Purpose

Electronic government procurement is an important platform that promotes efficient, transparent, competitive and agile delivery of procurement activities in public sector organisations. Implementing units who play a major role exhibits different attitude towards new technology. The purpose of this paper is to assess if there is any significant difference between optimistic and discomfort implementing units in relation to the implementation and intention to use the Ghana Electronic Procurement System (GHANEPS).

Design/methodology/approach

Technology Readiness, Technology Acceptance and Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology and Diffusion Innovation Theory constituted the theoretical foundation. Guided by a cross sectional survey design, quantitative data from a sample of 181 procurement officers was collected using structured questionnaires. The hypothesised relationships were analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM).

Findings

Although there were some observable differences, the bootstrap results show that the difference was not significant, implying that these two groups do not differ much about the GHANEPS introduction and implementation. This is justifiable in the case of Ghana because public policies are made by top officials, and those in the grassroot or implementation domain have no choice but to act accordingly.

Research limitations/implications

This study focused on metropolitan, municipal, district assemblies, public hospitals, tertiary institutions and senior high schools.

Practical implications

The study contributes to the critical antecedents for electronic procurement implementation and public sector management literature. It provides public institutions and practitioners with empirical evidence on how beliefs and perceptions of implementing units about electronic public procurement has some influence on attitude towards usage and intention to use. Positive attitudes and perceptions of the public procurement officers can be reinforced through adequate training and awareness creation.

Social implications

This study outcomes can serve as philosophical underpinnings for societal development.

Originality/value

This study used a multi-group analysis to examine if there is any significant difference between these two categories of implementing units (optimistic group and discomfort group) in relation to facilitating conditions, personal innovativeness, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and ultimately to attitude and intention to use GHANEPS.

中文翻译：

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加纳公共部门组织 (PSO) 采用电子采购的意向：新兴经济视角

目的

电子政府采购是促进公共部门组织高效、透明、有竞争力和敏捷地开展采购活动的重要平台。发挥主要作用的实施单位对新技术表现出不同的态度。本文的目的是评估乐观和不安的实施单位在实施和使用加纳电子采购系统（GHANEPS）方面是否存在显着差异。

设计/方法论/途径

技术准备度、技术接受以及技术接受和使用的统一理论与扩散创新理论构成了理论基础。在横断面调查设计的指导下，使用结构化调查问卷收集了 181 名采购官员样本的定量数据。使用偏最小二乘结构方程模型（PLS-SEM）分析假设的关系。

发现

尽管存在一些可观察到的差异，但 bootstrap 结果显示差异并不显着，这意味着这两组在 GHANEPS 的引入和实施方面没有太大差异。就加纳而言，这是合理的，因为公共政策是由高层官员制定的，基层或执行领域的人别无选择，只能采取相应行动。

研究局限性/影响

这项研究的重点是大都市、市、地区议会、公立医院、大专院校和高中。

实际影响

该研究为电子采购实施和公共部门管理文献的关键前因做出了贡献。它为公共机构和从业人员提供了实施单位对电子公共采购的信念和认知如何影响使用态度和使用意愿的经验证据。通过充分的培训和提高认识，可以加强公共采购官员的积极态度和看法。

社会影响

这项研究成果可以作为社会发展的哲学基础。

原创性/价值

本研究采用多组分析来检验这两类实施单位（乐观组和不适组）在便利条件、个人创新性、感知有用性、感知易用性以及最终态度方面是否存在显着差异。以及使用 GHANEPS 的意图。