Drivers of Adoption and Continued Use of E-Procurement Systems: Empirical Evidence from China

ABSTRACT

This article develops and empirically tests a research framework that models the role of technological, organizational, and environmental factors in organizational intention toward using e-procurement systems. The partial least square analysis of survey data from 211 firms in China demonstrates that technological factors including perceived efficiency benefits and perceived ease, organizational factors including business to business commerce expertise, information sharing culture, and top management support, and an environmental factor, business partner pressure, shape in different ways organizational intention to adopt and to continue with e-procurement. The findings of the study not only offer valuable insights for stimulating the diffusion of e-procurement systems but also provide important guidance to systems vendors in strategizing their marketing campaigns and focusing limited resources on relevant strategic components.

Keywords:

• adoption
• continued use
• e-procurement
• PLS
• technology-environment-organization

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Notes on contributors

Xiaolin Li

Xiaolin Li is an associate professor of e-Business and Technology Management with the College of Business and Economics at Towson University. He earned a PhD in Management Systems from Kent State University. Dr. Li’s current research emphases are the adoption, continuation, and valuation of technological innovations and buyer-supplier relationships. His research papers have been published in Information Systems Research, Decision Sciences, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of Computer Information Systems, and Journal of Information Systems Education, among others. Dr. Li was recognized at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Decision Science Institute with the Distinguished Research Paper Award (in innovative education track). He also received an “Honorable Mention Award” from at the 2006 Midwest DSI Annual Conference. In 2012, Dr. Li received College of Business and Economics’ Outstanding Scholarship Award.

Sharma Pillutla

Sharma Pillutla is chair of the Department of e-Business and Technology Management at Towson University. Dr. Pillutla’s primary fields of teaching and research are operations management, information technology, and their interface. He is a two-time technology fellow for Towson’s Center for Instructional Advancement and Technology. Professor Pillutla has published research in such journals as Decision Support Systems, Journal of Operations Management, International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences, Developments in Business Simulation and Experiential Learning, and Simulation and Gaming.

Huaming Zhou

Huaming Zhou is an associate professor in the Dongwu Business School of Soochow University. His main research interests are management of technology, operations management, and supply chain management. His research has been published in the International Journal of Applied Management Science and the International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, among other venues.

Dong-Qing Yao

Dong-Qing Yao is a professor in the College of Business and Economics at Towson University. His research interests are in supply chain management. His research papers have been accepted for publication is in such journals as Decision Science, IIE Transactions, OMEGA, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of the Operational Research Society, European Journal of Operational Research, and Computers and Industrial Engineering.