TY - GEN
T1 - Technology adoption for emergency preparedness and response in rural areas
T2 - 13th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, ICEGOV 2020
AU - Gulatee, Yenisel
AU - Yuan, Qianli
AU - Gasco-Hernandez, Mila
AU - Gil-Garcia, J. Ramon
AU - Sutherland-Mitzner, Megan
AU - Pardo, Theresa A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 ACM.
PY - 2020/9/23
Y1 - 2020/9/23
N2 - Research on information technology adoption and use is definitely not new. However, while several models have aimed at explaining adoption and use of technology by individuals and organizations, very few of them have explicitly taken into account the specific characteristics of the domain of emergency preparedness and response. Furthermore, these models have not differentiated between urban and rural contexts. Thus, our research aims at bridging this gap by proposing a model of adoption and use of technology for emergency preparedness and response (EPR) in rural contexts. This ongoing research paper shows preliminary results of our research, by identifying relevant determinants of IT adoption and use in the EPR domain and categorizing them into three dimensions: individual, organizational, and contextual. In addition, it compares those EPR determinants with the determinants found in the more general literature on adoption and use of technology. Finally, the paper also highlights some unique characteristics of rural settings.
AB - Research on information technology adoption and use is definitely not new. However, while several models have aimed at explaining adoption and use of technology by individuals and organizations, very few of them have explicitly taken into account the specific characteristics of the domain of emergency preparedness and response. Furthermore, these models have not differentiated between urban and rural contexts. Thus, our research aims at bridging this gap by proposing a model of adoption and use of technology for emergency preparedness and response (EPR) in rural contexts. This ongoing research paper shows preliminary results of our research, by identifying relevant determinants of IT adoption and use in the EPR domain and categorizing them into three dimensions: individual, organizational, and contextual. In addition, it compares those EPR determinants with the determinants found in the more general literature on adoption and use of technology. Finally, the paper also highlights some unique characteristics of rural settings.
KW - acceptance
KW - adoption
KW - disaster
KW - emergency management
KW - Emergency preparedness and response
KW - rural
KW - technology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85095966678&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3428502.3428574
DO - 10.1145/3428502.3428574
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85095966678
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 469
EP - 476
BT - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, ICEGOV 2020
A2 - Charalabidis, Yannis
A2 - Cunha, Maria Alexandra
A2 - Sarantis, Demetrios
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 23 September 2020 through 25 September 2020
ER -