ABSTRACT

The adoption and use of technology have been an important topic of research in Information Systems. However, projects create a different environment for technology adoption in that they are temporary organizations which are formed specifically for the project and then disbanded as opposed to the continuing organizations which have been traditionally studied. We term this adoption and use in temporary organizations as project use. The purpose of this study is to examine how previous experience with a technology in a project affects the selection of that technology within subsequent projects. The findings support Technology Continuation Theory as a partial explanation for project use but the key factors for project use are different from those in continuing organizations. Project use seems to be a much more pragmatic than hedonic decision. The question “does it work satisfactorily?” seems to be more important than “is it easy or pleasant to use?”

摘要

技术的采用和使用一直是信息系统研究的一个重要课题。然而，项目为技术采用创造了一个不同的环境，因为它们是专门为项目成立然后解散的临时组织，而不是传统上研究的持续组织。我们将这种在临时组织中的采用和使用称为项目使用. 本研究的目的是检查项目中先前的技术经验如何影响后续项目中该技术的选择。研究结果支持技术持续理论作为对项目使用的部分解释，但项目使用的关键因素与持续组织中的关键因素不同。项目使用似乎比享乐决定更务实。问题是“它是否令人满意地工作？” 似乎比“使用起来容易还是愉快？”更重要。