Sources of Influence on Beliefs about Information Technology Use: An Empirical Study of Knowledge Workers

Effects of Personal Traits on Generation Y Consumers' Attitudes Toward the Use of Mobile Devices for Communication and Commerce

“…Goldsmith and Hofacker (1992) argued that domainspecific innovation provides a deeper explanation of an individual's innovativeness and is highly associated with one's adoption of new products. In the literature, domain-specific innovativeness has been studied as a significant predictor of consumers' adoption of innovations (e.g., Goldsmith & Hofacker, 1992;Hirunyawipada & Paswan, 2006 Lewis, Agarwal, & Sambamurthy, 2003;Lu, Yao, & Yu, 2005). A recent study by Khare, Singh, and Khare (2010) also found that individuals' innovativeness among the Gen Y segment was a major determinant of online shopping in India.…”

IMPACT OF SOCIAL INFLUENCE ON INDIVIDUALS’ ADOPTION OF SOCIAL NETWORKS IN SMES

“…Social network is defined as the extent to which individuals are influenced by other individuals of other organizations (Lewis et al, 2003). Prior studies also suggest that adoption of technological innovations is significantly affected by external counterparts (Khoumbati et al, 2006).…”

“…Basically, as social human beings, individuals within organizations also need communications and interactions with others. Specifically, they want to get advice from their colleagues when they have problems in their workplace (Lewis et al, 2003;Yuan et al, 2005). The importance and benefits of adoption of technological innovations within organizations reflects on the behavior of peers who enthusiasticly involved in the process of adoption of technological innovations.…”

A Research Model for Measuring IT Efficiency in German Hospitals

“…One of the most wellknown models of usage at an individual level is the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and its derivatives investigating the effects of perceived usefulness and ease of use on user acceptance of IS (Lewis, Agarwal, and Sambamurthy, 2003;Limayem and Hirt, 2003;Taylor and Todd, 1995;Venkatesh et al, 2003) as well as the enablers and inhibitors of technology adoption, acceptance, and usage (Cenfetelli, 2004). Existing studies of IT usage mostly focus on the individual or task level (DeLone and McLean, 2003;Doll and Torkzadeh, 1998).…”