Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2023
DOI
10.3127/ajis.v27i0.3769
Publication Title
Australasian Journal of Information Systems
Volume
27
Pages
1-37
Abstract
Technology adoption is an important solution for physicians to increase work efficiency, and thus deal with role conflict among their multiple job roles. Prior studies have not investigated how multiple job roles and role conflict influence physicians’ technology adoption intentions. Based on role strain theory and role identity theory, we present a model of physicians’ technology adoption intentions to support their primary (clinical care) versus secondary (teaching or research) job roles. We test the model using surveys with 156 physicians at nine medical schools in Korea. The results of our data analysis largely support our hypotheses. Role overload in each of their job roles increases role conflict between any pair of associated roles. Furthermore, role conflict between a physician’s primary and secondary role is affected more by role overload in the secondary role than by overload in the primary role. Moreover, the impact of role conflict on technology adoption intentions is also influenced by the hierarchical relationship between two roles. This study contributes to technology adoption research by demonstrating how physicians’ job characteristics affect technology adoption.
Rights
Copyright © 2023 Eun Hee Park, Ghiyoung P. Im, Jing Zhang , Young Hwan Lee, Kyung Hee Chun, Young Soon Park
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Australia (CC BY-NC 3.0 AU) License, which permits noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and AJIS are credited.
Original Publication Citation
Park, E. H., Im, G. P., Zhang, J., Lee, Y. H., Chun, K. H., & Park, Y. S. (2023). The impacts of role overload and role conflict on physicians’ technology adoption. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 27, 1-37. https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v27i0.3769
Repository Citation
Park, Eun Hee; Im, Ghiyoung P.; Zhang, Jing; Lee, Young Hwan; Chun, Kyung Hee; and Park, Young Soon, "The Impacts of Role Overload and Role Conflict on Physicians' Technology Adoption" (2023). Information Technology & Decision Sciences Faculty Publications. 87.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/itds_facpubs/87
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