What influences employees to use enterprise social networks? A socio-technical perspective

dark.contributor.authorChin, PYen_NZ
dark.contributor.authorEvans, Nen_NZ
dark.contributor.authorChoo, RKKen_NZ
dark.contributor.authorTan, FBen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-26T03:43:16Z
dc.date.available2015-08-26T03:43:16Z
dc.date.copyright2015-07-07en_NZ
dc.date.issued2015-07-07en_NZ
dc.description.abstractThe adoption of enterprise social network (ESN) for greater employee engagement and knowledge sharing practices within organisations is proliferating. However, ESN investments have thus far not resulted in expected gains in organisational benefits due to underutilisation by employees. Limited understanding of the implications of ESN use leads to a paucity of recommendations for effective use within an organisation. This research-in-progress paper seeks to determine the factors influencing the use of ESN among employees in a large Australian utility organisation, with the aim of contributing to a practical understanding of the key success factors of the use of this new workplace social platform. Our preliminary findings indicated that the employees’ ESN behaviour tends to be influenced by socio-technical factors, including technological (i.e. platform and content quality), organisational (i.e. top management support and ESN facilitating conditions), social (i.e. critical mass and communication climate), individual (i.e. perceived benefits, knowledge self-efficacy and time commitment) and task (i.e. task characteristics) factors. This paper concludes that a successful implementation of ESN in an organisation involves the nexus between these five factors and provides several recommendations about how ESN use can be enhanced.
dc.identifier.citationPACIS 2015 Proceedings. Paper 54. http://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2015/54en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/9024
dc.publisherAssociation for Information Systems (AIS)
dc.relation.urihttp://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2015/54
dc.rightsCopyright © 2015 Association for Information Systems (AIS) http://aisel.aisnet.org. All rights reserved. NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in (see Citation). The original publication is available at (see Publisher's Version).
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.titleWhat influences employees to use enterprise social networks? A socio-technical perspectiveen_NZ
dc.typeConference Contribution
pubs.elements-id188279
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pubs.organisational-data/AUT/Business & Law
pubs.organisational-data/AUT/Business & Law/Business Information System
pubs.organisational-data/AUT/Business & Law/Business Information System/BIS PBRF 2012
pubs.organisational-data/AUT/Business & Law/NZWRI - NZ Work Research Institute
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