Organizational Technology Adoption Framework:Wireless LAN 802.11x

摘要

Wireless LAN (WLAN) is a recent technology that has not been extensively studied in IS research discipline. The onlyrnavailable literature is mostly vendor reports that glorify the success story of WLAN implementation. The current studyrnattempts to fill this gap by undertaking a qualitative case study approach to investigate important WLAN adoption factors.rnBased on technology adoption constructs from previous studies, we propose a research model in an attempt to tailorrntechnology adoption theories to the context of WLAN deployment. In order to assess the research model, we interviewed fourrnWLAN equipped organizations. They belong to the four industry sectors that have a high WLAN rate (Cisco, 2003). Thernresults show both similarity and disparity to findings from previous IT/IS adoption literature. In particular, there is a salientrnadoption difference between non-profit organizations and commercial organizations. In the last two sections, we discuss thernimplications of the current study to both IS researchers and practitioners and make suggestions for promising avenues ofrnfuture WLAN research.