V.R. Prybutok

• PhD
• Regents Professor at University of North Texas

This study presents a structured review of 59 academic articles, identified through an extensive literature survey, focused on the environmental implications of drone-based delivery systems within the broader fields of transportation, logistics, and sustainability. The reviewed journals cover a multidisciplinary range of topics, reflecting the inte...

Citizen developers, individuals outside formal IT departments who create applications using low-code/no-code platforms, are becoming increasingly pivotal as organizations navigate digital transformation. The driving force behind this paradigm shift stems from an exponentially growing demand for software solutions that consistently outpaces traditio...

Purpose This study develops a comprehensive taxonomy of the business analytics (BA) discipline, uncovering its intellectual core and revealing its evolution over the past 12 years. Design/methodology/approach Using stakeholder-driven identity formation theory, this study explores how organizational identity emerges through stakeholder negotiations...

Questionnaires constitute a valuable data-collection tool in Management Information Systems (MIS) research. However, MIS researchers have identified various biases in the design and implementation of questionnaires. This paper focuses on the bias resulting from the order of items in the answer choices, called list order bias. Such bias is described...

The widespread use of social media among children has raised concerns about its impact on their dietary habits and health. This systematic review investigates the negative effects of social media on children’s diets to inform evidence-based interventions and policies. A search of peer-reviewed studies from 2020 to 2024 was conducted using PubMed, W...

Background: The substantial exposure to chronic non-communicable respiratory diseases in news coverage impacts readers’ understanding of the situation’s seriousness. Hence, in the context of Texas newspapers, this study explores the coverage of non-communicable respiratory disease issues. Methods: News articles were gathered spanning from January 2...

Background: Social media platforms have become increasingly influential channels for discussing various aspects of children’s health, including dietary habits and food choices. This research explores the impact of social media on childhood dietary habits regarding the foods children consume by analyzing published findings about online videos and ot...

Cyberbullying (CB) is a recurring, long-standing phenomenon that negatively affects people’s lives. Resilience is a personality trait that helps people to react to, cope with, and persist in the presence of obstacles such as cyberbullying. To determine variables and factors affecting coping with cyberbullying incidents, an original research survey...

Environmentally friendly cars are in the spotlight because they represent a rapidly expanding segment of the automobile market and appear to be the market's future. This research explores the intention of young consumers to purchase a hybrid vehicle (HV), builds a hybrid vehicle purchasing intention model (HVPIM), and extends the theory of planned...

This study delves into the dual nature of artificial intelligence (AI), illuminating its transformative potential that has the power to revolutionize various aspects of our lives. We delve into critical issues such as AI hallucinations, misinformation, and unpredictable behavior, particularly in large language models (LLMs) and AI-powered chatbots....

Advances in anti-retroviral therapy (ART) have decreased mortality rates and subsequently led to a rise in the number of HIV-positive people living longer. The housing experiences of this new population of interest—older adults (50 years and older) living with HIV—are under-researched. Understanding the housing experiences and unmet needs of older...

Purpose: Portfolio optimization is a process in which the capital is allocated among the portfolio assets such that the return is maximized while the risk is minimized. Portfolio construction and optimization has long been an active research area in finance. For the portfolios with highly correlated assets, the performance of traditional risk-based...

Purpose The purpose of this research is to propose and empirically validate a theoretical framework to investigate the willingness of the elderly to disclose personal health information (PHI) to improve the operational efficiency of AI-integrated caregiver robots. Design/methodology/approach Drawing upon Privacy Calculus Theory (PCT) and the Techn...

Amid the rapidly evolving discussions surrounding the Omicron vaccination, this research leverages data from Twitter, focusing on the USA, from March 2022 to March 2023. Harnessing the capability of the snscrape Python library, a comprehensive dataset of tweets was collated and subsequently subjected to rigorous sentiment analysis techniques. Two p...

The emergence of the Omicron variant has posed significant challenges to the effectiveness of existing vaccines and antibody-based therapies in combating COVID-19. This systematic literature review examines the impact of wellness on vaccine hesitancy related to the Omicron variant. The review explores various factors influencing vaccine hesitancy,...

The U.S. mobile advertising market generated $175 billion in 2023, emphasizing its significant role in the marketing industry. This paper presents two studies that contribute to the trust path of mobile advertising, which can ultimately increase customers' purchase intention. The survey study proposes a new moderator, mobile learning by ads, which...

