A critique of diffusion theory as a managerial framework for understanding adoption of software engineering innovations

Effects of intra‐group conflict on packaged software development team performance

“…Other measures of software development team performance (such as perceived product quality and user satisfaction) tap less tangible, but no less crucial, aspects of software development (Bayer & Melone, 1989;Curtis, 1989;Delone & Mclean, 1992;Henderson & Lee, 1992). However, to be useful, perceptual measures should be assessed by people external to the development teams (stakeholders in this study) to avoid response bias (Seidler, 1974;Lee et al, 1991).…”

Successful IS innovation: the contingent contributions of innovation characteristics and implementation process

“…In addition, other implementation processes including organizational efforts in providing training, infrastructure, consulting and technical support services (Howard and Mendelow, 1991;Ramiller, 1994;Klein and Sorra, 1996), are related to successful implementation. Implementation process theory was developed, in part, in response to the perceived limitations of the innovation characteristics theory which was developed in a nonorganizational setting (Bayer and Melone, 1989). For instance, Tornatzky and Fleischer (1990) argue that two assumptions central to Rogers' diffusion of innovation theory (1962), namely the invariance of the innovation across the population of potential adopters and the homogeneity of potential adopters, do not hold in the case of innovation implementation.…”

The role of exogenous factors in technology acceptance: The case of object-oriented technology

“…Previous research has shown that individual, managerial, organizational, and environmental characteristics as well as personal perception of technology www.elsevier.com/locate/dsw Information & Management 43 (2006) [469][470][471][472][473][474][475][476][477][478][479][480] are important [7,33,44]. In TAM, these variables indirectly affect acceptance of technology through other mediating variables.…”