Abstract
The substantial level of investigative activity to date into information systems and technology
acceptance and diffusion has witnessed the use of a wide range of exploratory techniques examining
many different systems and technologies in countless different contexts. The aim of this paper is to
provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the literature pertaining to such adoption and
diffusion issues in order to ascertain the current “state of play” of the field along a number
dimensions. Information on a series of variables were extracted after conducting a review of 345
articles on Innovation adoption, acceptance and diffusion, published in 19 peer reviewed journals
between 1985 and 2007. Findings suggest that the positivist paradigm, empirical and quantitative
research, the survey method and TAM theory was used predominantly when investigating the topics of
adoption and diffusion of technology. Results of this research may have implications for researchers,
journal editors, reviewers and universities
Recommended Citation
Dwivedi, Yogesh; Williams, Michael D.; Lal, Banita; and Schwarz, Andrew, "Profiling Adoption, Acceptance and Diffusion Research in the Information Systems Discipline" (2008). ECIS 2008 Proceedings. 112.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2008/112