In search of a model to explain digital divide in information technology organizations

Innovations in information technology have enabled organizations shape new business rules and create competitive advantage. Information technology provides opportunities for the creation of wealth from knowledge-based economic activities which contribute to the GDP. Successful creation of knowledge-...

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Main Authors:	Mohamed, Norshidah, Hussein, Ramlah, Ahlan, Abdul Rahman
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	T58.5 Information technology
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/8804/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/8804/1/In_search_of_a_model_to_explain_digital_divide_in_information_technology_organizations.pdf

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spelling	iium-88042012-02-13T12:38:35Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/8804/ In search of a model to explain digital divide in information technology organizations Mohamed, Norshidah Hussein, Ramlah Ahlan, Abdul Rahman T58.5 Information technology Innovations in information technology have enabled organizations shape new business rules and create competitive advantage. Information technology provides opportunities for the creation of wealth from knowledge-based economic activities which contribute to the GDP. Successful creation of knowledge-based society primarily relies on narrowing the digital divide. The Executive Development Center at the University of Minnesota refers digital divide to the gap between individuals, households, businesses, and geographic areas at different socio-economic levels with regard to both their opportunities to access information and communication technologies (ICT) and to their use of the Internet for a wide variety of activities. It further defined three levels of digital divide that is, national level, organizational level and household level. Our review of the literature indicates that many past researches focused on digital divide at the national and household levels. However, gaps still exist at the organisational level. Our ultimate aim is to develop a model to explain digital divide in organizations in particular, information technology organizations in a developing country like Malaysia. This article reports an in-progress research that reviews past theoretical frameworks and proposes a conceptual framework. 2009 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/8804/1/In_search_of_a_model_to_explain_digital_divide_in_information_technology_organizations.pdf Mohamed, Norshidah and Hussein, Ramlah and Ahlan, Abdul Rahman (2009) In search of a model to explain digital divide in information technology organizations. In: Seminar Kebangsaan E-Komuniti, 18-19 March 2009, Hotel PNB Darby Park, Kuala Lumpur.
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description	Innovations in information technology have enabled organizations shape new business rules and create competitive advantage. Information technology provides opportunities for the creation of wealth from knowledge-based economic activities which contribute to the GDP. Successful creation of knowledge-based society primarily relies on narrowing the digital divide. The Executive Development Center at the University of Minnesota refers digital divide to the gap between individuals, households, businesses, and geographic areas at different socio-economic levels with regard to both their opportunities to access information and communication technologies (ICT) and to their use of the Internet for a wide variety of activities. It further defined three levels of digital divide that is, national level, organizational level and household level. Our review of the literature indicates that many past researches focused on digital divide at the national and household levels. However, gaps still exist at the organisational level. Our ultimate aim is to develop a model to explain digital divide in organizations in particular, information technology organizations in a developing country like Malaysia. This article reports an in-progress research that reviews past theoretical frameworks and proposes a conceptual framework.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohamed, Norshidah Hussein, Ramlah Ahlan, Abdul Rahman
author_facet	Mohamed, Norshidah Hussein, Ramlah Ahlan, Abdul Rahman
author_sort	Mohamed, Norshidah
title	In search of a model to explain digital divide in information technology organizations
title_short	In search of a model to explain digital divide in information technology organizations
title_full	In search of a model to explain digital divide in information technology organizations
title_fullStr	In search of a model to explain digital divide in information technology organizations
title_full_unstemmed	In search of a model to explain digital divide in information technology organizations
title_sort	in search of a model to explain digital divide in information technology organizations
publishDate	2009
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