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Factors influencing adoption of wearable devices in Dubai

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Tarabasz A., Poddar G.
Journal of Economics and Management
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2019
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vol. 36
123-143
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Aim/purpose – Increasing importance of quantified self along with the number of available wearable devices create base for excitement among those perceiving technology as a catalyst for change. Despite multiple theories, in vain is to search for a model that would be suitable to visualise the adoption of wearables. The objective of this study is to recognise factors influencing the adoption of smart wearable devices and measure the strength of relationships between identified variables and dependent factor. Design/methodology/approach – A proposed research model was developed and tested, based on an analysis of 108 survey insights from existing and potential users of smart wearable devices. With Dubai claiming itself ‘the smartest city worldwide’, research was purposely focused on this city, with insights collected during 37th GITEX (Gulf Information Technology Exhibition) Technology Week (8-12 October 2017), in Dubai. Statistical analysis, with the use of Adanco 2.0.1 software, was conducted and as a result, structural equation modelling was proposed. Findings – The study shows clearly the growing importance of the wearables trend and consumers’ willingness to possess the same. Based on the conducted literature analysis, factors playing critical role, like Product Attributes (PA), Perceived Ease of Use (PE) and Perceived Usefulness (PU), were identified along with the gaps pertaining to the adoption of smart wearable devices in Dubai. Research implications/limitations – The outputs of the conducted research provide practical guidance for solution/technology/product makers as well as sales representatives, to mould and pitch the product in a more effective manner. Due to time and financial constraints, study lacks conducted in-depth expert reviews, focus groups and laboratory experiment for real-time experience with existing/planned products. The limited sample size (108 respondents) and lack of possibility to generalise on the population, due to sampling by convenience are other points of improvements for future research. Originality/value/contribution – The study bridges the literature gap, providing quantitative analysis and overview of factors impacting on the adoption of wearable devices, based on the Theory of Reasoned Action, the Theory of Planned Behaviour and the Technology Acceptance Model. Moreover, constructed on achieved results, it proposes a new sequential multi-method approach model of technology adoption, based on researched factors such as Perceived Usefulness and Attitude towards smart wearable devices, influenced by Perceived Ease of Use and Perception towards new technology. Findings of the study allow for direct business implementation by smart devices developers, willing to introduce their new solutions to the market and plan their promotional strategy.
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A Journey Across the UAE Culture through the Voices of Young Emirati Women: Texts in Northern Emirati Arabic (Dubai, Ajman, and Sharjah)

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Kalach N.
Folia Orientalia
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2021
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vol. 58
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The symbolic dimensions of a scientific journey: The road to the Antipodes

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Cynarski W. J., Rut P.
Ido Movement for Culture. Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology
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2014
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vol. 14
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issue 2
52-58
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This work discusses the subject of a scientific trip from a semiotic perspective. It presents the scientific congress (AIESEP World Congress 2014) and a critical review of it; a journey of cultural symbolism; and remarks and impressions of staying in a distant country. In addition, a meeting with the proto-forms of martial arts and considerations concerning the social reception of martial arts in today’s New Zealand justify the purpose of this trip also in terms of martial arts tourism, though not to practise, but for research. The authors suggest a schematic approach to the symbolism of the stages of social development, in which resignation of the noble principles leads to moral and civilizational regression. Additionally, some contemporary fashionable ideologies cause regression in the spiritual development of humanity and go back to the typhonic level on K. Wilber’s scale.
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Z perspektywy semiotycznej podjęto zagadnienie wyjazdu naukowego. Przedstawiono kongres naukowy (World AIESEP Congress 2014) i jego krytyczną recenzję; podróż wśród symboliki kulturowej; uwagi i wrażenia z pobytu w odległym kraju. Ponadto spotkanie z praformą sztuki walki i namysł nad społeczną recepcją sztuk walki w dzisiejszej Nowej Zelandii stanowią uzasadnienie dla traktowania tego wyjazdu także w kategoriach turystyki sztuk walki, chociaż nie dla ich praktykowania, ale dla badań. Badania terenowe sztuk walki pozwoliły stwierdzić obecność praform sztuk walki w kulturze Maorysów, i właściwie brak obecności sztuk walki dzisiejszej w kulturze sportowej Nowej Zelandii. Autorzy zaprojektowali schematyczne ujęcie symboliki etapów rozwoju społecznego, w którym to schemacie rezygnacja ze szlachetnych zasad prowadzi do regresu moralnego i cywilizacyjnego. Ponadto niektóre modne dziś ideologie powodują regres w duchowym rozwoju ludzkości – cofnięcie do poziomu tyfonicznego (w skali K. Wilbera). Podczas Kongresu w kluczowych referatach treści naukowe (pedagogiki sportu, teorii wychowania fizycznego) pomieszano z ideologią gender. Być może oderwanie od korzenia kultury chrześcijańskiej powoduje, że ludzie poszukują jakichś substytutów religii. Ale z przestrzeni publicznej Auckland i oferty kierowanej do turystów jakby amputowano materialny i duchowy dorobek chrześcijaństwa. Być może etyka chrześcijańska przeszkadza w konsumpcji i wygodnym życiu dla przyjemności. Ponadto autorzy stwierdzili fakty wskazujące na niski poziom zaufania dla zagranicznych gości, co poddaje w wątpliwość zasadę gościnności – konstytutywną dla funkcjonowania turystyki.
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