Toward an Understanding of Innovation Adoption: An Empirical Application of the Theoretical Contributions of Downs and Mohr

摘要

The instability of findings in innovative research with regard to complex organizations is investigated. Factors identified by Downs and Mohr as the possible causes of this instability and their methodological prescriptions toward the development of an integrative theory are examined. The factors are (1) variation among primary attributes; (2) interaction; (3) ecological inferences; and (4) varying operationalizations of innovation.