Technology in Society

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Volume 87, issue C, 2026

Digital Okun's law: A case study of ASEAN-10 economies

Martin Boďa, Mariana Považanová and Katarína Vitálišová

Digital platforms and refurbished goods: How self-focused and rational framings shape consumer choice and valuation

Jacopo Ballerini, Andrea Ciacci, Augusto Bargoni and Stefano Bresciani

With AI through the energy crisis? Citizens’ legitimacy perceptions of human and AI-supported hybrid decisions in an energy policy decision-making process

Marco Lünich, Jule Roth and Christopher Starke

Generative AI in practice: An umbrella review of risks, benefits, ethics, and future directions across major domains

Selma Hodzic, Anja Stevic and Jörg Matthes

The acceptance of virtual healthcare assistants in the DACH region: A structural equation modeling approach

Wolfgang Aschauer, Florian Nemetz, Christopher Etter, Jürgen Osterbrink and Patrick Kutschar

AI and metaverse as transformative tools for knowledge management: behavioral reasoning and its implications for organizational performance

Tianlun Chen, Rsha Alghafes, Elzotbek Rustambekov, Priyanka Malik and Jaskirat Singh Rai

The evolution of the gig worker career through keyword extraction from text mining

Jiao-jiao Lang, Xiu-li Sun, Li-feng Yang, Chen Cheng and Xiang-yang Cheng

Risk it, if you dare: A quantitative analysis of the effects of perceived risk facets on the adoption of generative artificial intelligence in knowledge work

Niklas Schulte, Julien A. Nussbaum, Dominik K. Kanbach, Maurice M. Steinhoff and Sascha Kraus

From brokerage to orchestration: Physical open innovation intermediaries as platforms for system-level knowledge creation

Giordano Pinarello, Daniel Trabucchi and Federico Frattini

Is it information or predispositions? Measuring the long-term effect of information on opinion formation about new energy technologies in Switzerland

Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, Rebeka Sträter and Guillaume Zumofen

The confluence of artificial intelligence and credit risk assessment-A scientometric analysis and research frontiers

Nisha Arora and Pankaj Deep Kaur

Why machine learning is a misnomer

Anoush Margaryan

Green growth in the digital age: The causal interactions between digital finance, green technology innovation, and ecological welfare performance

Yu Zhang, Fan Yang, Yanying Mao, Liudan Jiao, Xiaosen Huo and Chenyang Shuai

Industrial smart shoes design decisions in Metaverse for hazardous industries through the fuzzy DIBR-SWEM methodology

Fatih Ecer, Dragan Pamucar, İlkin Yaran Ögel and Vladimir Simic

From platform logics to circular-oriented practices: advancing sustainability in agriculture

Maria Cristina Pietronudo, Francesco Schiavone, Fabian Bernhard and Octavio Escobar

Dimensions of AI de-anthropomorphization based on impression integration theory

Jian Li, Jinsong Huang and Boyuan Ni

A comparative analysis of virtual and human influencers in sensory endorsements: A Schema Congruity and Cue Diagnosticity Theory perspective

Yousra Bakr, Hakim Meshreki and Mennatallah ElKashif

Structuring the sustainability of corporate digitalization: A review of existing frameworks and recommendations to improve procedural rationality

Arjen Van de Walle and Geoffrey Aerts

Bridging technological innovation and socio-technical transitions: A generative AI model for predicting circular economy readiness

Adolf Acquaye, Pratyush Kumar Patro, Enoch Quaye, Fred A. Yamoah, Adhi S. Balakrishnan and Ammar Sammour

Imagining the city: Evaluating visual realism and identity in AI-generated cityscapes using DALL·E 2

Junghwan Kim, Nami Jain, Kee Moon Jang and Xinyue Ye

Exploring attribution bias in LLMs: Social influences and prompt-based mitigation

Leilei Jiang, Jie Cao, Guixiang Zhu and Yuyao Wang

The evolving role of government institutions in entrepreneurial ecosystems

Elias G. Carayannis, Eva Panetti and Maria Cristina Pietronudo

Tired yet satisfied workers: The wage effects of intelligent technology adoptions

Zhengcheng Peng, Qingli Tang, Yuanfa Tan and Lin Lu

Bridging industry-finance collaboration and innovation: How strategic choices shape the path to key digital technology innovation

Yanan Xu, Zhuzhu Feng, Ciro Troise, Zhenwu Jiang and Stefano Bresciani

Free trade zone policy and corporate artificial intelligence transformation: Empirical evidence from China

Yuhong Huang and Mudan Lan

The double-edged sword effect of ecosystem embeddedness on disruptive innovation: The perspective of environmental uncertainty

