Searcharxiv⌕ Search

arXiv subjects

Darshana Sedera

Publications and source records attributed to Darshana Sedera.

14 recordsLinked to original sources
arXiv2022

A Systematic Review of Digital Transformation Literature (2013-2021) and the development of an overarching apriori model to guide future research

In recent times, organizations purport to undergo unprecedented transformations owing to the adoption of digital technologies. Consequently, there has been a substantial effort in academia attempting to better understand the phenomenon of digital transformation in business organizations. However, a cumulative tradition of research on digital transformation, underpinned by a consolidated theoretical positioning, is compromised by the loosely defined constructs, confusion in terminology and lack of an overarching framework of its nomological net. This paper, therefore, features a systematic review of the assorted and fragmented literature on this notion of Digital Transformation by critically analysing 174 peer-reviewed journal articles published between 2013 and 2021, in over thirty leading academic outlets. The authors provide a consolidated nomological net of digital transformation by synthesizing themes and dominant theories apparent in existing digital transformation literature, which will be useful for future academic studies.

cs.DL↗
arXiv2022

Does IT Matter (Now)? A Global Panel Data Analysis of 7 Regions from 2018-2020 on Digitalization and its Impact on Economic Growth

There has been a long-running debate in Information Technology (IT) and economics literature about the contrary arguments of IT concerning digitalization and the economic growth of nations. While many empirical studies have shown a significant value of IT, others revealed a detrimental impact. Given the ambiguous results and anecdotal commentary on the increase in digitalization attributed to the COVID19 global pandemic, this paper aims to explore the economic growth-digitalization nexus of 59 countries in 7 regions by employing correlation and regression analyses over the period 2018-2020. The findings indicate a positive relationship between economic growth and digitalization for both HIGH and LOW digitalized country categorization and regional assessment. Consistent with regional results, except for Northern Africa and Western Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa regions, the remaining regions show a positive correlation and regression results. The findings of this study can be helpful in future prospective national IT and economic development policies.

cs.CY↗
arXiv2022

Personal Green IT Use: Findings from a Literature Review

Research addressing the greening of internet user behaviours at hedonic and utilitarian levels is scarce. To identify dimensions, scales and strong relationships arising from motivation, we reviewed a sample of research articles related to the personal green IT context. We used Self-determination theory as the theoretical framework to categorize factors into different motivation dimensions. A qualitative literature review analyses five pair-wise associations between motivation constructs of the theory and green IT use. This work builds on the prior research related to environmental motivation by summarizing the measures applied to the evaluation of personal green IT behaviours and by examining the relationships broadly defined in the Self-determination theory, distinguishing between hedonic and utilitarian green IT use.

cs.CY↗
arXiv2022

Status Quo Bias in Users Information Systems (IS) Adoption and Continuance Intentions: A Literature Review and Framework

Information systems (IS) adoption and continuance intentions of users have a dominant effect on digital transformation in organisations. However, organisations undergoing digital transformation face substantial barriers due to user resistance to IS implementations. Status quo bias (SQB) plays a vital role in users decision-making regarding adopting new IS or continuing to use existing IS. Despite recent research to validate the effects of SQB on user resistance to IS implementations, how SQB affects the IS adoption and continuance intentions of users remains poorly understood, making it harder to develop ways of successfully dealing with it. To address the gap, we performed a systematic literature review on SQB in IS research. Our proposed framework incorporates the psychological phenomena promoting the status quo, SQB theory constructs, levels of SQB influence, and factors reducing the user resistance to IS implementations to enhance the understanding of IS adoption and continuance intentions.

cs.HC↗
arXiv2021

An Investigative Model of Adult Cyberbullying: A Court Case Analysis

Cyberbullying is a major social issue that is on the rise with a substantial potential to impact a large number of Internet users globally. The growth and rapid proliferation of the Internet and other ubiquitous technologies like social media and smart mobile devices have increased the propensity of cyberbullying, providing it with a wider audience and rapid access. This research developed an investigative model for cyberbullying, specifically developed for adults. Therein, the model considers the cyberbullying journey from conception of the bullying idea, identification of the target to the bullying as an action. The a-priori model is motivated by the General Theory of Crime and the Routine Activity Theory. The a-priori model is then validated using 20 cyberbullying court cases from Australia, Canada, the United States and Scotland.

cs.CY↗
arXiv2021

An awareness-based model to minimize the environmental damage of the internet usage: A Longitudinal Study

The record-breaking increase of internet usage in 2020 with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has made us think about the alarming consequences of it in the aspect of climate change. As countries go into lockdown the use of the internet to perform tasks remotely has increased in record numbers. As per the trend and at times addictive nature of its usage, it is unlikely that the usage of the internet will decrease in the future reducing its current contribution to climate change. Considering the sustainability perspective, this study investigates whether the pervasive nature of internet usage could be reduced by simply inducing awareness. A population-based survey experiment comprising of 326 respondents was employed to investigate if awareness alone could reduce individual internet usage.

cs.CY↗
arXiv2021

Do Small Firms Implement Enterprise Systems Differently? The Case of E-Silk Route Ventures

