ABSTRACT

Innovation and information systems scholars have extensively studied the individual-level innovation implementation process, drawing on the theories of technology acceptance (e.g., TAM2). However, based on the less-balanced theoretical underpinnings, they have constituted antecedents of implementation: some included either individual or organisational factors; others merely viewed individual characteristics as contingencies while emphasising organisational factors as predictors. In this study, we present a more balanced view, by considering dispositional, experiential and organisational readiness to innovation implementation as three antecedents that predict components of the TAM2 (i.e., perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and subjective norm). Conceptualising three antecedents as personal innovativeness, innovation self-efficacy and facilitating climate, respectively, we examine the relationships between readiness factors and the TAM2, subsequently influencing innovation implementation and its outcomes. Our results confirmed that personal innovativeness and facilitating climate were positively related to perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and subjective norm but that innovation self-efficacy was positively associated with only the first two factors. Among the three antecedents in our sample, facilitating climate most strongly predicted the three components of the TAM2. Furthermore, perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use predicted intention to use, which in turn led to implementation behaviour and extended innovation effectiveness.

摘要

创新和信息系统学者利用技术接受理论（例如TAM2）对个人层面的创新实施过程进行了广泛的研究。但是，基于不平衡的理论基础，它们构成了实施的先决条件：一些包括个人或组织因素；其他人仅将个人特征视为突发事件，而强调组织因素作为预测因素。在这项研究中，我们通过考虑对创新实施的态度，经验和组织准备程度，将其作为预测TAM2组成部分的三个先决条件（即，感知的有用性，感知的易用性和主观规范），提出了一个更加平衡的观点。将三个先例概念化为个人创新，创新自我效能感和促进气候的作用，我们分别研究了准备因素与TAM2之间的关系，从而影响了创新的实施及其成果。我们的结果证实，个人创新和促进氛围与感知的有用性，感知的易用性和主观规范呈正相关，而创新的自我效能仅与前两个因素呈正相关。在我们样本中的三个前因中，促进气候最有力地预测了TAM2的三个组成部分。此外，感知的有用性和感知的易用性预测了使用意图，进而导致了实施行为和扩展的创新有效性。随后影响创新的实施及其成果。我们的结果证实，个人创新和促进氛围与感知的有用性，感知的易用性和主观规范呈正相关，而创新的自我效能仅与前两个因素呈正相关。在我们样本中的三个前因中，促进气候最有力地预测了TAM2的三个组成部分。此外，感知的有用性和感知的易用性预测了使用意图，进而导致了实施行为和扩展的创新有效性。随后影响创新的实施及其成果。我们的结果证实，个人创新和促进氛围与感知的有用性，感知的易用性和主观规范呈正相关，而创新的自我效能仅与前两个因素呈正相关。在我们样本中的三个前因中，促进气候最有力地预测了TAM2的三个组成部分。此外，感知的有用性和感知的易用性预测了使用意图，进而导致了实施行为和扩展的创新有效性。和主观规范，但创新的自我效能只与前两个因素正相关。在我们样本中的三个前因中，促进气候最有力地预测了TAM2的三个组成部分。此外，感知的有用性和感知的易用性预测了使用意图，进而导致了实施行为和扩展的创新有效性。和主观规范，但创新的自我效能只与前两个因素正相关。在我们样本中的三个前因中，促进气候最有力地预测了TAM2的三个组成部分。此外，感知的有用性和感知的易用性预测了使用意图，进而导致了实施行为和扩展的创新有效性。