Abstract
Orientation: Enterprise resource systems have not always led to significant organisational enhancement and many projects in which these systems have been implemented turn out to be over budget, not on time and unsuccessful.Research purpose: The aim of this study was to test the technology acceptance model within a South African SAP® Enterprise Resource Planning user environment.Motivation for the study: No study could be traced in which the technology acceptance model has been evaluated in the South African context.Research approach, design and method: A cross-sectional survey design was used. The 23-item Technology Acceptance Model Questionnaire was deployed amongst SAP® Enterprise Resource Planning users (N = 241). Main findings: The results confirmed significant paths from perceived usefulness of the information system to attitudes towards and behavioural intentions to use it. Furthermore, behavioural intention to use the system predicted actual use thereof. Perceived ease of use indirectly affected attitudes towards and behavioural intentions to use via perceived usefulness of the information system.Practical/managerial implications: Practitioners should build user confidence by ensuring the ease of use of a new system, providing relevant education, training and guidance and reiterating its usefulness and future added value to the user’s job and career.Contribution/value-add: This study contributes to scientific knowledge regarding the influence of individuals’ perceptions of information system usage on their attitudes, behavioural intentions and actual use of such a system.
Highlights
Business organisations are constantly looking for ways to gain an advantage over their competitors (Beyleveld & Schurink, 2005; Castaneda & Toulson, 2013)
Structural equation modelling demonstrated that top management support strongly and positively affects computer self-efficacy (CSE), perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (PEOU)
CSE had an insignificant effect on Perceived Usefulness (PU), but was found to directly influence Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU)
Summary
Business organisations are constantly looking for ways to gain an advantage over their competitors (Beyleveld & Schurink, 2005; Castaneda & Toulson, 2013). Their focus was on producing as much as possible without considering exact demand (Turner & Chung, 2005). One way of achieving this is by employing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. An ERP system is a mandatory, integrated, customised, packaged software-based system that handles most of the system requirements in all business operational functions such as finance, human resources, manufacturing, sales and marketing (Wua, Onga & Hsub, 2008). Expectations from ERP systems are high, these systems have not always led to significant organisational enhancement (Soh, Kien & Tay-Yap, 2000) and most ERP projects turn out to be over budget, not on time and unsuccessful (Abugabah & Sanzogni, 2010; Hong & Kim, 2002; Kumar, Maheshwari & Kumar, 2003)
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