Collaboration software adoption: Factors affecting adoption of collaboration software in organizations
Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Objectives of the Study\nThe objective of the study was to find out what kind of factors was influencing the adoption of\ncollaboration software. The study included two different social groups that were examined and\ncompared with each other. The first group was formed by young university and high school\nstudents, the other was professionals working in the IT-industry. The different possible factors\nwere also compared with each other to see which one had a larger effect. A case study of moving\naway from email in order to use other types of collaboration software was taken to illustrate the\ntransfer of one system to another.\n\nMethodology\nA theoretical model was built based on the literature review. The theoretical model consisted of\nfour different factors, constructs that were affecting the adoption of collaboration software. The\nempirical data was collected in December 2012 by conducting a web-based questionnaire for the\ntwo groups in question, and it gathered a total of 109 responses. The data was analyzed with\nquantitative statistical methods; more precisely the method chosen was partial least squares\nanalysis (PLS).\n\nFindings and conclusions\nFrom the four factors ease of use and usefulness of email seemed to have the largest effect\ntowards adopting other collaboration software. Also the attitudes towards technology usage had a\nsignificant effect with the group of professionals. Social norms in the other hand couldn't be\nbacked up with the data extracted.
Source: Aaltodoc (Aalto University)
Author: Sakari Ikäläinen
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2599113471