DIGIT -- 1999 Agenda -- Charlotte, NC, December 11, 1999
10:00- 10:10 a.m. Welcome
10:10-11:00 a.m. National Culture and Technology Acceptance
"The Influence of National Culture on the Acceptance and Use of Information
Technologies: An Empirical Investigation," Mark Srite and Elena Karahanna,
Florida State University.
Discussant: To be announced
11:10- 12 noon IS Implementation
"An Integrative Theory of IS Implementation Effectiveness", Neal G. Shaw,
University of Texas at Arlington
Discussant: To be announced
12 noon - 1:20 p.m. LUNCH
1:20-2:10 p.m. Adoption as Sensemaking
"Adoption as Sensemaking: Toward a Process-Oriented Perspective of IT
Adoption", Larry S. Seligman, University of Texas.
Discussant: To be announced
2:10 - 3:30 p.m. Panel: Innovation "Success"
What does it really mean to innovate "successfully"? How well do the most
popular measures of innovativeness capture this concept? What kinds of new
measures might better capture this concept, and what would the implications be
for the way we conduct innovation research?
Panel moderator: Ritu Agarwal, University of Maryland; Panel member: Sue
Conger, Southern Methodist University; Panel member: Rob Fichman, Boston
College; Panel member: Burt Swanson, UCLA.
3:30 - 3:50 p.m. Coffee Break
3:50 - 5:10 p.m. Panel: DOI Theory and IT Implementation
Is DOI the best foundation for implementation research, or do other approaches
(organizational learning theory, institutional theory, power/politics, etc.)
provide a better starting point for theorizing and model building? Are there
potential overlaps and synergies among these views?
Panel moderator: Neil Ramiller, University of Portland; Panel member: Sue
Brown, Indiana University; Panel member: Fred Davis, University of Arkansas;
Panel member: Bob Zmud, University of Oklahoma.
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