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Exploring the Determinants of ERP Adoption Intention

International Journal of Technology Diffusion, 2019

Using data collected from 193 ERP users collected through a web-based survey within an Australian state emergency service organization, we will develop and test a research model taking relevant constructs from TAM and others social factors such as subjective norm, top management involvement, user involvement along with perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and attitude into account. We will specifically apply the REBUS-PLS method to detect two distinctive groups of users. In fact, this analysis highlights different groups of users on these links: user involvement and attitude; user involvement and perceived ease of use; top management involvement and user involvement; top management involvement and attitude; top management involvement and perceived usefulness; subjective norm and perceived usefulness.

ERP adoption factors: the effect of institutional- and economic-based theory

2013

The introduction of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system in the early 1990s was perceived as a new way of managing a business that could lead to better management of an organisation and improve its efficiency. However, studies have repeatedly reported a low success rate in ERP system adoption. This encouraged various research studies that sought to uncover factors that could have contributed to the system failure. A poor decision-making process has been stated as one of the main reasons for ERP system failure. Clear objectives and good justification could, we believe, increase the ERP system adoption success rate. Hence, in this study, we extend the existing research on ERP by exploring the effect of institutional pressures and economic benefits on the decision-making process of the management. Specifically, we investigate the influence of external pressures and internal needs in ERP adoption decisions. Empirical analyses in this study are based on survey data obtained from...

Key factors driving the success of technology adoption: Case examples of ERP adoption

PICMET '09 - 2009 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology, 2009

This paper addresses the issues that impact technology adoption within an organization. Several factors influencing technology adoption process are identified from the literature review. Case examples of the adoption of a new management technology, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), are presented to illustrate the situations of technology adoption in organizations. From the case examples, the factors influencing technology adoption in organizations are consistent with the factors identified from the literatures. The further discussion also reveals the additional determinants including the clarification of project scope, individual commitment, and communication which should be taken into consideration when an organization adopts a new technology.

An extension of the technology acceptance model in an ERP implementation environment

This paper presents an extension to the technology acceptance model (TAM) and empirically examines it in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation environment. The study evaluated the impact of one belief construct (shared beliefs in the benefits of a technology) and two widely recognized technology implementation success factors (training and communication) on the perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use during technology implementation. Shared beliefs refer to the beliefs that organizational participants share with their peers and superiors on the benefits of the ERP system.

Factors affecting the acceptance of Enterprise Resource Planning software: a case study in a manufacturing company

Isico 2013, 2013

Every enterprise expects successful adoption of Information Technology (IT) to support their business process. While there has been many research conducted to establish the factors that lead to the successful adoption of IT in an enterprise, this research underlines the importance of accommodating external factors specific to the enterprise with regard to the acceptance of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. A case study in a manufacturing company which utilizes ERP software to support their business process is presented to identify factors that drive its adoption. During the conceptualization of the IT adoption model, we found that external factors that drive the adoption resemble the model of Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior (DTPB). These factors are mapped into three main variables in the model: attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control that affect the intention of users to use the software. The Structural Equation Modeling and multiple regression method were employed to analyze the relation between factors within the model, and to identify which variables contribute to the acceptance of the software. From the study we found that user's attitude toward the software significantly influence the intention to use the software (path coefficient = 0.9964) while it is interesting to see that subjective norms and perceive behavioral controls is not significant to the user's intention (path coefficient=-0.0225 and path coefficient=-0.0417, respectively). This concludes that the intention to use the ERP software in the enterprise is largely determined by positive attitudes toward the software, including understanding the benefits from its adoption.

Adoption and Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): An Empirical Study

Journal of Management and Research, 6(1), 2019

The study is an attempt to unearth the current state of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) adoption and implementation in both manufacturing and service firms. Drawing on the conceptualizationof multiple theories based in technology acceptance and innovation diffusion model, this study examines the aboveobjectives with a particular reference to the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). Following the deductivereasoning approach, we applied a self-administered questionnaire survey and used 235 replies from 255 collected responses, leaving the data affected with missing and un-matched responses. The result is applied using the structuralequation modeling via SmartPLS 2, a second generation regression model, for testing hypothesized relationships. Findings reveal that all the hypothesizedinfluences are found significantly linked through the explanatory variables with the endogenous variables at different levels of significance, except the impact of effort efficiency and resistance to change. Policy implications are also proposedfor the fulladoption and utilizationof ERP to achieve sustainable development goals. Furthermore, we recommend future researchers to focus on action research or experimental data for preventing the generalizability of the observed results.

End User Adoption of ERP Systems: Investigation of Four Beliefs

Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Information Systems,, 2008

This paper studies the effects of four beliefs of a group of end users on the adoption of ERP systems. The beliefs examined were perceived usefulness, ease of use, expected capability, and expected value. A sample of 58 SAP users was collected, via online survey, from a large company in Saudi Arabia. The validity and the reliability of the data collection instrument were tested using the exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach's Alpha coefficients, respectively. Using multiple regression analysis, the perceived ease of use and the expected value of ERP system was found to have a significant direct effect on the acceptance of ERP system. However, the perceived usefulness and expected capability did not have a direct significant effect on acceptance of ERP systems. The study provides insights for organizations implementing ERP systems in developing countries.

Adoption of ERP systems: Does information transparency matter?

Telematics and Informatics, 2015

Research on the adoption of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems has drawn much attention in the information systems (IS) research. This study extends previous research on ERP adoption by examining the direct and indirect effects of perceived information transparency that result from the adoption of ERP systems. Based on the extensive review of literature grounded in the technology acceptance model and theory of reasoned action, a research model is proposed. The proposed model is validated by a survey of 106 ERP users. The results of this survey confirm that perceived information transparency of the ERP system has significant direct effects on perceived usefulness, ease of use, and indirect effects on attitude and adoption. Moreover, the perceived usefulness fully mediates the relationship between information transparency and the attitude toward using the ERP system. This study expands the existing body of knowledge on the adoption of ERP systems, and benefits ERP providers and vendors when formulating their business models.

A Study of the Adoption and Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): Identification of Moderators and Mediator

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 2019

Given the dearth of studies in developing and Asian countries’ context, the present study attempts to excavate the predictors of enterprise resource planning (ERP) adoption and implementation. Based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model and open innovation literature, an extended model is proposed encompassing mediator and moderator variables. The study follows the deducting reasoning approach with the positivism paradigm. Out of 235 responses, the study used 225 replies collected through a self-administered sampling, and the data were analyzed by using PLS-based structural equation modeling. The study revealed that the hypothesized direct influences are significant except the influence of facilitating conditions on actual use. Likewise, the intention to use mediates the impact of facilitating conditions on the actual use of ERP. However, there is no moderating effect of education and firms’ size among the hypothesized influence. The study contribut...