Cheon-Pyo Lee

An exploratory study of radio frequency identification (RFID) adoption in the healthcare industry

This study examines the radio frequency identification (RFID) adoption decision process and proposes a model predicting the likelihood of adopting RFID within organizations in the healthcare industry. A considerable number of studies have been conducted regarding organizational information technology (IT) adoption, but the nature of the organizational IT adoption process is still not well understood. Especially, although there are a number of variables and categories that have been found empirically to be related to adoption behavior, there is little in the way of evidence to suggest the origin or motivation behind the adoption. Thus, this study investigates the underlying motivations and driving forces behind the adoption of RFID using the theory of technology-push and need-pull. In this study, an organizational RFID adoption model is proposed and empirically tested by a survey using a sample of 126 senior executives in U.S. hospitals. The model posits that three categories of factors, technology push, need pull, and presence of champions, determine the likelihood of adopting RFID within organizations. This study also found that the relationships between those three categories and the likelihood of adopting RFID are strengthened or weakened by organizational readiness.

Information Resource Management Global Challenges

Managing information and communication technology (ICT) on a global scale has brought us a number challenges as well as opportunities. Among these challenges are cultural differences in the use of ICT, a multicultural workforce, and organizational designs that involve global virtual teams. Information Resource Management Global Challenges, edited by Wai K. Law, provides a broadband perspective to the challenges of managing information resources, especially for user-centered information development efforts. (p. X) This book is comprised of five sections with a total collection of 18 chapters, and each chapter discusses the key issues in the global information resource management.