Information Technology (IT) Use and Children's Academic Performance

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda A. Jackson ◽  
Alexander von Eye ◽  
Hiram E. Fitzgerld ◽  
Edward A. Witt ◽  
Yong Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
It Use

scholarly journals Registered nurses’ experiences of information technology use in home health care - from a sustainable development perspective

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki Koltsida ◽  
Lise-Lotte Jonasson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Registered Nurses ◽  
Home Health Care ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Home Health ◽  
It Use

Abstract Background The work of registered nurses in home health care is complicated and extensive, and information technology (IT) is used in everyday activities. Coordination between care and resource efficiency is important. There is a wealth of information that supports the notion of sustainable development, but what sustainable development means from the perspective of the registered nurse in home health care when using IT is limited. The term “sustainable development” is not clearly defined and is poorly researched in nursing. Sustainable development in this study includes the ecological, economic, social, technical and ethical dimensions. The aim of this study was to describe registered nurses’ experience of IT use in home health care through a sustainable development model. Methods This study was conducted using ten semi-structured lifeworld interviews with registered nurses. The method employed was a qualitative content analysis with a deductive approach. The deductive approach consisted of a model of sustainable development. Results Analysis of the interviews and the model of sustainable development provided categories: using IT from an ecological dimension, the registered nurses experienced reduced consumption and damage to the environment; using IT in the economical dimension, saving of time and resources was experienced; the use of IT affected social aspects such as the work environment and patient safety, and positive consequences, such as accessibility, were also mentioned; using IT from a technical dimension was characterized by the nurse’s attitude towards it – the registered nurses felt it improved the quality of care and gave users an overview of the organization; and from an ethical dimension, the registered nurses expressed the need for IT to be adaptable to the patient’s well-being and indicated that more awareness of risks in the care meeting may be needed. Conclusion The findings are discussed based on the synergies and conflicts that arise between the different dimensions of sustainable development. IT intertwines and overlaps with, and within, the environment, economy, society, technology and ethics. Registered nurses in home health care want to conduct good and safe care, while using IT could benefit patients.

Information Technology Skills and Labor Market Outcomes for Workers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilal Atasoy ◽  
Rajiv D. Banker ◽  
Paul A. Pavlou
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
It Use ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Disadvantaged Groups ◽  
It Training ◽  
It Skills

Job erosion is a major concern globally, especially given the COVID-19 pandemic. Unemployment and low wages remain pressing societal challenges in the wake of increased automation, more so for traditionally disadvantaged groups in the labor market, such as women, minorities, and the elderly. However, workers who possess relevant information technology (IT) skills may have an edge in an increasingly digital economy. In this study, we examine the role of IT skills in labor market outcomes for workers, using a household IT use survey from an emerging economy that captures detailed, individual-level data on IT skills, which are also integrated with data on workers’ wages, occupations, and industries between 2007 and 2015. The results indicate that basic IT skills increase individuals’ employment probability, which is driven by both higher labor force participation and a higher probability of transitioning from unemployment to employment, after accounting for the decision to participate in the workforce. Advanced IT skills do not provide a significant incremental effect on employment probability on top of basic IT skills. However, having advanced IT skills helps workers to earn higher wages while incrementally increasing the probability that they are employed in higher-paid jobs. Interestingly, the effect of basic IT skills on employment is significantly larger for the female and older workforce that typically has a higher preference for flexible work options. These results emphasize the importance of providing necessary IT access and offering basic IT training to traditionally disadvantaged groups to close the IT skills gap and the digital divide. We offer implications for the future of work, education, and public policy for designing IT training policies for workers, students, and organizations to stimulate employment with higher wages, particularly in developing economies and for traditionally disadvantaged segments of the workforce, such as women and the elderly, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Emotional capability: the missing link between information technology capabilities and innovation performanceCapacidad emocional: el vínculo perdido entre capacidades de tecnologías de la información y desempeño innovadorCapacidade emocional: O elo perdido entre as capacidades das tecnologias da informação e o desempenho inovador

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Arias-Pérez ◽  
Joaquin Alegre ◽  
Cristina Villar
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
It Services ◽  
It Use ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Strategic Market

