Abstract
The objective of this study was to fill the knowledge gap through analyzing the influence and linkage of buyers’-suppliers’ attitude towards e-procurement adoption in developing countries, Tanzania in particular. This study was guided by Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology and the Technology, Organization and Environment model. The study adopted cross-sectional survey research design. The study also used non-probability (purposive) sampling and probability (stratified) sampling techniques. Sample size was 157. Questionnaires and documentary review were used for data collection. The collected data were analysed by using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling with the help of SmartPLS 3 software. Findings reveal that buyers’-suppliers’ attitude has direct influence and links the performance expectancy, relative advantage and legal framework towards e-procurement adoption in public sector. The findings and recommendations of this study are anticipated to improve the adoption of e-procurement in developing countries, Tanzania in particular.
Highlights
1.1 Overview and Problem Setting Jeptoo and Karanja (2017) emphasize that the public sector organizations which adopted eprocurement system have been able to increase efficiency, transparency, save operations/administration cost and reduce corruption in public services
The findings revealed negative path coefficient which meant that an increase in one standard deviation of the legal framework translated into decrease of the rate of Tanzania National eProcurement System (TANePS) adoption and it was found statistically insignificant implying that, the relationship does not exist in real life this direct relationship does not influence procurement experts’ and suppliers’ decisions to adopt and use TANePS
The findings revealed positive path coefficients which meant that an increase in one standard deviation of the legal framework translated into increase of the rate of TANePS adoption and it was found statistically very significant (p-value was < 0.05) which meant the indirect relationships exist in real life
Summary
1.1 Overview and Problem Setting Jeptoo and Karanja (2017) emphasize that the public sector organizations which adopted eprocurement system have been able to increase efficiency, transparency, save operations/administration cost and reduce corruption in public services. Despite the benefits that could be achieved from a successful e-procurement implementation in the public sector and its positive performance, some buyers and suppliers have been waving to adopt eprocurement system due to various insights (Basheka et al, 2012; Mujtaba, 2014; Latif, 2014). 326 (30.9 per cent) of the trained suppliers for piloting the Tanzania National eProcurement System (TANePS) adoption in the country were reluctant to register in system due to diverse insights on the new public procurement system (URT, 2018). 63.4 percent of the selected procuring entities for piloting TANePS were found not implementing the system during the financial year 2018/2019 regardless of the trainings attended by procurement officers from selected entities (URT, 2019).
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