An assessment of the influence of organizational characteristics on information technology adoption decision: a discriminative approach

Author

Lai, Vincent S. ; Guynes, Jan L.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Bus. Adm., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

Volume

44

Issue

2

fYear

1997

fDate

5/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

146

Lastpage

157

Abstract

The increasing importance of emerging information technologies has prompted many researchers to examine the nature of innovation adoption within organizations. However, the nature of organizational influences in the innovation adoption process is still not well understood. This study surveyed Business Week 1000 companies to determine whether organizational strategies, structure, or context facilitate the adoption decision of integrated services digital networks (ISDN). The results suggest that companies most receptive to ISDN are larger, less open, have more slack resources, more technology expansion actions, and fewer technology restriction actions

Keywords

ISDN; information technology; management; Business Week 1000 companies; ISDN; discriminative approach; information technology adoption decision; innovation adoption; integrated services digital networks; network management; organizational characteristics; organizational context; organizational strategies; organizational structure; slack resources; technology assessment; technology expansion actions; technology restriction actions; Companies; Context-aware services; Costs; Data communication; Helium; ISDN; Information technology; Protocols; Technological innovation; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9391

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/17.584923

Filename

584923