[Air-l] CFP: AMCIS 2007 Minitrack on ICT Adoption and Diffusion

[Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi]

AMCIS 2007: http://www.biz.colostate.edu/amcis07/Mini_Tracks/IT_Management-Adoption_and_Use_of_ICT-Williams.htm

Minitrack: Adoption and Use of ICT in the Residential/Household Context

TRACK: IT Management

Chairs:

Professor Michael D. Williams (m.d.williams at swansea.ac.uk)

Dr. Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi (y.k.dwivedi at swansea.ac.uk)

School of Business & Economics, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, UK
Phone: +44-1792-295-181 / +44-1792-295-626

Description:

Although the study of the adoption and diffusion of information and
communication technologies (ICT) is one of the more mature research
areas within the IS discipline, much of the activity to date has
focused upon conducting investigations from organizational and/or
end-user/employee perspectives. While the key role of ICT within
business and government is now well-recognized, it is also important
to acknowledge that in modern society, ICT has become prevalent in the
daily home lives of many individuals in forms such as e-commerce,
e-government, e-learning, e-health, and e-working. This relatively
recent emergence of the technology-contextualized home environment has
in turn, generated numerous issues worthy of investigation, including
awareness, adoption and usage of emerging technologies and electronic
services, and social exclusion due to unequal adoption by different
segments of society. However, given the broad range of issues offering
potentially fruitful areas for investigation, and the varying
approaches that may be employed to explore them, it is sometimes
unclear where to place such material. Therefore, the objective of this
mini-track is to provide a platform for the presentation and
discussion of original research into emerging issues surrounding ICT
adoption (and non-adoption) from the residential/household
perspectives of consumers and citizens.

The mini-track will focus on:

Micro factors influencing ICT adoption and usage within the household
Socio-economic/geographical/cultural factors relevant to household
adoption of ICT
Citizens' awareness of emerging electronic government and other online services
The digital divide
Provision of ICT in public places for citizens from lower
socio-economic backgrounds
Strategies of high-speed internet access providers and ISPs to
household consumers in different countries
Government policies toward adoption and diffusion of ICT, including
e-government services and high-speed Internet access for household
consumers/citizens
Service quality and Security issues
The impact of consumers home use of ICT on business models in various
industries
The impact ICT use on the daily/social/professional life of consumers/citizens
Socio-economic impacts of consumer adoption of ICT
ICT training for citizens


 AMCIS 2007 Colorado        http://www.biz.colostate.edu/amcis07/

Key Dates:

Papers Due: Monday, March 5, 2007

Notification of Acceptance: Monday, April 16, 2007

Camera Ready Copy Due: Monday, April 30, 2007

Sincerely,

Yogesh Dwivedi


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Dr Yogesh K. Dwivedi
School of Business and Economics
Room 25, Haldane Building
Swansea University, Singleton Park
Swansea, SA2 8PP, Wales, UK.
Phone: +44 (0)1792602340
Email: y.k.dwivedi at swansea.ac.uk; ykdwivedi at gmail.com
Home Page: http://www.swan.ac.uk/sbe/staff/YDwivedi.asp
http://ykdwivedi.googlepages.com/aboutme
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CALL FOR PAPERS - http://ykdwivedi.googlepages.com/callforpaper-amcis2007
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Please send your contributions to the Following AMCIS-2007 Minitracks:
1. Adoption and Use of ICT in the Residential/Household Context
2. IS Challenges for Small and Medium Size Enterprises
3. From Implementation to Adoption: Challenges to Successful E-Government