Abstract
PurposeThe purpose of this study was to establish a Technology-Organization-Personality model of secure software development (SSD) innovation assimilation at the level of individual motivation. The model identifies individual psychological motivation, which influences innovation assimilation intention and behavior. It constitutes an organizational management view of SSD innovation assimilation from individual psychological motivation perspective.Design/methodology/approachAn empirical study was employed to verify the assumption model. Semi-structured user interviews were conducted with some security experts to consult their advice and obtain the measurement scales. And questionnaires were circulated at a focus group meeting and among some software security professionals by email. Of 230 questionnaires that were answered, 215 could be used. IBM SPSS 19.0 and AMOS 17.0 were used alternately to analyze the data. Structural equation model was employed to verify the hypotheses of the model.FindingsResults reveal that two types of individual motivation can influence SSD innovation assimilation, namely, potential organization support and individual needs. Furthermore, absorption capability was found to play a regulated function in the transition of SSD assimilation intention to behavior.Originality/valueThe findings reveal how individual motivation plays an important role in promoting complex innovation assimilation. It fills the gap of the research on organizational assimilation behavior and individual motivation in the context of SSD complex innovation, and provides management of software development organization with empirically based conceptualization to guide their personnel incentive policymaking.
Highlights
Motivation is regarded as the internal motive force that influences the originator, direction and continuity of behavior (Deci et al, 1980)
We studied a Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework, dig down to find out potential psychological determinants and establish a Technology-Organization-Personality (TOP) model of secure software development (SSD) innovation assimilation from individual motivation perspective
From the perspective of individual characteristics, interest and fun, social needs, esteem needs and autonomy needs all have a positive significant influence on individual SSD assimilation innovation intention; social needs is the most important factor followed by esteem needs
Summary
Motivation is regarded as the internal motive force that influences the originator, direction and continuity of behavior (Deci et al, 1980). In the field of organizational behavior, motivation, as a verb, is called “encouragement” or “incentive”, that is, by stimulating and encouraging people to generate an internal driving force (Scott, 2005). Motivation is the intrinsic determinant of behavior (Davis et al, 2006). It can explain why people behave in Chinese Management Studies Vol 12 No 1, 2018 pp. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode
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