Technology Adoption in Material Procurement: An Empirical Study Applying the UTAUT Model Among Construction Companies in India

IF 2.3 Q3 BUSINESS Global Business Review Pub Date : 2024-05-08 DOI:10.1177/09721509241244989
Amal Jishnu HM, Anjitha KB, Hareendrakumar VR
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The Indian construction industry faces many challenges, such as low productivity, project delays and a lack of professionalism. To remain competitive, construction companies must adopt innovative technologies to make their operations more efficient. In this context, the management of companies needs to understand employee attitudes and perceptions of technology adoption to make investment decisions for adopting new technologies. This study aims to assess the employees’ perceptions of e-procurement as part of technology adoption in the construction sector. The popular Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) framework was adapted to develop a study model with employee attitude added as a mediating variable. Data collected from 305 employees working in the materials departments of different private construction companies are analyzed using SPSS Amos, a covariance-based structural equation modelling (CBSEM) tool. The study results revealed the strength of the predictor variables in determining the predicted variable and the significant role of the mediating variable in shaping employee perceptions. The results can provide valuable information to the management of the construction companies about which factors promote the adoption and acceptance of digital technologies. This awareness is greatly helpful in changing or adjusting the situation to improve employee perceptions of accepting new technologies.
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材料采购中的技术采用:在印度建筑公司中应用UTAUT模型的实证研究
印度建筑业面临诸多挑战,如生产率低下、项目延误和缺乏专业性。为了保持竞争力,建筑公司必须采用创新技术来提高运营效率。在这种情况下,公司管理层需要了解员工对采用技术的态度和看法,以便做出采用新技术的投资决策。本研究旨在评估员工对电子采购的看法,这是建筑行业技术应用的一部分。研究采用了流行的技术接受与使用统一理论(UTAUT)框架来建立研究模型,并将员工态度作为中介变量。研究使用基于协方差的结构方程建模(CBSEM)工具 SPSS Amos 对从不同私营建筑公司材料部门收集到的 305 名员工的数据进行了分析。研究结果显示了预测变量对预测变量的决定作用,以及中介变量在塑造员工认知方面的重要作用。研究结果可为建筑公司管理层提供有价值的信息,使其了解哪些因素会促进数字技术的采用和接受。这种认识对于改变或调整情况,改善员工对接受新技术的看法大有帮助。
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期刊介绍: Global Business Review is designed to be a forum for the wider dissemination of current management and business practice and research drawn from around the globe but with an emphasis on Asian and Indian perspectives. An important feature is its cross-cultural and comparative approach. Multidisciplinary in nature and with a strong practical orientation, this refereed journal publishes surveys relating to and report significant developments in management practice drawn from business/commerce, the public and the private sector, and non-profit organisations. The journal also publishes articles which provide practical insights on doing business in India/Asia from local and global and macro and micro perspectives.
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