Understanding the Nature of Use Regarding System Development and Management Methodologies -- Using Psychoanalysis to Understand the Influences of Methodology Attributes

Despite the overwhelming advantages of using system development methodologies (SDMs), organizations are rarely able to motivate their staff to use them. Even when employees use these methodologies, the question regarding the nature of their use remains, i.e. how are they using them? To better understand the way employees use SDMs, we conceptualize usage into three distinct constructs: committed, compliant, and resistant use. Applying a diffusion of innovations perspective, we develop and test conceptual models using the structural equation modeling technique, based on a sample size of 1474 participants, to examine how attributes of an SDM (relative advantage, complexity, compatibility, and image) influence employees´ usage behavior.