Adoption of software as a service : a fuzzy approach to ranking the determinants

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dc.contributor.author Barnard, Frans Hendrik
dc.contributor.author Van der Lingen, Elma
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-22T07:28:32Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-22T07:28:32Z
dc.date.issued 2022-12-14
dc.description.abstract ‘Software as a Service’ (SaaS) holds various benefits for organisations; however, SaaS solutions are not enjoying widespread adoption in South Africa. Hence, to improve the competitiveness of South African organisations, this study ranked SaaS adoption factors according to their influence on a SaaS adoption decision. This novel approach from a South African perspective implemented an integrated adoption model with the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP) with linguistic preference relations (LinPreRa). The top five adoption factors were found to be trust, relative advantage, security risk, complexity, and trialability. Implications for researchers, vendors, and end-users are also discussed. en_US
dc.description.abstract Sagteware as ’n Diens (SanD) hou verskeie voordele vir organisasies in maar geniet egter nie wydverspreide aanvaarding in Suid Afrika nie. Om die mededingendheid van Suid Afrikaanse organisasies te verbeter, het hierdie studie SanD aanvaardingsfaktore gegradeer volgens hul invloed op ’n SanD aanvaardingsbesluit. Hierdie nuwe benadering vanuit ’n Suid Afrikaanse perspektief het ’n geïntegreerde aanvaardingsmodel geïmplementeer met die vae analitiese hierargie proses met taalkundige voorkeurverhoudinge. Die navorsingsresultate dui die top vyf aanvaardingsfaktore aan as vertroue, relatiewe voordeel, veiligheidsrisiko, kompleksiteit en beproefbaarheid. Implikasies vir navorsers, verskaffers en eindgebruikers word ook bespreek. en_US
dc.description.department Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM) en_US
dc.description.librarian am2023 en_US
dc.description.uri http://sajie.journals.ac.za en_US
dc.identifier.citation Barnard, F.H. & Van der Lingen, E. 2022, 'Adoption of software as a service : a fuzzy approach to ranking the determinants', South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 32-46, doi : 10.7166/33-4-2639. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1012-277X (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2224-7890 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.7166/33-4-2639
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89746
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering en_US
dc.rights © 2022 Frans Hendrik Barnard, Elma Van der Lingen. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. en_US
dc.subject Benefits en_US
dc.subject Organisations en_US
dc.subject Voordele en_US
dc.subject Organisasies en_US
dc.subject Software as a service (SaaS) en_US
dc.subject Sagteware as ’n diens (SanD) en_US
dc.title Adoption of software as a service : a fuzzy approach to ranking the determinants en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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