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Consumer adoption of mobile technologies: a literature review
2015
Although the total number of mobile subscriptions reached 6.8 billion worldwide (ITU, 2013) confirming in the process that mobile technology is widespread, academic literature has so far focused only on explaining adoption of mobile technology and services. This literature review analyses 67 studies from the period 2005-2013 and finds the following: a) most studies are quantitative in nature and come from Asia; b) the Technology Acceptance Model is the most used theory; c) future research should also utilise qualitative methods and examine the behavioural outcomes of mobile adoption instead of simply adoption in consumer markets. peerReviewed
Salatusta avoimeksi : kotimainen adoptio historiallisessa kontekstissaan
2013
Tämän pro gradu -tutkielman tarkoituksena on tarkastella kotimaisen adoption muutosta ja kehitystä historiallisessa kontekstissaan ja kuvata mitä kohti kotimaisissa adoptioissa ol-laan menossa. Näkökulmana historiallisessa tarkastelussa on adoptoidun ja biologisen van-hemman välinen yhteydenpito. Adoptoidun ja biologisen vanhemman välinen yhteydenpito on 1.7.2012 voimaan astuneen uuden adoptiolain mahdollistaman avoimen adoption sisältö. Tutkimus on kvalitatiivinen. Tutkimusaineisto koostuu kolmesta osasta: kotimaisen adoption historiaa koskevista teoksista sekä empiirisestä aineistosta, johon sisältyy neljän aikuisen adoptoidun kirjoitukset ja viiden aikuisen adoptoidun haastattelut. Empii…
Salesperson adoption and usage of mobile sales configuration tools
2018
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine salespersons’ adoption and usage of mobile sales configuration tools (MSCT) and to identify areas for further development in this realm. Another objective is to offer a conceptualization of MSCT adoption.Design/methodology/approachFor this purpose, a qualitative case study approach was selected as the research method to better understand acceptance of a mobile configuration tool used by business-to-business (B2B) salespersons. Primary data were collected through semi-structured interviews, which included a series of open-ended questions to gain more detailed and contextual data.FindingsThe results obtained from the interviews indicated several …
Behavior of e-HRM adoption: empirical evidence form organizations in developing context
2015
Based on Theory of planned behavior (TPB) and diffusion of innovation theory (DIT), present study developed and empirically tested the integrated model of organizational e-HRM adoption. The model consists of four contextual variables such as innovation, individual, organizational and environmental. Data were collected from 212 firms in Sri Lanka by means self-administered questionnaire. Structural model was tested using Partial Least Square. Results indicate that innovation characteristics (relative advantage and compatibility), environmental characteristics (competition), organizational characteristics (top management support) significantly explain the organizational e-HRM adoption intenti…
Sustained Adoption of Systematic Physical Activity for Young Elderly : A Developed UTAUT Approach
2020
Health recommendations state that for young elderly systematic physical activi-ties at moderate intensity for at least 150 minutes per week are required to help them stay in good shape for their senior years. We have found that young elderly readily gets started with a physical activity (PA) program but there is some challenge to make them stay with this program. We have learned that a PA program should build on activities that users find meaningful and/or best suited for their history of PA and their present physical capacity. Support from dig-ital services to find meaningful and suitable programs can make a difference. We work out developments of the UTAUT to find drivers that could help …
Explaining organizational adoption of technology : the case of cloud platforms
2015
The internet of things (IOT) is a vision that represents a world of connected devices which are identifiable and may have capabilities to sense and act on the surrounding environment. Almost every item in the planet has the potential to become part of the IOT. The data exchange between these devices requires that cloud technologies are applied. These cloud computing platforms already exist and need to adapt to the specific needs of the IOT in order to cope with the high demands of the IOT, for example handling the Big Data generated by the IOT devices. Nonetheless, little is known about the adoption levels of these platforms. In the past the UTAUT2 has been used to help explain technology a…
Quality culture boosts agile transformation : Action research in a business‐to‐business software business
2023
Agile methodologies are sometimes adopted, with the assumption that benefits can be attained by only using a set of best practices, which can sometimes work to a degree. In this paper, a case is discussed where a software-producing organization of seven teams achieved significant improvements. The goal of the research was to answer two questions: how an already agile organization could improve its performance further and what is the impact of promoting quality aspects? The questions were answered by implementing interventions based on prior literature and data emerging from semi-structured interviews. The context was an established business with a complex revenue stream structure, meaning t…
La trascrizione del certificato di nascita del figlio di coniugi “same sex”. Filiazione omogenitoriale, ordine pubblico internazionale e interesse de…
2015
Le odierne fugaci riflessioni prendono le mosse da un decreto con cui, in data 29 Ottobre 2014, la Corte d’Appello di Torino, ribaltando la decisione di primo grado, ha imposto all’ufficiale dello stato civile di trascrivere l’atto di nascita di un bambino risultante ab origine figlio di due madri, le quali, una spagnola e una Italiana, sposatesi in Spagna nel 2009, avevano procreato in Spagna tramite un procedimento di fecondazione eterologa. Il decreto in parola è di grande rilevanza in quanto senza precedenti, posto che sinora ciò che, talvolta, si era arrivato a riconoscere era la c.d. stepchild adoption, cioè l’adozione del figlio del partner (nei casi considerati, in una relazione omo…
THE TRUMAN SHOW OF SAME-SEX FAMILY. RIGHT TO FILIATION V. BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD
2019
This study offers a brief excursus on the adoption in Italy, focusing on the legislative choice (as ruled by the “Civil Partnership Act”)1 not to grant the stepchild adoption (SCA) to the partners of the registered partnerships, called unioni civili. When the Act was discussed by the Parliament, there was an hard debate on filiation in same-sex couple: the right to be a couple for same-sex partners has been less problematic than providing for a specific right to parenthood. On such issue was not reached a majority’s consent, so, in order to save the goal of unioni civili, the provisions on filiation and adoption for same sex couples had been set aside. In the absence of scientific studies a…
School climate as predictor of teachers’ competences to recognize the educational needs of adopted children in Italy
2019
The current study examines the association between different components of school climate (teacher-principal and teacher-parent relationships, parents’ involvement in school activities, connection between school and the local services) and teachers’ competences and knowledge regarding the adoption experience. Participants were 573 teachers (95.7% women; mean age= 47.06, SD= 8.66, ranging between 25 and 65) residing in three Italian regions characterized by rates of international adoptions that are higher than the national average. The association between school climate and teachers’ knowledge and competences on adoption was evaluated via independent multiple logistic regression analyses. Fi…