Purpose There has been a great interest in the literature in understanding the incidence of information technology capabilities (ITC) on innovation performance (IP). Recently, it has been proven that this relationship is mediated by organizational factors requiring an additional effort in terms of information processing in a rational and analytical manner, including strategic market orientation and absorptive capacity; however, the role of emotions in this discussion has not been widely addressed. A scenario in which emotions are inhibited, in particular, emotional capability (EC), prevents the activation of other forms of cognition relating to intuition, experience and empathy. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the mediating effect of EC on the relationship between ITC and IP. Design/methodology/approach The authors analyzed the statistical significance of the indirect effects through structural equations. Findings The results show the existence of partial mediation of EC. Therefore, it is evidenced that less rational constructs, such as EC, serve as a bridge between ITC and IP, on account of the improvement in information processing, the level of information technology (IT) use and virtual communication. Originality/value This finding is quite significant because it forces innovation researchers and practitioners to reconsider the prevailing study perspective that explores only analytical mediators, which implies an additional effort in terms of rational processing of information. All this because there is a risk of accentuating the cognitive overload and increasing the levels of stress that lead employees to stop receiving and using information provided by IT services, which compromises the possibility of obtaining better results in innovation.

Digital Fluency in SMEs

2020 ◽  
pp. 43-64
Author(s):  
Simon Bourdeau ◽  
Dragos Vieru
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Change Agent ◽  
It Adoption ◽  
It Use ◽  
Digital Fluency ◽  
Number Of Authors

In the practitioner and the academic literatures, links between information technology (IT) adoption, IT use, and digital fluency (DF) have been emphasized by a number of authors. However, there is a lack of understanding of what exactly digital fluency is, how it can be conceptualized, and what role it plays in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Based on the DF literature and its underlying concepts such as skills, expertise, and competencies, as well as on the SME literature, a multi-case study of three Canadian SMEs is conducted to empirically evaluate a typology of DF archetypes. The typology, that is based on a change agent perspective, has three archetypes. Results suggest that SMEs' managers should focus on the complementarity nature of the cognitive, social, and technological dimensions of DF when assessing and developing their employees' DF.

scholarly journals Gender Differences in Information Technology Usage: A U.S.-Japan Comparison

2005 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Ono ◽  
Madeline ZavodnY
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Working Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
It Use ◽  
Nonstandard Employment

This study examines whether there are differences in men's and women's use of computers and the Internet in the United States and Japan and, if so, how this gender gap has changed over time. We focus on these two countries because information technology is widely used in both, but there are substantial differences in institutions and social organizations. We use microdata from several surveys during 1997–2001 to examine differences and trends in computer and Internet usage in the two countries. Controlling for socioeconomic characteristics, our results indicate that there were significant gender differences in computer and Internet usage in both countries during the mid-1990s. By 2001 these gender differences had disappeared or were even reversed in the United States but persisted in Japan. People not currently working have lower levels of information technology (IT) use and skills in both countries regardless of gender, but working women in Japan have lower levels of IT use and skills than working men, a difference that generally does not occur in the United States. This suggests that employment status per se does not play a large role in the gender gap in Japan, but type of employment does. The prevalence of nonstandard employment among female workers in Japan can explain much of the gender gap in information technology use and skills in that country.

scholarly journals COVID-19, Telehealth and Access to Care

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles M. Lepkowsky
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Access To Care ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Patient Communication ◽  
It Use ◽  
Age Related

Telehealth has become increasingly prominent during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting limitations in access to care for older adults less fluent in information technology (IT). Although the 20 percent disparity in IT use between younger and older adult cohorts remains unchanged over several decades, insurers, institutional and independent providers of health care have made increasing use of IT for patient communication. Data demonstrate an age-related decline in the frequency of IT use for accessing health care. Restrictions on reimbursement for the use of the telephone for accessing health care during the COVID-19 pandemic are discussed as a barrier to access to care. Recommendations are made for assessment of media most available to older adults for accessing health care, as well as providing funding to support increased access to care.

scholarly journals The Impact of Stratified Teaching on the Academic Performance of Chinese Middle School Students: A Meta-Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 735-760
Author(s):  
Hui Shi ◽  
Alan C.K. Cheung ◽  
Elizabeth S.T. Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Learning System ◽  
School Students ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

