The influence of technology, organizational and environmental factors on cloud computing adoption by Malaysian IT small and medium enterprises
Introduction: Malaysia’s adoption rate of cloud computing (CC) remains low, despite the Government ’s initiatives to create a digital economy and accelerate technology adoption. In this context, this research investigated the adoption of CC by Malaysian IT-based small and medium ent...
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| description | Introduction: Malaysia’s adoption rate of cloud computing (CC) remains low, despite the Government ’s initiatives to create a digital economy and accelerate technology adoption. In this context, this research investigated the adoption of CC by Malaysian IT-based small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. Based on the literature, the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework was considered appropriate for this study with the incorporation of the variables of the organizational context (OC), environmental context (EC), cloud computing risks (CCR) for the SMEs’ adoption of cloud computing (A). Methodology: A quantitative approach, with a web survey, was used to analyse the factors that influence the adoption of CC by SMEs.The targeted population comprised Malaysian IT-SMEs in the Klang Valley.300 questionnaires were di stributed, and the responserate was 57% translating to 170 usable and complete questionnaires. Partial Least Square – Structured Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyse the data. Findings and discussion: The findings from the statistical analysis revealed that both the organizational and environmental contexts significantly influence the SMEs’ CC adoption.While there was a similar result for CC risks, it however indicated a negative influence towards CC adoption.Conclusion and recommendations: The research findings provide for a great erunderstanding of the important factors for the adoption of CC by the IT SMEs.The findings extend the body of knowledge, particul arly to SMEs owners and managers, on the factors that influence the adoption of CC technology and the recommendations offered can lead to increasing the adoption rate by Malaysian IT SMEs. |
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| spelling | upm-825262021-08-07T23:54:49Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82526/ The influence of technology, organizational and environmental factors on cloud computing adoption by Malaysian IT small and medium enterprises Jayaram, Vickneshwaran Mahomed, Anuar Shah Bali Munusamy, Jayaraman Introduction: Malaysia’s adoption rate of cloud computing (CC) remains low, despite the Government ’s initiatives to create a digital economy and accelerate technology adoption. In this context, this research investigated the adoption of CC by Malaysian IT-based small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. Based on the literature, the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework was considered appropriate for this study with the incorporation of the variables of the organizational context (OC), environmental context (EC), cloud computing risks (CCR) for the SMEs’ adoption of cloud computing (A). Methodology: A quantitative approach, with a web survey, was used to analyse the factors that influence the adoption of CC by SMEs.The targeted population comprised Malaysian IT-SMEs in the Klang Valley.300 questionnaires were di stributed, and the responserate was 57% translating to 170 usable and complete questionnaires. Partial Least Square – Structured Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyse the data. Findings and discussion: The findings from the statistical analysis revealed that both the organizational and environmental contexts significantly influence the SMEs’ CC adoption.While there was a similar result for CC risks, it however indicated a negative influence towards CC adoption.Conclusion and recommendations: The research findings provide for a great erunderstanding of the important factors for the adoption of CC by the IT SMEs.The findings extend the body of knowledge, particul arly to SMEs owners and managers, on the factors that influence the adoption of CC technology and the recommendations offered can lead to increasing the adoption rate by Malaysian IT SMEs. City University Press 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82526/1/The%20influence%20of%20technology%2C%20organizational%20and%20environmental%20factors%20on%20cloud%20computing%20adoption%20by%20Malaysian%20IT%20small%20and%20medium%20enterprises.pdf Jayaram, Vickneshwaran and Mahomed, Anuar Shah Bali and Munusamy, Jayaraman (2019) The influence of technology, organizational and environmental factors on cloud computing adoption by Malaysian IT small and medium enterprises. City University eJournal of Academic Research, 1 (2). pp. 125-139. ISSN 2682-910X https://www.city.edu.my/CUeJAR/ |
| spellingShingle | Jayaram, Vickneshwaran Mahomed, Anuar Shah Bali Munusamy, Jayaraman The influence of technology, organizational and environmental factors on cloud computing adoption by Malaysian IT small and medium enterprises |
| title | The influence of technology, organizational and environmental factors on cloud computing adoption by Malaysian IT small and medium enterprises |
| title_full | The influence of technology, organizational and environmental factors on cloud computing adoption by Malaysian IT small and medium enterprises |
| title_fullStr | The influence of technology, organizational and environmental factors on cloud computing adoption by Malaysian IT small and medium enterprises |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of technology, organizational and environmental factors on cloud computing adoption by Malaysian IT small and medium enterprises |
| title_short | The influence of technology, organizational and environmental factors on cloud computing adoption by Malaysian IT small and medium enterprises |
| title_sort | influence of technology, organizational and environmental factors on cloud computing adoption by malaysian it small and medium enterprises |
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