The contingent role of dependency in predicting the intention to adopt B2B e-commerce. Issue 4 (2nd October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Alsaad, Abdallah; Mohamad, Rosli; Ismail, Noor Azizi
• Is Part Of: Information technology for development. Volume 25:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 686
• Page End: 714
• Publication Date: 2019-10-02
• Subjects: B2B e-commerce -- innovation adoption -- dependency -- Resource Dependence Theory -- technology -- organization -- and environment framework -- Innovation Diffusion Theory -- Jordan; Information technology -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Electronic data processing -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; 004
• DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2018.1476830
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0268-1102

Abstract

ABSTRACT: A review of existing Electronic Commerce adoption literature reveals that the prevailing theoretical frameworks implicitly assume that organizations are independent and have complete control over their decisions to adopt innovations. Given the fact that organizations are often constrained by and depend on their environment and exchange partners to survive, this paper proposes that Resource Dependency can either be a facilitator or inhibitor of the role of Technological, Organizational, and Environmental (TOE) motivating factors. Using 239 valid responses from supply chain managers in Jordan, the study found partial support for the role of Resource Dependency as a moderator. The findings provide insights on how Resource Dependency between partners drives different patterns of innovation acceptance among potential adopters, regardless of several technological and organizational motivations to innovate. The results suggest that predicting how innovation is diffused within a market needs a detailed understanding of the inter-dependence structure among the supply chain members.