The Relationship Of Power, Trust,Organization Culture And The Intention To Adopt Internet-enabled Supply Chain Management Systems

With the development of economic globalization and information technology, the information construction of firms transforms management models profoundly and helps firms to improve competitiveness. Electronic supply chain management system as an important means of information technology management innovation plays a very important role in improving firm’s efficiency.Based on the related literature of supply chain management systems, we propose research model. Building on socio-political perspectives, we explore how the power and trust influence firm Internet-enabled supply chain management systems (eSCMS) adoption intention, and how organizational culture moderates such influences.In this paper, we used survey questionnaire to collect data from senior executives in China. And we used PLS software for data analysis to test the hypotheses. Our findings reveal that a target firm’s perceived mediated power would negatively impact its trust toward a dominant firm, while its perceived non-mediated power would positively affect its trust. Meanwhile, trust can positively influence the target firm’s eSCMS adoption intention. Further, an internally focused culture weakens the negative effects of mediated power on trust. Meanwhile, an externally focused culture weakens the positive relationships between non-mediated power and trust, and between trust and eSCMS adoption intention. The externally focused culture could weaken the negative relationship between mediated power and trust either. Our research extends the existing research that how the social-political factors influence firm eSCMS adoption intention. In addition, the current study has important managerial implications for firms striving to diffuse eSCMS in China.