OBJECTIVE To identify the organizational factors which influence the diffusion of end user online literature searching, the computer-based patient record, and electronic mail systems in academic health sciences centers in the United States. DESIGN A total of 1335 individuals working in informatics and library areas at 67 academic health sciences centers in the U.S. were surveyed. Multivariate...

Part 1: Studies on Diffusion and Adoption 1 The Diffusion of Research on the Adoption and Diffusion of Information Technology Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Michael D. Williams, and Banita Lal 3 2 Citation Patterns in MIS: An Analysis of Exemplar Articles Tor J. Larsen and Linda Levine 23 3 Understanding the Diffusion and Adoption of Telecommunication Innovations: What We Know and What We Don’t Know Heidi ...

This paper reviews methodological innovation in qualitative research. It comprises a narrative review of 57 papers published between 2000-2009 in which claims to innovation in qualitative methods have been made. These papers encompass creative methods, narrative methods, mixed methods, online/e-research methods and software tools. The majority of claims of innovation are made for new methods or...