1. Measuring Perceived Benefits and Costs of New Technology Adoption in the Chinese Textile and Apparel Industry
- Author
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Wesley Bonifay, Jung Ha-Brookshire, and Baolu Wang
- Subjects
Textile industry ,Polymers and Plastics ,business.industry ,Emerging technologies ,Materials Science (miscellaneous) ,05 social sciences ,050301 education ,Developing country ,Technology development ,General Business, Management and Accounting ,Commerce ,Falling (accident) ,0502 economics and business ,medicine ,Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) ,050211 marketing ,Business ,medicine.symptom ,China ,Textile (markup language) ,0503 education ,Perceived cost - Abstract
The textile and apparel industry have been fundamentally changed due to technology development. However, developing countries, such as China, are falling behind for adopting new technologies. The literature suggests firm managers’ perceived benefits and costs of new technology are key variables for their motivation to adopt new technology. However, no reliable and valid scales existed to measure these constructs within the developing country context—specifically in China. Thus, the study aimed to develop scales for measuring Chinese textile and apparel firm managers’ perceived benefits and costs of new technology adoption, using the psychometric method of item response theory. After item generation, item bank development, and psychometric evaluation tested by 599 Chinese textile and apparel firm managers, the two scales were created. These scales provide an opportunity to measure Chinese textile and apparel firm managers’ perceived benefits and costs of new technology adoption, offering tools for additional technology adoption motivation research.
- Published
- 2020