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Diffusion of innovations
About: Diffusion of innovations is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2139 publications have been published within this topic receiving 191397 citations. The topic is also known as: diffusion of innovation & diffusion of innovations theory.
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01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: In this paper, a case analysis employing an organization change theoretical framework via archival document analysis to examine a failed universal design change initiative at a 1,500-student college is presented.
Abstract: With the rise in online education, universal design is an emerging trend aimed at providing available education opportunities to all students, accommodating for all disabilities. However, universal design in online education remains an ambiguous and lofty goal for an academic organization to undertake. This case analysis employs an organization change theoretical framework via archival document analysis to examine a failed universal design change initiative at a 1,500-student college. This analysis unpacks the complications inherent in the failed initiative via elucidation of the college’s actions comparatively with foundational tenets of organization change, particularly the diffusion of innovations model. Elicitations from this analysis include possibilities for future universal design change initiatives, as well as an overarching call for academic organizations to consider organization change tenets in organizational decision-making.
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01 Jan 2017
TL;DR: The diffusion of innovations theory as discussed by the authors proposes that innovation adoption is a dynamic process: gaining knowledge of an innovation, forming a favorable or unfavorable attitude toward the innovation, deciding to adopt or reject the innovation and confirming the decision to accept or reject.
Abstract: The diffusion of innovations theory proposes that innovation adoption is a dynamic process: gaining knowledge of an innovation, forming a favorable or unfavorable attitude toward the innovation, deciding to adopt or reject the innovation, and confirming the decision to adopt or reject (Rogers in Diffusion of innovations. Free Press, New York, 1995).
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01 Dec 2020
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used Ishii et al.'s new opinion dynamics theory that includes both trust and distrust in human relationships to simulate the transition of opinions of new entrants.
Abstract: In this paper, we used Ishii et al.'s new opinion dynamics theory that includes both trust and distrust in human relationships to simulate the transition of opinions of new entrants. When the mass media had a uniform impact on the market, it is shown that people's opinion distribution is biased toward media-led. We have observed that the media affects those in the market first, and then new entrants. It has also been shown that when the connection between people is strong, they are more influenced by others. In other words, in order to make the opinions of consumers who enter the market later positive(adopt), it is shown that we need the consumers with positive opinions that exist in the market in advance, mass media that encourages adopt (stronger is preferable), and dense people network.
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30 Dec 2020
TL;DR: The authors examined the role played by formal and informal social relationships in the adoption and diffusion of mask wearing as a pandemic preventive behavior and argued that widespread mask making, organizing, and distribution, and their cascading communication through social networks, played a positive role in this change and further argue that contradictory messaging by social media networks and change agents played a negative role and contributed to anti-mask attitudes and practices.
Abstract: Since the 1918 flu pandemic, wearing masks during illness has been uncommon in the US. With the spread of the COVID-19 virus, however, this practice is changing. From discouragement to adoption and promotion, the rise of mask-wearing behaviors is an unusually rapid cultural practice change. Applying a “diffusion of innovations” and “social capital” approach to recent mask mobilization, this study uses content and corpus analysis methods to examine the role played by formal and informal social relationships in the adoption and diffusion of mask wearing as a pandemic preventive behavior. I argue that widespread mask making, organizing, and distribution, and their cascading communication through social networks, played a positive role in this change and further argue that contradictory messaging by social media networks and change agents played a negative role and contributed to anti-mask attitudes and practices. © 2021 selection and editorial matter, J. Michael Ryan;individual chapters, the contributors.
3 citations
03 Jan 2018
TL;DR: Data is analyzed from a survey of 99 municipal corporations to show that an effective configuration of IT governance mechanisms fits and changes over time with the firm’s financial performance and state of IT enactment.
Abstract: Prior research has examined factors that motivate executives in general to seek advice from external peers. The literature is silent however regarding what IT governance mechanisms motivate CIOs to mindfully seek advice in their external advice networks. Our research shows that simply applying the advice of the prior literature in the CIO and IT governance context can be counterproductive. We analyze data from a survey of 99 municipal corporations to show that an effective configuration of IT governance mechanisms fits and changes over time with the firm’s financial performance and state of IT enactment. The lessons learned are instructive for practitioners, while also highlighting the importance of attending to context in IT governance research.
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