Connecting perceived effectiveness of app evolution to app engagement: a technology identity perspective

Yi Liu is Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems at the H-E-B School of Business & Administration, University of the Incarnate Word. He obtained his PhD from Florida State University. Yi Liu has four research areas: platform-centric competition, IT business value and strategy, e-commerce, and business analytics. His studies have been published in the Information & Management, Journal of Information Technology & People, Communication of Associate Information Systems, Information Systems Frontiers, Ecological Indicators, and European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS). He has served on the review board of Journal of Global Business Insights (JGBI) and editorial review board member for the Journal of American Journal of Operations Management and Information Systems.

Xinlin Tang is Associate Professor of Management Information Systems at the College of Business, Florida State University. She holds a PhD from Georgia State University. Her current research focuses on digital innovation and business value, IT-enable knowledge management, and emerging technologies. Her research has been published or forthcoming in a number of high-impact journals, including Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Operations Management, and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. She has served as associate editor for MIS Quarterly and on the review board of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.

Peigong Li is Full Professor of Accounting in School of Accounting at Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance. His research interests focus on IT business value, accounting information systems, and business data analytics. His publications have been appeared in Economic Research Journal, Journal of Management Science in China, and Accounting Research.

Xuan Wang is Assistant Professor of Information Systems at Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She received her PhD in Information Systems and Decision Science from E. J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University. Her interests include causal inference, big data analytics and virtual communities. Her research has been published in Information Systems Management, Journal of Organizational and End-user Computing, Communication of Associate Information Systems, Information Systems Frontiers and has been presented in the conference such as Decision Science Institute (DSI), Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) and Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).