Recent research suggests that there may be other, more granular factors that influence the adoption of innovations like cloud computing by organizations. In the current study, organizational adoption of cloud computing is investigated by examining specific aspects of the classical diffusion theory as they are framed in the context of the information processing paradigm. The authors argue that v...

How do organizational factors influence knowledge retention and storage within companies? In this study, we examine the influence of organizational structure on organizational memory. We are specifically interested in the effects of specialization and standardization—dimensions of the organizational structure—on organizational memory as conceptualized by Walsh and Ungson (1991) and Argote (2005...

background: a cross sectional study conducted to identify the organizational factors associated to the occupational stress among lecturers in selected community colleges, peninsular malaysia. methods: study was conducted by using cluster-sampling method and 189 self-administrated questionnaires were distributed. a validated malay version of job content questionnaire (jcq) was used to obtain the...

organizational forgetting is new concept that recently entered to organization and management literature and researchers attend to it. current research investigates the effect of organizational forgetting (intentional and accidental) on organizational learning process. research design is descriptive, survey and in terms of goal is applicable. data was gathered by means of researcher made questi...

BACKGROUND Technical, human, operational and organizational factors have been influencing the sequence of occupational accidents. Among them, organizational factors play a major role in causing occupational accidents. The aim of this research was to understand the Iranian safety experts' experiences and perception of organizational factors. METHODS This qualitative study was conducted in 2015...

deviant workplace behavior is referred to voluntary behavior that violates significant organizational norms and therefor threatens the well-being of the organization and its members. various kinds of these behaviors are recognized. in addition, many researches have been done regarding the relevant factors to these behaviors such as individual factors, group factors, leadership, managerial and o...

Big Data Solutions (BDS) refers to innovative solutions designed to perform searching, mining and analysis of high volume of data. While BDS is being actively adopted by pioneering and leading organizations due to its prospective benefits, many organizations are still divided on the need to adopt it. Security issues related to big data’s characteristics are among the hindering factors cited by ...

Knowledge transfer (KT) is an evolutionary process that requires embedding into and assistance from organizational culture. Since the determinants and influence path of KT regarding cultural change are not clear, this study designs a path model from organizational culture to KT through organizational characteristics. The findings demonstrate that the sociability factors of organizational cultur...