Reconceptualizing innovation compatibility as organizational alignment in secondary IT adoption contexts: An investigation of software reuse infusion

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 756-775

  Kishore, Rajiv ^a   McLean, Ephraim R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infusion; Innovation adoption; Innovation compatibility; Innovation management; Organizational alignment (OA); Organizational aspects; Organizational fit; Post adoption behaviors; Secondary adoption behaviors; Sensemaking; Software reuse; Structuration; Technology acceptance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INNOVATION; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INNOVATION MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 36248953726     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2007.906849     Document Type: Article

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