Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 317-343Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2016.1
Keywords
user resistance; work routines; change management; work system theory; technology acceptance
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When implementing new information systems, organizations often face resistance behavior from employees who avoid or underutilize the system. We analyze the extent to which such user resistance behavior is explained by users' perceptions of the technology compared with their perceptions of work routines. We developed a research model based on work system theory and evaluated it using a study (N=106) of a human resources information system implementation in one organization. The results show that work routines are an object of resistance during IS implementations. We identify perceived usefulness and perceived ease of executing work routines as perceptions of work routines during an IS implementation that have a strong influence on user resistance behavior. In addition, our results show that the perceived ease of executing the work routines mediates the impact of perceived ease of use on user resistance behavior. In practice, our findings imply that interventions during IT implementations should focus on both the new technology and changing work routines.
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