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The implementation of mobile technology in organizations : expanding individual use contexts

conference contribution
posted on 2004-01-01, 00:00 authored by H Scheepers, Rens ScheepersRens Scheepers
Mobile computing devices such as personal digital assistants, smart mobile phones, and other handheld computing devices hold much promise in terms of their organizational application. Many existing models of the individual acceptance and implementation of information technology in organizational contexts have been developed in the era of “at the office” computing such as MIS, office automation, groupware, and so forth. We conducted two in-depth case studies of the implementation of mobile technology in healthcare organizations. The studies highlight interrelated individual use contexts due to the mobility of the technology: the individual as employee, as professional, as private user, and as member of society. The cases show that influences emanating from these use contexts impacted on the individual adoption of the technology within the organization. While broad extra-organizational influences are incorporated in some existing individual technology adoption models, we show that it becomes relevant to accommodate these influences more specifically in research models of mobile computing in organizations. Based on the extant literature and the case study data we pave the way toward more comprehensive models of the adoption and implementation of mobile technologies in organizations.

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Event

International Conference on Information Systems (25th : 2004 : Washington, D. C.)

Pagination

171 - 182

Publisher

AIS

Location

Washington, D. C.

Place of publication

[Washington, D. C.]

Start date

2004-12-12

End date

2004-12-15

Language

eng

Publication classification

E1.1 Full written paper - refereed

Title of proceedings

ICIS 2004 : Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Information Systems

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