Factors Affecting the Adoption of Knowledge Management Technologies: A Discriminative Approach

The increasing importance of knowledge management has prompted many researchers to examine facets of this important topic. However, the nature of the variables influencing the adoption process is not well understood. This study surveyed IT executives to determine the relationship among organizational, environmental, and technological variables and the adoption of knowledge management technologies. The results suggest that organizations most receptive to knowledge management technologies view information technology as strategic to their organization, have experience with user-centric technologies, and a commitment to relatively high IT investment in the past.

[1]  A R Warner,et al.  Where the jobs are. , 1979, Imprint.

[2]  R. Zmud.  Diffusion of Modern Software Practices: Influence of Centralization and Formalization , 1982 .

[3]  R. Zmud.  An Examination of Push-Pull Theory Applied to Process Innovation in Knowledge Work , 1984 .

[4]  Louis Raymond,et al.  Organizational Characteristics and MIS Success in the Context of Small Business , 1985, MIS Q..

[5]  Leslie D. Ball,et al.  Identifying early adopters of large software systems , 1987, DATB.

[6]  Detmar W. Straub,et al.  Validating Instruments in MIS Research , 1989, MIS Q..

[7]  R. Zmud,et al.  Information technology implementation research: a technological diffusion approach , 1990 .

[8]  Vijay Gurbaxani,et al.  Diffusion in computing networks: the case of BITNET , 1990, Commun. ACM.

[9]  Rajiv Sabherwal,et al.  Towards a theory of strategic use of information resources: An inductive approach , 1991, Inf. Manag..

[10]  Moshe Zviran,et al.  A measure for determining the strategic relevance of IS to the organization , 1992, Inf. Manag..

[11]  Robert G. Fichman,et al.  International Conference on Information Systems ( ICIS ) 1992 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION : A REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH , 2017 .

[12]  C. James Bacon,et al.  The Use of Decision Criteria in Selecting Information Systems/Technology Investments , 1992, MIS Q..

[13]  Mary B. Alexander,et al.  The diffusion of database machines , 1992, DATB.

[14]  Dorothy Leonard-Barton,et al.  The case for integrative innovation: an expert system at Digital , 1993 .

[15]  Varun Grover,et al.  The Initiation, Adoption, and Implementation of Telecommunications Technologies in U.S. Organizations , 1993, J. Manag. Inf. Syst..

[16]  Jean-Paul A. Barthès,et al.  Knowledge Management , 1994, Encyclopedia of Database Systems.

[17]  Maris G. Martinsons.  Knowledge‐based systems leverage human resource management expertise , 1995 .

[18]  Vladimir Zwass,et al.  Actualizing Organizational Memory with Information Systems , 1995, Inf. Syst. Res..

[19]  Dominick L. Flarey,et al.  Managing in a Time of Great Change , 1996 .

[20]  Kar Yan Tam,et al.  Factors Affecting the Adoption of Open Systems: An Exploratory Study , 1997, MIS Q..

[21]  Nicholas S. Vonortas.  The Process of Technological Innovation , 1997 .

[22]  V. Lai,et al.  An assessment of the influence of organizational characteristics on information technology adoption decision: a discriminative approach , 1997 .

[23]  R. E. Miles,et al.  Some Conceptual and Research Barriers to the Utilization of Knowledge , 1998 .

[24]  Carla O'Dell,et al.  If Only We Knew What We Know: Identification and Transfer of Internal Best Practices , 1998 .

[25]  I. Nonaka,et al.  The Concept of “Ba”: Building a Foundation for Knowledge Creation , 1998 .

[26]  R. Ruggles.  The State of the Notion: Knowledge Management in Practice , 1998 .

[27]  J. Brown,et al.  Organizing Knowledge , 1998 .

[28]  G. Krogh.  Care in Knowledge Creation , 1998 .

[29]  Andrew C. Inkpen,et al.  Knowledge Management Processes and International Joint Ventures , 1998 .

[30]  Liam Fahey,et al.  The Eleven Deadliest Sins of Knowledge Management , 1998 .

[31]  M. J. Earl,et al.  What Is a Chief Knowledge Officer , 1999 .

[32]  James Y. L. Thong,et al.  An Integrated Model of Information Systems Adoption in Small Businesses , 1999, J. Manag. Inf. Syst..

[33]  Michael H. Zack,et al.  Developing a Knowledge Strategy , 1999 .

[34]  Michael H. Zack,et al.  Managing Codified Knowledge , 1999 .