...Xinyi Zhang; Sun Kyong Lee Purpose Based on the theoretical predictions of media equation theory and the computers-are-social-actors (CASA) perspective, this study aims to examine the effects of performance error type (i.e. logical, semantic or syntactic), task type and personality presentation...

...Ziyu Yan; Xitong Guo; Matthew K.O. Lee; Douglas R. Vogel Purpose This paper aims to provide systemic understanding with regard to the adoption of computer mediated communication (CMC) technology and its impact on technostress levels. Design/methodology/approach Based on the theoretical lens...

...Gang Peng; Ying Wang; Rammohan Kasuganti Purpose This study seeks to develop the concept of technological embeddedness by extending the social embeddedness theory of economic actions to household computer adoption. It also aims to propose a research framework in which technological embeddedness...

... develops a framework that shows how different learning strategies and mechanisms support different kinds of computer knowledge and skill areas; describes three interlinked areas of IT knowledge and skills; and suggests a number of practical implications on how computer self‐efficacy could be supported...

... to engage new scholars in social informatics discussions, and suggests new venues for promoting and extending the work of scholars already enrolled in the social informatics movement. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Sociology Computers Social change Rob Kling, his research...

...Neil Selwyn Although we now know much about children's use of information and communications technologies, researchers have yet to consider adequately the roles that children play in shaping adults' computer use. Via household survey data from a randomised sample of 1,001 adults and in‐depth...

...Dane K. Peterson Examines the influence of computer guidelines and the belief in universal moral rules on ethical intentions regarding the use of computers in the workplace. The results revealed that the interaction between computer guidelines and belief in universal moral rules was significant...

...Laurence Habib; Tony Cornford This paper investigates the integration of the home computer into the domestic sphere through a gender perspective on the notions of domesticity and domestication. The study is based on a series of interviews with seven British families in the late 1990s. The analysis...

... that the project failed because of institutional forces which inhibited dramatic changes in work habits. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Action research Organizations Information systems Groupware Co‐operative organization Computers Lyytinen and Ngwenyama (1992) illustrate the way a groupware...

... of innovation. In summary, I strongly recommend this book to everyone who is interested in information technology and its future. This truly interdisciplinary collection, with all authors writing beyond their own subject areas, is an opportunity for the reader to catch up with the main issues of computing...

... effective in the audio‐only modality than in the face‐to‐face modality. Additional analysis of the non‐visual tasks suggests that modality affects the extent to which asymmetry of knowledge results in asymmetry of influence between conversants. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Computers Co‐operation...