Managers' and end-users' concerns on innovation implementation: A case of an ERP implementation in China

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand whether differences also exist between managers and end‐users regarding critical success factors (CSFs) of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems implementation in China as well as among the counterparts in US and Chinese companies.Design/methodology/approach – A pharmaceutical company in China that implemented an ERP system recently, similar to the one identified in Amoako‐Gyampah's study, is identified for this paper. A field survey accompanied by interview was used to collect data on seven CSFs that have been identified in the literature on technology acceptance and diffusion and that are consistent with Amoako‐Gyampah's study for comparison purposes.Findings – The results of this paper confirm the results of Amoako‐Gyampah's study, which demonstrates that significant differences of seven CSFs of the implementation of ERP systems do exist in the perception of managers and end‐users. It further shows that both managers and end‐users of Chinese com...

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