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on Information and Communication Technologies |
| By: | Nikolova, Milena; Angelini, Viola |
| Abstract: | As populations age, longer working careers become more essential, and technological advancements may prolong or shorten career spans. We examine how exposure to industrial robots, information and communication technology (ICT), and artificial intelligence (AI) relate to retirement expectations among workers in 20 European countries. To this end, we link individual-level data from the European Working Conditions Survey (2005-2024) with lagged technology-exposure measures. Technology exposure shows li[le systematic association with preferred retirement timing. Nevertheless, robots and especially AI are linked to the perception of being able to work until age 60. These associations vary across workers and tasks, suggesting that job design and worker adaptation determine whether technology supports longer working lives. |
| Keywords: | retirement, expectations, technological change, robots, ICT, AI |
| JEL: | I31 J26 O33 |
| Date: | 2026 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:glodps:1813 |
| By: | Nchor, Dennis |
| Abstract: | This paper assesses the contribution of information and communication technology (ICT) to sustainable development and job polarization in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Panel pooled mean group models are used to assess the role of ICT in sustainable development whereas changes in employment shares of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO08) occupations are used to investigate the changing employment distribution in the labor markets in the region. The results show that all measures of ICT had a positive and significant impact on sustainable development. The paper also finds that the West African countries are lagging in terms of ICT adoption and ICT infrastructure. The pace of adoption is slower compared to developed countries thus minimizing the pace of job polarization. The results obtained found no u-shaped employment distribution in the countries to indicate job polarization. Significantly however, there is a decline in the share of employment of the agriculture, forestry and fishery sectors. The decline in the share of employment is however offset by rising employment shares of most middle-skilled occupations in the region. |
| Date: | 2026–08–29 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:jzeyb_v1 |
| By: | Jean-Charles Pillet (TBS - Toulouse Business School); Kevin Carillo (TBS - Toulouse Business School); Federico Pigni (EESC-GEM - Grenoble Ecole de Management); Claudio Vitari (CERGAM - Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - UTLN - Université de Toulon) |
| Abstract: | In his early work, Karl Weick referred to information technology (IT) as "equivoques" to underline the conflicting interpretations that often arise among users, groups, and organizations interacting with IT systems. As modern IT systems support a growing variety of uses and applications, this phenomenon intensifies, with important implications for attitude formation and usage patterns. Based on individual sensemaking theory, we define perceived IT equivocality as a cognitive state characterized by a user's difficulty in making sense of an IT. This manifests through perceptions of incompleteness, fragmentation, and uncertainty. Through three empirical studies (n = 419, n = 411, n = 345), we validate this multidimensional construct and examine its relevance in three different post-adoptive use contexts. The results indicate that perceived IT equivocality is negatively associated with routine and innovative use, but positively associated with behavioral anxiety, confirming the theorized influence of IT equivocality on usage patterns. In closing, we discuss the importance of the IT equivocality construct to both theory and practice, along with the limitations of our work. Our distinctive contributions include 1) conceptualizing an ISspecific psychological phenomenon, 2) developing and validating a measurement instrument, and 3) demonstrating the behavioral potency of the construct. |
| Keywords: | multidimensional construct, scale development, post adoption IT use, individual sensemaking, generativity, equivocality |
| Date: | 2024–12–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05718130 |
| By: | Sylvie Michel (IRGO - Institut de Recherche en Gestion des Organisations - UB - Université de Bordeaux - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Bordeaux); Magalie Duarte (CEREN - Centre de Recherche sur l'ENtreprise [Dijon] - BSB - Burgundy School of Business (BSB) - Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Dijon Bourgogne (ESC)) |
| Abstract: | Digital inclusion is a central concept in information systems (IS) management, in a context of social and environmental transitions, and with the emergence of disruptive technologies for society, such as artificial intelligence, or blockchain. When it is mobilised in the literature, the aim is mainly to provide solutions to digital inequalities (digital divide and literacy). However, situations of digital inclusion and exclusion can coexist, in the meantime. To assess the impact of digital technologies on society, we stand for an imperative to define this complementary concept of "digital exclusion", i.e. the social mechanisms that keep individuals unable to fully participate in a world structured by technological spheres. Our article proposes to anchor this definition in an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on philosophy and sociology, in order to envisage and operationalize future required research on digital exclusion in IS. |
| Keywords: | Information Systems, Interdisciplinarity, Digital Inclusion, Digital Exclusion |
| Date: | 2026–04–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05745830 |
| By: | Evangelos Dioikitopoulos; Rigissa Megalokonomou; Tommaso Sartori; Yves Zenou |
| Abstract: | Public information campaigns often rely on credible expert messengers to influence people’s beliefs. We study how messenger identity and communication technology shape persuasion in a large-scale randomized experiment on vaccination attitudes among young adults in Greece. Participants receive an identical public-health message that varies only in who delivers it — a medical scientist or a social media influencer — and in how it is delivered — through immersive virtual reality or conventional video. Exposure raises trust in vaccines and trust in the healthcare system. Scientists are rated substantially more credible than influencers yet are no more persuasive on average; the two groups’ effectiveness rests on different characteristics — the scientists’ on perceived reliability and knowledgeability, the influencers’ on personal appeal, prior familiarity, and reputation. We find that persuasion is greater under virtual reality, consistent with stronger engagement. Changes in beliefs persist for at least six months, and initially hesitant participants report greater willingness to vaccinate. A model in which engagement, prior uncertainty, and effective credibility enter persuasion multiplicatively rationalizes these patterns. |
| Keywords: | randomized experiment, persuasion, belief formation, source credibility, messenger familiarity, social media influencers, virtual reality, engagement, health communication, vaccination |
| JEL: | C93 D83 I12 D91 |
| Date: | 2026 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ces:ceswps:_12961 |
| By: | Luning DONG (Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau); Guoqiang LI (Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau) |
| Abstract: | In the context of the development of the digital economy, this paper introduces the factor of gig economy, tests a series of new firm structures, and uses inframarginal analysis to systematically explain how to transition from autarky and non-firm structure to firm structure. We focus on discussing the conditions for the emergence of firm structure, the expansion and contraction of firms, and the issue of the ownership. We shows the important role that transaction efficiency plays in the change of firm structure. The markets for different types of labor are introduced and therefore the size of the firm is endogenously determined. decisions. |
| Keywords: | Digital economy, Gig economy, Firm structure, Inframarginal analysis, Transaction efficiency, Emergence of the firm |
| JEL: | B21 D23 L22 |
| Date: | 2026–09 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:boa:wpaper:202645 |
| By: | Cholli, Neil (Cornell University); Wu, Derek (University of Virginia) |
| Abstract: | Governments increasingly digitize access to public programs, but it remains unclear who benefits. Using administrative microdata from Virginia, we study the impact of an online portal that streamlined SNAP, Medicaid, and TANF applications. Among children and non-elderly adults, the portal raised enrollment by 1.7–2.0% for every ten miles between their residence and local program office. Yet it had no detectable effect on the elderly, despite their lower participation and comparable enrollment barriers. Predicted digital access accounts for 84% of the variation in effects across these groups, showing that digitization can expand access while excluding vulnerable groups like the elderly. |
| Keywords: | digital government, welfare programs, take-up, administrative burdens, elderly |
| JEL: | I38 H53 O33 |
| Date: | 2026–08 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp18873 |