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Sustainable Information Technology Capabilities Applied in Management and Education

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2021) | Viewed by 12274

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Sanghyun Kim

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School of Business Administration, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, South Korea
Interests: IT capability; information security; cloud computing; innovation; AR/VR content

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Information technology (IT) has a tremendous impact on society and industry. In modern society, most organizations rely on various kinds of IT regardless of the type of business, and these will continue to be an essential element in organizational management. Among the many resources held by the organization, sustainable IT capabilities have become a key determinant for the success or failure of organizations. Many organizations operating in highly uncertain environments need more sustainable information and capability for survival. Thus, the role of IT capability is even more important for organizations in a dynamic environment as compared to a relatively steady business environment. Sustainable IT capability enables organizations to effectively and efficiently organize the various types of IT resources and assets in rapidly changing business environments. Furthermore, an organization’s IT capability provides greater access to market information, which gains and transfers consumers’ and competitors’ data, and shares real-time information among functional areas and business partners, including suppliers and distributors.

In addition, an organization's specific sustainable IT capabilities make organizational culture an opportunity for continuous learning. For example, in educational institutions, educational content using new technologies such as AR/VR may increase the learning effect of teachers and learners.

With this Special Issue, we invite papers that provide insights into all aspects of sustainable IT capabilities in both individual and organizational settings. Papers that include empirical, analytical, and conceptual approaches that develop or extend theory are welcome. Co-authored papers with practitioners are particularly encouraged.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Impacts of IT capability on organizational agility
  • Impacts of IT capability on organizational performance
  • Impacts of IT capability on information security assimilation
  • Empirical recognition of antecedent variables of sustainable IT capability
  • Cases of specific sustainable IT capabilities applied to business
  • Cloud computing capability and organizational performance
  • The role of sustainable IT capabilities in COVID19
  • The role of IT capabilities in sharing economy
  • Empirical analysis of AR/VR in business or education
  • IT capabilities and e-commerce business
  • Green IT capabilities
  • Methods for assessing sustainable IT capabilities in various settings

Prof. Dr. Sanghyun Kim
Guest Editor

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Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • IT capability
  • information security assimilation
  • IT vision
  • IT strategy
  • innovation
  • augmented/virtual reality as a key IT capability
  • innovation actions in management and education
  • cloud computing

