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Technological Innovation and Adopter Self-Construal

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  • Hesham Fazel

    (Business Department, University of Bisha Main Campus, Bisha 62911, Saudi Arabia)

  • André O. Laplume

    (School of Business and Economics, Michigan Technological University G019, Academic Office Building, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton MI 49931, USA)

  • Etayankara Muralidharan

    (School of Business, MacEwan University, 5-252J, 10700-104 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5J4S2, Canada)

Abstract

In this paper, we theorize that individuals who value independence and distinctiveness identify more with social identities as a result of adopting sustaining technological innovations. Conversely, individuals who value interdependence may become more independent as a result of adopting disruptive technological innovations. We argue that successive adoptions of technological innovation may expand and contract the breadth of adopters' collective identities. We discuss the implications of this conceptual paper and suggest avenues for future research at the nexus of technological innovation and cultural change.

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  • Hesham Fazel & André O. Laplume & Etayankara Muralidharan, 2015. "Technological Innovation and Adopter Self-Construal," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 12(04), pages 1-23.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitmx:v:12:y:2015:i:04:n:s0219877015500169
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219877015500169
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    1. Roblek, Vasja & Meško, Maja & Meško Štok, Zlatka, 2016. "Digital Sustainability in the Fourth Industrial Revolution," Proceedings of the ENTRENOVA - ENTerprise REsearch InNOVAtion Conference (2016), Rovinj, Croatia, in: Proceedings of the ENTRENOVA - ENTerprise REsearch InNOVAtion Conference, Rovinj, Croatia, 8-9 September 2016, pages 142-146, IRENET - Society for Advancing Innovation and Research in Economy, Zagreb.

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