Description
E-adoption has been the central focus of the 21st century since both organizations and individuals around the globe are adopting the internet and other internet-based technologies for their daily and business activities. Businesses are adopting internet-based technologies for personal increase efficiency, improving marketing, reducing costs, increasing turnover, and profitability. Individuals are using e-adoptions for empowering themselves through their online active participations through a number of different activities. There have been worldwide success stories about how e-adoption has impacted individuals and organizations. It has been reported that through e-mail and web sites, human rights organizations in Egypt, the Palestinian territories, and elsewhere disseminate information far more effectively than ever before, despite their modest resources and limited access to the local media. On one hand, e-adoption has provided opportunities for individuals, communities, and organizations to participate in the knowledge-based society effectively. On the other side, it has also evoked many issues such as digital divide, knowledge divide, access and accessibility barriers, social relationships, work, culture, political participation, social empowerment, spatial boundaries, and the socio-economic impact of e-adoption.
The International Journal of E-Adoption (IJEA) is a double-blind refereed international journal whose focus is to promote research in the area of e-adoption. IJEA distinguishes itself as a unique journal to cover the wide facets of e-adoption ranging from infrastructural research to socio-economic impact. The thrust of IJEA is to publish papers of both theory and practice that provide guidance to the policy makers, decision makers and practicing managers in business, industry, government, and academia for various e-adoption perspectives. IJEA draws on a wide range of disciplines, including information systems, computer science, decision sciences, operations management, marketing, cognitive psychology, social psychology, strategic management, and communication. As the use of internet technologies and electronic commerce revolution is growing, it is catching the attention of researchers worldwide. Researchers are trying to understand organizational, demographic, cultural factors, and socio-economic influences for e-adoption and how e-adoption has an impact at individual, firm, and country level.
Topics Covered
- Adoption and diffusion of e-technologies among firms
- Adoption e-government services
- Adoption of e-government and its outcomes
- Adoption of e-learning
- Adoption of radio frequency identification technology
- Architecture of e-workspace
- Assessment of e-adoption and diffusion models
- Cross-national e-adoptions
- Determinants of e-adoption in small and medium-sized enterprises
- Digital divides and the e-adoption
- E-adoption and supply chain
- E-adoption and supply chain management
- E-adoption in healthcare organizations
- E-commerce adoption by non-profit organizations
- Economic cost of e-adoption
- Effects of e-readiness factors on e-business adoption
- E-governance and service delivery
- E-health adoption
- E-learning architectures
- Electronic community networking and community-based technologies
- Empowering virtual communities with mobility
- Examining the impact of organizational characteristics on the extent of e-commerce adoption
- Examining the socio-economic determinants of e-adoption
- Factors affecting the e-adoption
- Factors influencing the adoption of internet banking
- Factors influencing the e-adoption of wireless technologies
- Framework for e-adoption in government
- Human factors challenges of e-workspaces
- Impacts of government intervention on e-adoption
- Internet adoption by SMEs
- Major barriers and facilitators for the e-adoption
- Managing knowledge in e- adoption
- Model for e-commerce adoption
- Perceptions and adoption of online banking
- Privacy and security issues in e-world
- Relationship between consumers' trust and e-commerce adoption
- Role of individual and organizational factors in the e-adoption
- Role of knowledge in the adoption of new technologies
- Significant predictors of e-adoption
- Social networks and e-adoption
- Spatial externalities and e-adoption
Mission and Scope
The mission of the
International Journal of E-Adoption (IJEA) is to broaden the overall body of knowledge in Internet and other information and communication technologies adoption at the firm, state, and country levels through contemporaneous research. IJEA publishes papers of both theory and practice that provide guidance to the policy makers, decision makers, and practicing managers in business, industry, government, and academia for various e-adoption perspectives.
Table of Contents and List of Contributors
Volume 13: 2 Issues (2021): 0 Released, 2 Forthcoming
Volume 13: 2 Issues (2021): Forthcoming, Available for Pre-Order
Volume 12: 2 Issues (2020)
Volume 12: 2 Issues (2020): Forthcoming, Available for Pre-Order
Volume 11: 2 Issues (2019)
Volume 11: 2 Issues (2019): Forthcoming, Available for Pre-Order
Volume 10: 2 Issues (2018)
Volume 10: 2 Issues (2018): Forthcoming, Available for Pre-Order
Volume 9: 2 Issues (2017)
Volume 9: 2 Issues (2017): Forthcoming, Available for Pre-Order
Volume 8: 2 Issues (2016)
Volume 8: 2 Issues (2016): Forthcoming, Available for Pre-Order
Volume 7: 2 Issues (2015)
Volume 7: 2 Issues (2015): Forthcoming, Available for Pre-Order
Volume 6: 2 Issues (2014)
Volume 6: 2 Issues (2014): Forthcoming, Available for Pre-Order
Volume 5: 4 Issues (2013)
Volume 5: 4 Issues (2013): Forthcoming, Available for Pre-Order
Volume 4: 4 Issues (2012)
Volume 4: 4 Issues (2012): Forthcoming, Available for Pre-Order
Volume 3: 4 Issues (2011)
Volume 3: 4 Issues (2011): Forthcoming, Available for Pre-Order
Volume 2: 4 Issues (2010)
Volume 2: 4 Issues (2010): Forthcoming, Available for Pre-Order
Volume 1: 4 Issues (2009)
Volume 1: 4 Issues (2009): Forthcoming, Available for Pre-Order
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Editor(s)-in-Chief Biography
Hayden Wimmer, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Information Technology at Georgia Southern University. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in Information Systems, an M.S. in Information Systems from UMBC, an M.B.A. from the Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg campus and a B.S. in Information Systems from York College of PA. Prior to academia, he worked in industry for over 10 years in different capacities in Information Technology performing programming, web design and administration, server administration, network configuration, database administration, and technical support on all levels. His research interests include artificial intelligence and data mining and science.
