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We are “not” too (young/old) to collaborate : Prominent Key Barriers to Intergenerational Innovation (2019)

Nurhas, I., Aditya, B. R., Geisler, S., Ojala, A., & Pawlowski, J. (2019). We are “not” too (young/old) to collaborate : Prominent Key Barriers to Intergenerational Innovation. In D. Xu, J. Jiang, & H.-W. Kim (Eds.), PACIS 2019 : Proceedings of the 23rd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems. Barriers to Intergenerational Innovation in Global Context (Article 132). Association for Information Systems. https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2019/132

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Nurhas, Irawan; Aditya, Bayu R.; Geisler, Stefan; Ojala, Arto; Pawlowski, Jan

Parent publication: PACIS 2019 : Proceedings of the 23rd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems. Barriers to Intergenerational Innovation in Global Context

Parent publication editors: Xu, Dongming; Jiang, James; Kim, Hee-Woong

Publication year: 2019

Article number: 132

Publisher: Association for Information Systems

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

Persistent website address: https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2019/132

Publication open access: Not open

Publication channel open access: 

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/64963

Additional information: PACIS 2019 : the 23rd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, 5th-12th July 2019, Xi’an, China.

Abstract

In this study, we analyzed the barriers to technology-supported intergenerational innovation to understand better how young and old can collaborate towards global innovations. Researchers in different disciplines have already identified various barriers to intergenerational collaboration. However, barriers are changing depending on the context of collaboration, and difficulties still exist to support intergenerational innovation in global settings. Therefore, we investigated the barriers that emerge when people work with someone decades older or younger. The results of our study have shown what barriers are influenced by age, what barriers exist only for senior and younger adults. The study theoretically contributes to deepening the Information Systems (IS) community's understanding of the barriers to intergenerational innovation that need to be considered when developing systems for global innovation.

Keywords: innovations; innovation (activity); generations; age; age groups; cooperation (general); challenges; problems

Free keywords: cross-generational cooperation; intergenerational teamwork; global innovation

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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2020