An investigation of user-led system design: rational and political perspectives
Communications of the ACM - Special section on management of information systems
Power, politics, and MIS implementation
Communications of the ACM
The status of helpdesk support
Communications of the ACM - Internet abuse in the workplace and Game engines in scientific research
The Illusory Diffusion of Innovation: An Examination of Assimilation Gaps
Information Systems Research
Modeling use of enterprise resource planning systems: a path analytic study
European Journal of Information Systems
A Relational View of Information Seeking and Learning in Social Networks
Management Science
Knowledge Reuse for Innovation
Management Science
Politics and the function of power in a case study of IT implementation
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Information technology and IT organizational impact
Reconceptualizing System Usage: An Approach and Empirical Test
Information Systems Research
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
The impact of online social networking on learning: a social integration perspective
International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations
The role of psychological traits and social factors in using new mobile communication services
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
IS Avoidance in Health-Care Groups: A Multilevel Investigation
Information Systems Research
Information Systems Research
Modelling user participation in organisations as networks
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Creativity in Dyads: the role of closeness and media multiplexity
Proceedings of the 50th annual conference on Computers and People Research
Group-level effects of facilitating conditions on individual acceptance of information systems
Information Technology and Management - Special issue on New Theories and Methods for Technology Adoption Research
Conceptual modeling of cardinality constraints in social publishing
International Journal of Intelligent Systems
Predicting users' return to virtual worlds: a social perspective
Information Systems Journal
International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics
Incremental Experts: How Much Knowledge Does a Team Need?
International Journal of Knowledge Management
A Preliminary Classification of Usage Measures in Information System Acceptance: A Q-Sort Approach
International Journal of Technology Diffusion
Conceptualizing means-end chains of user goals as networks
Information and Management
Using social software for enhancing IS talents' e-learning motivation
Proceedings of the 2013 annual conference on Computers and people research
The adoption of gamification in e-banking
Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Information Systems and Design of Communication
Actors' misaligned interests to explain the low impact of an information system - A case study
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
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Prior research has extensively studied individual adoption and use of information systems, primarily using beliefs as predictors of behavioral intention to use a system that in turn predicts system use. We propose a model of acceptance with peer support (MAPS) that integrates prior individual-level research with social networks constructs. We argue that an individual's embeddedness in the social network of the organizational unit implementing a new information system can enhance our understanding of technology use. An individual's coworkers can be important sources of help in overcoming knowledge barriers constraining use of a complex system, and such interactions with others can determine an employee's ability to influence eventual system configuration and features. We incorporate network density (reflecting "get-help" ties for an employee) and network centrality (reflecting "give-help" ties for an employee), drawn from prior social network research, as key predictors of system use. Further, we conceptualize valued network density and valued network centrality, both of which take into account ties to those with relevant system-related information, knowledge, and resources, and employ them as additional predictors. We suggest that these constructs together are coping and influencing pathways by which they have an effect on system use. We conducted a 3-month long study of 87 employees in one business unit in an organization. The results confirmed our theory that social network constructs can significantly enhance our understanding of system use over and above predictors from prior individual-level adoption research.