Editorial Board
- Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
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Sushil Sharma, Ball State University, United States
- International Advisory Board
- Associate Editors
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Alshawi Sarmad, Brunel University, United Kingdom
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Chen-Ya Wang, National Open University, Taiwan
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Chia-Wen Tsai, Ming Chuan University, Taiwan
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Donald Amoroso, Auburn University Montgomery, United States
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Jie Du, Grand Valley State University, United States
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Loreen Powell, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, United States
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Rajeev Raje, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, United States
- Editorial Review Board
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Abhijit Roy, University of Scranton, United States
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Abhishek Behl, O P Jindal Global University, India
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Alcina Prata, Higher School of Management Sciences ESCE, Portugal
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Burcu Adıguzel Mercangöz, Istanbul University, Avcilar Campus Istanbul, Turkey
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Carl Rebman, Jr., University of San Diego, United States
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Chandana Unnithan, Torrens University Australia, Canada
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Changsoo Sohn, St. Cloud State University, United States
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Chengbo Wang, Edge Hill University, United Kingdom
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Chung-Yean Chiang, University of South Carolina Upstate, United States
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Costake Nicolae, CMC Certification Committee, United States
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David Barnes, University of Westminster, United Kingdom
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Dick Whiddett, Massey University, New Zealand
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Divya Preetha, VIT University, Chennai Campus, India
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G. Erickson, Ithaca College, United States
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Gashaw Kebede, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
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Gottfried Vossen, University of Muenster, Germany
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Harilaos Koumaras, National Center For Scientific Research - Demokritos, Greece
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Iliana Nikolova, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
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Immaculada Martinez-Zarzoso, Universitat Jaume I, Spain
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James Lawler, Pace University, United States
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James Piecowye, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
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Jinie Pak, Towson University, United States
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Kam Vat, University of Macau, China
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Kamel Rouibah, Kuwait University, Kuwait
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Kangning Wei, Shandong University, China
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Karna Naidoo, School of Information Systems and Technology, South Africa
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Kenneth Hall, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, United States
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Kürşat Çağıltay, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
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Laura Ripamonti, Universita di Milano, Italy
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Lei Chen, Georgia Southern University, United States
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Lejla Vrazalic, University of Wollongong in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Leonard Presby, William Patterson University, United States
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Luis M. Camarinha-Matos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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Maria Lee, Shih Chien University, Taiwan
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Maria Laura Caliusco, Universidad Technologica Nacional, Argentina
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Mark Simkin, University of Nevada, United States
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Meltem Ozturan, Bogazici University, Turkey
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Michael Pollock, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Michael Wole Olatokun, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
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Miguel-Ángel Sicilia, University of Alcalá, Spain
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Nelson Leung, University of Wollongong, Australia
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Oswaldo Lorenzo, University of Deusto, Spain
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Paul Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
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Pericles Loucopoulos, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
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Rahmath Safeena, Taif University, Saudi Arabia
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Ramesh Chander Sharma, Ambedkar University Delhi, Delhi, India, India
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Reima Suomi, University of Turku, Finland
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Roy Rada, UMBC, United States
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Russell Thackston, Georgia Southern University, United States
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Saeed Tabar, Ball State University, United States
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Shinyi Lin, National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan
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Steve Reames, Angelo State University, United States
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Surabhi Singh, IMS Ghaziabad, India, India
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Tarkan Gürbüz, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
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Tiong-Thye Goh, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
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Xiaoni Zhang, Northern Kentucky University, United States
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Yew Siang Poong, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
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Yue Pan, University of Dayton, United States
Submission
Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished article manuscripts will be considered. Interested authors must consult the Journal Guidelines for Manuscript Submission at http://www.igi-global.com/journals/guidelines-for-submission.aspx PRIOR to submission. Any further questions may be answered at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/. All article manuscript submissions will be forwarded to at least three members of the editorial review board of the journal for a double-blind peer review. The final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers.All inquiries should be directed to the attention of:
All inquiries regarding IJEA should be directed to the attention of:
Hayden Wimmer
Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of E-Adoption
E-mail: hayden.wimmer@gmail.com
All manuscript submissions to IJEA should be sent through the online submission system:
http://www.igi-global.com/authorseditors/titlesubmission/newproject.aspx