Aim: This study investigates the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in revolutionizing healthcare insurance claim processing in the USA. It aims to determine the most effective machine learning (ML) model for predicting health insurance claims, leading to cost savings for insurance companies. Methods: Six ML algorithms were used to predict h...

Introduction: Health disparity ensues when racial and ethnic minorities experience limitations in their ability to access health services, resulting in poor health outcomes. The extent to which the health disparity issue is covered in the news impacts how individuals perceive the severity of the issue and individuals' attitudes toward the issue, wh...

Introduction: Health disparity ensues when racial and ethnic minorities experience limitations in their ability to access health services, resulting in poor health outcomes. The extent to which the health disparity issue is covered in the news impacts how individuals perceive the severity of the issue and individuals' attitudes toward the issue, wh...

This study significantly contributes to both theory and practice by providing valuable insights into the role and value of healthcare in the context of online health communities. This study highlights the increasing dependence of patients and their families on online sources for health information and the potential of technology to support individu...

Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare represents a transformative shift with substantial potential for enhancing patient care. This paper critically examines this integration, confronting significant ethical, legal, and technological challenges, particularly in patient privacy, decision-making autonomy, and data integrity. A struct...

Aim/Purpose: This paper applies informing science principles to analyze the evolution of United States (U.S.) healthcare delivery, exploring how policy shifts, technological advancements, and changing practices have transformed informing processes within this complex system. By examining healthcare delivery through a transdisciplinary lens, we aim...

In the context of this study, citizen developers are defined as individuals outside formal Information Technology (IT) departments who create applications using low-code/no-code platforms. The citizen developer role becomes pivotal as organizations navigate the intricate pathways to address increasing business demands for creating applications as p...

This study investigates the understudied area of motivational factors influencing the rental intention of electric vehicles (EVs) within the context of their integration into urban transportation to combat air pollution and reduce carbon footprints and explores the critical factors influencing consumer behavior towards EV rental, focusing on hedoni...

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate how US newspapers reported cyberchondria from 2009 to 2021. Cyberchondria shares similarities with addiction, making it imperative to delve into its representation in media. Cyberchondria refers to an issue of excessive and repetitive internet searches for health information often accompanied...

Purpose The application of mobile augmented reality (MAR) for enhancing user experiences and consumer patronizing intention has been the focus of recent MAR literature. Few studies examine the differences between apps. This study fills the research gap by examining how consumers assess their experiences with different MAR applications and how their...

With the rise of e-commerce, there has been a surge in demand for efficient and accessible last-mile delivery options, leading to the examination of promising new technologies such as drones. However, the current research on drone applications in last-mile delivery is limited, often needing more comprehensive analysis and frameworks. This systemati...

The construction and optimization of a portfolio is a complex process that has been a historically active research area in finance. For portfolios with highly correlated assets, the performance of traditional risk-based asset allocations methods such as the mean-variance (MV) model is limited when numerous assets are correlated. A novel clustering-...

Patients now have the option to manage their health care through patient portals and internet apps as health information technology evolves. According to research, these portals can improve patient satisfaction, patient self-management, and patient engagement. Despite their advantages, patient portal acceptance and utilization are still low, partic...

This study examines the relationship between vaccination and inflation in battling the COVID-19 pandemic across nations. Data from 85 countries worldwide were collected from the Trading Economics (New York City, USA) website during the COVID-19 pandemic. First, a new theoretical model was proposed based on the economic and healthcare literature; th...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to extend sales control research to inside sales. Aside from a few notable exceptions (Conde et al. , 2022) much of the sales control literature has focused on a single control mechanism rather than a sales control portfolio perspective. The authors add multiple layers to Conde et al. (2022) by capturing seconda...

Introduction Compared to straight people, older sexual minorities are at a higher risk of experiencing depression because they encounter additional stressors related to sexual minority status. Nonetheless, the stressor appraisal process and the coping mechanism employed by sexual minority older adults remain understudied. Additionally, research on...

This research presents a novel and environmentally friendly approach for the synthesis of multifunctional nanobiocomposites for the efficient removal of toxic heavy metal and dye, as well as the disinfection of wastewater microorganisms. The nanobiocomposites (KAC-CS-AgNPs) were prepared by incorporating photochemically generated silver nanoparticl...

The COVID-19 pandemic spurred older adults to use information and communication technology (ICT) for maintaining connections and engagement during social distancing. This trend raises concerns about privacy and data safety for older individuals with limited technical knowledge who have adopted ICT reluctantly and may be distinct in their susceptibi...

