Research Commentary ---Digital Natives and Ubiquitous Information Systems

Shahper Vodanovich (), David Sundaram () and Michael Myers ()
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Shahper Vodanovich: Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Auckland Business School, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
David Sundaram: Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Auckland Business School, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Michael Myers: Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Auckland Business School, Auckland 1142, New Zealand

Information Systems Research, 2010, vol. 21, issue 4, 711-723

Abstract: Most information systems research until now has focused on information systems in organizations and their use by digital immigrants. Digital immigrants are those who were not born into the digital world---they learnt to use information systems at some stage in their adult lives. An underlying assumption of much of this research is that users “resist” technology or at least have some difficulty in accepting it. Digital natives, conversely, are those who have grown up in a world where the use of information and communications technology is pervasive and ubiquitous. These ubiquitous technologies, networks, and associated systems have proliferated and have woven themselves into the very fabric of everyday life. This article suggests that the rise of the digital native, along with the growth of ubiquitous information systems (UIS), potentially represents a fundamental shift in our “paradigm” for IS research. We propose a research agenda that focuses on digital natives and UIS.

Keywords: digital native; digital immigrant; ubiquitous information systems; pervasive computing; interorganizational information systems; IT diffusion and adoption; user acceptance of IT; mobile computing; enterprise systems; IT and new organizational forms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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