Understanding User Adaptation toward a New IT System in Organizations: A Social Network Perspective

• Main Authors: Wu, Yi, Choi, Ben, Guo, Xitong, Chang, Klarissa Ting-Ting
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Seeking-network Closure,; Giving-network Closure
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89211; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44827; http://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol18/iss11/2/
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Social networks can be a vital mechanism for users to adapt to changes induced by new IT systems in organizations. However, we do not adequately understand the effect of social networks on post-adoption IT use. Drawing on coping theory and the social network literature, we develop a cognitive-affect...