Purpose

The study aims to identify novel open-access institutional repository (OAIR) implementation barriers and explain how they evolve. It also aims to extend theoretical insights into the information technology (IT) implementation literature.

Design/methodology/approach

The study adopted the interpretive philosophy, the inductive research approach and qualitative case study research method. Three Nigerian universities served as the case research contexts. The unstructured in-depth interview and the participatory observation were adopted as the data collection instruments. The qualitative data collected were analysed using thematic data analysis technique.

Findings

Findings show that IR implementation barriers evolved from global, organisational and individual implementation levels in the research contexts. Results specifically reveal how easy access to ideas and information and easy movement of people across international boundaries constituted globalisation trend-driven OAIR implementation barriers given their influence on OAIR implementation activities at the organisational and individual implementation levels. The two factors led to overambitious craving for information technology (IT) implementation and inadequate OAIR implementation success factors at the organisational level in the research contexts. They also led to conflicting IR implementation ideas and information at the individual level in the research contexts.

Research limitations/implications

The primary limitation of the research is the adoption of qualitative case study research method which makes its findings not generalisable. The study comprised only three Nigerian universities. However, the study provides plausible insights that explain how OAIR implementation barriers emanate at the organisational and individual levels due to two globalisation trends: easy access to ideas and information and easy movement of people across international boundaries.

Practical implications

The study points out the need for OAIR implementers to assess how easy access to information and ideas and easy movement of people across international boundaries influence the evolution of conflicting OAIR implementation ideas and information at the individual level, and overambitious craving for IT implementation and setting inadequate OAIR implementation success factors at the organisational level. The study extends views in past studies that propose that OAIR implementation barriers only emanate at organisational and individual levels, that is, only within universities involved in OAIR implementation and among individuals working in the universities.

Social implications

The study argues that OAIR implementation consists of three implementation levels: individual, organisational and global. It provides stakeholders with the information that there is a third OAIR implementation level.

Originality/value

Data validity, sample validity and novel findings are the hallmarks of the study's originality. Study data consist of first-hand experiences and information derived during participatory observation and in-depth interviews with research participants. The participants were purposively selected, given their participation in OAIR implementation in the research contexts. Study findings on the connections among global, organisational and individual OAIR implementation levels and how their relationships lead to OAIR implementation barriers are novel.

中文翻译：

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影响尼日利亚大学开放获取机构知识库实施因素的多层次分析

目的

该研究旨在确定新的开放获取机构知识库 (OAIR) 实施障碍并解释它们如何演变。它还旨在将理论见解扩展到信息技术 (IT) 实施文献中。

设计/方法/方法

本研究采用阐释哲学、归纳研究方法和定性案例研究方法。三所尼日利亚大学作为案例研究背景。采用非结构化深度访谈和参与式观察作为数据收集工具。使用专题数据分析技术分析收集到的定性数据。

发现

研究结果表明，在研究背景下，IR 实施障碍从全球、组织和个人实施层面演变而来。结果特别揭示了思想和信息的容易获取以及人员跨越国际边界的容易流动如何构成全球化趋势驱动的 OAIR 实施障碍，因为它们对组织和个人实施层面的 OAIR 实施活动有影响。这两个因素导致了对信息技术 (IT) 实施的过于雄心勃勃的渴望和研究背景下组织层面的 OAIR 实施成功因素不足。它们还导致了研究背景下个人层面上相互矛盾的 IR 实施理念和信息。

研究限制/影响

该研究的主要限制是采用定性案例研究方法，这使得其研究结果不具有普遍性。该研究仅包括三所尼日利亚大学。然而，该研究提供了合理的见解，解释了 OAIR 实施障碍如何由于两种全球化趋势而在组织和个人层面产生：思想和信息的轻松获取以及人员跨越国际边界的轻松流动。

实际影响

该研究指出，OAIR 实施者需要评估获取信息和想法的容易程度以及人们跨国际边界的轻松流动如何影响个人层面上相互冲突的 OAIR 实施想法和信息的演变，以及对 IT 实施和设置不足的过度渴望组织层面的 OAIR 实施成功因素。该研究扩展了过去研究中的观点，即 OAIR 实施障碍仅存在于组织和个人层面，即仅在参与 OAIR 实施的大学内部和在大学工作的个人之间。

社会影响

该研究认为，OAIR 实施包括三个实施级别：个人、组织和全球。它向利益相关者提供了存在第三个 OAIR 实施级别的信息。

原创性/价值

数据有效性、样本有效性和新发现是该研究原创性的标志。研究数据包括在参与式观察和与研究参与者的深入访谈期间获得的第一手经验和信息。考虑到参与者在研究背景下参与 OAIR 实施，他们是有目的地选择的。关于全球、组织和个人 OAIR 实施级别之间的联系以及它们的关系如何导致 OAIR 实施障碍的研究结果是新颖的。