Publications

Kadarla, L., Jonathan, G. M., & Perjons, E. (2026). From Readiness to Public Value: Modelling AI Adoption in Sweden’s Decentralised Municipal System. In PoEM-C 2025: PoEM Forum, Doctoral Consortium, Business Case & Tool Forum, Workshops 2025, co-located with PoEM 2025, Geneva, Switzerland, December 3-5, 2025. RWTH Aachen University.

Jonathan, G. M., & Perjons, E. (2026). The FAIR-Blockchain Nexus: A Framework for AI-driven Digital Transformation in the Public Sector. In 18th IFIP Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling (PoEM-C 2025), Geneva, Switzerland, December 3-5, 2025. RWTH Aachen University.

Jonathan, G. M., Yalew, S. D., Gebremeskel, B. K., & Watat, J. K. (2025). AI Adoption in the Public Sector: Organizational Readiness and the Pursuit of Public Value. Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly, (45), 43-70.

Han, S., & Jonathan, G. M. (2025, August). The Contextual Edge: LLMs and Sweden’s Public Sector Transformation. In International Conference on Electronic Government (pp. 180-195). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

Jonathan, G. M. (2025, August). Charting the Crossroads of Digital Sovereignty and Digital Transformation. In International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective (pp. 57-71). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

Jonathan, G. M., & Han, S. (2025, August). GenAI in Public Sector Transformation: Balancing Promise and Prudence. In International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective (pp. 105-121). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

Jonathan, G. M., & Reychav, I. (2025, May). People Powering Digital Transformation in the Public Sector: Cultivating Workforce Agility. In Proceedings of the 2025 Computers and People Research Conference (pp. 1-9).

Jonathan, G. M., & Reychav, I. (2025, May). The Viral Truth Problem: Health Misinformation in the Digital Age. In Proceedings of the 2025 Computers and People Research Conference (pp. 1-9).

Kloth, R., & Jonathan, G. M. (2025). The missing link: Knowledge management and the social dimension of business-IT alignment. Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly, (42), 63-82.

Radu, A., Jonathan, G. M., & Perjons, E. (2025). Growing Pains of Digital Transformation: Navigating the Challenges in Non-profits. In Advances in Information Systems Development: Exploring New Horizons and Opportunities (pp. 87-102). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

Rethinking Celebrity Endorsement in the Age of AI: Introducing the Self-Influencing Model for Brands. In the 46th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2025) TREOS, Nashville, USA, December 14-17, 2025. Association for Information Systems (AIS).

Kuika Watat, J., Jonathan, G. M., & Zhang, L. (2025). Why Generative Artificial Intelligence Does Not Survive First Contact with Bureaucracy. In the 46th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2025), Nashville, USA, December 14-17, 2025. Association for Information Systems (AIS).

Kuika Watat, J., & Jonathan, G. M. (2025). How Artificial Intelligence is Shaping Financial Reasoning among the Unbanked. In the 46th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2025), Nashville, USA, December 14-17, 2025. Association for Information Systems (AIS).

Jonathan, G. M., Gebremeskel, B. K., Yalew, S. D., & Kuika Watat, J. (2025). AI for the public sector: Readiness, adoption, and the public value promises. In BIR-WS 2025: BIR 2025 Workshops and Doctoral Consortium, 24th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research (BIR 2025), September 17-19, 2025, Riga, Latvia (pp. 213-226).

Ugochukwu, E. S., Khan, S., Jonathan, G. M., & Aasi, P. (2025). IT project management in a remote work environments. Procedia Computer Science, 263, 539-547.

Belay, E. S., Jonathan, G. M., & Aasi, P. (2025). Digital transformation of public finances: an exploratory case study from the global south. Procedia Computer Science, 263, 293-300.

Jonathan, G. M. (2025). Rebooting Information Systems Pedagogy with Interactive Online Learning. In The Thirty-first Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Montréal, Canada, August 14-16, 2025. Association for Information Systems (AIS).