Liang Ma and Yufei Yao

Narrowing or broadening: Artificial intelligence pilot zones policy and enterprise innovation gap

Huaihong Pan, Zhi Xu, Zhihong Huang and Guanbin Zheng

Artificial intelligence affordances, consumer value perceptions, and corporate brand value

Di Zhu, Xiaodong Qiu and Chenzhi Zhu

Balancing opportunity and risk: Perceived benefits, concerns and blockchain adoption intention among MSEs

Rob Kim Marjerison, Hee Kyung Jeun and Jong Min Kim

Providing feedback without verification: A hidden risk of trust in generative AI

Peng Hu, Cuicui Cao and Dan Li

Data factor marketization and regional innovation: Evidence from the establishment of data trading platforms in China

Yingying Ouyang and Mingzheng Hu

From digital platforms to institutional mechanisms: Network dynamics driving social governance innovation

Yuanyuan Shu and Guangwei Hu

Driving frugal and business model innovation: How different organizational capabilities contribute to business competitiveness

Jawad Abbas, Muhammad Tanveer and Jintao Lu

Leveraging digital technologies to support entrepreneurship

Eric W. Liguori, Diego Matricano and Thomas G. Pittz

The impact of AI social responsibility on service loyalty: a mixed-method approach

Pengyi Shen, Dehui Peng, Yiming Chen and Jinan Xu

Social values dilemmas of the digital society: Considering the implications of pervasive digitalization

Ojelanki Ngwenyama, Saeed Akhlaghpour, Karin Hedström, Frantz Rowe, Daniel Schlagwein and Monideepa Tarafdar

Knowledge recombination and resilience in cross-domain innovation network

Xiaohan Fang and Ying Zhang

Social credit System pilots and corporate renewable energy technology Innovation: Insights from machine learning

Fangzhou Song, Yang Huang, Siqi Luo and Zixun Zhou

Emotional attachment to AI chatbots: Evidence from Germany, China, South Africa, and the United States

Genia Kostka and Hui Zhou

A sustainable societal transformation in central and Southern Asia: Examining the synergy of digital inclusive finance and E-governance

Muhammad Ramiz Murtaza, Quande Qin, Atta Ullah and Mubasher Zaman

Paradoxes of meaningful work in human-robot automotive production lines: Flow versus repair, recognition versus audit, safety versus work precarity in Sweden and Türkiye

Susanne Frennert, Björn Fischer and Günter Alce

Policy-driven or ecosystem-autonomous? Evolutionary game and regulatory effects of digital innovation in future industries

Jing Gao, Hongxia Lu, Tao Guan and Haifeng Han

Driving green innovation in SMEs: The mediating role of digital green supply chains and complementary capabilities

Shah Fahad Ali Shah, Hongliang Pan, Zishan Cui, Wenguang Yang and Lu Ye

Enhancing fairness and transparency in student project evaluation: A spherical fuzzy alternative prioritization and assessment system-based decision support

Hamide Özyürek, Karahan Kara, Galip Cihan Yalçın, Zeynep Baysal, Ufuk Türen, Vladimir Simic, Mustafa Polat and Dragan Pamucar

Longitudinal associations between cyberbullying and cyberhate: The role of online empathy and moral disengagement

Olga Jiménez-Díaz, Marie Jaron Bedrosova, Hana Machackova, Rosario Del Rey and Joaquín A. Mora-Merchán

A three-wave study of human-AI fit and adaptive performance

Yanyi Wu

Transparency in the datafied workplace: Law, workers, and job applicant perspectives

Carlotta Rigotti, Daniel Alves Fernandes, Antoni Mut Piña and Eduard Fosch-Villaronga

To hack or not to hack, that is the question: Ethical orientation in hacking

Yuhui Zhang, Laura Amo, Charles Border, Dianna Cichocki, Joana Gaia, David Murray, G. Lawrence Sanders, Sean Sanders and Shambhu Upadhyaya

The human factor in AI governance: Dispositional predictors of public concern and regulatory support

Dayeon Eom, Julianne Renner, Yijia Erika Zhu, Anqi Shao, Soobin Choi, Todd Newman, Dominique Brossard and Dietram Scheufele

A disruptive scenario intervention for managerial coping with disruptive change

Lucas Cornaro, Christoph Seckler and Torsten Wulf

Government data openness and firms’ interregional collaborative innovation

Ding Li and Yuxuan Cao

Competitive strategies of content platforms in self-operated e-commerce: An analysis based on consumer preference characteristics

Meixuan Li, Zhong Yao and Menglei Kong

What makes government subsidies for green innovation more effective? The moderating effect of digital transformation and executive incentives

