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Dr Efpraxia Zamani's Outputs (35)

M-Government and Saudi Women’s Empowerment: A Capability Approach Perspective (2024)
Journal Article
Alotaibi, N. H., Zamani, E., & Dasuki, S. (in press). M-Government and Saudi Women’s Empowerment: A Capability Approach Perspective. Information Technology for Development,

At a time when Saudi women are no longer legally required to obtain permission from their male guardians to take actions about their own and their children’s lives, this study examines how m-government contributes toward women’s empowerment. We use S... Read More about M-Government and Saudi Women’s Empowerment: A Capability Approach Perspective.

Reconsidering government digital strategies within the context of digital inequalities: the case of the UK Digital Strategy (2024)
Journal Article
Zamani, E. D., & Rousaki, A. (2024). Reconsidering government digital strategies within the context of digital inequalities: the case of the UK Digital Strategy. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), Article 1410. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03921-6

In this paper, we critically examine the 2022 UK Digital Strategy and argue that the UK government adopts with this policy document a customer-centric vision of governance, which undermines the traditional role of the government as a provider of publ... Read More about Reconsidering government digital strategies within the context of digital inequalities: the case of the UK Digital Strategy.

The Digitalization of Social Care in England and Implications for Older, Unpaid Carers: Constructionist Thematic Analysis. (2024)
Journal Article
Rousaki, A., Zamani, E. D., Sbaffi, L., Hamblin, K., & Black, R. (2024). The Digitalization of Social Care in England and Implications for Older, Unpaid Carers: Constructionist Thematic Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26, Article e60056. https://doi.org/10.2196/60056

Globally, populations are aging, generating concerns about the sustainability of health and social care provision. In terms of the public provision of social care in particular, unpaid carers provide much of the support to people with disabilities an... Read More about The Digitalization of Social Care in England and Implications for Older, Unpaid Carers: Constructionist Thematic Analysis..

Co‐constructing cooperative value ecosystems: A critical realist perspective (2024)
Journal Article
Zhang, J., Zamani, E. D., Gerli, P., & Mora, L. (online). Co‐constructing cooperative value ecosystems: A critical realist perspective. Information Systems Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12549

This study focuses on digital platform cooperatives (DPCs) and investigates how social value is created within platform cooperativism for fostering a more equitable and inclusive digital landscape. We explore and theorise the outcomes of social value... Read More about Co‐constructing cooperative value ecosystems: A critical realist perspective.

Gender differences in remote work: a study on the boundary management tactics of women and men (2024)
Journal Article
Shen, M., & Zamani, E. (2024). Gender differences in remote work: a study on the boundary management tactics of women and men. Information Technology & People, https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-06-2023-0547

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to identify potential differences in experiences and their causes from a gender-based perspective.

Design/methodology/approach
We use secondary data, and we conduct a thematic analysis, to identify whether an... Read More about Gender differences in remote work: a study on the boundary management tactics of women and men.

Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in usability testing: recommendations and a research agenda (2024)
Journal Article
Rutter, S., Zamani, E., McKenna-Aspell, J., & Wang, Y. (2024). Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in usability testing: recommendations and a research agenda. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 188, Article 103278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2024.103278

Technologies support our everyday lives, and to ensure that people are not routinely excluded they must be usable by the wider population. However, technologies are not commonly tested with participants from a range of backgrounds. This paper reports... Read More about Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in usability testing: recommendations and a research agenda.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and User Experience (UX) design: A systematic literature review and future research agenda (2023)
Journal Article
Stige, Å., Mikalef, P., Zamani, E., & Zhu, Y. (2023). Artificial Intelligence (AI) and User Experience (UX) design: A systematic literature review and future research agenda. Information Technology & People, https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-07-2022-0519

Purpose
The aim of this article is to map the use of AI in the user experience (UX) design process.
Disrupting the UX process by introducing novel digital tools such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) has
the potential to improve efficiency and acc... Read More about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and User Experience (UX) design: A systematic literature review and future research agenda.

An Overarching Conceptual Framework for ICT-enabled Responsive Governance (2023)
Journal Article
Tiwari, A. A., Gupta, S., Zamani, E. D., Mittal, N., & Agarwal, R. (2023). An Overarching Conceptual Framework for ICT-enabled Responsive Governance. Information Systems Frontiers, 26, 1161–1182. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-023-10415-4

Over the recent years, responsiveness has gained importance as it is a critical element of public governance processes and acts as a driving factor for supporting the achievement of governance objectives, especially in the implementation phases. In t... Read More about An Overarching Conceptual Framework for ICT-enabled Responsive Governance.

Addressing the information needs of informal carers in Malawi: a healthcare intervention based on co-creation (2023)
Journal Article
Zamani, E. D., Sbaffi, L., & Kalua, K. (2024). Addressing the information needs of informal carers in Malawi: a healthcare intervention based on co-creation. Journal of Documentation, 80(1), 131-157. https://doi.org/10.1108/jd-12-2022-0264

Purpose
The aim of this study was to address the unmet information needs of Malawian informal carers. We report on a three-year project which we co-created with informal carers, medical doctors and NGOs with the view to disseminate health advisory m... Read More about Addressing the information needs of informal carers in Malawi: a healthcare intervention based on co-creation.

