Data breaches committed by current and former employees are of growing concern to organizations. This paper draws on instrumental and expressive motives to predict the likelihood of insider breaches. Our research uses employee reviews on glassdoor.com to infer employees’ instrumental and expressive motives. Specifically, review ratings were used to obtain instrumental motives, while the tone of the reviews revealed expressive motives. Logistic regression on a matched-sample comparison of 71 public firms (41 breached and 30 non-breached) showed that employees’ perceptions of the overall rating of the firm as well as the ratings of compensation and benefits are significantly correlated with insider breaches. Emotional tones of joy, fear, and anxiety were also found to be significant predictors of an insider breach. The study contributes to theory and practice by deepening our understanding of factors affecting insider breaches.

In recent times, the concepts of IT-enabled agility and digital resilience have gained increased attention. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a turbulent environment in its wake, thus providing an opportunity to study organizations’ agility and digital resilience. This study examines retailers’ strategies and IT’s role in facilitating responsiveness to uncertainties in the marketplace. An analysis of the quarterly earnings call transcripts shows the increased reliance of organizations on IT to drive and sustain their strategies. This study supports the oft-made claim that IT capabilities can make an organization more responsive and agile in the face of disruptions.

The assimilation of Supply chain management information systems (SCM-ISs) is a complex phenomenon extending over multiple stages such as intention, adoption, internal integration, and external integration, which are influenced by various technological, organizational, inter-organizational, and environmental factors. This study explores the differential effects of various factors on assimilation stages. This study uses meta-analysis technique to quantitatively synthesize prior research data to determine the differential effects of factors on assimilation stages. In total, 400 findings on 40 relationships involving 11 factors and four stages of SCM-IS assimilation were used to conduct 29 Z-tests to determine the differential effects of factors on stages. Our findings show that organizations will benefit from attention to different factors at different stages of the assimilation process in efforts to incorporate SCM-ISs into their strategies and operations. Findings of the study are useful to managers as they navigate the process of assimilating SCM-ISs in their operations.

Extreme programming (XP), arguably the most popular agile development methodology, is increasingly finding favor among software developers. Its adoption and acceptance require significant changes in work habits inculcated by traditional approaches that emphasize planning, prediction, and control. Given the growing interest in XP, it is surprising that there is a paucity of research articles that examine the factors that facilitate or hinder its adoption and eventual acceptance. This study aims to fill this void. Using a case study approach, we provide insights into individual, team, technological, task, and environmental factors that expedite or impede the organization-wide acceptance of XP. In particular, we study widely differing patterns of adherence to XP practices within an organization, and tease out the various issues and challenges posed by the adoption of XP. Based on our findings, we evolve factors and discuss their implications on the acceptance of XP practices.