A Historical Review of Gender Effect toward Adopting Technology

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Short Description

The literature showed a variety of results about the effect of gender on the adoption of newer technology. In this historical review, the authors reviewed the studies dated between 1980s and 2013 that addressed the gender differences toward adopting technologies. This presentation reports the overall historical trend, the theoretical models employed, the technology tools of interest and concludes with some interpretations and future research directions.

Authors

• Mohammed Mansour Abahussain, Northern Illinois University

• Ying Xie, Northern Illinois University