Influence of Organizational Arrangement and System Complexity on Adoption of Integrated Financial Management Information System by Uasin Gishu County Government, Kenya (Published)
Over the past decade, developing many countries has increasingly embarked on efforts to computerize their government operations, beginning especially with the public financial management (PFM). Among the most common systems implemented is the integrated financial management information system (IFMIS). The system computerizes and automates key aspects of budget execution and accounting operations across institutions of government. The study investigated factors affecting the implementation of IFMIS in Uasin Gishu County Government. Based on the study, this paper explores the effect of organizational arrangement and system complexity on successful implementation of IFMIS in Uasin Gishu County. The study employed a correlation research design. Stratified random sampling method was used to select 170 respondents from a target population of 566 County’s employees who used IFMIS. Data was collected by means of a questionnaire and was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of this study revealed that organization arrangement (β=.51, P-.000) had a significant effect on implementation of IFMIS in Uasin Gishu County. However, system complexity (β=.01, P-.000) had no significance effect on implementation of IFMIS. Therefore, the study recommended that the Uasin Gishu County government should embrace change of management since it enhances many positive benefits to an employee’s life, including a better greater job satisfaction, more autonomy, increased energy, creativity, motivation and morale. As work becomes more sophisticated and more technology-dependent, the importance of virtual teams will increase rapidly.
Keywords: Adoption, IFMIS, Integrated Financial Management Information System, Kenya, Organizational Arrangement, System Complexity, Uasin Gishu
An Application of Subjective Norm Construct and Consumer innovativeness on Adoption of New Mobile Phones among Students in Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti (Published)
This study examined the effect of subjective norm and consumer innovativeness on adoption of new mobile phones among students of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti. The study was based on Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour and Rogers’ theory of adoption. Data were obtained from a sample of 389 respondents out of a population 13,798 full-time undergraduate students of the institution using stratified random sampling technique. 380 copies of the structured questionnaire administered were duly completed and useable giving a 97.6% response rate. Multiple regression analysis was used to test the research hypothesis. The result showed that subjective norm and consumer innovativeness had a combined positive effect on adoption (0.782), subjective norm’s effect was 0.315 but it was insignificant (p > 0.05, p = 0.286); meaning that, subjective norm had no significant influence on adoption of mobile phones. The study concluded that students have the drive or are innovative in their quests to own new phones and this accounts for the high number of new phones usage on campuses. The study further revealed that they are not influenced by their friends or peers (subjective norm) in the acquisition of new phones. The study recommended that marketers and promoters of mobile phones must recognize the degree of innovativeness and eagerness among students to purchase novel phones out of their own freewill. They should package their marketing and promotion efforts to reflect the uniqueness of each customer, as students are not influenced by peers or friends in the adoption of new phones.
Keywords: Adoption, consumer innovativeness, subjective norm, theory of planned behaviour.