Title
Interfaces in adoption of an evolving innovation: an activity-theoretical perspective and the price of convenience
Abstract
The paper presents a study of the dynamics of socio-technic al change. It describes the evolution of mobile messaging and its social implications, in particular how individuals over time will evolve into communities of common "mobile" characteristics and/or "privacy" concerns. Our conceptual model - the Price of Convenience Model, introduced in (Ng- Kruelle, Swatman, Rebne and Hampe 2002) - is combined with an activity-theo retical perspective, where the interfaces in adoption of an evolving innovation are described using the concepts. This paper is divided into two main sections. The first section describes theoretical and analytical approaches that addresses the interfaces in adoption of an evolving innovation, and activity-theoretical perspective on adoption. The second section describes the evolution of mobile messaging follow by a study of dynamics of socio-technical
Year
Venue
Keywords
2003
ECIS
socio-technical analysis.,activity theory,behaviours,adoption of innovation,diffusion of innovation,privacy,mobile technology,attitudes,technical analysis,conceptual model
Field
DocType
Citations 
Computer science,Knowledge management,Innovation management,Marketing
Conference
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.52
4
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Grace Ng-kruelle171.69
Douglas S. Rebne271.69
Paul A. Swatman322338.78
J. Felix Hampe413727.21