Rong Cong, Sitan Li, Liya Wang, Boqun Zhang and Ya Wang

Algorithmic management practices, trust, and gig-worker continuance: A mixed-methods study of platform work

Sohaib Mustafa and Sari Mansour

Discipline or pressure?The impact of peer digital subsidies on corporate digital washing in CIO networks

Xiaohong Wang, Ang Xiao and Huajun Liu

Digital government and firms’ breakthrough innovation: Empirical evidence from China

Hongliang Li, Enshuo Liang and Xinxu Shi

Transparency, neutrality, voice, and respect: How procedural fairness considerations affect AI acceptability in algorithmic societies

Pedro C. Magalhães, Sveinung Arnesen, Christoph Kern, Pascal D. Koenig, Daniel S. Schiff and Tom R. Tyler

Structural re-examination and cross-cultural validation of the Attitudes Towards Older Adults Using Technology (ATOAUT) scale

Ittay Mannheim, Xi, Wanyu (Betty), Yaacov G. Bachner, Zhao, Yuxiang (Chris) and Ella Cohn-Schwartz

R&D Catalyst: Can enterprises’ attention to digital technologies propel R&D propensity in Chinese enterprises

Jianjun Liu and Dapeng Liang

Innovation from the Leviathan: How do SOEs build ecosystems in transition economies

Shengxi Yang and Di Song

Inclusive generative AI and the dynamics of inequality: A capability-resource model of adoption disparities

Hyelim Yang and Min Jae Park

Digital transformation and social equity: Bridging the gap in post-pandemic societies

Lifeng Lai and Ted Brader

Building resilient industrial innovation systems: The role of enterprise–knowledge coupling in China's new energy vehicle industry

Danli Du, Jiahe Wang and Wenxue Jin

From digital technologies to platform circular economy performance: The role of digital platform ecosystem orchestration and platform structural assurance

Weng Marc Lim, Imran Shafique, Munazza Saeed and Lingxin Li

Societal promises and perils of AI: Sociotropic perceptions, anxiety, and structural filters

Francesco Marolla and Cristiano Vezzoni

Internet infrastructure and income inequality of migrant workers in China

Mingzhe Wang, Mingjian Qiu, Jie Xiong and Di Zhou

Friend or enemy? How perceived present and future influence of AI on self vs. others shape human-AI relations across personality mindsets

Xiaodong Yang, Zhuling Liu, Fangfei Yu and Bing Song

Data sovereignty does matter! Effects on trust, perceived risk, and willingness to share (business) data

Antragama Ewa Abbas, Anneke Zuiderwijk and Mark de Reuver

From shock to resilience: Technology policy and SME adaptation under geopolitical trade disruption

Min Jae Park

Artificial intelligence adoption and corporate substantive green innovation: An occupational impact perspective

Wenna Zhang and Shaozhou Qi

Regenerative supply chains for high-value-added food manufacturing

Sushmita Annamalai and Yudi Fernando

Promoting urban–rural equality: The impact of government digital transformation on public service equality through fiscal decentralization

Sheng Chen, Tingting Tang and Zijun Liu

TikTok influencers and followers’ engagement: the role of authentic leadership, immersion and inspiration

Daniel Belanche, Sergio Barta, Pau Jordán and Ana Fernández

The Motivations for Micro-Transactions Use Scale (MMUS): Development and validation

Erin Gibson, Mark D. Griffiths, Filipa Calado and Andrew Harris

Impact of task decomposability and workflow analyzability on employee-AI multitasking parallel mode: A moderated mediation model with organizational AI support

Yi Li, Ruiming Yu and Xiaolong Hu

The trade-off between security and privacy: An empirical investigation using Pakistani survey data

Alexandros Apostolakis, Oleg Badunenko, Shabbar Jaffry and Akbar Nasir Khan

The perfect storm: Evaluating the spillovers in the new energy vehicle industrial chain under multiple uncertainties

Zhengzheng Li, Yixuan Liu, Xin Li and Kai-Hua Wang

Greening the future: How can technology finance lead to green development?

Lijie Zhang and Yu Hao

Does technological progress lower the labor income share? Evidence from OECD countries

Keyi Xu and Yangfen Chen

Are digital natives ready to use GenAI for serious work?

Inna Alexeeva-Alexeev and Patricia Comesaña-Comesaña

The chat dilemma: Usefulness, risk, ethics, and student intentions to use generative AI in higher education

Lana Jurcec, Maja Kolega and Irena Miljkovic Krecar

Cultural participation in transition: traditional and emerging forms of culture and the role of smartphones

Claudia Rizzuti, Romain Lerouge and Michela Arnaboldi

Tracing moral value drift across large language model generations and their societal implications

M.Z. Naser