Because of the paramount demographic changes involving the western world, the so-called “Information Society” is going to be also an “Ageing Society”. Severe problems are emerging, involving for example the pension system, the healthcare system, or the labor market. Of course, ICTs and IS are called to action in this scenario. How are the researchers addressing the issue of the technological needs in an ageing world? To answer this question, a systematic Literature Survey was conducted, during which 419 papers and books were identified and analyzed in their disciplinary approaches and main outcomes. What came out is that whilst the issue of the technological needs of our ageing society is quite thoroughly in-vestigated from other disciplinary fields, such as Medicine or Engineering or Hu-man-Computer Interaction studies, it is quite overlooked by Organizational Stud-ies. A new brief Research Agenda, identifying some possible new Research Ques-tions about this topic for Information Systems/Organizational Studies researchers, is the outcome of this work.
ICTs in an ageing society: An overview of emerging research streams
F. Ricciardi
2010-01-01
Abstract
Because of the paramount demographic changes involving the western world, the so-called “Information Society” is going to be also an “Ageing Society”. Severe problems are emerging, involving for example the pension system, the healthcare system, or the labor market. Of course, ICTs and IS are called to action in this scenario. How are the researchers addressing the issue of the technological needs in an ageing world? To answer this question, a systematic Literature Survey was conducted, during which 419 papers and books were identified and analyzed in their disciplinary approaches and main outcomes. What came out is that whilst the issue of the technological needs of our ageing society is quite thoroughly in-vestigated from other disciplinary fields, such as Medicine or Engineering or Hu-man-Computer Interaction studies, it is quite overlooked by Organizational Stud-ies. A new brief Research Agenda, identifying some possible new Research Ques-tions about this topic for Information Systems/Organizational Studies researchers, is the outcome of this work.
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