DocumentCode :
434509
Title :
Comparison of information technology adoption rates across laggards, innovators and others
Author :
Muduganti, Rukmini Reddy ; Sogani, Shravan Kumar ; Hexmoor, Henry
Author_Institution :
Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville, AR, USA
Volume :
1
fYear :
2005
fDate :
4-6 April 2005
Firstpage :
470
Abstract :
It is important to predict and analyze user acceptance of information technology in order to address success and failures of technological products. The theory of reasoned action (TRA) has been used for two decades in empirical studies to predict user acceptance of information technology. Agent-based modeling (ABM) is well suited for studying user acceptance of information technology, which is an instance of contingent behavior. In this paper the research was extended on ABM of the TRA by comparing technology adoption rates across varied sections of a population. The authors discussed intention variations among laggards, innovators and the undecided sections of employees in an organization. The implementation is cost effective and easy to use in contrast to the empirical method. The results we produced corroborate the results obtained from the last few decades of empirical research in this field.
Keywords :
human factors; information technology; social aspects of automation; software agents; adoption rates; agent based modeling; information technology; innovators; laggards; technology acceptance model; theory of reasoned action; user acceptance; Costs; Data analysis; Failure analysis; Humans; Impedance; Information analysis; Information technology; Joining processes; Performance analysis; Psychology;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology: Coding and Computing, 2005. ITCC 2005. International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2315-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ITCC.2005.105
Filename :
1428507
Link To Document :
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