Content goes viral not because of what brands say, but because of how it makes audiences feel, with humor and emotional impact driving the most sharing.
06/02/2026 | By Jeff Mullins and Patrick A. Stewart
This research shows that IT governance naturally shifts between centralization and decentralization over time, suggesting that leaders should intentionally design hybrid models that balance efficiency, control, and resilience.
05/05/2026 | By Mary Lacity
This research suggests that CIOs can drive faster, lower-risk innovation by layering targeted digital tools around stable enterprise systems rather than replacing them outright.
04/28/2026 | By Varun Grover
Online language patterns of ideological groups can influence emotions and social identity, encouraging an us-vs-them mentality and division between groups.
10/21/2025 | By Alyssa Riley; Shaila Miranda
Germany’s blockchain-based FLORA system modernized asylum processing, streamlining intergovernmental data sharing while boosting efficiency and security.
10/14/2025 | By Alyssa Riley; Alexander Rieger and Tamara Roth
Cultural differences impact mobile cloud app privacy concerns post-adoption. Study reveals how collectivism, power distance affect user retention globally.
09/23/2025 | By Victoria Hernandez; Rajiv Sabherwal
New research explores how social and legacy media shaped public discourse of COVID-19 protective behaviors, influencing risk judgments and health decisions.
09/16/2025 | By Alyssa Riley; Shaila Miranda
The orchestration of established enterprise systems with emerging digital technologies empowers firms to innovate, adapt and thrive in fast-changing markets.
09/09/2025 | By Sarah Luhtanen; Varun Grover
True digital transformation is not just about adding IT upgrades; it's a fundamental shift in how organizations structure themselves around digital resources.
08/12/2025 | By Meghan Perry; Varun Grover
Corporate board diversity in knowledge and expertise maximizes IT investment value generation, while demographic differences show no meaningful impact.
07/15/2025 | By Ryan Sheets; Rajiv Sabherwal
By grounding design in ethical principles, developers are able to align emerging technology with human values aimed at enhancing social impact.
04/15/2025 | By Meghan Perry; Amber Young and Tamara Roth
Discover how IT fashion influences consumer tech choices, driving adoption through social status, novelty, and personal identity expression.
03/11/2025 | By Victoria Hernandez; Varun Grover
E-governmental services promise efficiency for users, but information systems implementation does not always align with public values.
02/04/2025 | By Mitchell Simpson; Tamara Roth
One-size-fits-all communication after a data breach can further harm a firm's reputation. Instead, firms should adopt strategic responses to maintain trust.
01/21/2025 | By Kaslyn Tidmore; Varun Grover
Why do some apps fail in foreign markets? Examine how cultural distance and investor selection/diversity affects app success or failure abroad.
07/30/2024 | By Alyssa Riley; Varun Grover
System delays harm UX, job satisfaction, revenue, and learning complex material; new research explores why they affect your brain they way they do.
06/25/2024 | By Alyssa Riley; Kevin Harmon
The research found that after the pandemic, those who lacked relatedness browsed much more frequently and sourced both more information and materials.
05/22/2024 | By Nabiha Khetani, research by Varun Grover
Want patients to have make healthier choices? There's an app for that. But is it the right app? Improving app UX may help patients more than expected.
04/16/2024 | By Mitchell Simpson; Parvin Hashemi and Rajiv Sabherwal
Privacy and security concerns affect mobile app usage post-download. ISO standards don't improve user trust, but usefulness can offset concerns.
02/20/2024 | By Kaslyn Tidmore, Varun Grover, and Rajiv Sabherwal
More information helps, but only to a point; in groups, how much info helps decision making? At what point does info become counterproductive for members?
11/07/2023 | By Mitchell Simpson, Jeff Mullins, Rajiv Sabherwal
Integration of tablets in consultation rooms empowers physicians to facilitate real-time patient education and optimizes the decision-making process.
10/31/2023 | By Nabiha Khetani, Rajiv Sabherwal
Trust matters in IS research because new technologies will emerge, new forms of governance must be instituted, and new forms of transactions will develop.
09/14/2023 | By Ryan Sheets, Mary Lacity, Sebastian Schuetz, Le Kuai, and Zachary Steelman
Explore the connection between successful knowledge management strategies and how employees feel about the information they encounter at work.
