Adoption, diffusion, use and impact of ICT in developing countries: A case study of Jordan

The new and rapidly growing fields of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have continuously changed the face of the world.ICTs will become a major factor in our world and it penetrate to every movement in our life so the persons who cant accept the innovation will face difficulties to...

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Main Authors: Khasawneh, Mohammad M., Ibrahim, Huda
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spelling my.uum.repo.113872017-05-03T06:36:18Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/11387/ Adoption, diffusion, use and impact of ICT in developing countries: A case study of Jordan Khasawneh, Mohammad M. Ibrahim, Huda T Technology (General) The new and rapidly growing fields of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have continuously changed the face of the world.ICTs will become a major factor in our world and it penetrate to every movement in our life so the persons who cant accept the innovation will face difficulties to walk together with the world.Different models of adoption, diffusion and technology acceptance have been used previously to study information technology adoption in all parts of the world.The main purpose of this study is to identify a viable model for the adoption of technology in Jordan and to determine the factors that influence technology adoption. Although a handful of studies conducted in industries nations do exist, there is a general paucity of studies in the academic literature or in the trade press relating to the experience of other developed and developing country. It is believed that the findings of this study will enhance our knowledge of the adoption and diffusion of ICT by focusing attention on an area hitherto neglected or overlooked.This paper will present an introduction of a PhD thesis in "The Adoption of ICT in developing countries" by taking Jordan as case study. The first part of this paper will explain some of the existing models followed by a discussion models of what are related to a study in the developing countries such as Jordan. 2008-06-10 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/11387/1/428-432-CR182.pdf Khasawneh, Mohammad M. and Ibrahim, Huda (2008) Adoption, diffusion, use and impact of ICT in developing countries: A case study of Jordan. In: Knowledge Management International Conference 2008 (KMICe2008), 10-12 June 2008, Langkawi, Malaysia. http://www.kmice.uum.edu.my
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Adoption, diffusion, use and impact of ICT in developing countries: A case study of Jordan
description The new and rapidly growing fields of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have continuously changed the face of the world.ICTs will become a major factor in our world and it penetrate to every movement in our life so the persons who cant accept the innovation will face difficulties to walk together with the world.Different models of adoption, diffusion and technology acceptance have been used previously to study information technology adoption in all parts of the world.The main purpose of this study is to identify a viable model for the adoption of technology in Jordan and to determine the factors that influence technology adoption. Although a handful of studies conducted in industries nations do exist, there is a general paucity of studies in the academic literature or in the trade press relating to the experience of other developed and developing country. It is believed that the findings of this study will enhance our knowledge of the adoption and diffusion of ICT by focusing attention on an area hitherto neglected or overlooked.This paper will present an introduction of a PhD thesis in "The Adoption of ICT in developing countries" by taking Jordan as case study. The first part of this paper will explain some of the existing models followed by a discussion models of what are related to a study in the developing countries such as Jordan.
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author Khasawneh, Mohammad M.
Ibrahim, Huda
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Ibrahim, Huda
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title Adoption, diffusion, use and impact of ICT in developing countries: A case study of Jordan
title_short Adoption, diffusion, use and impact of ICT in developing countries: A case study of Jordan
title_full Adoption, diffusion, use and impact of ICT in developing countries: A case study of Jordan
title_fullStr Adoption, diffusion, use and impact of ICT in developing countries: A case study of Jordan
title_full_unstemmed Adoption, diffusion, use and impact of ICT in developing countries: A case study of Jordan
title_sort adoption, diffusion, use and impact of ict in developing countries: a case study of jordan
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