AN EMPIRICAL-INVESTIGATION ON FACTORS AFFECTING THE ACCEPTANCE OF CASE BY SYSTEMS DEVELOPERS

This paper presents the findings of an empirical study of factors affe cting the acceptance of CASE by systems developers. Based on two resea rch models (technology acceptance and personal computer utilization) r ecently published in IS literature, an integrated model which consists of six variables and incorporates key elements of both models was dev eloped to examine determinants of CASE acceptance. The findings indica te that ease of use has the largest influence on CASE acceptance, foll owed by long-term consequences. Both transitional support and near-ter m usefulness do not have a significant direct effect on the acceptance but exhibit their indirect influence through ease of use and/or long- term consequences. The implementation gap was found to have a relative ly small and negative effect on CASE acceptance through its influence on ease of use, near-term usefulness, and long-term consequences. Impl ications of the findings, from both a research and a managerial perspe ctive are discussed in this paper.