Title
Examining the effects of social influence in pre-adoption phase and initial post-adoption phase in the healthcare context
Abstract
Despite the widespread adoption of healthcare information technology (HIT) in hospitals, fostering physicians’ acceptance of this system is a challenging task. This study focuses on and compares two critical phases for user acceptance of HIT, namely, pre-adoption phase and initial post-adoption phase. Based on the psychological attachment theory, we propose that social influence factors exert differentiated effects on physician acceptance of HIT in these two phases. Survey results show that reward, sanction, and informational influence affect physicians’ HIT acceptance in the pre-adoption phase, whereas reward and image are significantly associated with HIT acceptance in the initial post-adoption phase.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1016/j.im.2019.103195
Information & Management
Keywords
Field
DocType
Pre-adoption phase,Initial post-adoption phase,User acceptance,Social influence,Healthcare information technology
Health care,Social influence,Engineering,Healthcare information technology,Attachment theory,Marketing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
57
3
0378-7206
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zheng Lu136016.99
Tingru Cui272.39
Yu Tong3224.69
Wen Wang400.34