A meta-analysis of relationships between organizational characteristics and IT innovation adoption in organizations

Authors:
Mumtaz Abdul Hameed;Steve Counsell;Stephen Swift
Affiliations:
Department of Information Systems and Computing, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, UK;Department of Information Systems and Computing, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, UK;Department of Information Systems and Computing, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, UK
Venue:
Information and Management
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Adoption of IT in organizations is influenced by a wide range of factors in technology, organization, environment, and individuals. Researchers have identified several factors that either facilitate or hinder innovation adoption. Studies have produced inconsistent and contradictory outcomes. We performed a meta-analysis of ten organizational factors to determine their relative impact and strength. We aggregated their findings to determine the magnitude and direction of the relationship between organizational factors and IT innovation adoption. We found organizational readiness to be the most significant attribute and also found a moderately significant relationship between IT adoption and IS department size. Our study found weak significance of IS infrastructure, top management support, IT expertise, resources, and organizational size on IT adoption of technology while formalization, centralization, and product champion were found to be insignificant attributes. We also examined stage of innovation, type of innovation, type of organization, and size of organization as moderator conditions affecting the relationship between the organizational variables and IT adoption.