Promoting Well-being Among Informal Caregivers of People With HIV/AIDS in Rural Malawi: Community-Based Participatory Research Approach (2023)
Journal Article
Sbaffi, L., Zamani, E., & Kalua, K. (2023). Promoting Well-being Among Informal Caregivers of People With HIV/AIDS in Rural Malawi: Community-Based Participatory Research Approach. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, Article e45440. https://doi.org/10.2196/45440

Background:
People living with HIV/AIDS and their informal caregivers (usually family members) in Malawi do not have adequate access to patient-centered care, particularly in remote rural areas of the country because of the high burden of HIV/AIDS,... Read More about Promoting Well-being Among Informal Caregivers of People With HIV/AIDS in Rural Malawi: Community-Based Participatory Research Approach.

Understanding and exploring the value co-creation of cloud computing innovation using resource based value theory: An interpretive case study (2023)
Journal Article
Jyoti, C., & Efpraxia, Z. (2023). Understanding and exploring the value co-creation of cloud computing innovation using resource based value theory: An interpretive case study. Journal of Business Research, 164, Article 113970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113970

Research on the intrinsic mechanisms of how cloud computing ecosystems may enable value co-creation within business alliances and partnerships and their underlying mechanisms are scarce. Having identified this gap in the extant literature, and acknow... Read More about Understanding and exploring the value co-creation of cloud computing innovation using resource based value theory: An interpretive case study.

Artificial Intelligence–Based Ethical Hacking for Health Information Systems: Simulation Study (2023)
Journal Article
He, Y., Zamani, E., Yevseyeva, I., & Luo, C. (2023). Artificial Intelligence–Based Ethical Hacking for Health Information Systems: Simulation Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, Article e41748. https://doi.org/10.2196/41748

Background:
Health information systems (HISs) are continuously targeted by hackers, who aim to bring down critical health infrastructure. This study was motivated by recent attacks on health care organizations that have resulted in the compromise of... Read More about Artificial Intelligence–Based Ethical Hacking for Health Information Systems: Simulation Study.

The Unintended Consequences of Automated Scripts in Crowdwork Platforms: A Simulation Study in MTurk (2023)
Journal Article
Xie, H., Checco, A., & Zamani, E. D. (2024). The Unintended Consequences of Automated Scripts in Crowdwork Platforms: A Simulation Study in MTurk. Information Systems Frontiers, 26(1), 159-175. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-023-10373-x

Crowdworkers on platforms like Amazon Mechanical Turk face growing competition as a result of the global excess supply of digital labour. As a result, many crowdworkers turn to automated scripts, which help them locate better tasks faster and to boos... Read More about The Unintended Consequences of Automated Scripts in Crowdwork Platforms: A Simulation Study in MTurk.

Artificial intelligence and big data analytics for supply chain resilience: a systematic literature review (2022)
Journal Article
Zamani, E. D., Smyth, C., Gupta, S., & Dennehy, D. (2023). Artificial intelligence and big data analytics for supply chain resilience: a systematic literature review. Annals of Operations Research, 327(2), 605-632. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-022-04983-y

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data Analytics (BDA) have the potential to significantly improve resilience of supply chains and to facilitate more effective management of supply chain resources. Despite such potential benefits and the increase... Read More about Artificial intelligence and big data analytics for supply chain resilience: a systematic literature review.

Affective temporal experiences and new work modalities: The role of Information and Communication Technologies (2022)
Journal Article
Zamani, E. D., & Spanaki, K. (2023). Affective temporal experiences and new work modalities: The role of Information and Communication Technologies. Journal of Business Research, 154(113311), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113311

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, new ways of working emerged, such as fully remote to hybrid work. As the restrictions with regards to the spatial dimension of work become less rigid, the temporal dimension surfaces as one of the more important... Read More about Affective temporal experiences and new work modalities: The role of Information and Communication Technologies.

Are we Nearly There Yet? A Desires & Realities Framework for Europe’s AI Strategy (2022)
Journal Article
Polyviou, A., & Zamani, E. D. (2023). Are we Nearly There Yet? A Desires & Realities Framework for Europe’s AI Strategy. Information Systems Frontiers, 25(1), 143-159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-022-10285-2

Of all emerging technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is perhaps the most debated topic in contemporary society because it promises to redefine and disrupt several sectors. At the same time, AI poses challenges for policymakers and decision-make... Read More about Are we Nearly There Yet? A Desires & Realities Framework for Europe’s AI Strategy.

Drivers and challenges of internet of things diffusion in smart stores: A field exploration (2022)
Journal Article
Roe, M., Spanaki, K., Ioannou, A., Zamani, E. D., & Giannakis, M. (2022). Drivers and challenges of internet of things diffusion in smart stores: A field exploration. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 178, Article 121593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121593

The digitally disruptive environment has evolved rapidly due to the introduction of new advancements within the field of smart applications. Applications of one of the most prominent technologies, Internet of Things (IoT), often appear in the retail... Read More about Drivers and challenges of internet of things diffusion in smart stores: A field exploration.