×
10% Discount on All E-Books through IGI Global’s Online Bookstore Extended
(10% discount on all e-books cannot be combined with most offers. Discount is valid on purchases made directly through IGI Global Online Bookstore (
www.igi-global.com
)
and may not be utilized by booksellers and distributors. Offer does not apply to e-Collections and exclusions of select titles may apply. Offer expires December 31, 2022.)
Browse Titles
Login/Create Account
Language:
English
US
China
Cart
0
All Products
All Products
Books
Journals
Videos
Book Chapters
Journal Articles
Video Lessons
Teaching Cases
Special Offers
10% Discount on All E-Books through IGI Global’s Online Bookstore
With the continued paper shortages and supply chain issues, we have been informed by our partners that there will be substantial delays in printing and shipping publications, especially as we approach the holiday season. To help incentive the electronic format and streamline access to the latest research, we are offering a 10% discount on all our e-books through IGI Global’s Online Bookstore. Hosted on the InfoSci
®
platform, these titles feature no DRM, no additional cost for multi-user licensing, no embargo of content, full-text PDF & HTML format, and more.
Browse Titles
IGI Global to Convert an Additional 30 Journals to Full Gold Open Access for the 2022 Volume Year
IGI Global is to convert an additional 30 journals to full gold open access (OA) for their 2022 volume year, which will expand their OA collection to contain 60 gold open access and one (1) platinum open access journal.
Learn More
All IGI Global Scholarly Journals Shift to "Digital Preferred" Format
In response to the overwhelming demand for electronic content coupled with the mission to decrease the overall environmental impacts of print production and distribution, all IGI Global journals will shift into a digital preferred model for the 2022 volume year. Under this model, journals will become primarily available under electronic format and articles will be immediately available upon acceptance. Print subscriptions and print + electronic subscriptions will still be available, but for the print version, all articles that are published during the volume year will become available at the end of the year in a single (1) printed volume.
Learn More
IGI Global’s New DEI e-Book Collection
Acquire Over 320+ E-Books on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity from a publisher that has been dedicated to DEI since its inception over 30 years ago. Now, benefit from a collection of all of our DEI e-Books at a 90% Discount.
Learn More
Offering a
5% Pre-Publication Discount
on
All Reference Books Ordered Through IGI Global’s Online Bookstore*
To support customers with accessing the latest research, IGI Global is offering a 5% pre-publication discount on all hardcover, softcover, e-books, and hardcover + e-books titles.
*5% discount offer is eligible on hardcover, softcover, e-books, and hardcover + e-books titles and is automatically applied directly to the shopping cart. Discount offer only valid on purchases made directly through IGI Global’s Online Bookstore and offer expires 30 days after the publication’s release. This automatic discount is not intended for use by book distributors or wholesalers.
Browse Titles
Books
Books
Open Access Books
OnDemand Book Chapters
Journals
Journals
Open Access Journals
OnDemand Journal Articles
e-Collections
e-Collections
Transformative Open Access (Read & Publish)
Open Access
Publish
with Us
Resources
Librarians
e-Collections
Book Title List
Journal Title List
Video Title List
Library Collection Development Service
Browse Forthcoming Books
Consortia Partnerships
Library and Publisher Collaborations
Product Distributors
Catalogs
Open Access Initiative
Instructors
Course Adoption
Teaching Cases
K-12 Online Learning Collection
Researchers
Browse Books
Browse Journals
Browse Forthcoming Books
Search Open Access Content
OnDemand Downloads
Webinars
Authors and Editors
eEditorial Discovery
®
System
Peer Review Process
Ethics and Malpractice
COPE Membership
Fair Use Policy
Open Access Publishing
Author Services
FAQ
Distributors
Distributor Resources
Book Distributors
Journal Subscription Agencies
E-Resource Partners
Browse Forthcoming Books
Catalogs
About Us
Newsroom
What is Adoption
1.
the decision to make full use of an innovation as the best course of action available, while rejection is the decision to not adopt.
Learn more in: Adoption of e-Commerce by Canadian SMEs: Defining Organizational, Environmental and Innovation Characteristics
2.
The state of being used.
Learn more in: Cloud Learning Management System in Higher Education
3.
The
adoption
of an innovation may be conceptualized as a temporal sequence of steps through which an individual passes from initial knowledge of an innovation to a decision to adopt or reject it, to put the innovation to use, or finally, to seek reinforcement of the
adoption
decision made.
Learn more in: Communities of Practice for Open Source Software
4.
Use of social software, whether by simply registering/creating an account (less participatory) or by actively participating through comment, discussing, etc.
