobile services. We collected data among mobile Internet users and conducted data analysis with structural equation modeling. The results indicated that trust and switching c...

This study develops and tests an integrated model that explains information systems usage at adoption and post-adoption stages. Integrating the theory of planned behavior with the IS continuance model, this research provides insights into the complementary nature of the two theories in explaining IS usage over time. In addition, the integrated model takes into consideration the “habit” construc...

IS post-adoption behavior has received significant attention in prior studies. Evidence suggests that a set of factors entice individuals’ continuance usage toward an information technology product. However traditional models of IT continuance usage generally do not account for product-level factors (e.g. brand influence) and mainly focus on predicting technology-level behavioral intention, and...

This research proposal describes a project to investigate mobile commerce continuance in China and in the U.S., with a specific aim to explore the influence of national culture on mobile shopping continuance. For this purpose, a mobile shopping continuance model is developed based on prior theories. An espoused cultural values-based approach by Srite and Karahanna [19] will be deployed to study...

By integrating the uses and gratifications theory and habit theory, this study develops a theoretical model to explore factors affecting continuance intention of mobile social networking service. 218 valid data were collected in China. The empirical results show that, cognitive need and affective need have significant impacts on continuance intention. In addition, habit is significantly determi...

Given the extensive role of IS in everyday life and the increasing presence of women in IS users, understanding gender differences in individual technology continuance usage decisions is an important issue. Nevertheless, much of the large body of research on gender differences has just examined mean differences between women and men in terms of abilities, usage habit, and traits. Even though lo...

This study aimed to examine the relationship between perceived corporate image and organizational commitment levels of nurses midwives working in a public hospital. A descriptive information form, Perceived Corporate Image Scale (based on Model Organizational Identification), Commitment Questionnaire were used collect data from sample 225 midwives. Data analyzed using numbers, percentages, mean...