Jonathan, G. M., & Perjons, E. (2025). Unpacking the Digital Poison: A Factor-Based Analysis of Health Misinformation During COVID-19. In America’s Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2025), Montreal, Canada, August 14-16, 2025. Association for Information Systems.

Lamprousis, K., & Jonathan, G. M. (2025). Determinants of digital transformation in public organisations: A case study of an agency of the European Commission. Procedia Computer Science, 256, 352-359.

Pantoja, I. O. D. S., Jonathan, G. M., & Perjons, E. (2025). Rapid response for lasting impact: Examining the digital transformation of Spain’s healthcare system post-COVID-19. Procedia Computer Science, 256, 344-351.

Gabay, H., Reychav, I., & Jonathan, G. M. (2025). Transformative shift: Digital evolution in Israeli public sector agencies during an emergency period. Procedia Computer Science, 256, 496-503.

Jonathan, G. M. (2024). Blockchain-Powered Decentralisation: A New Era of Public Governance. In Workshop on Advancing Enterprise Modelling through Digital Transformation, FAIR Data Management, and Blockchain Integration, AEM 2024, Tools and Demos, PoEM-Companion, Stockholm, Sweden, December 3-5, 2024 (Vol. 3855). CEUR-WS.

Radu, A., Jonathan, G. M., & Perjons, E. (2024). Barriers to Digital Transformation in Non-profit Organisations. In The 32nd International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD 2024), 26-28 August, 2024, Gdańsk, Poland. Association for Information Systems (AIS).

Gabay, H., Jonathan, G.M., Reychav, I. (2024). Adoption of AI-CRM for Public Value Creation. In: Kö, A., Kotsis, G., Tjoa, A.M., Khalil, I. (eds) Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective. EGOVIS 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14913. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68211-7_11

Jonathan, G. M., & Reychav, I. (2024). Workforce Agility and Digital Transformation in the Public Sector. In Proceedings of the 2024 Computers and People Research Conference (pp. 1-4).

Jonathan, G. M., Perjons, E., & Rusu, L. (2024). Digital Transformation-driven Decentralisation of Public Governance. Procedia Computer Science239, 1220-1229.

Jonathan, G. M., Perjons, E., & Rusu, L. (2024). Untangling the Link Between Digital Transformation and Information Security Management. Procedia Computer Science239, 575-582.

Jonathan, G., & Thamrongthanakit, T. (2024). Cybersecurity Management Practices in Thai SMEs. In Proceedings of the 19th Midwest Association for Information Systems Conference (MWAIS 2024). Association for Information Systems (AIS).

Adetona, T. E., Jonathan, G. M., & Aasi, S. P. (2024). Matching Information Security Management with Organisational Agility. In Proceedings of the 30th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2024). Association for Information Systems (AIS).

Jonathan, G. M. (2024). AI-driven Digital Transformation for Public Value Creation. In Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Southern Association for Information Systems (SAIS). Association for Information Systems (AIS).

Vujovic, A. N., Jonathan, G. M., & Hacks, S. (2024). Digitalisation and its Impact on Social Protection Programmes Effectiveness: A Case from South Africa. Procedia Computer Science237, 882-890.

Jonathan, G. M., & Reychav, I. (2024). Antecedents for Digital Transformation: Lessons from the Public Sector. In Proceedings of the 28th DIGIT Workshop, co-located with the 44th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Association for Information Systems (AIS).

Jonathan, G. M., Yalew, S. D., Gebremeskel, B. K., Rusu, L., & Perjons, E. (2023). IT Alignment: A Path Towards Digital Transformation Success. Procedia Computer Science219, 471-478.

Gebremeskel, B. K., Jonathan, G. M., & Yalew, S. D. (2023). Information Security Challenges During Digital Transformation. Procedia Computer Science219, 44-51.

Jonathan, G. M., Rusu, L., Perjons, E., & Kuika Watat, J. (2021). The Relationship Between Organisational Agility and IT Alignment in Public Organisations. In Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) (p. 28), Sydney, Australia, December 8th-10th, 2021. Association for Information Systems.

