The Relationship between Acceptance of Information Technology and Employees’ Creativity in Isfahan Steel Mill Company

Subject Areas : Infomartion Technology

Mahboobeh Golestani Zadeh ¹ (M.A. in Informational Management Systems, Khorasegan (Isfahan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran)
Badri Shahtalebi ² (Assisstant Professor of Management Department, Khorasegan (Isfahan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran)
Akbar Etebarian ³ (Assisstant Professor of Management Department, Khorasegan (Isfahan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran)

Received: 2014-09-15 Accepted : 2014-11-04 Published : 2015-08-01

Keywords: perceived usefulness, accepting information technology, employees’ creativity, external variables,

Abstract :

The present research analyzed the relationship between acceptance of information technology and employees’ creativity in Isfahan Steel Mill Company using descriptive correlational approach. Statistical population was all 800 employees in administrative sections of the company. 259 people were chosen as the study sample using convenience sampling method and Cochran's sample size formula. To collect data, two researcher-made questionnaires of acceptance of information technology by using the dimensions of Davis Model (1989) and the adjusted questionnaire of Randcip’s organizational creativity (1979) were used. Also, the content validity and reliability were estimated and confirmed. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between acceptance of information technology and employees’ creativity (r =0.577, P <0.01). According to stepwise regression conducted, among the variables of acceptance of information technology, the best predictor of employees’ creativity in the first step was external variables and in the second step was perceived usefulness. 

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