Information Technology (IT) becomes more and more part of our lives both at home and at work. However, theory-based research concerning the question how information technology can be designed to facilitate employees’ work-life-balance is scarce. We fill in this gap building upon boundary theory to identify design-relevant constructs in the context of work-life-balance. As boundary theory sugges...

This study aims to improve our understanding of how the dark side of post-adoptive behavior can lead to IT discontinuance and the role of intervention. To this end, we developed a qualitative case study by investigating the case of Online Reverse Auctions (ORAs) in the context of the retail industry. We identified four forms of IT discontinuance, namely, chosen because of IT artifact, triggered...

Understanding why users continue or discontinue using specific technology is vital for its providers. Existing literature has explored the reasons continuance and discontinuance by taking into account both rational emotional factors. However, one question remains unanswered: Why do some depend more on factors decision-making, while others rely factors? This study addresses this integrating cogn...

Purpose: This article is focused on the high attrition rate of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in Kingdom Saudi Arabia. It looks into possible reasons that cause to leave country or profession after spending short time there, based data collected from EFL across Kingdom. Approach/Methodology/Design: study used mixed methods enquiry design, initially carried out through semi-structu...

Treatment-related Myelodysplastic Syndrome (t-MDS) is well known and serious complication of cancer treatment. However, MDS cases caused by therapy of common nonmalignant diseases are unusual and represent diagnosic and therapeutic challenge. We experienced a case of secondary MDS, possibly induced by trimetazidine dihydrochloride, which was spontaneously resolved by discontinuance of the drug....

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether the occurrence of side effects or discontinuance of bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy because of side effects is associated with its therapeutic efficacy. METHODS We analyzed the data from 145 patients who had had nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer (Stage pTa, pT1, or pTis) and had undergone an initial course of adjuvant BCG therapy after transurethral res...