Stakeholders’ Contribution towards Responsible Innovation in Information and Communication Technology Research Projects

Abstract: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) research projects engage stakeholders who contribute towards different aspects of research and innovation. One of the aspects that stakeholders contribute towards in ICT research projects is responsibility. There is a need for those engaged in...

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Autor principal: Jiya,Tilimbe
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios 2019
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-272420190003000932019-11-28Stakeholders’ Contribution towards Responsible Innovation in Information and Communication Technology Research ProjectsJiya,Tilimbe Responsibility stakeholder engagement stakeholder contribution responsible innovation ICT research projects Abstract: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) research projects engage stakeholders who contribute towards different aspects of research and innovation. One of the aspects that stakeholders contribute towards in ICT research projects is responsibility. There is a need for those engaged in ICT research projects to take into consideration the impacts of their activities on society as part of responsible research and innovation (RRI) through finding solutions to emerging societal problems and developing sustainable processes of carrying out research and innovation. In this paper, the focus is two-fold. Firstly, I focus on understanding how stakeholders are identified to contribute towards responsibility in ICT research projects and secondly, I focus on how stakeholders contribute towards responsibility in such projects. I conducted an interpretive case study in which data were collected by semi-structured interviews with 11 stakeholders from two ICT research projects. Through thematic data analysis, their perceptions and understanding of their contribution towards responsibility were conceived. From the study findings, I established that there are problems in understanding the meaning of term ‘responsibility’ among stakeholders which later affects the identification of roles that deal with it. Despite the ambiguity of the meaning, I found that stakeholders contribute towards responsibility in many ways although there are barriers that affect their contribution.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y NegociosJournal of technology management & innovation v.14 n.3 20192019-10-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242019000300093en10.4067/S0718-27242019000300093
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language English
topic Responsibility
stakeholder engagement
stakeholder contribution
responsible innovation
ICT research projects
spellingShingle Responsibility
stakeholder engagement
stakeholder contribution
responsible innovation
ICT research projects
Jiya,Tilimbe
Stakeholders’ Contribution towards Responsible Innovation in Information and Communication Technology Research Projects
description Abstract: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) research projects engage stakeholders who contribute towards different aspects of research and innovation. One of the aspects that stakeholders contribute towards in ICT research projects is responsibility. There is a need for those engaged in ICT research projects to take into consideration the impacts of their activities on society as part of responsible research and innovation (RRI) through finding solutions to emerging societal problems and developing sustainable processes of carrying out research and innovation. In this paper, the focus is two-fold. Firstly, I focus on understanding how stakeholders are identified to contribute towards responsibility in ICT research projects and secondly, I focus on how stakeholders contribute towards responsibility in such projects. I conducted an interpretive case study in which data were collected by semi-structured interviews with 11 stakeholders from two ICT research projects. Through thematic data analysis, their perceptions and understanding of their contribution towards responsibility were conceived. From the study findings, I established that there are problems in understanding the meaning of term ‘responsibility’ among stakeholders which later affects the identification of roles that deal with it. Despite the ambiguity of the meaning, I found that stakeholders contribute towards responsibility in many ways although there are barriers that affect their contribution.
author Jiya,Tilimbe
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title Stakeholders’ Contribution towards Responsible Innovation in Information and Communication Technology Research Projects
title_short Stakeholders’ Contribution towards Responsible Innovation in Information and Communication Technology Research Projects
title_full Stakeholders’ Contribution towards Responsible Innovation in Information and Communication Technology Research Projects
title_fullStr Stakeholders’ Contribution towards Responsible Innovation in Information and Communication Technology Research Projects
title_full_unstemmed Stakeholders’ Contribution towards Responsible Innovation in Information and Communication Technology Research Projects
title_sort stakeholders’ contribution towards responsible innovation in information and communication technology research projects
publisher Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
publishDate 2019
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