Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on podcasting experience by faculty and students in a South African higher education institution (HEI), identify issues, limitations and discuss implications for the design of future tools. Design/methodology/approach – This work consisted of two parts: semi-structured interviews with lecturers, content/curriculum developers and a student survey....

Banking technologies had two distinct generations: mass automation (MA) and electronic banking (EB). The established Technological Regime (TR) theory predicts that a bank’s accumulation in MA technologies may not impact its adoption of EB. On the hand, banks’ IT literacy acquired in the former generation is the primary antecedent of the adoption of EB. This study tests this theory and proposes ...

This paper explores the relationships between an individual's attitudes toward innovation adoption, his or her social category with respect to adoption, and innovation-adoption behavior. First the paper describes how attitudes and social categories can theoretically be linked to innovation adoption, and proposes a comprehensive model in which the two sets of variables are viewed as explaining b...

This paper contributes to the discussion on contingencies of process innovations by focusing on and introducing organizational-level constructs of climate for initiative and psychological safety. We argue that process innovations, defined as deliberate and new organizational attempts to change production and service processes, need to be accompanied by climates that complement the adoption and ...

The study reported in this paper examines the inter-relationships between organisational roles during the process of sustaining the diffusion of e-learning innovations in higher education teaching practice. Through this process, new ways of teaching and learning with digital technologies become adopted by a mainstream group of academics in similar university teaching roles. Unlike top-down impl...

Agricultural development is a powerful tool for raising incomes deprived population in developing countries, such as Kenya and to support livelihoods by ensuing food security. This has seen the agricultural sector position itself an engine sustainable economic growth Kenya. However, profile of farming community mainly female smallholders who are illiterate that practice traditional methods. The...

This article reports on an in-depth multiple case study into the adoption of green modular innovations in housebuilding sector. is important because it enables a substantial improvement terms sustainable building. For this study, three were selected – renewable energy system, bathroom pod and photovoltaic roof. The helped to identify ten variables that influence these innovations. A closer anal...