08/08/2023 | By Jack Travis, Rajiv Sabherwal
We have tools like VR, AR, smart contracts, governance tokens, and SSI. How do we build a metaverse where innovation and creativity is accessible to everybody?
03/07/2023 | By Ryan Sheets, Mary Lacity, Jeff Mullins, Le Kuai
What to do about ChatGPT and generative AI technology? Businesses could use ethical guidelines and human editing to account for some of its cons.
03/03/2023 | By Cindy Moehring
We know there's a gender disparity in STEM fields. Can we facilitate diversity by using an empathizing-systemizing model to evaluate interest in technology?
01/24/2023 | By Mitchell Simpson, Zachary Steeleman
What convinces customers that anti-phishing software works? And what prevents them from relying on it? Learn how to educate your workforce about cybersecurity.
01/10/2023 | By Jack Travis, Zachary Steelman, Rhonda Syler
How do technology habits devolve into dependencies? Find out how your device dependence might be contributing to your burnout and what you can do to stop it.
10/11/2022 | By Mitchell Simpson, Zachary Steelman
Employees are wary of automation, but a streamlined supply chain is a huge asset to most companies. How does robotic process automation respond to this problem?
09/15/2022 | By Ryan Sheets, Remko van Hoek, Mary Lacity
Does it matter what investors say about stocks? Find out how pairing investor sentiment with quantitative data might help you more accurately evaluate stocks.
08/09/2022 | By Mitchell Simpson, Vernon Richardson
Technostress affects all workers, but older workers feel it more profoundly; how can employers develop strategies to mediate these effects for older workers?
07/12/2022 | By Mitchell Simpson, Varun Grover
Policies addressing highly visible e-commerce problems may do more harm than good, especially if they reinforce the status quo and foreclose on new ideas.
06/21/2022 | By Mitchell Simpson, Robert Jensen, Brent Williams
Investing in self-sovereign identity and digital passports paid dividends for the NHS during the pandemic; how can your firm use SSI to unlock business value?
04/19/2022 | By Ryan Sheets, Mary Lacity, Erran Carmel
With security, as with most things, seeing is believing. Find out how businesses can benefit from telling their customers about security improvements.
04/07/2022 | By Mitchell Simpson, Rajiv Sabherwal
From consumer behavior to interpersonal relationships, artificial intelligence has changed our lives beyond measure. Scholars explore the effects of its use.
01/21/2022 | By Emilija Sarma, Mary Lacity
What exactly can workers do about the technology-mediated interruptions (all the calls, IMs, emails, texts, and social media posts) they face each workday?
11/12/2021 | By Jeff L. Wright, Varun Grover
As more and more companies rely on open-source software developers, crowdsourcing could help build security into software and focus on the prevention rather than the cure.
06/25/2021 | By Ryan Decker, Suresh Malladi, Hemang Subramanian
Students who earn a degree in information systems take what they learn and apply it in jobs with all types of titles, from analysts to database administrators, to leaders on IT teams.
10/29/2020 | By Stephen Caldwell
With big data comes big responsibility — and today’s scholars must recognize that responsibility to preserve the future of IS studies.
10/23/2020 | By Michael Adkison, Varun Grover
Twenty years ago, athletes used pedometers; today, they use Fitbits, Apple Watches, or even their smartphone to track their health.
08/14/2020 | By Michael Adkison, Rhonda A. Syler
University of Arkansas professors John A. Aloysius and Viswanath Venkatesh have been studying the use of mobile technologies in shopping contexts for several years now. In their 2019 article “Shoplifting in mobile checkout settings: cybercrime in retail stores,” coauthored with a Ph.D. student, Ankur Arora, they analyze mobile checkout theft.
07/17/2020 | By Michael Adkison, John A. Aloysius, Viswanath Venkatesh
As Apple and Google collaborate with the CDC and begin beta testing their app, recognizing these researchers’ findings and suggestions from an unrelated study could be integral to developing an AutoID-based COVID-19 application.
06/26/2020 | By Michael Adkison, John A. Aloysius, Viswanath Venkatesh
Despite the rapid increase in the number of telecommuting and teleconferencing services and chat apps due to remote working, that’s not a common adage you’ll hear your friends say. The truth is that online discussion communities, or ODCs, have their value in society.
05/15/2020 | By Michael Adkison, Rajiv Sabherwal