Analyzing ICT adoption and use effects on knowledge creation: An empirical investigation in SMEs

Authors:
Carolina Lopez-Nicolas;Pedro Soto-Acosta
Affiliations:
Management and Finance Department, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain;Management and Finance Department, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
Venue:
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Year:
2010

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Abstract

This paper investigates the influence of the adoption and use of information and communication technology (ICT) on organizational learning (OL). The focus is on knowledge, creation, as an articulated construct for the OL concept, and the SECI (Socialization, Externalization, Combination and Internalization) model is used as a reference for knowledge, creation. ICT use is seen here as consisting of three different orientations: informative, communicative and workflow. The results, based on a sample of around 300 Spanish small- and, medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), indicate that ICT has a significant positive influence on the, four processes for creating knowledge. ICT oriented to communication and workflow is found, to produce a significant positive impact on knowledge creation processes, except for, socialization process, while ICT use for information does not influence any of the processes for, creating knowledge and OL.