This paper presents a comprehensive research framework for achieving business excellence through sustainable supply chain management (SSCM), based on an extensive review of the literature examining the impact of SSCM practices on sustainability performance and their associated metrics. The study investigates the influence of individual SSCM practic...

Caregivers and health practitioners are often looking for good intervention techniques to help community-living older adults to improve their mental health. This study examined the relationship between physical activity and community engagement and their effect on mental well-being among older men and women. Data from National Health and Aging Tren...

This research examines maintenance outsourcing in the presence of cyber-attacks. The research findings contribute to the literature on maintenance outsourcing by considering how cyber-attacks affect channel coordination and, specifically, cost subsidization. The Internet of Things assumes the risk that a “smart” or connected manufacturing system co...

The cadmium-contaminated water body is a worldwide concern for the environment and toxic to human beings and the removal of cadmium ions from drinking and groundwater sustainably and cost-effectively is important. A novel nano-biocomposite was obtained by impregnating silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) within kenaf-based activated carbon (KAC) in the pre...

This research investigates the social, legal, and technological factors that affect the adoption of Internet of Things wearable devices (WIoT) among young adults during and before a healthcare crisis. The study develops a technological acceptance model by integrating the Technological-Personal-Environmental (TPE) framework with new constructs, i.e....

The degree to which the media report a health emergency affects the seriousness with which the people respond to combat the health crisis. Engagement from local newspapers in the US has received scant scrutiny, even though there is a sizable body of scholarship on the analysis of COVID-19 news. We fill this void by focusing on the Rio Grande Valley...

The relationship between employee quality and firm outcomes is extensively explored in the literature. Prior research focuses on examining the quality of top managers in a limited number of industries or using smaller datasets. This study fills this literature gap using demographic characteristics from Metropolitan Statistical Areas, where firm hea...

This study reviews the existing approaches and frameworks on sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). Theories from other fields including quality management, supply chain management, and management (stakeholder theory and institutional theory) are explored to identify their contribution to theory development in SSCM. Drawing upon these theories...

The application of data science resources can enhance our ability to reduce health disparities affecting communities across the country. In this paper, we use the Preferred Reporting Items for Structured Review and Meta-Analyses methodology to conduct a thematic analysis of selected studies and identify micro and macro themes within the literature....

Supply chain management (SCM) and quality management (QM) overlap in literature because their domains and practices intersect and reinforce each other. Despite the recognized importance of supplier-to-customer relationships in achieving quality goals, limited research examines how SCM influences the quality-oriented organizational framework as a me...

Electronic health record (EHR) systems have a considerable effect on reducing healthcare costs by offering better disease management and fewer medical errors, while current systems fail to attract the majority of patients to sharing their health records. Blockchain is a reliable alternative among the options to improve current systems. Little is kn...

This study explores a theoretical framework evaluating the antecedents of cyberchondria. In doing so, we not only examined perceived severity as an intervening factor through which online health information seeking (OHIS) may influence cyberchondria but also sought to trace moderators that serve as boundary conditions. To explore the proposed frame...

Research has resulted in profound societal changes, impacting lives and health worldwide. As a result, the public esteems researchers and funds further research. This critical societal process is obstructed if society chooses not to implement research results. Much of this research is the result of predictive models. This study will characterize th...

Purpose This study aims to investigate the determinants of cloud computing usage behavior by exploring trust, several trust antecedents, risk perceptions and the direct and mediating relationships of trust and perceived risk on the intention toward the behavior. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was administered to 1,228 cloud technolog...

Purpose For the past several decades, the sales control literature has focused on the outside sales context. This study aims to extend sales control research by examining formal and informal sales controls, embodied by cultural controls, used by sales managers in an inside sales context, where the sales agent’s performance focus extends beyond sale...

Purpose This study aims to examine the relationship between emotional attachment (EA) and intelligent personal assistant (IPA) continuance intention. While existing theories emphasize purely rational and goal-oriented factors in terms of information technology (IT) continuance intention, this research examines how users' EA toward technology impact...

A primary objective of blockchain technology is to address information security and efficiency issues related to existing information sharing systems. For the sharing of health records, little is known about the application of blockchain in management information systems. There are strict regulations for sharing health information due to insecure s...

Mobile advertising accounted for 137 billion dollars or 55% of 2021 U.S. total digital advertising expenditures. Delivery time and tone of language in advertisements (ads) are two little explored characteristics in mobile advertising. This paper examines how morning delivery and the use of a friendly language tone in ads are related to customer pur...

