Risking it all in the metaverse ecosystem: forecasting resistance towards the enterprise metaverse

A Kumar, A Shankar, AS Shaik, G Jain… - … Technology & People, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study investigates organizations' non-adoption intention towards the
enterprise metaverse. The innovation resistance theory (IRT) is used as an underpinning …

Metaverse is not my cup of tea! An investigation into how personality traits shape metaverse usage intentions

A Kumar, A Shankar, P Nayal - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2024 - Elsevier
This research investigates how various personality traits influence individuals' inclination to
engage with the metaverse. The study gathered 332 responses to assess the hypotheses …

Holding on to your memories: Factors influencing social media hoarding behaviour

N Vinoi, A Shankar, A Khalil, A Mehrotra… - Journal of Retailing and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Utilising the Dual Factor theory, this study aims to investigate the factors that enable
and inhibit social media hoarding behaviour. Furthermore, we looked into the impact of …

Should I adopt an integrated virtual clinic? A dual‐factor theory perspective

A Shankar, A Kumar, R Yadav, P Misra… - Journal of Consumer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates consumers' adoption intention toward the virtual clinic. The theory of
planned behavior and status‐quo‐bias theory are used as underpinning theories to …

Why do consumers forgive online travel agencies? A multi-study approach

A Kumar, A Shankar - Australasian Marketing Journal, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper investigates how consumers respond to online recovery strategies in response to
a service failure in the online travel agencies (OTA) context. The study also examines the …

With enterprise metaverse comes great possibilities! Understanding metaverse usage intention from an employee perspective

A Kumar, A Shankar, R Agarwal, V Agarwal… - Journal of Retailing and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The present research examines the enterprise metaverse adoption intention behaviour
using the Diffusion of Innovation theory (DOI) theory. The findings of this research reveal that …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating reviewers' intentions to post fake vs. authentic reviews based on behavioral linguistic features

JM Kim, KK Park, M Mariani, SF Wamba - Technological Forecasting and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Growing interest in peer-generated online reviews for product promotion has incentivized
online review manipulation. The latter is challenging to be detected. In this study, to discern …

How risk messages influence tourist processing and sharing: The role of emojis

J Zhang, C Xie, Y Chen, Z Lin - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding how tourists process and share risk messages during a crisis is critical for
tourism risk communication. This research develops and tests a theoretical framework of …

Why do people spread fake news? Modelling the factors that influence social media users' fake news sharing behaviour

Y An, Y Huang, NU Danjuma… - Information …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This study modelled the factors that influence fake news spreading behaviour among social
media users. To gather our data, we used an online survey to sample 385 social media …

The changing dynamics of crypto mining and environmental impact

P Kumari, V Mamidala, K Chavali, A Behl - International Review of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the association between energy consumption in Bitcoin mining and
energy indices. The study also examines the moderating effect of COVID-19 on the …