Technology Acceptance Model in U.S. Extension: CRM Adoption

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the cracks or someone reached out about something, we didn ’ t have it, but six months later we do have that program and we can ’ t remember what that person ’ s email address was or their phone number or, you know, those kinds of things. ” “You can look in the analytics and see exactly what topics people are clicking on, how many people are opening your emails, how many times they ’ re opening your emails.”

Andrea Simpson

EIT

RQ2: Barriers and Organizational Impacts

All participants were asked about their perceived barriers to adoption or potential

adoption of CRM technologies within their organizations (see Figures 9-10). Among interview

participants, the most frequently reported perceived barriers to CRM adoption and

implementation include training and support, employee resistance, and costs and resources.

Survey participants also reported several perceived barriers to CRM adoption and

implementation. The most frequently reported perceived barriers from survey participants

include costs and resources, training and support, perceived usefulness, employee resistance, and

data security. For interview participants, the top five perceived barriers to CRM adoption and

implementation include training and support, employee resistance, costs and resources, perceived

ease of use, and perceived usefulness. See Table 3 for quotations from interview participants

regarding their perceived barriers to CRM adoption.

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