Kuika Watat, J., & Jonathan, G. M. (2021). Transforming Marginalized Communities through Virtual Healthcare during a Pandemic. In Proceedings of theAustralasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) (p. 44), Sydney, Australia, December 8th-10th, 2021. Association for Information Systems.

Jonathan, G. M. (2021). Strategic Alignment for Digital Transformation: Insights from the Public sector. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research (BIR 2021), (pp. 165-171), Vienna, Austria, September 22-24, 2021.  ceur-ws.org.

Jonathan, G. M., Hailemariam, K. S., Gebremeskel, B. K., & Yalew, S. D. (2021). Public Sector Digital Transformation: Challenges for Information Technology Leaders. In Proceedings of the 12th IEEE Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON) (pp. 1027-1033), Vancouver, Canada, October 27th-30th, 2021. IEEE.

Jonathan, G. M., Rusu, L., & Grembergen, W. V. (2021). Business-IT Alignment and Digital Transformation: Setting a Research Agenda. In Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD2021) (p. 7), Valencia, Spain, September 8th-10th, 2021. Association for Information Systems.

Kuika Watat, J., Agbozo, E., Adewale, S. O., & Jonathan, G. M. (2021). Health is Wealth: A Conceptual Overview of Virtual Healthcare & Future Research Directions [1995–2021]. In Proceedings of the European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (pp. 463-473), Dubai, UAE, December 8th-9th, 2021. Springer, Cham.

Kuika Watat, J., & Jonathan, G. M. (2021). Citizens’ Acceptance of E-democracy: when the Theory of the Reasoned Action meets the Civic Voluntarism Model. In Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) (p. 2), August 9th-13th, 2021. Association for Information Systems.

Secinaro, S., Brescia, V., Iannaci, D., & Jonathan, G. M. (2021). Does Citizen Involvement Feed on Digital Platforms?. International Journal of Public Administration, 1-18.

Jonathan, G. M. (2020). Digital Transformation in the Public Sector: IT Alignment as a Moderator. In Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) (p. 95) December 1st-4th, 2020. Association for Information Systems.

Jonathan, G. M., & Watat, J. K. (2020, November). Strategic Alignment During Digital Transformation. In Proceedings of the European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (pp. 657-670). Springer, Cham.

Watat, J. K., Jonathan, G. M., Dongmo, F. W. N., & El Abidine, N. E. H. Z. (2020). Social Media Impact on Academic Performance: Lessons Learned from Cameroon. In Proceedings of the European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (pp. 370-379). Springer, Cham.

Jonathan, G. M., Gebremeskel, B. K., & Yalew, S. D. (2020, November). Privacy and Security in the Digitalisation Era. In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON) (pp. 0837-0844). IEEE.

Jonathan, G. M., & Gebremeskel, B. K. (2020, November). Information Security and Organisational Agility in the Digital Era: Exploring the Role of IT Alignment. In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON) (pp. 0831-0836). IEEE.

Jonathan, G. M., & Hailemariam, K. S. (2020). Intra-Organisational Barriers to Business-IT Alignment. International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy (IJIDE)11(3), 22-36.

Jonathan, G. M. (2020). Results-Based Project Follow-Up: A Method for Ongoing and Completed Projects. International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy (IJIDE)11(2), 14-30.

Jonathan, G. M., & Kuika Watat, J. (2020). Organisational Agility and IT Alignment in Public Organisations. In Proceedings of the Americas Conference for Information Systems (AMCIS) (p. 13) August 10th-14th, 2020. Association for Information Systems.

Kuika Watat, J., & Jonathan, G. M. (2020). The influence of Privacy Concerns on Intention to Use Social Media. In Proceedings of the Americas Conference for Information Systems (AMCIS) (p. 6) August 10th-14th, 2020. Association for Information Systems.

Kuika Watat, J., & Jonathan, G. M. (2020). Breaking the Digital Divide in Rural Africa. In Proceedings of the Americas Conference for Information Systems (AMCIS) (p. 2) August 10th-14th, 2020. Association for Information Systems.

