The Relationship between Technological Factors and Inter-Organizational Information Systems Adoption by Universities in Kenya

Authors

  • Stephen Waithaka Titus Kenyatta University
  • Tom Kimani Mburu Africa Economic Research Consortium
  • Julius Korir Kenyatta University
  • Stephen Waithaka Muathe Kenyatta University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18034/ei.v1i1.217

Keywords:

IOIS adoption, Technological factors, Universities in Kenya

Abstract

Kenya government, in collaboration with other stakeholders involved in enhancing teaching and research in the learning institutions have constructed a terrestrial fiber-optic network that connects most institutions of higher learning to enable them integrate their facilities for the purpose of sharing resources. Despite these efforts, adoption of Inter-Organization Information Systems (IOIS) by universities in Kenya is far from being realized. This creates the need of finding out the relationship between the IOIS technological factors and the IOIS adoption. This study filled this gap by analyzing IOIS technological determinants of IOIS adopting in the universities in Kenya, given the mixed results from empirical evidence on IOIS adoption generally. A logit regression procedure was used to analyze the collected data. Two factors were found to hinder the IOIS adoption, while one factor was found to motivate IOIS adoption.

 

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Author Biographies

Stephen Waithaka Titus, Kenyatta University

Lecturer, Communication and Information Technology Department, Kenyatta University, Kenya

Tom Kimani Mburu, Africa Economic Research Consortium

Manager, Training and Programs, Africa Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya

Julius Korir, Kenyatta University

Lecturer, Economics Department, Kenyatta University, Kenya

Stephen Waithaka Muathe, Kenyatta University

Lecturer, School of Business, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

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2013-06-22

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Titus, S. W., Mburu, T. K., Korir, J., & Muathe, S. W. (2013). The Relationship between Technological Factors and Inter-Organizational Information Systems Adoption by Universities in Kenya. Engineering International, 1(1), 49–61. https://doi.org/10.18034/ei.v1i1.217

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