Learn more in: Critical Success Factors in Enterprise 2.0: The Importance of Business Performance
5.
Understanding and acceptance of a concept, and its acquisition and use with an implied eventual positive outcome in mind.
Learn more in: Adoption of E-HRM in Large New Zealand Organizations
6.
the decision to make full use of an innovation (Rogers, 1995).
Learn more in: Levels of Adoption in Organizational Implementation of E-Collaboration Technologies
7.
Means identification of organisational practices and putting them into practice or implementing them in a certain fashion.
Learn more in: Institutionalisation, Framing, and Diffusion: The Logic of Openness in eGovernment and Implementation Decisions- A Lesson for Developing Countries
8.
Choosing to use or implement something versus not having the ability to choose.
Learn more in: Fusion+SNA: A Strategic Model for Technology Innovation as a Function of Communication Networks – A Case Study of a K-12 School
9.
The process of accepting and using particular software as a standard within an organization.
Learn more in: OSS Adoption in the Legal Services Community
10.
The selection and implementation of a new system.
Learn more in: Competing Commitments Theory
11.
The resolution of cognitive and emotional concerns that leads to the decision to use a specific technology to facilitate student learning.
Learn more in: Facilitating Technology Integration
12.
Acceptance, the decision to use a particular device.
Learn more in: Use of Mobile Phones by Individuals with Visual Impairments
13.
The initial decision to employ an innovative tool or practice.
Learn more in: Supporting the Implementation of Online Learning
14.
The process by which practitioners accept new knowledge translated from research results and transform their personal practice to incorporate the translated knowledge.
Learn more in: An Overview of Knowledge Translation
15.
Uptake of a health education program by a target audience.
Learn more in: Using Diffusion of Innovations Theory to Encourage Workers to Make Healthy Food Choices and Engage in Physical Activity
16.
It is the decision to start using something such as IoT based Healthcare services in this case.
Learn more in: A Systematic Mapping of Studies on the Adoption of Internet of Things to Provide Healthcare Services in Developing Countries
17.
The decision to make full use of an innovation as the best course of action.
Learn more in: The Efficacy of Continuing Education Technology for Public Health Physicians Practicing in Remote Areas
18.
This term refers to decision-making about how to best use a technological innovation. Based on the time of
adoption
of an innovation, adopters are classified as innovators, early adopters, early majority, and laggards.
Learn more in: Adoption of Wi-Fi Technologies and Creation of Virtual Workplaces
19.
The integration of a concept, idea, product, or service into an existing practice.
Learn more in: Measuring the Digital Transformation of Education and Teaching
20.
The decision of an individual to acquire a certain object (here, mobile phone) that is new to her or him. The opposite of
adoption
is rejection, that is, the decision to refrain from acquiring an object that is new to an individual.
Learn more in: Consumer Acceptance of the Mobile Internet
21.
Adoption
refers to a user’s decision to either accept or reject a given technology;
adoption
studies have two dominant perspectives: either from the perspective of acceptance in a generalized sense or from the perspective of acceptance and integration into a technology use context.
Learn more in: An Affordance Perspective on the Enabling and Disruptive Effects of Social Media Tools on Self-Management of Chronic Illness
22.
It is the action or fact of adopting or being adopted.
Adoption
also can be seen as the act or process of beginning to use something new or different.
Learn more in: Technology Innovation Adoption Theories
23.
Selection of an innovation perceived as new to the organization for eventual implementation.
Learn more in: Profiling Information and Communication Technologies: Guiding the Channel Choices of Technology Leaders
24.
The act or process of using something new or different.
Learn more in: That's So Last Season!: An Exploratory Study on Information Technology as Fashion
25.
The act by a local government (or other unit or organization) to acquire and implement a new technology, process or system. In this chapter, the concern is with
adoption
of information technology and e-government.
Learn more in: Information Technology Among U.S. Local Governments
26.
The action of accepting and/or using something new.
Learn more in: The Use of ICTs in Second Language Education: Opportunities and Challenges
27.
Refers to consumers’ decision to use or utilise a technological innovation (in this case e-government services) in order to improve their life or work.
Learn more in: Consumer Adoption of E-Government in South Africa: Barriers, Solutions, and Implications
28.
The stage in which an individual selects an innovation for use.
Learn more in: Brazilian FL Teachers through the Lens of the Diffusion of Innovations Theory: A Technological Profile
29.
take up and practice as one’s own
Learn more in: My Experience Tells the Story: Exploring Technology Adoption from a Qualitative Perspective - A Pilot Study
30.
Refers to the launch of an official government website as a means of serving and communicating with citizens.
Learn more in: U.S. Counties' Efforts and Results: An Empirical Research on Local Adoption and Diffusion of E-Government
31.
