An Inductive Ethnographic Study in Elderly Woman Technology Adoption and the Role of her Children

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1 Portland State University PDXScholar Engineering and Technology Management Faculty Publications and Presentations Engineering and Technology Management An Inductive Ethnographic Study in Elderly Woman Technology Adoption and the Role of her Children Noshad Rahimi Portland State University Antonie J, Jetter Portland State University, Charles M. Weber Portland State University, Let us know how access to this document benefits you. Follow this and additional works at: Part of the Gerontology Commons, and the Other Computer Engineering Commons Citation Details N. Rahimi, A. Jetter and C. M. Weber, "An inductive ethnographic study in elderly woman technology adoption and the role of her children," 2016 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), Honolulu, HI, This Article is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Engineering and Technology Management Faculty Publications and Presentations by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. For more information, please contact

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5 2016 Proceedings of PICMET '16: Technology Management for Social Innovation 3199

6 A. Comparing hypotheses to the existing literature: The rate of technology adoption among elderly woman is lower than that of others. 3200

7 The process of innovation domestication is the essential component of elderly woman technology adoption as it paves the path toward adoption by the four steps of: 1) Experimentation, 2) Building perception of ease of use, 3) Building perception of usefulness, and 4) Acceptance and adoption of technology. 3201

8 Technology Adoption among elderly woman is rather a long process. The allocation of extended time in this process is more important than that of other demographics technology adoption. The role of continuous facilitating condition, in enabling elderly woman technology adoption, is crucial and much more important than that of typical 3202

9 Elderly s children (here the daughter) as the main gatekeeper(s) can influence adoption in different forms including forming elderly s adoption intention through suggestion and encouragement, and intervening in her adoption (by expediting adoption or breaking adoption deadlock). Children, as primary gatekeepers, have the unique ability to provide the most effective facilitating condition, through convenience, continuity, accessibility and availability, essential to elderly s adoption during and beyond Innovation Domestication. 3203

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