MIS researchers have developed a number of models for studying the software utilization choices of end users. In this paper, we focus on one of these, the Task-Technology fit model. We explore the addition of various personal characteristic constructs, especially Computer Self-Efficacy and Experience.

E xecutive compensation is a topic that has received attention both in the media and the academic literature. This article discusses issues relevant to the construction and interpretation of compensation …gures typically reported in both sources. First, it is not clear what precisely should be included within a measure of the chief executive o¢ cer’s (CEO’s) income tied to his …rm. Second, the ...

Since 1983 the US Central Intelligence Agency has defined terrorism as “premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience.” Compared to the many dangers facing the US today, the threat of terrorism is relatively small. Nonetheless, at nearly all levels of US society the res...

This paper examines whether the different types of block shareholdings will have a different impact on the extent of Web voluntary disclosure during the differential privatization stages. Prior literature suggests that block ownership may have a substitutive or complementary monitoring effect on corporate disclosure. However, for economies transferring from state endowment to being privately he...

Widely used information diffusion models such as Independent Cascade Model, Susceptible Infected Recovered (SIR) and others fail to acknowledge that information is constantly subject to modification. Some aspects of information diffusion are best explained by network structural characteristics while in some cases strong influence comes from individual decisions. We introduce reinvention, the ab...

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This paper reports preliminary findings from the National Hospital Rate-Setting Study regarding the effects of State prospective reimbursement (PR) programs on measures of payroll costs and employment in hospitals. PR effects were estimated through reduced-form equations, using American Hospital Association Annual Survey data on over 2,700 hospitals from 1969 through 1978. These tests suggest t...

Philosophers of science increasingly recognize the importance of idealization: the intentional introduction of distortion into scientific theories. Yet this recognition has not yielded consensus about the nature of idealization. e literature of the past thirty years contains disparate characterizations and justifications, but little evidence of convergence towards a common position. Despite th...