Stratified teaching is an effective method and means to implement teaching students per their aptitude. Domestic and foreign scholars have carried out many experimental and quasi-experimental studies to observe the impact of stratified teaching on students’ academic performance, but the results are quite different. So, can stratified teaching effectively help Chinese students improve their academic performance? How big is its impact? Which model is more suitable for Chinese students? To answer these questions, this article uses meta-analysis to quantitatively analyze 22 Chinese studies on the impact of Stratified teaching on student academic performance. We found that (i) stratified teaching has a positive effect on students’ academic performance, and the overall combined effect size is 0.53; (ii) among the seven subjects of mathematics, English, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, and information technology, stratified teaching has had a positive effect on their learning. Stratified teaching’s order of effect on different subjects was English > Physics > Geography > Information Technology > Mathematics > Biology > Chemistry; (iii) stratified teaching is suitable for students of different sizes of classrooms. However, the smaller the number of students in the classroom, the better the learning effect, and (iv) stratified teaching is more suitable for improving their learning in the mobile learning system.

IT Use and Social/Media Time Displacement

2012 ◽  
pp. 354-364
Author(s):  
John P. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Media Use ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
It Use ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
American Time Use Survey ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Time Use Survey

Each new Information Technology (IT) takes time away from other daily activities. Three highly-publicized early studies of the initial impact of Information Technology indicated it was having negative effects on both social life and mass media use. However, a number of national surveys since then – from the Pew Center, the General Social Survey (GSS), the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA), and the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) -- have not replicated these results. Indeed, they find support for Internet and other IT use sometimes being associated with increased social life and media use (especially reading). Moreover, this finding continues to hold after education, income, age and other predictors of social life and mass media use are controlled.

scholarly journals A Study of Information Technology Effectiveness in Select Government Organizations in India

2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
M P Gupta ◽  
Shivraj Kanungo ◽  
Rajesh Kumar ◽  
G P Sahu
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Computer Training ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
It Management ◽  
Top Management ◽  
It Use ◽  
It Effectiveness ◽  
Government Organizations

Achieving Information Technology (IT) effectiveness in government offices is a daunting prospect. This is because the bureaucratic structure, perceived (and often actual) laxity in the workplace, weak accountability and responsibility relationships, and cumbersome and conflated work processes act as serious inhibitors of IT effectiveness. There are many indirect influencers of IT effectiveness. The broad working propositions for this study have been formulated keeping in mind the working environment of the government organizations and the past studies that have looked at government organizations in the context of IT. In some of the organizations, the methodology of IT use is simple, while in some others, it is tedious and complicated. IT projects are often fraught with cost overruns and delays. Once deployed, many systems fail to meet functional requirements or are too complex to be feasible for many organizations. Hence we should expect to find that government organizations, in general, do not use IT effectively. This study specifically examines the effects of IT use, user satisfaction, organizational culture, top management, and IT management on the effectiveness of IT in government organizations in India. Further, the enablers for IT use are identified that enhances the organization's performance. A questionnaire survey was employed among the users in Indian government organizations situated in Delhi and surrounding areas for the collection of data. The descriptive and inferential statistical analyses result into the following conclusion: User satisfaction is the indicator of system success and the users like a friendly system. The users are influenced more by the information systems (IS) staff in comparison to non-IS staff. Top management involvement is relatively high in IT-related problems resulting in higher budget for IT, which in turn plays a positive role in increasing the satisfaction of users. However, the initiative to motivate IS staff is not enough and the computer training given to the users fails to take care of the latest needs. The users are required to be familiar with the latest technology and therefore be given the latest training for better IT use. The difficulty in effective IT use is also due to some resistance experienced from the employees of the organizations. This is further compounded due to the existence of workers� union problems. Correlation and regression analyses reveal that: the independent variables (viz., IT use, user satisfaction, top management, IT management, sand organizational culture) have significant positive effect on the dependent variable, i.e., IT effectiveness. leadership, managerial awareness of costs and benefits, centrality of IT business strategy, top management support, higher position of IS manager, easy accessibility to computer, enhanced connectivity capability, favourable cost performance trends, vendor push, and competitive pressure were found to be the IT enablers. The future scope of research lies in extending the study to all government organizations of India and also comparing state government organizations with those of the central government.

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