Jyoti Choudrie, University of Hertfordshire

Sherah Kurnia, The University of Melbourne

Gabrielle Peko, University of Auckland

David Sundaram, University of Auckland

This special issue addresses the critical gap between technology adoption and actual value realization, focusing on how organizations and societies integrate, adapt, and leverage ICTs and AI beyond their initial implementation. While existing research emphasizes adoption decisions, there remains limited understanding of post-adoption dynamics, continued use, and the translation of technological investments into tangible organizational and societal benefits.

The issue welcomes research exploring post-adoption phenomena across individual, organizational, and societal levels, including technology assimilation, value creation, and transformation. It also addresses significant risks and ethical concerns arising from ICT and AI deployment, such as algorithmic bias, privacy threats, digital inequality, and unintended consequences that require scholarly attention.

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Potential topics

• Technology assimilation, routinization, and deep integration
• Post-adoption behaviors: continued use, discontinuance, and switching
• Value creation, capture, and measurement in ICT and AI use
• Cross-cultural and comparative post-adoption studies
• Changes to work practices, organizational structures, and decision-making
• ICT-enabled institutional and governance transformation
• Digital platforms, ecosystems, and network effects
• Public sector and societal impacts of sustained technology use
• Success and failure of digital transformation initiatives
• Algorithmic bias, transparency, and accountability
• Privacy, cybersecurity, and data governance challenges
• Overuse, misuse, and unintended consequences of ICTs and AI
• Environmental and societal externalities of digital technologies
• Regulation and governance of AI and digital technologies
• Organizational strategies for effective post-adoption management
• Public policy for sustainable and ethical technology use

Timeline

• July 15, 2026: Submission of abstract (up to 300 words)
• August 15, 2026: Notification of abstract acceptance
• December 4, 2026: Submission of full paper
• April 5, 2027: Notification of first-round reviews
• July 1, 2027: Revised manuscripts due
• October 29, 2027: Notification of second-round reviews
• November 30, 2027: Final versions due
• January 31, 2028: Expected final decision