Jonathan, G. M. (2020). Information Technology Alignment: The Role of Organisational Structure (Licentiate of Philosophy Dissertation, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University).

Jonathan, G. M., Rusu, L., & Perjons, E. (2020, April). Organisational Structure’s Influence on IT Alignment in a Public Organisation: A Confirmatory Case Study Analysis. In Proceedings of the 25th UK Academy for Information Systems International Conference, Oxford, UK, 31st March–1st April, 2020. Association for Information Systems.

Jonathan, G. M., Rusu, L., & Perjons, E. (2020). Business-IT Alignment in the Era of Digital Transformation: Quo Vadis?. In Proceedings of Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, Hawaii, USA, January 7-10, 2020 (pp. 5563-5572).

Jonathan, G. M. (2019, December). Digital Transformation in the Public Sector: Identifying Critical Success Factors. In Proceedings of European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (pp. 223-235). Springer, Cham.

Jonathan, G. M., Rusu, L., & Perjons, E. (2019, December). Organisational Structure’s Influence on IT Alignment: The Case of a Public Organisation. In Proceedings of European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (pp. 471-485). Springer, Cham.

Maxwell, L., Taner, E., & Jonathan, G. M. (2019). Digitalisation in the Public Sector: Determinant Factors. International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance (IJITBAG)10(2), 35-52.

Jonathan, G. M., Solomon Hailemariam, K., & Lamenew Debay, W. (2019). Business-IT Alignment in the Banking Sector: A Case from a Developing Country. In Proceedings of the 13th Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (MCIS) (p. 25), Naples, Italy. Association for Information Systems.

Chantillon, M., Crompvoets, J., Deligiannis, A., Koulolias, V., Mekonnen Jonathan, G., & Peristeras, V. (2018). Report: Managing the Public Sector Digital Transformation. International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Jonathan, G. M., Rusu, L. (2019). eGovernment Adoption Determinants From Citizens’ Perspective: A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy (IJIDE), 10(1), 18-30.

Jonathan, G. M., Rusu, L., Erik Perjons (2018). Organizational Structure’s Influence on Business-IT Alignment: Looking Back to Look Forward. International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance (IJITBAG), 9(2), 15-29.

Jonathan, G. M., Rusu, L. (2018). IT Governance in Public Organizations: A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance (IJITBAG), 9(2), 30-52.

Jonathan, G. M. (2018). Influence of Organizational Structure on Business-IT Alignment: What We Do (Not) Know. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference Perspectives in Business Informatics Research (BIR 2018), Stockholm, Sweden, September 24-26, 2018 (pp. 375-386). CEUR-WS. org.

Ayele, W. Y., & Jonathan, G. M. (2018). Debriefing for Knowledge Management. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference Perspectives in Business Informatics Research (BIR 2018), Stockholm, Sweden, September 24-26, 2018 (pp. 415-420). CEUR-WS. org.

Fremont, V., & Jonathan, G. M. (2018). Can Blockchain Technology Solve Trust Issues in Industrial Networks?. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference Perspectives in Business Informatics Research (BIR 2018). Stockholm, Sweden, September 24-26, 2018. (Vol. 2218, pp. 399-404). CEUR-WS. org.

Jonathan, G. M., Abdul-Salaam, A., Oluwasanmi, O., & Rusu, L. (2018). Business-IT Alignment Barriers in a Public Organisation: The Case of Federal Inland Revenue Service of Nigeria. International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy (IJIDE), 9(1), 1-13.

Koulolias, V., Jonathan, G. M., Fernandez, M., & Sotirchos, D. (2018). Combating Misinformation: An Ecosystem in Co-creation. OECD Publishing. 1-30.

Rusu, L., & Jonathan, G. M. (2017). IT Alignment in Public Organizations: A Systematic Literature Review. In Information Technology Governance in Public Organizations (pp. 27-57). Springer, Cham.