Technology Adoption and Diffusion: A New Application of the UTAUT Model
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Diffusion of innovation is a key challenge for organizations; it brings social change that alters a system's structure and how it operates. Most of the studies in this area have focused on the information and communication technologies sector (ICT). In this paper, we have sought to understand the acceptance and use of wood-based technology in the non-residential construction sector. For this purpose, we conducted a web survey of 28 engineers in Quebec's construction industry. Upon examining the survey results using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) theory, we have proposed a conceptual framework specific to the use of wood in non-residential construction and identified the main similarities and differences according to the basic UTAUT model. We have also identified some constraints regarding the use of wood-based technology.
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Facilitating conditions is a direct predictor of actual use.
“It is, nonetheless, also evident that facilitating conditions is a direct predictor of actual use [47,53].”
From A Study of the Adoption and Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): Identification of Moderators and Mediator (2020) · cites this paper as [47]
Other streams of studies reported no significant influence of facilitating conditions on the intention to use a technology.
“it is also documented that other streams of studies reported no significant influence of facilitating conditions on the intention to use a technology [47,48,66].”
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Essential others' pressure and expectation have a significant influence on the adoption of ERP.
“Thus, the existing literature posits that essential others' pressure and expectation will have a significant influence on the adoption of ERP [43,44,47,67].”
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“Additionally, numerous papers were advocated with the addition or elimination or combination of theories into an integrated model for exploring their similarities and dissimilarities [47].”
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- Authors
- Barrane, F. Z., Karuranga, G. E., & Poulin, D.
- Affiliations
- Qatar University (QA)
- University of Kibungo, Rwanda
- Université Laval (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Barrane, Fatima Zahra
- Venue
- International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management
- Publisher
- World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd
- Published
- 2018-12
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 06
- Pages
- 1950004
- ISSN
- 0219-8770 (ISSN-L)
- 1793-6950
- OpenAlex
- W2803553185
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4
- FWCI
- 4.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Qatar University QSpace (Qatar University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Keywords
- technology adoption, diffusion of innovations, UTAUT, non-residential construction, construction engineers, technology acceptance, conceptual framework
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