The cost effectiveness, ease of learning, connectedness and in-depth analytical capabilities provided through cloud computing technologies, have provided small firms the opportunity to implement enterprise systems (ES), which was reserved only for the much resourceful firms. However, it is evident that small firms are still struggling to attain purported benefits of ES and still find it difficult to manage complexities of ES implementations. Further, limited research has been conducted that discusses ES implementation in small firms. This research is an attempt to further the understanding of ES-implementation of small firms and re-evaluate the applicability of fundamental critical success factors to small firms.

cs.DC↗
arXiv2020

Addicts without Substance? Social Media Addiction when Facebook Shuts Down

In March 2018, a series of anti-social and racial riots in Sri Lanka led to a government-controlled ban of all social media use in the country for 14 days. This nation-wide ban included the use of all social media such as Facebook, Twitter and communication apps like WhatsApp, Viber and WeChat. Until the day of the sanctions, a population of 23 million in Sri Lanka had never experienced government sanctions, restrictions or interventions on social media use. This sudden ban provided a unique window of opportunity to investigate social media non-use and use and how it might lead to psychological distress. Using a longitudinal study design of two surveys, analyzing data of 476 and 205 respectively, this study makes insightful preliminary observations of social media non-use and use continuum.

cs.IT↗
arXiv2020

Flaws in Flawlessness: Perfectionism as a New Technology Driven Mental Disorder

Today, technologies, devices and systems play a major role in our lives. Anecdotal commentary suggests that such technologies and our interactions with them create a false sense of perfectionism about life, events and its outcomes. While it is admirable to strive for better outcomes, constant and sometimes unrealistic expectations create a psychological condition commonly known as Perfectionism, the fear of not doing something right or the fear of not being good enough. In this paper, based on the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III), we conceptualize digital perfectionism as an emerging disorder, that is specific to our increasing interactions with tools and technologies. By using a sample of 336 individuals, this study makes valuable early insights on digital perfectionism, its conceptualization and its effects on the individuals.

cs.CY↗
arXiv2020

Digital Transformation: Environmental Friend or Foe? Panel Discussion at the Australasian Conference on Information Systems 2019

The advent of digital technologies such as social media, mobile, analytics, cloud computing and internet-of-things has provided unique opportunities for organizations to engage in innovations that are affordable, easy-to-use, easy-to-learn and easy-to-implement. Transformations through such technologies often have positive impacts on business processes, products and services. As such, organizations have managed to increase productivity and efficiency, reduce cycle time and make substantial gains through digital transformation. Such transformations have also been positively associated with reducing harmful environmental impacts by providing organizations alternative ways of undertaking their business activities. However, in recent times, especially with an abundance of technologies being available at near-zero costs, questions regarding the potential negative impacts of digital transformation on the environment have arisen. The morass of the ubiquitous technologies around us necessitates the continuing creation of large data centers, that are increasing their capacity yielding a negative impact on the environment. Considering this dialectical contradiction, a panel was conducted at the Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) in Perth, Australia, in 2019. Its aim was to invigorate the dialogue regarding the impact of digital transformation on environmental sustainability and suggested some directions for future research in this area.

cs.CY↗
arXiv2020

Enterprise System Lifecycle-wide Innovation

Enterprise Systems purport to bring innovation to organizations. Yet, no past studies, neither from innovation nor from ES disciplines have merged their knowledge to understand how ES could facilitate lifecycle-wide innovation. Therefore, this study forms conceptual bridge between the two disciplines. In this research, we seek to understand how ES could facilitate innovation across its lifecycle phases. We associate classifications of innovation such as radical vs. incremental, administrative vs. technical innovation with the three phases of ES lifecycle. We introduce Continuous Restrained Innovation (CRI) as a new type of innovation specific to ES, considering restraints of technology, business processes and organization. Our empirical data collection at the implementation phase, using data from both the client and implementation partner, shows preliminary evidence of CRI. In addition, we state that both parties consider the implementation of ES as a radical innovation yet, are less interest in seeking further innovations through the system.

cs.CY↗
arXiv2020

Enterprise Systems Lifecycle-wide Innovation Readiness

Enterprise Systems have been touted as a key driver of delivering benefits through innovation in corporate Information Systems. The advent of such systems expects to deliver best practices that improve organizational performance. Yet, most Enterprise System installations struggle to see lifecycle-wide value of it. Considering that Enterprise Systems deliver lifecycle-wide innovation; we observe organizational readiness for lifecycle-wide Enterprise Systems innovation. The A VICTORY apriori model compares contributions of eight constructs for organizational readiness for continuous Enterprise Systems innovation. The model is tested responses of both client and implementation partner. Results indicate that six of the eight constructs of readiness make significant contributions to organizational readiness for Enterprise Systems innovation.

cs.CY↗
arXiv2016

Green Information Technology as Administrative innovation - Organizational factors for successful implementation: Literature Review

There is a considerable amount of awareness of environmental issues and corporate responsibility for sustainability. As such, from a technological viewpoint, Green IT has become an important topic in contemporary organizations. Consequently, organisations are expected to be innovative in their business practices to become more sustainable. Yet, the popularity and adoption of such initiatives amongst employees remain low. Furthermore, the management practices for adhering to Green IT are largely dormant, lacking active incentives for employees to engage in Green IT initiatives. This study observes the phenomenon of Green IT through administrative innovation. In doing so this paper performs a comprehensive analysis of 137 papers published between 2007 and 2015. The paper reveals organizational factors for successful implementation of Green IT as administrative innovation that can be useful to both academia and practice.

cs.CY↗