Socially engaged older adults are less likely to decline in health and happiness and have a higher quality of life. Building upon this premise, examination was conducted on the domains of social determinants of health, specifically the social and community context per Healthy People 2030 objectives. These mechanisms of social interaction, in the fo...

Considering climate change and global warming, a transition from gasoline cars to electric vehicles (EVs) can progress toward reducing the carbon footprint and improving air quality. As young consumers prepare to become future automobile users, this research focuses on their EV perception, attitude, and cost considerations in a car-rental setting....

The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of a new construct, namely COVID-19 safety, on customer satisfaction and behavioral intentions in the context of fast-food restaurants (FFRs), while accounting for the effect of service quality, perceived value, and food quality. Using an online questionnaire, data was collected from 219 FFR custom...

Despite a current level of uncertainty, taxi service companies are incorporating autonomous cars in their services. This study examines factors influencing consumers' initial trust in autonomous taxis to extend trust model research and develop a new model in autonomous taxis. The new model examines the influence of trust base factors and subjective...

Information technology (IT) is considered as a key to business success by academia and industry. Notably, IT has evolved to an organization-level role that is far beyond previous technology supports and information storage functions; rather, it serves as a core analytics tool, combined with machine learning and artificial intelligence, to facilitat...

Gene repair is a new emerging healthcare technology garnering increasing attention. Despite the large potential future market for gene repair, a lack of research exists between the advancement of this innovation and consumer adoption intention. This study develops a theoretical model by contextualizing the unified theory of acceptance and use of te...

Aim/Purpose: Cyberbullying (CB) is an ongoing phenomenon that affects youth in negative ways. Using online news articles to provide information to schools can help with the development of comprehensive cyberbullying prevention campaigns, and in restoring faith in news reporting. The inclusion of online news also allows for increased awareness of cy...

This systematic review emphasizes the need for technology use in older adults to reduce social isolation. With the advancement of technology over the years, the effectiveness of interventions based on its use can be examined to see how these can address the problem of social isolation and enhance social wellbeing. We focus on identifying how older...

In the past decade, cities around the world have published their open data as a new service. Some have used this service innovatively, as a vehicle to improve service quality, efficiency, accountability, and transparency. While some studies highlight open data success stories, others show a lack of supporting evidence. In either case, cities curren...

Computer security is a growing issue that impacts organizations in virtually all industries, and data breaches impact millions of customers and cost organizations millions of dollars. Within the last five years alone, huge data breaches have been experienced by organizations such as Marriot, Equifax, eBay, JP Morgan Chase, Home Depot, Target, and Y...

Purpose Information security is a growing issue that impacts organizations in virtually all industries, and data breaches impact millions of customers and cost organizations millions of dollars. Within the past several years alone, huge data breaches have been experienced by organizations such as Marriot, Equifax, eBay, JP Morgan Chase, Home Depot,...

Social commerce is a new development in e-commerce and social networks. Consumers belonging to various social communities of interest often rely on information generated by these communities to make online purchase decisions. This empirical research study explores the relational and security aspects of social commerce. It looks at technology-enable...

Demographic changes in the United States increased diversity among employees and sales agents. Hispanics, the largest minority group, are expected to account for the majority of employment growth over the next several years. Yet, little is known about how this group’s intrinsic and extrinsic sales motivation affects tenure. Using operational and ea...

Social commerce is an emergent business model where user-generated content is a valuable source of information that minimises the risk and ambiguity surrounding online purchase decisions. This study examines the user-generated content represented by reviews and recommendations (electronic word of mouth or eWOM) by contrasting customer (peer) vs. au...

Purpose Previous sales control research has limited the definition of outcome controls exclusively to sales outcomes in an outside sales context. In addition to sales outcome controls, inside sales managers use phone operational outcomes to influence inside sales agent performance, supporting the need to expand the broader definition of outcome con...

This research establishes a theoretical framework for evaluating antecedents of the information seeking behaviors of online forum participants with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We evaluated the proposed framework using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) after gathering data using a cross-sectional survey....

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the direct and indirect effects of perceived provider professionalism and service recovery in enhancing patient satisfaction in a developing country. Design/methodology/approach This study used a survey method to investigate satisfaction among health-care consumers. This study used data collected fro...

This research develops and tests a social networking site (SNS) responsible impression management (SNS-RIM) model to investigate the impact of social networking site impression management (IM) on users' continued SNS engagement, thereby contributing to information systems research. To collect data, the authors administered a customized survey instr...