Towards an effective KMS usages: The role of socio-technical antecedents in the building of autonomous motivation to use

Author

Oyefolahan, Ishaq O. ; Dominic, P.D.D. ; Karim, Nor Shahriza Abdul

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Univ. Teknol. PETRONAS, Tronoh, Malaysia

Volume

1

fYear

2012

fDate

12-14 June 2012

Firstpage

89

Lastpage

93

Abstract

The willingness of Knowledge Management System (KMS) users to use the systems has been mentioned as one of the major factors determining effectiveness in the system´s usage. Therefore, the development of autonomous (personal or volitional) motivation towards KMS use is conceptualized in this study to be dependent on factors inherent in the system and the cultural values that dominate the system´s (KMS) environment. By relying on 306 responses from KMS users, linkage quality and knowledge richness of KMS are two characteristics found to be major predictors of autonomous motivation to use the systems, while cultural values for innovativeness also plays prominent role in developing autonomous motivation to system use. In retrospect, the developed autonomous motivation to use was found to be a high predictor of KMS usage.

Keywords

human factors; knowledge management; social aspects of automation; KMS users; autonomous motivation; cultural values; effective KMS usages; knowledge management system; knowledge richness; linkage quality; personal motivation; sociotechnical antecedents; volitional motivation; Computers; Information science; Autonomous Motivation; Culture; KMS Use; Knowledge Management Systems; Socio-Technical Antecedents;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer & Information Science (ICCIS), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpeu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1937-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCISci.2012.6297218

Filename

6297218