THOMAS CHESNEY's Outputs (17)

RIGSS — Inverse Generative Social Science using R (2024)
Journal Article
Chesney, T., Pasley, R., & Jaffer, M. A. (2024). RIGSS — Inverse Generative Social Science using R. Software Impacts, 21, Article 100689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simpa.2024.100689

We present RIGSS, software that can be used to run an Inverse Generative Social Science study in R. We give a brief overview of this research method and explain how our software can be used. We implement a Hawk Dove game as an executable example. We... Read More about RIGSS — Inverse Generative Social Science using R.

Exploring active and passive interactions in social networking services: a psychological needs perspective (2023)
Journal Article
Yang, Y., Xu, J., Land, L. P. W., Yang, S., & Chesney, T. (2024). Exploring active and passive interactions in social networking services: a psychological needs perspective. Information Technology and People, 37(5), 1918-1949. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-07-2022-0563

Purpose
People's socializing behavior in social networking services (SNS) presents dramatically different features, forming differentiated online social interaction patterns (DOSIP) in SNS. This study aims to explore the relationships between users'... Read More about Exploring active and passive interactions in social networking services: a psychological needs perspective.

Adoption and transferability of joint interventions to fight modern slavery in food supply chains (2023)
Journal Article
Kunz, N., Chesney, T., Trautrims, A., & Gold, S. (2023). Adoption and transferability of joint interventions to fight modern slavery in food supply chains. International Journal of Production Economics, 258, Article 108809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2023.108809

More than 50 million people in the world are estimated to be in a situation of modern slavery, the most extreme form of labour exploitation. Many of them are working in sectors such as mining and agriculture, which produce price-sensitive commodity p... Read More about Adoption and transferability of joint interventions to fight modern slavery in food supply chains.

Examining the influential factors of consumer purchase intentions for blockchain traceable coffee using the theory of planned behaviour (2022)
Journal Article
Dionysis, S., Chesney, T., & McAuley, D. (2022). Examining the influential factors of consumer purchase intentions for blockchain traceable coffee using the theory of planned behaviour. British Food Journal, 124(12), 4304-4322. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-05-2021-0541

Purpose: Given the increasing industry interest in blockchain technologies for supply chain management and product traceability, this paper aims to investigate consumer purchasing intentions for blockchain traceable coffee and their psychosocial ante... Read More about Examining the influential factors of consumer purchase intentions for blockchain traceable coffee using the theory of planned behaviour.

Diffusion of labor standards through supplier–subcontractor networks: An agent‐based model (2020)
Journal Article
Gold, S., Chesney, T., Gruchmann, T., & Trautrims, A. (2020). Diffusion of labor standards through supplier–subcontractor networks: An agent‐based model. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 24(6), 1274-1286. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13041

Subcontracting represents a popular business model in supply chains across industries. In the case of hidden subcontracting, subcontractors are beyond the visible horizon of the (focal) buying firm. Hence, buyers cannot intervene in the management of... Read More about Diffusion of labor standards through supplier–subcontractor networks: An agent‐based model.

Using data science to understand the film industry’s gender gap (2020)
Journal Article
Kagan, D., Chesney, T., & Fire, M. (2020). Using data science to understand the film industry’s gender gap. Palgrave Communications, 6, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-0436-1

Data science can offer answers to a wide range of social science questions. Here we turn attention to the portrayal of women in movies, an industry that has a significant influence on society, impacting such aspects of life as self-esteem and career... Read More about Using data science to understand the film industry’s gender gap.

Understanding the effects of physical experience and information integration on consumer use of online to offline commerce (2019)
Journal Article
Yang, Y., Gong, Y., Land, L. P. W., & Chesney, T. (2020). Understanding the effects of physical experience and information integration on consumer use of online to offline commerce. International Journal of Information Management, 51, Article 102046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.102046

Online to Offline (O2O) commerce commands intense attention from both academic and practical fields, but the unique features of O2O commerce and how these features affect consumer use of O2O commerce remain unclear. Based on an analysis of the featur... Read More about Understanding the effects of physical experience and information integration on consumer use of online to offline commerce.

Demonstrability, difficulty and persuasion: An experimental study of advice taking (2019)
Journal Article
Hoffmann, R., Chesney, T., Chuah, S. H., Kock, F., & Larner, J. (2020). Demonstrability, difficulty and persuasion: An experimental study of advice taking. Journal of Economic Psychology, 76, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2019.102215

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Self-interested paid advisors should try to sell their solutions no matter how they came about. However, we present evidence that advisor persuasiveness depends on two dimensions of their prior problem solving: solution difficult... Read More about Demonstrability, difficulty and persuasion: An experimental study of advice taking.

