Technological Innovation and Adopter Self-Construal

Hesham Fazel (), André O. Laplume () and Etayankara Muralidharan ()
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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

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2015, vol. 12, issue 04, 1-23

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.

Keywords: Self-construal; disruptive innovation; sustaining innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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