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

QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION OF TAM

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around adoption is issues with centralizing client data within the statewide CES organization,

and a number of issues are present on this topic. This includes employee resistance to

centralizing contacts due to perceived ownership of contacts; similar issues exist in organizations

from other sectors and contribute to the high failure rates of CRM implementation.

Article Searches and Documentation

A literature review was conducted to research CRM adoption in organizations and the

critical success factors for successful implementation. The strategy was to locate peer-reviewed

scholarly works regarding CRM adoption in a variety of organizations. While higher education is

one of the areas of CRM discussed, the CES’ s use-case of CRM may better resemble other

industries since the organization is focused on community and client engagement generally

outside of teaching and academics. Keywords and phrases included Davis’ TAM. Table 1

showcases the keyword searches used in the empirical database.

Article Searches

Table 1. Article Searches and Search Terms

Search Terms

Years

Location

“Customer Relationship Management” and “Organizational Performance”

2017 – Present

Google Scholar ProQuest EBSCOhost Google Scholar ProQuest EBSCOhost Google Scholar ProQuest EBSCOhost

“CRM” and “Success Factors” 2017 – Present

“Technology Acceptance Model” and “CRM”

2017 – Present

“CRM” and “Adoption” 2017 – Present

Google Scholar

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