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In fact, IT adoption, use, and diffusion are subjects scarcely mentioned in what concerns the practices of IT\/IS professionals. This article addresses the question of IT\/IS practitioners\u2019 awareness of models and theories regarding the adoption, use, and diffusion of IT applications and their success. It describes two surveys of IT\/IS project managers that look into their knowledge on a selected set of models\/theories widely addressed in IS research. The results show that these project managers are not aware of IT adoption, use, and diffusion models\/theories. 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