Interventions

While theoretical models and frameworks are important, of great practical importance is the ability of organizations to enhance acceptance and use of technology through interventions. I have published several papers on a variety of interventions that have been evaluated longitudinally in organizational contexts. I have conducted extensive research that focuses on enhancing acceptance and use of technologies from various different perspectives. The focal perspectives include:

a. gender and age differences;
b. different types of training (e.g., game-based training);
c. personality characteristics;
d. design of technology (e.g., social presence);
e. pre-prototypes;
f. professional domain (e.g., sales force); and
g. industry (e.g., health care industry).

The key published/accepted papers in this area:

1. Morris, M.G., Venkatesh, V., and Ackerman, P.L. “Gender and Age Differences in Employee Decisions about New Technology: An Extension to the Theory of Planned Behavior,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management , 52, 2005, 69-84. [Abstract]

2. Davis, F.D. and Venkatesh, V. “Toward Pre-prototype User Acceptance Testing of New Information Systems: Implications for Software Project Management,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 51, 2004, 31-46. [Abstract]

3. Venkatesh, V., Morris, M.G., Sykes, T.A., and Ackerman, P.L. “Individual Reactions to New Technologies in the Workplace: The Role of Gender as a Psychological Construct,” Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 34, 2004, 445-467. [Abstract]

4. Speier, C. and Venkatesh, V. "The Hidden Minefields in the Adoption of Sales Force Automation Technologies," Journal of Marketing, 66, 2002, 98-111. [Abstract]

5. Venkatesh, V. and Johnson, P. "Telecommuting Technology Implementations: A Within- and Between-Subjects Longitudinal Field Study," Personnel Psychology, 55, 2002, 661-688. [Abstract]

6. Venkatesh, V., Speier, C., and Morris, M.G. "User Acceptance Enablers in Individual Decision-Making About Technology: Toward an Integrated Model," Decision Sciences, 33, 2002, 297-316. [Abstract]

7. Carswell, A.D. and Venkatesh, V. “Learner Outcomes in an Asynchronous Distance Education Environment,” International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 56, 2002, 475-494. [Abstract]

8. Morris, M.G. and Venkatesh, V. "Age Differences in Technology Adoption Decisions: Implications for a Changing Workforce," Personnel Psychology, 53, 2000, 375-403. [Abstract]

9. Venkatesh, V. and Morris, M.G. "Why Don't Men Ever Stop to Ask For Directions? Gender, Social Influence, and Their Role in Technology Acceptance and Usage Behavior," MIS Quarterly, 24, 2000, 115-139. [Abstract]

10. Venkatesh, V., Morris, M.G., and Ackerman, P.L. "A Longitudinal Field Investigation of Gender Differences in Individual Technology Adoption Decision Making Processes," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 83, 2000, 33-60. [Abstract]

11. Venkatesh, V. and Speier, C. "Creating an Effective Training Environment for Enhancing Telework," International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 52, 2000, 991-1005. [Abstract]

12. Venkatesh, V. and Speier, C. "Computer Technology Training in the Workplace: A Longitudinal Investigation of the Effect of Mood," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 79, 1999, 1-28. [Abstract]

13. Venkatesh, V. "Creation of Favorable User Perceptions: The Role of Intrinsic Motivation," MIS Quarterly, 23, 1999, 239-260. [Abstract]

For full text access to papers (for non-commercial use only), please email me at vvenkatesh@vvenkatesh.us. A list of my published papers is available.