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          2015 – Track IS Adoption and Diffusion</u></b><o:p></o:p></span>
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        lang="EN-US">The submission deadline is <b
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        No extension, hard deadline.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US">Description of the Track:</span></b></span><span
        lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US">A quarter-century after the publication of one of
        the most prominent models in Information Systems (IS) adoption
        and diffusion research, this track focuses on a better
        understanding of various factors leading to diverse behavioral
        responses such that some IS and information and communication
        technologies (ICT) are successfully adopted while others are
        rejected. Although this field of study is considered to be one
        of the more mature research areas within the IS discipline,
        constantly emerging technologies, contexts of use, and
        stakeholder groups ensure that the area provides a lot of
        potential for exciting and fruitful investigation. Indeed, the
        emergence of such new technologies, contexts, and users raises
        the issue of whether previous research findings remain
        applicable to these new circumstances or whether new theoretical
        explanations are required. Especially in terms of methodologies,
        more approaches addressing these new circumstances and capturing
        all nuances in adoption decision making are clearly needed.
        Furthermore, new research approaches on collecting (i.e.
        experiments, action research, mixed methods, longitudinal
        approaches) and analyzing data (i.e. latent growth models, agent
        based modeling, data mining) may provide a significant step
        towards a better understanding of these factors driving and
        inhibiting IS usage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US">The aim of the track therefore is to provide a
        common platform for the presentation and discussion of original
        research into issues surrounding IS/ICT adoption,
        discontinuation, and rejection from various stakeholder group
        perspectives and at societal, organizational, and individual
        level. Unique papers with great ideas and novel contributions
        will be fast-tracked to a journal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US">Topics of interest include </span></b></span><span
        class="style271"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">(but
            are certainly not limited to)<span
              style="text-transform:uppercase">: </span></span></b></span><b><span
style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";text-transform:uppercase"
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          lang="EN-US">Individual and/or group level acceptance versus
          resistance to IS/ICT<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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          lang="EN-US">Technology design factors influencing IS/ICT
          adoption and diffusion<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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        style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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          lang="EN-US">Organizational adoption and diffusion of IS/ICT
          (e.g., ERP, ECM, HRIS)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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        36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Adoption of IS/ICT in a residential/
          household context<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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        36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Adoption or diffusion of IS/ICT in
          specific sectors (such as government)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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          lang="EN-US">Adoption and diffusion of smart phones, wearable
          devices, and other mobile technologies<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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        36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Adoption and diffusion of social
          networking technologies and other Social Media applications<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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        style="color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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        36.0pt"><span style="color:windowtext" lang="EN-US">Socio-economic

          / geographical / cultural factors relevant to IS/ICT adoption</span><span
          lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
      <li class="MsoNormal"
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        36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">IS/ICT <span style="color:black">acceptance

            before/in/after organizational IS/ICT implementation
            projects </span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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          lang="EN-US">The digital divide (e.g., broadband, social
          inclusion)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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        36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">The role of personality
          characteristics (e.g., Big 5) in adoption of ICT<o:p></o:p></span></li>
      <li class="MsoNormal"
        style="color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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          lang="EN-US">Theoretical essays, reviews, concepts, policies,
          and tools of and for </span><span style="color:windowtext"
          lang="EN-US">IS/ICT </span><span lang="EN-US">adoption and
          diffusion <o:p></o:p></span></li>
      <li class="MsoNormal"
        style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
        justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0
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          lang="EN-US">The dark side of technology adoption – drawbacks,
          social, and ethical issues<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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        style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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          lang="EN-US">Different forms of IT usage – adaptive,
          excessive, and motivated Use<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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          lang="EN-US">Methodological issues regarding IT adoption and
          diffusion<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";text-transform:uppercase"
          lang="EN-US">Track CO-Chairs (listed in alphabetical order)</span></b><b
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""
          lang="EN-US">:</span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""
        lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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      normal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p>Jyoti Choudrie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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      normal"><span lang="EN-US">University of Hertfordshire<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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      normal"><span lang="EN-US">Email: <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a
            class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
            href="mailto:j.choudrie@herts.ac.uk">j.choudrie@herts.ac.uk</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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      style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
      normal"><span lang="EN-US">Andreas Eckhardt (primary contact
        person)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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      normal"><span lang="EN-US">Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          href="mailto:eckhardt@wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de">eckhardt@wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">Anand

          Jeyaraj<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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          style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
          font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">Wright

          State University, </span></strong><strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:FR;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"
          lang="FR">USA</span></strong><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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      normal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">Email: </span><span
        lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:anand.jeyaraj@wright.edu">anand.jeyaraj@wright.edu</a></span><span
        style="mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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      normal"><span lang="EN-US">Sven Laumer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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      style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
      normal"><span lang="EN-US">University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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      normal"><span lang="EN-US">Email: <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a
            href="mailto:sven.laumer@uni-bamberg.de">sven.laumer@uni-bamberg.de</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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    <p class="MsoNormal"
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      normal"><span lang="EN-US">T. Ramayah <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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      normal"><span lang="EN-US">Universiti Sains Malaysia <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <span lang="EN-US">Email: <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a
          class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ramayah@usm.my">ramayah@usm.my</a></span></span>
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