Women's and Men's Expectations About the Effects of New Technology at Work

Hackett, Edward J.; Mirvis, Philip H.; Sales, Amy L.

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“…The early studies show a significant gap existing between user observations of a newly implemented IS and user prior expectations (Argote et al, 1983), and suggest that the efforts of instilling realistic expectations in users of a proposed IS may likely lead to better satisfaction with the resultant IS (Ginzberg, 1981). Related studies also concur that user expectation reflects the understandings by users of business issues that necessitate a proposed IS, the resultant organizational changes, and the consequences relevant to individuals (Ginzberg, 1981;Hackett et al, 1991). In comparison to the constructs-user involvement, user attitude, and even user expectation-all of which are aimed to position users properly only during ISD, only the organizational change perspective, though too general, directs our consideration of user factors around, rather than just during, ISD, and thus, in our view, points to a promising direction in search of winning approaches to ISD.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

User readiness for IS development: An examination of 50 cases

Sheu¹,

Kim²

2008

Syst. Res.

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Nearly every information system development (ISD) triggers a wide variety of feelings from all stakeholders who are impacted in various ways because, more than ever, ISD is leveraged as a means of organizational change. Motivated by the stubborn progress on the success rate of ISD, this research, in contrast to the previous research, hypothesizes that user readiness underpins all other kinds of readiness for ISD. In light of this hypothesis, our research team has interviewed representatives of 50 ISD projects in order to identify the efficacy of user readiness in the success rate of ISD and the responsiveness of user readiness to project-specific efforts. Our interview findings indicate that user readiness does correlate to the success of ISD, although such correspondence varies in degree according to the complexity of ISD. In addition, our findings show that the motivational aspect of user readiness responds to project-specific efforts more slowly than the cognitive aspect of it, and that user readiness is in the midst of other kinds of readiness such as process readiness, data readiness, organizational and cultural readiness, so it is pivotal to the success of ISD. The findings from this research should help researchers and practitioners refocus their efforts to improve the success rate of ISD.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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User readiness for IS development: An examination of 50 cases

Sheu¹,

Kim²

2008

Syst. Res.

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“…Therefore, it is important to find whether perception differences exist within different age categories. Gender is selected because gender differences have been documented in the literature as affecting perception (Hackett, Mirvis and Sales, 1991). As a result, it is imperative to find whether gender differences exist between male and female respondents.…”

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Students’ perceptions toward the use of the digital library in weekly web‐based distance learning assignments portion of a hybrid programme

Koohang

2004

Brit J Educational Tech

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Students' perceptions toward the use of the digital libraryBritish Journal of Educational Technology Students' perceptions toward the use of the digital library in weekly web-based distance learning assignments portion of a hybrid programme Alex Koohang Dr Alex Koohang is an associate professor and director of undergraduate program in the School of Information Studies at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. Dr Koohang has designed, developed, and implemented various traditional, non-traditional, hybrid, and online courses/programmes. He has been involved in the development of online education, having initiated and administered some of the earliest asynchronous learning networks. His current research interests are in the areas of distance/elearning, usability, and information architecture. AbstractThis study attempted to investigate students' perceptions toward the use of the digital library in weekly web-based distance learning assignments portion of a hybrid instructional programme. Attention was given to three variables-age, gender, and prior experience with the Internet. A Likert-type instrument consisting of 10 items was designed to collect information about students' perceptions toward the use of digital library. The subjects of this study were 154 students enrolled in an undergraduate hybrid programme in management at a medium-sized university in the Midwest, USA. Collected data were analysed using ANOVA. The overall results suggest that students had positive perceptions toward the use of the digital library. Age was found to be an insignificant factor. However, gender and prior experience with the Internet were found to be significant factors. Males had significantly higher positive perceptions toward using the digital library. Students who had more prior experience with the Internet had significantly higher positive perceptions toward using the digital library. Implications for practice are discussed and recommendations are made for future research.

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“…Pope-Davis and Twing (1991) examined attitudes toward computer technology in university students and found no gender differences. Hackett, Mirvis, and Sales (1991), however, in a study of 654 people employed in hourly production jobs, found women to be generally more pessimistic about the effects of new technology in the workplace than men. It may well be that women are reasonably skeptical of technologies that may change their lives in undesirable ways, perhaps by eliminating or de-personalizing work, and by making pregnancy and birth subject to unwanted medical control.…”

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Attitudes Toward Technologies for Conception: A 15‐Year Follow‐Up

Lasker¹,

Murray²

2001

J Applied Social Pyschol

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The attitudes of students toward technologies related to conception were assessed in 1984 and again in 1999. It was expected that increased routinization of such technologies over time would result in higher approval ratings in the second survey. This hypothesis was not supported by the results; there were no changes in approval for most methods that were included in both surveys, and in some cases, approval decreased. It was also hypothesized that methods included in the 1984 survey would receive higher approval than would newer technologies added in 1999, and this was supported by the data. Differences in approval of specific items were found by the gender and religion of respondents. Results suggest that methods involving donors continue to be unacceptable to most students, that the "older" methods are not becoming more acceptable, and that newer methods (gestational surrogacy, egg donation, and cloning) are even more problematic.

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Women's and Men's Expectations About the Effects of New Technology at Work

Cited by 21 publications

References 15 publications

User readiness for IS development: An examination of 50 cases

User readiness for IS development: An examination of 50 cases

Students’ perceptions toward the use of the digital library in weekly web‐based distance learning assignments portion of a hybrid programme

Attitudes Toward Technologies for Conception: A 15‐Year Follow‐Up

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