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Using system justification motives to understand stakeholder resistance in ES project implementation

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posted on 2023-05-23, 04:41 authored by McKay, JC, Marshall, PH
The research reported in this paper uses system justification theory (SJT) as a lens to understand stakeholder resistance to ES implementation. A case study involving a problematic enterprise systems implementation is presented and illustrates the efficacy of SJT in this respect. The findings of the research show that SJT explains a number of features of stakeholder resistance including the tendency of stakeholders to vigorously defend established systems on which people feel that they depend and from which they draw feelings of stability and predictability, the tendency of system defenders to attack not just the features of the new system but the advocates of the new system as well, the tendency of stakeholders to switch allegiances when the new system is seen to be inevitable, and the emotional and non-rational nature of some resistance behaviours. The paper concludes with some practical implications of SJT for the management of ES implementations.

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Publication title

Proceedings of Pre-ICIS 2009 Workshop on Enterprise Systems Research in MIS

Editors

Sedera, D & Sarker, S

Pagination

1-23

ISBN

9780615335032

Department/School

School of Information and Communication Technology

Publisher

Queensland University of Technology

Place of publication

Australia

Event title

Pre-ICIS Workshop on Enterprise Systems Research in MIS

Event Venue

Phoenix, Arizona

Date of Event (Start Date)

2009-12-14

Date of Event (End Date)

2009-12-14

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Copyright 2009 The Authors

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  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Technological and organisational innovation

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