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

dc.contributor.authorBarnard, Frans Hendrik
dc.contributor.authorVan der Lingen, Elma
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-22T07:28:32Z
dc.date.available2023-02-22T07:28:32Z
dc.date.issued2022-12-14
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.abstractSagteware 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.departmentGraduate School of Technology Management (GSTM)en_US
dc.description.librarianam2023en_US
dc.description.urihttp://sajie.journals.ac.zaen_US
dc.identifier.citationBarnard, 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.issn1012-277X (print)
dc.identifier.issn2224-7890 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.7166/33-4-2639
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89746
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSouthern African Institute for Industrial Engineeringen_US
dc.rights© 2022 Frans Hendrik Barnard, Elma Van der Lingen. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.en_US
dc.subjectBenefitsen_US
dc.subjectOrganisationsen_US
dc.subjectVoordeleen_US
dc.subjectOrganisasiesen_US
dc.subjectSoftware as a service (SaaS)en_US
dc.subjectSagteware as ’n diens (SanD)en_US
dc.titleAdoption of software as a service : a fuzzy approach to ranking the determinantsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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