Graduation Year
2010
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Ph.D.
Degree Granting Department
Information Systems and Decision Sciences
Major Professor
Rosann Webb Collins, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Walter Nord, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Manish Agrawal, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Richard Will, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Donald Hardaway, Ph.D.
Keywords
Disruptive Technologies, Case Study
Abstract
This dissertation seeks to understand how organizations adopt a disruptive technology, open source software. Five cross-sectional case studies at municipal governments were performed using a theoretical model based off of eight organizational adoption theories. Results of the case studies highlight how each construct from each theory was present at the organizations. However each construct was of variable influence based upon organizational characteristics and the time or stage of adoption.
Scholar Commons Citation
Nagy, Delmer, "Understanding Organizational Adoption Theories Through the Adoption of a Disruptive Innovation: Five Cases of Open Source Software" (2010). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/3501
