Understanding SaaS adoption from the perspective of organizational users: A tripod readiness model

Authors

Zhaojun Yang, Xidian University
Jun Sun, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Yali Zhang, Northwestern Polytechnic University
Ying Wang

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-2015

Abstract

As an innovation that revolutionizes application delivery based on cloud-computing, software-as-a-service (SaaS) has seen a tremendous growth during the last few years. However, its diffusion is not evenly distributed: some organizational users are open to SaaS but others are still hesitant despite the huge cost saving it may bring. The behavioral impacts of SaaS are far-reaching and the new socio-technical phenomenon deserves a close look. Based on the literature review, this study proposes a tripod model of SaaS Readiness that suggests that organizational users need to get prepared from technological, organizational and environmental aspects for the adoption of SaaS. The empirical results support that all three aspects are important for SaaS adoption yet their influences vary across psychological and overt outcome variables.

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Recommended Citation

Yang, Z., Sun, J., Zhang, Y. and Wang, Y., 2015. Understanding SaaS adoption from the perspective of organizational users: A tripod readiness model. Computers in Human Behavior, 45, pp.254-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.12.022

Publication Title

Computers in Human Behavior

DOI

10.1016/j.chb.2014.12.022