Effects of learning capacity and knowledge base on executive decision formation for IT adoption: an empirical study of small and medium-sized organizations

This paper investigates the influence of organizational knowledge resource and learning capacity on the assimilation of information technology in small business context. We propose that in small business context organizational assimilation of new technology is dependent on the top executives’ decision to adopt the technology, which in turn is affected by their attitudes toward the technology. A survey methodology was used. Our empirical study Wang, Teo, Wei, Sia and Lee Organizational Learning and Knowledge Base in IT adoption 1 validates that top executives’ attitudes toward an information technology innovation mediate the influence of organizational learning capacity and knowledge resource on top executives’ adoption intention. The study has important implications for the research of technological advancement of small businesses. It also sheds some light on the research of organizational learning and information technology diffusion.