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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Track: Adoption and Diffusion of Information Technology (SIGADIT)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Mini-track title: Organizational Factors that Influence the Adoption and Diffusion of Emerging Information Technology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-transform:uppercase"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-transform:uppercase">Description<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The use of emerging information technology is increasingly becoming more vital to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage for organizations. This mini-track aims to expand our knowledge
regarding the adoption and diffusion of emerging information technology (e.g., business analytics, cloud computing, and iPads). Factors such as employee attitudes, organizational climate, and readiness for change can all influence the adoption and diffusion
of emerging technology. This mini-tracks purpose is to expand our understanding of organizational factors that impact the adoption and diffusion of emerging information technology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-transform:uppercase">Suggested Topics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The dimensions of the attitudes of employees, information technology staff, and the top management teams and their impact on the adoption and diffusion of emerging information technology<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The influence of organizational climate on the adoption and diffusion of emerging information technology<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The influence of organizational readiness for change on the adoption and diffusion of emerging information technology<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Theory building that extends current theories regarding how the organizational factors influence the adoption and diffusion of emerging information technology.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Empirical testing of current theories regarding organizational factors influence on the adoption and diffusion of emerging information technology<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Comparative case studies to evaluate organizational factors influence on the adoption and diffusion of emerging information technology<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">01/05/2014 AIS Review System will begin accepting submissions for AMCIS 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">03/01/2014 Submission Deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">04/04/2014 Authors notified of paper acceptance decision<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">04/25/2014 Camera-ready papers due<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Mini-track Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">David Bourrie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Auburn University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:dmb0011@auburn.edu"><span style="color:blue">dmb0011@auburn.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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