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Purpose: This research aims to understand how givers characterise and manage their gift giving networks by drawing on attachment theory. This responds to the need to illuminate the givers-receivers’ networks beyond traditional role-based taxonomies and explore their changing dynamics. Design/methodology/approach: A multi-method, qualitative approach was employed involving 158 gift experiences captured in online diaries and 27 follow-up interviews. Findings: Results show that givers organise...

Purpose – The overall aim of this research was to evaluate the influence of eco-attitude, motivation, and eco-label on buying eco-friendly products and services that will encourage sustainable consumption and reduce environment impact in Singapore. The aim was achieved by having identified key observed and latent constructs based on a research framework to determine the direct and indirect effects on sustainable consumption in Singapore. In the literature review, several schools of thoughts ...

This study explores the factors that influence the dissemination process of and public susceptibility to fake news amidst COVID-19. By adopting a qualitative approach that draws on 21 interviews with social media users from the standpoint of source credibility and construal level theories, our findings highlight motives of news sharers, platform features, and source credibility/relatedness as major factors influencing the dissemination of and public susceptibility to fake news. The paper furt...

Several countries in Africa have either deployed or considering using digital contact-tracing (DCT) as part of their Covid-19 containment strategy, amidst calls for the use of technology to improve the efficiency of traditional contact-tracing. We discuss some of the complexities entailed in using DCT in Africa. Adopting a socio-technical perspective, we argue that if DCT design and deployment are not well thought out, it can lead to unintended consequences, particularly in a continent like A...