Interactions of culture and person-technology fit in ICT adoption in construction

Substantial hidden innovations exist in the construction sector, such as information and communication technology (ICT), however, innovation adoption processes are embedded in organizational culture, which varies among organizations. ICT innovation in this research is considered as the interaction process between technology, culture, task and person across individual and organizational levels, instead of a linear stage-by-stage process as in traditional ICT adoption research. Technology-culture fit, tasktechnology fit, person-task fit and person-culture fit are all interlinked in an interaction framework. Due to the dual nature of technology and the dynamic nature of culture, the relationship between technology and culture is also bidirectional. This paper develops a conceptual framework for the interaction between technology, culture, task and person across organizational level and individual level. The organizational level interaction is technology centered, focusing on the fit between values embedded in organizational culture and in technology. The individual level interaction is task centered, which focuses on the fit between technology and task requirements, and the fit between competency of an individual and task requirements. Based on the deductive inferences of theories and empirical findings, two propositions are put forward: i) technology-culture fit is associated with task-technology fit ; ii) person-culture fit and person-task fit influence individuals' adoption behaviour through the mediation effect of task-technology fit.