Autor: |
Fu, Jiawei Sophia, Shumate, Michelle, Contractor, Noshir |
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Journal of Communication; Aug2020, Vol. 70 Issue 4, p497-521, 25p, 2 Diagrams, 2 Charts |
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This study examines the processes of complex innovation adoption in an interorganizational system. It distinguishes the innovation adoption mechanisms of organizational-decision-makers (ODMs), who make authority adoption decisions on behalf of an organization, from individual-decision-makers (IDMs), who make optional innovation decisions in their own work practice. Drawing on the Theory of Reasoned Action and Social Information Processing Theory, we propose and test a theoretical model of interorganizational social influence. We surveyed government health-care workers, whose advice networks mostly span organizational boundaries, across 1,849 state health agencies in Bihar, India. The collective attitudes of coworkers and advice network members influence health-care workers' attitudes and perceptions of social norms toward four types of innovations. However, individuals' decision-making authority moderates these relationships; advisors' attitudes have a greater influence on ODMs, while perceptions of social norms only influence IDMs. Notably, heterogeneity of advisors' and coworkers' attitudes negatively influence IDMs' evaluations of innovations but not ODMs'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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