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Human, Technical, and Organizational Drivers Affecting Sustainability of Content Firms through Management and Innovation Capability during COVID-19
by Hyunsun Park, Sanghyun Kim, Moonjong Choi and Jaesung Choi
Sustainability 2021, 13(12), 6661; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13126661 - 11 Jun 2021
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Individuals and businesses engage in a number of activities in the digital environment. During unexpected circumstances, such as COVID-19, many people used the internet for purposes such as education, work, and entertainment. This has led to a rapid growth in the content industry. [...] Read more.
Individuals and businesses engage in a number of activities in the digital environment. During unexpected circumstances, such as COVID-19, many people used the internet for purposes such as education, work, and entertainment. This has led to a rapid growth in the content industry. Thus, studies of the sustainability and success of content companies are essential. Few empirical studies focus on these aspects of content companies, particularly concentrating on the importance of management and innovation capability. This study examines the roles of management and innovation capabilities and the human, technical, and organizational factors that affect these capabilities. This, in turn, positively affects the sustainability and success of content companies. The proposed research model includes content development ability and leadership as a human factor, technical support and information technology (IT) infrastructure as a technical factor, and top management and financial support as an organizational factor. A total of 255 responses were collected from upper management-level employees at various firms in the content industry. Covariance-based structural equation modeling was used with Amos 22.0. The results indicated that all proposed hypotheses were supported with the exception of the hypothesis that tests the relationship between content development and management capability. The study findings provide information necessary for future sustainability and success of content companies. Full article
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Sustainable Information Security Behavior Management: An Empirical Approach for the Causes of Employees’ Voice Behavior
by Woo Jin Lee and Inho Hwang
Sustainability 2021, 13(11), 6077; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13116077 - 28 May 2021
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As organizations’ interest in information resources expands, their investments in information security (IS), such as the introduction of IS policies and new technologies, are also expanding. Nevertheless, IS incidents and threats within the organization have not decreased. This study aims to protect organizations’ [...] Read more.
As organizations’ interest in information resources expands, their investments in information security (IS), such as the introduction of IS policies and new technologies, are also expanding. Nevertheless, IS incidents and threats within the organization have not decreased. This study aims to protect organizations’ information assets by maintaining the level of continuous IS behavior of the organization insiders. Moreover, this study suggests a method to induce continuous security behavior of individuals by confirming the relationship between IS-related voice behavior and IS-related organizational justice, which is an action concept that provides continuous opinions to achieve security goals. This study derives research models and hypotheses through previous studies and tests hypotheses through structural equation modeling. The target subjects are members of the organization who introduced the IS policy. A total of 325 samples were secured through the questionnaire method, and hypotheses were verified. Results reveal that voice behavior related to IS is negatively influenced by work impediment and positively influenced by organizational identification. In addition, procedural and information justice that influence prior actions related to IS affect the cause of personal security behavior (work impediment and organizational identification). Additionally, justice sensitivity adjusted the impact relationship between IS-related organizational justice and the cause of security behavior. The study presents the importance of voice behavior in maintaining the level of IS within the organization continuously. Moreover, it has practical implications in that efforts to improve organizational justice and voice behaviors vary according to the level of individual justice sensitivity. Full article
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A Smart Surveillance System for People Counting and Tracking Using Particle Flow and Modified SOM
by Mahwish Pervaiz, Yazeed Yasin Ghadi, Munkhjargal Gochoo, Ahmad Jalal, Shaharyar Kamal and Dong-Seong Kim
Sustainability 2021, 13(10), 5367; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13105367 - 11 May 2021
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Based on the rapid increase in the demand for people counting and tracking systems for surveillance applications, there is a critical need for more accurate, efficient, and reliable systems. The main goal of this study was to develop an accurate, sustainable, and efficient [...] Read more.
Based on the rapid increase in the demand for people counting and tracking systems for surveillance applications, there is a critical need for more accurate, efficient, and reliable systems. The main goal of this study was to develop an accurate, sustainable, and efficient system that is capable of error-free counting and tracking in public places. The major objective of this research is to develop a system that can perform well in different orientations, different densities, and different backgrounds. We propose an accurate and novel approach consisting of preprocessing, object detection, people verification, particle flow, feature extraction, self-organizing map (SOM) based clustering, people counting, and people tracking. Initially, filters are applied to preprocess images and detect objects. Next, random particles are distributed, and features are extracted. Subsequently, particle flows are clustered using a self-organizing map, and people counting and tracking are performed based on motion trajectories. Experimental results on the PETS-2009 dataset reveal an accuracy of 86.9% for people counting and 87.5% for people tracking, while experimental results on the TUD-Pedestrian dataset yield 94.2% accuracy for people counting and 94.5% for people tracking. The proposed system is a useful tool for medium-density crowds and can play a vital role in people counting and tracking applications. Full article
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Sustainability Calculus in Adopting Smart Speakers—Personalized Services and Privacy Risks
by Hoon S. Cha, Jong Hyun Wi, Chanhi Park and Taeha Kim
Sustainability 2021, 13(2), 602; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13020602 - 10 Jan 2021
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Despite the benefits of using smart speakers, serious privacy concerns have been raised, particularly due to their constantly listening microphones. Given the mixture of the advantages and risks deciding whether to use them is not an easy matter, casting a doubt about sustainable [...] Read more.
Despite the benefits of using smart speakers, serious privacy concerns have been raised, particularly due to their constantly listening microphones. Given the mixture of the advantages and risks deciding whether to use them is not an easy matter, casting a doubt about sustainable growth and development of smart speakers. Using a sample of 559 users in South Korea and the U.S., we empirically investigated the dilemma of users seeking to adopt smart speakers. The results revealed users’ perceived usefulness and enjoyment positively influenced the intention to adopt smart speakers. No direct effect of perceived ease of use was found but this effect was completely mediated by perceived usefulness and enjoyment. Perceived enjoyment was found to be twice as strong as perceived usefulness in determining the usage intention, confirming the hedonic aspect of smart speakers. Conversely, perceived privacy risks were shown to be a significant negative factor. This negative impact was significantly stronger in the U.S. than in South Korea. We could infer that the more mature the stage of acceptance of smart speakers, the greater the sensitivity of users to privacy risks. Lastly, in the South Korean sample, we found that the perceived usefulness could reduce the negative impact of perceived risks on the intention. to adopt smart speakers. Full article
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