Abstract

Selecting the most appropriate research methodology for a study in the Information System (IS) field, is an ongoing concern. Particularly, to identify and justify choice of drivers influencing Successful IS Adoption (SISA) in public organizational environments from an extensive and convoluted pre-existing set and similar proposed related theoretical models remains an issue. On the other hand, due to a paucity of evidence of IS adoption studies in Latin America (LAT) organizations, with no evidence in Public Ecuadorian Organizations (PEOs), this is the focus case of this research. This paper accomplishes two objectives. First, it highlights the effectiveness of using a pluralistic methodology as a guiding methodology in complex IS adoption studies. Second, it identifies a refined list of candidate drivers of SISA in PEOs, for the construction of an adapted theory to measure SISA in different LAT contexts.

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Solorzano Alcivar, N.I., Sanzogni, L., & Houghton, L. (2016). A Pluralistic Methodology for a Refined Selection of Drivers Influencing Information System Adoption in Public Organizations: The Case of Ecuador. In J. Gołuchowski, M. Pańkowska, C. Barry, M. Lang, H. Linger, & C. Schneider (Eds.), Information Systems Development: Complexity in Information Systems Development (ISD2016 Proceedings). Katowice, Poland: University of Economics in Katowice. ISBN: 978-83-7875-307-0. http://aisel.aisnet.org/isd2014/proceedings2016/ISDMethodologies/2.

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A Pluralistic Methodology for a Refined Selection of Drivers Influencing Information System Adoption in Public Organizations: the Case for Ecuador

Selecting the most appropriate research methodology for a study in the Information System (IS) field, is an ongoing concern. Particularly, to identify and justify choice of drivers influencing Successful IS Adoption (SISA) in public organizational environments from an extensive and convoluted pre-existing set and similar proposed related theoretical models remains an issue. On the other hand, due to a paucity of evidence of IS adoption studies in Latin America (LAT) organizations, with no evidence in Public Ecuadorian Organizations (PEOs), this is the focus case of this research. This paper accomplishes two objectives. First, it highlights the effectiveness of using a pluralistic methodology as a guiding methodology in complex IS adoption studies. Second, it identifies a refined list of candidate drivers of SISA in PEOs, for the construction of an adapted theory to measure SISA in different LAT contexts.