What Factors Lead Companies to Adopt Social Media in their processes: Proposal and Test of a Measurement Model

The objective of this study was to understand which factors lead companies to use social media to achieve results. For that, a theoretical model was proposed and tested. Data was collected using a survey of 237 companies. In the analysis we analysis used...

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Autores principales: Jozé Braz de Araújo, Silvia Novaes Zilber
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8ef9581fbe80463fb69dba3bb3d421ca2021-11-11T15:48:06ZWhat Factors Lead Companies to Adopt Social Media in their processes: Proposal and Test of a Measurement Model1807-734Xhttps://doaj.org/article/8ef9581fbe80463fb69dba3bb3d421ca2016-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=123048011005https://doaj.org/toc/1807-734XThe objective of this study was to understand which factors lead companies to use social media to achieve results. For that, a theoretical model was proposed and tested. Data was collected using a survey of 237 companies. In the analysis we analysis used the structural eq uation modeling technique. The results show that the social media relative advantage and its observability were important factors to social media organizational adoption. We also found that big companies with more formalized organizational structure (OS) t end to adopt social media more than small ones with no formal OS. The companies studied showed strong organizational disposition for innovation adoption.Jozé Braz de AraújoSilvia Novaes ZilberFUCAPE Business Schoolarticlesocial mediainnovationsocial media organizational adoption modelBusinessHF5001-6182ENPTBBR: Brazilian Business Review, Vol 13, Iss 6, Pp 260-290 (2016)
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PT
topic social media
innovation
social media organizational adoption model
Business
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innovation
social media organizational adoption model
Business
HF5001-6182
Jozé Braz de Araújo
Silvia Novaes Zilber
What Factors Lead Companies to Adopt Social Media in their processes: Proposal and Test of a Measurement Model
description The objective of this study was to understand which factors lead companies to use social media to achieve results. For that, a theoretical model was proposed and tested. Data was collected using a survey of 237 companies. In the analysis we analysis used the structural eq uation modeling technique. The results show that the social media relative advantage and its observability were important factors to social media organizational adoption. We also found that big companies with more formalized organizational structure (OS) t end to adopt social media more than small ones with no formal OS. The companies studied showed strong organizational disposition for innovation adoption.
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Silvia Novaes Zilber
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title What Factors Lead Companies to Adopt Social Media in their processes: Proposal and Test of a Measurement Model
title_short What Factors Lead Companies to Adopt Social Media in their processes: Proposal and Test of a Measurement Model
title_full What Factors Lead Companies to Adopt Social Media in their processes: Proposal and Test of a Measurement Model
title_fullStr What Factors Lead Companies to Adopt Social Media in their processes: Proposal and Test of a Measurement Model
title_full_unstemmed What Factors Lead Companies to Adopt Social Media in their processes: Proposal and Test of a Measurement Model
title_sort what factors lead companies to adopt social media in their processes: proposal and test of a measurement model
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