Title
A Grounded Theory Approach to Information Technology Adoption
Campus Units
Supply Chain and Information Systems
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Journal or Book Title
Communications of the Association for Information Systems
Volume
34
Issue
81
First Page
1379
Last Page
1407
DOI
10.17705/1CAIS.03481
Abstract
This study explores the nature of information technology adoption based on phenomena found in the real world. We selected the grounded theory method (GTM) for this study, which involved two sites located in the USA. and eight sites located in Taiwan. The results exemplify a multi-year, multi-site grounded theory approach to generating theory that helps explain information technology (IT) adoption in an organizational context. The core categories of the model are developed from, grounded on, and extracted from the data, and are casually linked into four adoption processes: motivation, solutions fit, values, and decision stage. The nature of the information technology adoption model could help researchers and practitioners understand that managers have one or more motivations, seek IT solutions to fulfill their motivations, evaluate IT solutions, and make decision after judging IT value. We also present an assessment of the theory, and discuss its relevance and directions for future research.
Copyright Owner
Communications of the Association for Information Systems
Copyright Date
2014
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Shiau, Wen-Lung and George, Joey F., "A Grounded Theory Approach to Information Technology Adoption" (2014). Supply Chain Management Publications. 65.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/scm_pubs/65
Comments
This article is published as Shiau, W., & George, J. F. (2014). A Grounded Theory Approach to Information Technology Adoption. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 34, pp-pp. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.03481.