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Durham Research Online (DRO) is the University’s Open Access repository for publications. The primary purpose of DRO is to provide open access to publications authored by staff and students affiliated with Durham University.

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Implementing E-government in Lagos State: Understanding the impact of cultural perceptions and working practices (2017)
Journal Article
Choudrie, J., Zamani, E. D., Umeoji, E., & Emmanuel, A. (2017). Implementing E-government in Lagos State: Understanding the impact of cultural perceptions and working practices. Government Information Quarterly, 34(4), 646-657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2017.11.004

The public sector's adoption of Information and Communication Technologies is often seen as a way of increasing efficiency. However, developing public e-Services involves a series of organisational and social complexities. In this paper, we examine t... Read More about Implementing E-government in Lagos State: Understanding the impact of cultural perceptions and working practices.

Understanding Individual User Resistance and Workarounds of Enterprise Social Networks: The Case of Service Ltd (2016)
Journal Article
Choudrie, J., & Zamani, E. D. (2016). Understanding Individual User Resistance and Workarounds of Enterprise Social Networks: The Case of Service Ltd. Journal of Information Technology, 31(2), 130-151. https://doi.org/10.1057/jit.2016.9

The purpose of this study is to explore the use of Enterprise Social Networks (ESN), namely, Yammer and Chatter, using the lens of resistance and deployment of workarounds among individuals employed in a large, service sector organization. By doing s... Read More about Understanding Individual User Resistance and Workarounds of Enterprise Social Networks: The Case of Service Ltd.

With a little help from the miners: distributed ledger technology and market disintermediation (2018)
Journal Article
Zamani, E. D., & Giaglis, G. M. (2018). With a little help from the miners: distributed ledger technology and market disintermediation. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 118(3), 637-652. https://doi.org/10.1108/imds-05-2017-0231

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue for the role of the blockchain, i.e., distributed ledger technology, in building innovative business models, including machine money, autonomous economic agents and decentralised organisations. Design... Read More about With a little help from the miners: distributed ledger technology and market disintermediation.

Accommodating Practices During Episodes of Disillusionment with Mobile IT (2019)
Journal Article
Zamani, E. D., Pouloudi, N., Giaglis, G., & Wareham, J. (2021). Accommodating Practices During Episodes of Disillusionment with Mobile IT. Information Systems Frontiers, 23(2), 453-475. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-019-09972-4

This study investigates how tablet users react when technology falls short of their expectations. We deploy a data/frame model to study this process and investigate resistance-related reactions and the deployment of accommodating practices at the ind... Read More about Accommodating Practices During Episodes of Disillusionment with Mobile IT.

On the Security Risks of the Blockchain (2018)
Journal Article
Zamani, E., He, Y., & Phillips, M. (2020). On the Security Risks of the Blockchain. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 60(6), 495-506. https://doi.org/10.1080/08874417.2018.1538709

The adoption of blockchain technology is taking place at a fast pace. Security features inherent in blockchain make it resistant to attack, but they do not make it immune, and blockchain security risks do exists. This paper details the associated ris... Read More about On the Security Risks of the Blockchain.