A decision to buy and start using an innovation.
Learn more in: Socio-Economic Effects on Mobile Phone Adoption Behavior among Older Consumers
32.
Taking technologies or technical systems and solutions into use, either in organizations or by individuals.
Learn more in: Technology Cultures
33.
Readiness to perform a given behavior.
Learn more in: Adoption of Financial Technology in Islamic Crowd-Funding: Predicting Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Intention to Use the Investment Account Platform
34.
The acceptance of technologies in an organisational setting.
Learn more in: Cloud Computing Big Data Adoption Impacts on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: A Systematic Review
35.
E-commerce
adoption
is here defined as the decision to use Internet technologies and the Web to share business information, maintain business relationships, and conduct business transactions.
Learn more in: Government Intervention in SMEs E-Commerce Adoption
36.
As opposed to the mere acceptance of e-government services,
adoption
accounts for the actual use of digital government services.
Learn more in: E-Government: Status Quo and Future Trends
37.
Process by which a potential user of an innovation becomes an actual one (i.e., an adopter ). It has been theorized to have a variety of influences, including characteristics of the adopter, of the innovation, and of the environment that surrounds the system of potential adopters.
Learn more in: The Diffusion of HRITs Across English- Speaking Countries
38.
E-services
adoption
is here defined as the decision to make use of e-services in the daily operations of the library.
Learn more in: The Role of E-Services in the Library Virtualization Process
39.
Adoption
refers to the use of a newly implemented technology. It also means the same as Uptake.
Adoption
in the context of this chapter refers to the acceptance by individuals or institutions to use Blockchain technology in the management of records and archives in their custody.
Learn more in: Blockchain Technology for Records Management in Botswana and Zimbabwe
40.
The decision to implement an innovation.
Learn more in: Innovation in Web-Enhanced Learning
41.
Adoption
is the judgment or decision toward using a specific technology or practice.
Learn more in: Mandatory and Voluntary Adoption of RFID
42.
Refers to consumers’ decision to use or utilize a technological innovation (in this case e-government services) in order to improve their life or work.
Learn more in: Facilitating Consumers' Adoption of E-Government in South Africa: Supply Side-Driven Virtuous Cycles
Find more terms and definitions using our
Dictionary Search
.
Adoption
appears in:
Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and...
Search inside this book for more research materials.
Recommend to a Librarian
Recommend to a Colleague
Looking for research materials? Search our database for more
Adoption
downloadable research papers.
InfoSci-OnDemand
Download Premium Research Papers
Full text search our database of 167,400 titles for
Adoption
to find related research papers.
Learn More About Adoption in These Related Titles
Critical Perspectives on Social Justice in S...
Social Sciences & Humanities
Copyright 2021. 355 pages.
There is very little discussion of socially just a...
In Stock
$37.50 Individual Chapters
Handbook of Research on Clinical Application...
Medicine & Healthcare
Copyright 2020. 1356 pages.
In the past, individuals in the dentistry field ha...
In Stock
$37.50 Individual Chapters
Theory and Practice of Business Intelligence...
Medicine & Healthcare
Copyright 2020. 322 pages.
Business intelligence supports managers in enterpr...
In Stock
$37.50 Individual Chapters
Handbook of Research on the Global Impacts a...
Media & Communications
Copyright 2020. 539 pages.
The world is witnessing a media revolution similar...
In Stock
$37.50 Individual Chapters
Police Psychology and Its Growing Impact on...
Social Sciences & Humanities
Copyright 2017. 345 pages.
Police psychology has become an integral part of p...
In Stock
$37.50 Individual Chapters
Handbook of Research on Computerized Occlusa...
Medicine & Healthcare
Copyright 2015. 973 pages.
Modern medicine is changing drastically as new tec...
In Stock
$37.50 Individual Chapters
Modern Societal Impacts of the Model Minorit...
Social Sciences & Humanities
Copyright 2015. 403 pages.
The model minority stereotype is a form of racism...
In Stock
$37.50 Individual Chapters
Educational, Psychological, and Behavioral C...
Media & Communications
Copyright 2014. 465 pages.
Online communities continue to evolve as more peop...
In Stock
$37.50 Individual Chapters
Integrated Operations in the Oil and Gas Ind...
Business & Management
Copyright 2013. 457 pages.
The predicted “ICT revolution” has gained increasi...
In Stock
$37.50 Individual Chapters
Electronic Enterprise: Strategy and Architec...
Business & Management
Copyright 2003. 384 pages.
Enterprise evolution (or electronic enterprise) is...
In Stock
$37.50 Individual Chapters