Factors Influencing the Attitude of Stakeholders Towards the Adoption of E-Procurement, A Special Reference to Eastern Provincial Council Organizations in Sri Lanka

This study investigated the factors influencing stakeholders’ attitudes towards e-procurement adoption in the Eastern Provincial Council Organizations of Sri Lanka. The research questions and objectives were formulated to find out the extent of the relative influence of top-level executives’ support, employees’ ICT (Information and Communication Technology) competency, and suppliers’ ICT readiness, which were identified as the three major factors from the literature review, on the overall stakeholders’ attitudes towards the adoption of e-procurement replacing the traditional manual system. The study used a cross-sectional study design, and all variables were measured with the data collected through standard attitudinal questionnaires from a sample of three distinct study populations: Top-level executive officers, Employees involved in procurement, and Registered suppliers attached to more than 40 organizations under the purview of the Eastern Provincial Council. The total number of participants in the study was 450. They were selected from the three groups in an equal amount of 150. The data collected were analyzed using multiple regression analysis with the PSPP. The unit of analysis was a group comprised of three types of individual stakeholders (a top-level executive, a procurement employee, and a registered supplier).