E-INFRASTRUCTURE ADOPTION IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES: Cross-national evidence from the AVROSS survey

This paper is a first attempt to describe and compare the adoption of e-Infrastructure across the UK, continental Europe, and the USA in the social sciences and humanities. A survey of early adopters identified three differences across these countries, each potentially affecting adoption: funding ap...

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Published in:Information, communication & society communication & society, 2010-08, Vol.13 (5), p.635-651
Main Authors: Barjak, Franz, Lane, Julia, Poschen, Meik, Procter, Rob, Robinson, Simon, Wiegand, Gordon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adoption
Comparative analysis
Crosscultural Differences
Decisions
e-Infrastructure
e-Social Science
Humanities
Information technology
Motivation
research infrastructure
Social sciences
Surveys
Technology adoption
United Kingdom
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Summary:This paper is a first attempt to describe and compare the adoption of e-Infrastructure across the UK, continental Europe, and the USA in the social sciences and humanities. A survey of early adopters identified three differences across these countries, each potentially affecting adoption: funding approaches, the technical configuration of projects, and research support. Our findings also suggest that the sustainable adoption of e-Infrastructure co-varies with the role of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations and the involvement of other people in the adoption decision.
ISSN:1369-118X
1468-4462
DOI:10.1080/13691180903095849