The Voting Analytic Hierarchy Process revisited: A revised method with application to sustainable supplier selection (2019)
Journal Article
Pishchulov, G., Trautrims, A., Chesney, T., Gold, S., & Schwab, L. (2019). The Voting Analytic Hierarchy Process revisited: A revised method with application to sustainable supplier selection. International Journal of Production Economics, 211, 166-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.01.025

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Civil society increasingly holds focal companies accountable for ensuring socially and environmentally sustainable production standards among their supply base. These standards entail increased levels of complexity to be addresse... Read More about The Voting Analytic Hierarchy Process revisited: A revised method with application to sustainable supplier selection.

Understanding labour exploitation in the Spanish agricultural sector using an agent based approach (2018)
Journal Article
Chesney, T., Evans, K., Gold, S., & Trautrims, A. (2019). Understanding labour exploitation in the Spanish agricultural sector using an agent based approach. Journal of Cleaner Production, 214, 696-704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.282

Using an agent-based model we explore the model of slavery in modern business developed by Crane (2013). Taking the Spanish agricultural sector—specifically the area of Campo de Dalías in Almería where much of Europe's vegetables are grown—as a case,... Read More about Understanding labour exploitation in the Spanish agricultural sector using an agent based approach.

Information richness and trust in V-commerce: implications for services marketing (2017)
Journal Article
Chesney, T., Chuah, S. H., Dobele, A., & Hoffmann, R. (in press). Information richness and trust in V-commerce: implications for services marketing. Journal of Services Marketing, 31(3), https://doi.org/10.1108/JSM-02-2015-0099

Purpose: The potential for e-commerce is limited by a trust deficit when traders do not interact in a physical, bricks-and-mortar context. The theory of information richness posits that equivocal interactions, such as ones requiring trust, can be fac... Read More about Information richness and trust in V-commerce: implications for services marketing.

Agent based modelling as a decision support system for shadow accounting (2017)
Journal Article
Chesney, T., Gold, S., & Trautrims, A. (2017). Agent based modelling as a decision support system for shadow accounting. Decision Support Systems, 95, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2017.01.004

We propose the use of agent based modelling to create a shadow account, that is, a secondary account of a business which is used to audit or verify the primary ac¬count. Such a model could be used to test the claims of industries and businesses. For... Read More about Agent based modelling as a decision support system for shadow accounting.

How user personality and social value orientation influence avatar mediated friendship (2016)
Journal Article
Chesney, T., Chuah, S.-H., Hoffmann, R., Hui, W., & Larner, J. (2016). How user personality and social value orientation influence avatar mediated friendship. Information Technology and People, 29(4), 688-716. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-10-2014-0242

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the influence of user personality and vlaues on the number of connections users make, the number of requests for connections that users give out, and the number of connections invitations users receive.... Read More about How user personality and social value orientation influence avatar mediated friendship.

The Influence of influence: the effect of task repetition on persuaders and persuades (2016)
Journal Article
Chesney, T., Chuah, S.-H., Hoffmann, R., & Larner, J. (2017). The Influence of influence: the effect of task repetition on persuaders and persuades. Decision Support Systems, 94, 12-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2016.10.001

We investigate how the experience of influencing and of being influenced impacts on a subsequent, immediate attempt to influence and be influenced. We conduct an experiment using participant dyads matched in a round-robin design which systematically... Read More about The Influence of influence: the effect of task repetition on persuaders and persuades.

Prior knowledge: the role of virtual worlds in venture creation (2014)
Journal Article
Hannah, N., & Thomas, C. (2014). Prior knowledge: the role of virtual worlds in venture creation. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 21(3), 403-413. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-04-2014-0057

If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.em... Read More about Prior knowledge: the role of virtual worlds in venture creation.

Determinants of Friendship in Social Networking Virtual Worlds (2014)
Journal Article
Chesney, T., Chuah, S.-H., Hull, W., Hoffmann, R., & Larner, J. (2014). Determinants of Friendship in Social Networking Virtual Worlds. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 34, 1397-1416. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.03472

This paper examines the determinants of friendship between two users in a virtual world who are unaware of each other's real identities. Drawing on theories of homophily, heterophily and propinquity, three virtual world behaviours are analysed: avata... Read More about Determinants of Friendship in Social Networking Virtual Worlds.

Networked individuals predict a community wide outcome from their local information (2013)
Journal Article
Chesney, T. (2014). Networked individuals predict a community wide outcome from their local information. Decision Support Systems, 57, 11-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2013.07.006

The term ‘viral’ is used to describe a phenomenon that tends to be shared by those who encounter it. This paper considers the act of responding positively to a phenomenon by sharing it with others, something exemplified by the online social media act... Read More about Networked individuals predict a community wide outcome from their local information.