Internet abuse in the workplace refers to employee’s use of Internet provided by the organization for non-workrelated purpose. It has not only resulted in productivity loss, bandwidth waste and legal liability, it also exposed organizations’ information systems to a host of new security threats. To gain a better understanding of the factors influencing Internet abuse behavior in the workplace, ...

Over the last two decades, information systems (IS) research has primarily focused on people’s conscious (intentional) behavior when trying to explain and predict IS usage. Consequently, almost no research has investigated the potential importance of subconscious (automatic) behaviors, also known as habits. This study represents a first step toward validating the idea that one can add explanato...

Emerging virtual technology suggests that we are moving into a new age of technology, Web 3.0, in which social networks and 3D virtual environments are prominent. Many new business opportunities present themselves in this context. However, business success in the new virtual world requires an understanding of how people behave in virtual worlds so that they can be effectively and efficiently ma...

This paper presents a research design and a research methodological approach to an explanatory user behavior testing for users of executive information systems (EIS). The study in questions used Triandis Theoretical Framework, a model from social psychology and organizational behavior, as a theoretical foundation to investigate the factors that explain users’ behavior towards using EIS in organ...

Virtual communities have emerged as a new form of business model in the electronic business field. Understanding the motivations behind members’ participation is essential for virtual community organizers. Using the Triandis model of interpersonal behavior, this paper investigated reasons why members participate in virtual community activities. The results showed that the interpersonal behavior...

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have recently received a great deal of attention from the academic communities. However, these courses face low completion rates and there are very limited research pertaining to this problem. Therefore, this study uses Triandis theory to better understand variables that are indicative of MOOC completion. Furthermore, this study scrutinizes the quantitative r...

The predictive power of the Ajzen, Triandis, and Schwartz models are compared in the context of car use for university routes. Two hundred fifty-four students filled out a questionnaire designed to measure the components of the three models. In the prediction of intention to use a car, results indicated that one variable from the Trinandis model—role beliefs—increased the explanatory power offe...

The constructs of horizontal (H) and vertical (V) individualism (I) and collectivism (C) were theoretically defined and empirically supported. Study 1 confirmed, via factor analysis, that the 4 constructs, HI, VI, HC, and VC, which were previously found in the United States, which has an individualist culture, also were found in Korea, which has a collectivist culture. Study 2 investigated mult...