The impact of organizational culture and strategy on shipping liner’s awareness and utilization of the 4th IR technologies

Stagewise Overview of Issues Influencing Organizational Technology Adoption and Use

“…It is the foundation of the organization and is essential as it permeates all the functions of the organization, including technological changes. There are different types of organizational culture (see Shin and Shin, 2020 ), but none of the frameworks captures all aspects of organizational culture. Organizational culture has been mentioned as the main barrier to change (Belisari et al, 2020 ).…”

“…A reactive strategy to change refers to the lack of an effective response mechanism to external changes, causing instability and avoidance of confronting the future (Miles et al, 1978 ). An organizational culture characterized by an external focus benefits from higher awareness and adoption of advanced technologies (Shin and Shin, 2020 ). A proactive strategy is about developing greater efficiency in adopting change or exploring the external environment for new opportunities, also known as a prospective strategy (Miles et al, 1978 ).…”

“…A number of facilitators and barriers are proposed. Literature reviews have shown that organizational culture, strategy, and resources management should be aligned to minimize obstacles to adoption (Kumar et al, 2018 ; Mohtaramzadeh et al, 2018 ; Shin and Shin, 2020 ). However, the obstacles are not clearly distinguished and the mechanism of adjusting the culture and strategy is rather abstract.…”

The influence of selection criteria on the development of value co-creation in shipping companies

“…Following the literature on organizational culture and its classifications of the hierarchical, group, rational, and developmental types (Shin and Shin, 2020;Willar et al, 2016;Gambi et al, 2015;Tuan, 2013;Prajogo and Mc Dermott, 2005), and to further evaluate the application of organizational culture dimensions in the shipping industry, we hypothesize that:…”

“…The scale items used to measure the examined constructs were derived from previous literature (Shin and Shin, 2020;Lima et al, 2016;Gambi et al, 2015;Yi and Gong 2013). Since this research focuses on the shipping industry, the selected measurement instruments are well suited, as all have been used in the service sector.…”