Understanding the Influence of Team Climate on IT Use

Huigang Liang East Carolina University [email protected] Yajiong Xue East Carolina University [email protected] Weiling Ke Clarkson University [email protected] This article contributes to the technology acceptance literature by providing an enriched understanding about how team climate for innovation affects end users’ IT use. Empirical data collected from 103 physicians shows that team climate significantly affects the use of a computerized physician order entry system through the mediation of performance expectancy and facilitating conditions. Team climate also affects users’ subjective norm, yet subjective norm is not found to have a significant impact on IT use. Our findings confirm the importance of users’ proximal social network in voluntary settings, demonstrating that team climate influences IT use behaviors by changing users’ cognitive perceptions rather than their normative beliefs. Keyword: team climate for innovation, social influence, internalization, proximal social network, physician, IT use Vol. 11 Issue 8 pp. 414-432 August 2010 Understanding the Influence of Team Climate on IT Use* * Michael Wade was the accepting senior editor. This was submitted on June 12, 2009 and went through two revisions. Kwok Kee Wei City University of Hong Kong [email protected]