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Factors Affecting the Use of Information Technology in Thai Agricultural Cooperatives: A Work in Progress
Author(s) -
Chieochan O.,
Lindley D.,
Dunn T.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the electronic journal of information systems in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.41
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 1681-4835
DOI - 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2000.tb00008.x
Subject(s) - business , work (physics) , agriculture , politics , knowledge management , information technology , organizational structure , organizational culture , work environment , marketing , industrial organization , public relations , management , business administration , engineering , political science , economics , work performance , computer science , mechanical engineering , ecology , law , biology
This paper describes work in progress studying factors affecting the use of information technology in Thai agricultural cooperatives. Factors in the internal and external environment of organizations are considered. Factors from the internal environment are divided into 2 groups: characteristics of managers of Thai agricultural cooperatives (i.e. attitude towards adoption of IT, IT knowledge, and innovation), and organizational characteristics (i.e. business size, organizational structure, and organizational culture). General factors from the external environment are political, economic, social, and infrastructure. Methodology and its development are also described.