TY - GEN
T1 - Social impact of technology
T2 - 28th International Conference for the International Association of Management of Technology: Managing Technology for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth, IAMOT 2019
AU - Dhamija, Pavitra
AU - Telukdarie, Arnesh
AU - van Rensburg, Nickey Janse
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© IAMOT 2019.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Technology plays a crucial role in the developmental activities of every nation, in general and even more important for the developing economies. Essential for government, as well as the society, to understand the importance of maximizing existing technology. The aim is to have technological enhancements for sustainable growth in today’s competitive environment. The innovative activities related to technology not only impacts the economic status of a nation, but also its social status. Technological knowledge is identified as a crucial engine for a nation to develop and outperform its competitors. Another irrefutable fact is that the major source of development for every economy is its people or citizens especially the category of youth. The major perspective of this paper is to study the aspect of technology and the manner it empowers the youth specifically in the African continent. Youth act as catalyst of change, (i.e. social, technological, economical) to endeavor growth and developmental activities. The data for the same is extracted from Scopus Database. Considering 180 published papers chosen from the last ten years starting from 2009 to 2018 (September 27, 2018) covering different keywords i.e. Social Impact; Technology; South Africa; South African Youth. The findings are drawn out by a systematic review and bibliometric analysis to identify the authors, keywords, and countries who have contributed the most in this area. The results reveal the awareness of this concept among authors to a greater extent. The keywords like technology, social impact, has been a part of the explanation but the aspect of youth and its development is genuinely a gap. This study has identified the different clusters that explain the existing literature and future prospects of the research in this area. The implications are discussed in detail in the subsequent sections of the paper.
AB - Technology plays a crucial role in the developmental activities of every nation, in general and even more important for the developing economies. Essential for government, as well as the society, to understand the importance of maximizing existing technology. The aim is to have technological enhancements for sustainable growth in today’s competitive environment. The innovative activities related to technology not only impacts the economic status of a nation, but also its social status. Technological knowledge is identified as a crucial engine for a nation to develop and outperform its competitors. Another irrefutable fact is that the major source of development for every economy is its people or citizens especially the category of youth. The major perspective of this paper is to study the aspect of technology and the manner it empowers the youth specifically in the African continent. Youth act as catalyst of change, (i.e. social, technological, economical) to endeavor growth and developmental activities. The data for the same is extracted from Scopus Database. Considering 180 published papers chosen from the last ten years starting from 2009 to 2018 (September 27, 2018) covering different keywords i.e. Social Impact; Technology; South Africa; South African Youth. The findings are drawn out by a systematic review and bibliometric analysis to identify the authors, keywords, and countries who have contributed the most in this area. The results reveal the awareness of this concept among authors to a greater extent. The keywords like technology, social impact, has been a part of the explanation but the aspect of youth and its development is genuinely a gap. This study has identified the different clusters that explain the existing literature and future prospects of the research in this area. The implications are discussed in detail in the subsequent sections of the paper.
KW - Analysis
KW - Social Impact
KW - South Africa
KW - South African Youth
KW - Systematic Review
KW - Technology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85081098800&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85081098800
T3 - Managing Technology for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth - 28th International Conference for the International Association of Management of Technology, IAMOT 2019
SP - 887
EP - 892
BT - Managing Technology for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth - 28th International Conference for the International Association of Management of Technology, IAMOT 2019
A2 - Jain, Karuna
A2 - Sangle, Shirish
A2 - Gupta, Ruchita
A2 - Persis, Jinil
A2 - R., Mukundan
PB - Excel India Publishers
Y2 - 7 April 2019 through 11 April 2019
ER -