Open AccessGenerational Lagging of Dignitaries, Main Cause of Technological Gaps in Community Leaders. Analysis of Generation X and Boomers from the Technology Acceptance Model
Author(s) -
Luz Briyid Contreras Salamanca,
Yon Garzón Ávila
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.22490/ecacen.4709
Subject(s) - technological change , lagging , process (computing) , status quo , baby boomers , adaptation (eye) , resistance (ecology) , face (sociological concept) , sociology , marketing , public relations , business , political science , psychology , social science , computer science , economics , medicine , pathology , artificial intelligence , law , operating system , ecology , neuroscience , demographic economics , biology
Community and neighborhood organizations are in the process of renewing the organizational culture, considering technological environments in the way of training, and advancing communally, being competitive in adaptation and learning, creating new solutions, promoting change, and altering the status quo, based on the advancement of technology over the last few years, currently applied in most organizations. The decisive factor is the ability of true leaders to appropriate the Technological Acceptance Model –TAM– principles, participating in programs and projects, adopting new technologies from the different actors involved, contributing to the welfare of each community. There is, however, a relative resistance to the use of technology as support in community management, due to the generational differences in leaders and dignitaries, according to collected reports in this study, in relation to the age range of dignitaries –Generation X and Baby Boomers predominate–. They present a challenge to digital inclusion with difficulties related to age, cognitive, sensory, difficulty in developing skills, and abilities required in Digital Technologies, necessary to face new scenarios post-pandemic and, in general, the need to use technological facilities.