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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
font-weight:bold'>AIS Special Interest Group on Adoption and Diffusion of
Information Technology (SIG ADIT)</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>DIGIT 2011<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face=TTE1CF1258t00><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TTE1CF1258t00;
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
Special Interest Group on the Adoption and Diffusion of Information Technology
will again host a pre-ICIS workshop for people interested in information
technology adoption and diffusion (DIGIT). DIGIT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>will be
held in the morning of Sunday, December 4, 2011 in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Shanghai</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
The theme this year is Adoption and Diffusion of Information Technology in a
Globally Connected World.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
workshop will include paper roundtables, panel discussions and tutorials.
Faculty members and doctoral students are encouraged to attend and submit
papers for roundtable discussion. Doctoral<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>students
submitting papers to the conference will be eligible for a workshop scholarship
that covers the DIGIT registration fee**. The deadline for submission of papers
is Friday, September 9, 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Notification
of acceptance or rejection will be made in early November. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>In
order to foster the workshop atmosphere that has developed in previous
meetings, registration will again be limited to about 40 people. Refreshments
will be provided to attendees. You can register for<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>DIGIT
during the regular ICIS registration process. For information on SIGADIT and
past DIGIT workshops, please go to </span></font><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>http://www.sigadit.org
</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>or contact the 2011 workshop organizers:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><u><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>SIGADIT
Chair<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Anand
Jeyaraj<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Wright</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="mailto:manand.jeyaraj@wright.edu">manand.jeyaraj@wright.edu</a><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><u><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Workshop
Chair<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Marcus
Rothenberger<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Nevada</st1:PlaceName> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Las
Vegas</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="mailto:marcus.rothenberger@unlv.edu">marcus.rothenberger@unlv.edu</a><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><u><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Program
Chair<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>JJ
Hsieh<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Hong Kong</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Polytechnic</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="mailto:JJ.Hsieh@inet.polyu.edu.hk">JJ.Hsieh@inet.polyu.edu.hk</a><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>** Up
to 3 doctoral student authors will receive a full scholarship to cover their
DIGIT 2011 workshop fee. Depending upon remaining funds, full or partial
scholarships will be offered to all other doctoral<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>students
who submit papers for workshop consideration. There may also be funds available
to assist doctoral students who did not submit a paper, but are interested in
attending the DIGIT workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Please
contact JJ Hsieh (</span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><a
href="mailto:JJ.Hsieh@inet.polyu.edu.hk">JJ.Hsieh@inet.polyu.edu.hk</a></span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>) for additional information. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>DIGIT 2011 Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Adoption
and Diffusion of Information Technology in a Globally Connected World In a
changing world with increasing connectivity, adoption of Information Technology
increasingly spans<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>national
and regional boundaries. This may raise new issues and introduce additional
potential inhibitors to adoption, such as cultural issues and concerns about
security and privacy, among others.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Studies
on the adoption and diffusion of information technologies may take on those new
challenges and investigate adoption in a globally connected context.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>While
papers adhering to the theme are encouraged, research in other IT adoption and
diffusion research domains will be considered. Potential topic areas include
(but are not exclusive to):<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- Identifying
technologies: enterprise systems, inter-organization systems, personal systems<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- Conceptualizing
innovations: feature-centric vs. innovation-centric<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- Determining
stages: initiation, adoption, use, assimilation, adaptation, infusion<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- Choosing
environments: private vs. public sectors, voluntary vs. captive vs. mandatory
settings<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- Selecting
units of analysis: individual, group/team, organization, industry, society<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- Identifying
antecedent categories: technology, individual, group/network, organization<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- Crafting
empirical designs: cross-sectional, longitudinal, panel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- Collecting
data: case studies, experiments, surveys, simulations, mixed methods<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- Analyzing
data: structural equations, latent growth models, event history, event sequence<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>In the
interest of discussing the most current research in this area, working papers
are encouraged as well as more complete papers. Papers dealing with any stage
of the IT diffusion process (e.g., initiation, adoption, adaptation, use,
and/or infusion) at the individual, work group, organization, or societal level(s)
are invited. Submitted research can be conceptual, analytical, design-oriented,
or empirical in nature.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>All
submissions will be blind reviewed. Papers should not have been published
previously in a proceedings or journal, nor be under review elsewhere, but may
be submitted elsewhere after the DIGIT meeting. At least one author must
register and attend the workshop to present the paper if the work is accepted.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Instructions
for Contributors<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>All
papers should be double-spaced and submitted in Microsoft Word format. Working
papers or research in process are limited to ten double-spaced pages. Research
papers are limited to twenty<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>double-spaced
pages. Both types of submissions should include an abstract. Page counts
exclude references. The title page (exclusive of the page counts) should
include the paper title and the authors'<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>names,
affiliations, and e-mail addresses. The main body of the paper should have a
title, but no author identification.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>This
year, all paper submissions should be sent electronically as a Microsoft Word
attachment to </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:digit.workshop@gmail.com">digit.workshop@gmail.com</a><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>. Questions regarding paper submissions
should be directed to the program<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>chair JJ Hsieh (</span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'><a href="mailto:JJ.Hsieh@inet.polyu.edu.hk">JJ.Hsieh@inet.polyu.edu.hk</a></span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>).</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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