New Articles – Information Management

To trust or not to trust ICT? Empirical model of relation between career readiness, trust, and distrust

Elzbieta Kowalczyk, Dagmara Lewicka, Pawel Zajac

In this study, the authors focus on two issues: the influence of technology trust and distrust on career readiness and the identification of these trust and distrust factors determined by the respondent’s gender. To achieve this goal, the authors collected data using the survey method. The study was conducted among 871 Polish university students aged 18 to 25. Structural equation modeling was used to show potential causal dependencies between variables. The study provides valuable insight into…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2024-2-013 more

A comparative analysis of multivariate approaches for data analysis in management sciences

Rizwan Raheem Ahmed, Dalia Streimikiene, Justas Streimikis, Indre Siksnelyte-Butkiene

The researchers use the SEM-based multivariate approach to analyze the data in different fields, including management sciences and economics. Partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) and covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM) are powerful data analysis techniques. This paper aims to compare both models, their efficiencies and deficiencies, methodologies, procedures, and how to employ the models. The outcomes of this paper exhibited that the PLS-SEM is a…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2024-5-001 more

The effects of private sector companies’ research and development investments on the adoption of cloud computing services in the European Union

Liviu Toader, Dorel Paraschiv, Vasile Dinu, Daniela Manea, Mihaela Mihai

As European economies rely more and more on know-how and technology, the importance of investment in research and development, especially from the private sector, is increasing. Private investment in research and development leads to innovation and the creation of know-how and technologies that can increase productivity, competitiveness and contribute to economic growth. Private investment in research and development is particularly important in dynamic sectors with high added value, such as…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2023-2-012 more