Abstract
Background: As the use of mobile computing devices such as smartphones increase in developing countries, some employees in organisations prefer using their privately owned mobile devices for work purposes by following the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) practice. However, the actual factors that influence the adoption of this practice are limited.Aim: This study aimed to investigate the factors that positively influence the employee’s behavioural intention to adopt the BYOD practice in organisations.Setting: The focus of the study is workers in various industries in South Africa.Method: A model is proposed which extends components of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and the Use of Technology (UTAUT) model by certain elements of the ISO/IEC 27001 security standard and an organisational factor. It is a quantitative study. Through a snowball method, a sample of 130 South African workers participated in the study by completing an electronic survey where 106 valid responses were received.Results: The data analysis was conducted through the SPSS data analysis tool. The results revealed that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, awareness and training, and policy existence positively influence the behavioural intention to adopt the BYOD Practice.Conclusion: The outcome of this study will benefit practitioners considering the implementation of BYOD and also researchers seeking to expand the scope of existing technology adoption frameworks.
Highlights
As a tradition, organisations of different business practices have provided employees with the necessary business tools such as mobile computing devices to perform their jobs
Some organisations have adopted the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) practice. Employees use their privately owned devices out of convenience, which often leads to unreasonable expectations by employers for employees to stay available for work purposes even though it may come at a cost
The BYOD practice has over the years allowed for some flexibility, which allowed employees to use their privately owned devices for work purposes, whilst companies have been able to save some costs of acquiring computer assets (Romer 2014)
Summary
Organisations of different business practices have provided employees with the necessary business tools such as mobile computing devices to perform their jobs. This practice allowed organisations to retain ownership of mobile devices and the information contained therein, as information is regarded as a valuable asset by most organisations (Madzima, Moyo & Abdullah 2014). Organisations often struggled with the financial burden to acquire, insure, maintain and replace the computing devices For this reason, some organisations have adopted the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) practice. The actual factors that influence the adoption of this practice are limited
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