Factors Affecting E-Procurement Adoption in Iringa Medical Store Department

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to assess factors affecting electronic procurement adoption in Medical Store Department in Iringa Municipality. Specific objective of the study was to examine the effect of employee competence, technological features, and management support on electronic procurement adoption. A study employed a quantitative research approach with an explanatory cross-sectional design to explain the causal effect relationships between variables. The target population was 121 and a sample size of 93 employees of the Medical Store Department was contacted. Data were collected using a questionnaire, where respondents were picked using the probability random sampling technique. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics namely frequencies, percentages and mean, and multiple linear regression analysis to determine the influence of technological features, employee competence, and management support on the adoption of electronic procurement. Results show that regression analysis output confirmed that there is a significant positive relationship between technological features and e-procurement adoption as the p-value is 0.02, which is less than 0.05. Furthermore, the regression analysis output confirmed that there was a significant positive relationship between employee competence and e-procurement adoption as the p-value is 0.013, which is less than 0.05 and there is a significant positive relationship between management support and e-procurement adoption as the p-value is 0.029, which is less than 0.05. The study concludes that, technological features predominantly influence e-procurement adoption followed by employee competence while management support has the least influence. The study recommends that frequent training be offered to all employees who are users of electronic procurement in relevant IT skills,