{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2482902907","doi":"https://doi.org/10.6007/ijarbss/v6-i5/2166","title":"The Role of Compatibility in Technology Adoption among Automobile Mechanics in Micro and Small Enterprises in Kenya","display_name":"The Role of Compatibility in Technology Adoption among Automobile Mechanics in Micro and Small Enterprises in Kenya","publication_year":2016,"publication_date":"2016-06-06","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2482902907","doi":"https://doi.org/10.6007/ijarbss/v6-i5/2166","mag":"2482902907"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.6007/ijarbss/v6-i5/2166","doi":"https://doi.org/10.6007/ijarbss/v6-i5/2166","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.6007/ijarbss/v6-i5/2166","pdf_url":"http://hrmars.com/hrmars_papers/The_Role_of_Compatibility_in_Technology_Adoption_among_Automobile_Mechanics_in_Micro_and_Small_Enterprises_in_Kenya.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210209736","display_name":"International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences","issn_l":"2222-6990","issn":["2222-6990","2308-3816"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4322696514","host_organization_name":"Human Resource Management Academic Research Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4322696514"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Human Resource Management Academic Research Society"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"http://hrmars.com/hrmars_papers/The_Role_of_Compatibility_in_Technology_Adoption_among_Automobile_Mechanics_in_Micro_and_Small_Enterprises_in_Kenya.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5077530020","display_name":"Kennedy Ojucku Mairura","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kennedy Ojucku Mairura","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Human Resource Development, Nairobi: Kenya"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Human Resource Development, Nairobi: Kenya","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5113816358","display_name":"Patrick Karanja Ngugi","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I26805570","display_name":"Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/015h5sy57","country_code":"KE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I26805570"]}],"countries":["KE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Patrick Karanja Ngugi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi: Kenya"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi: Kenya","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I26805570"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109486648","display_name":"Christopher Luchebeleli Kanali","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Christopher Kanali","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.2598,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":12,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.87714814,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"6","issue":"5","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10068","display_name":"Technology Adoption and User Behaviour","score":0.8422999978065491,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10068","display_name":"Technology Adoption and User Behaviour","score":0.8422999978065491,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10367","display_name":"Agricultural Innovations and Practices","score":0.12359999865293503,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1100","display_name":"General Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12659","display_name":"Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting","score":0.02410000003874302,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/technology-adoption","display_name":"technology adoption","score":0.9980000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/compatibility","display_name":"compatibility","score":0.8889999985694885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/automotive-mechanics","display_name":"automotive mechanics","score":0.8130000233650208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/micro-and-small-enterprises","display_name":"micro and small enterprises","score":0.996999979019165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/informal-economy","display_name":"informal economy","score":0.9610000252723694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perceived-compatibility","display_name":"perceived compatibility","score":0.7400000095367432},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/innovation-adoption","display_name":"innovation adoption","score":0.6069999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nakuru","display_name":"Nakuru","score":0.546999990940094}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39896193","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380344","display_name":"Descriptive statistics","level":2,"score":0.553402304649353},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.5485577583312988},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.5035642981529236},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778648169","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q967768","display_name":"Compatibility (geochemistry)","level":2,"score":0.45949557423591614},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C133462117","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4929239","display_name":"Data collection","level":2,"score":0.43356382846832275},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411783","display_name":"Industrial organization","level":1,"score":0.3345333933830261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.236526221036911},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.16976287961006165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.11135473847389221},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42360764","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83588","display_name":"Chemical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.6007/ijarbss/v6-i5/2166","doi":"https://doi.org/10.6007/ijarbss/v6-i5/2166","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.6007/ijarbss/v6-i5/2166","pdf_url":"http://hrmars.com/hrmars_papers/The_Role_of_Compatibility_in_Technology_Adoption_among_Automobile_Mechanics_in_Micro_and_Small_Enterprises_in_Kenya.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210209736","display_name":"International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences","issn_l":"2222-6990","issn":["2222-6990","2308-3816"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4322696514","host_organization_name":"Human Resource Management Academic Research Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4322696514"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Human Resource Management Academic Research Society"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:hur:ijarbs:v:6:y:2016:i:5:p:503-511","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hrmars.com/hrmars_papers/The_Role_of_Compatibility_in_Technology_Adoption_among_Automobile_Mechanics_in_Micro_and_Small_Enterprises_in_Kenya.pdf","pdf_url":"http://hrmars.com/hrmars_papers/The_Role_of_Compatibility_in_Technology_Adoption_among_Automobile_Mechanics_in_Micro_and_Small_Enterprises_in_Kenya.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.6007/ijarbss/v6-i5/2166","doi":"https://doi.org/10.6007/ijarbss/v6-i5/2166","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.6007/ijarbss/v6-i5/2166","pdf_url":"http://hrmars.com/hrmars_papers/The_Role_of_Compatibility_in_Technology_Adoption_among_Automobile_Mechanics_in_Micro_and_Small_Enterprises_in_Kenya.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210209736","display_name":"International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences","issn_l":"2222-6990","issn":["2222-6990","2308-3816"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4322696514","host_organization_name":"Human Resource Management Academic Research Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4322696514"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Human Resource Management Academic Research Society"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":1.0,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"score":0.6600000262260437,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure"}],"study_designs":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study","display_name":"Observational Study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2482902907.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2482902907.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":12,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1505999675","https://openalex.org/W2003334594","https://openalex.org/W2027810636","https://openalex.org/W2034908046","https://openalex.org/W2068172675","https://openalex.org/W2106324811","https://openalex.org/W2343934612","https://openalex.org/W2413124758","https://openalex.org/W2482724230","https://openalex.org/W4301054596","https://openalex.org/W4301780647","https://openalex.org/W6629043127"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2485784513","https://openalex.org/W4410305185","https://openalex.org/W3126905415","https://openalex.org/W4399023101","https://openalex.org/W2728918876","https://openalex.org/W4393204896","https://openalex.org/W2772814755","https://openalex.org/W2189043106","https://openalex.org/W3212753911","https://openalex.org/W7204589347"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Micro":[0],"and":[1,9,83,117,121,128,136,195,201,219,239,242],"Small":[2],"Enterprises":[3],"(MSEs)":[4],"are":[5,22,64,151,178],"facing":[6],"tremendous":[7],"challenges":[8],"threats":[10],"to":[11,66,71,98,125,139,181],"survive":[12],"in":[13,49,56,81,86,104,159,203],"a":[14,17,111,164,172],"competitive":[15],"environment.As":[16],"matter":[18],"of":[19,27,44,90,94,102,107,146,161,163,175,208],"fact,":[20,46],"MSEs":[21],"faced":[23],"with":[24,29],"the":[25,39,61,91,95,100,105,131,141,156,176,182,191,214,232],"threat":[26],"failure":[28],"past":[30],"statistics":[31],"indicating":[32],"that":[33,63,74,170,190],"three":[34],"out":[35],"five":[36],"fail":[37],"within":[38],"first":[40],"few":[41],"months.In":[42],"spite":[43],"this":[45,50],"automobile":[47,79,149],"mechanics":[48,80,215,234],"informal":[51,233],"sector":[52],"have":[53],"been":[54],"slow":[55],"adopting":[57],"modern":[58,148],"technology":[59,76,205],"despite":[60],"advantages":[62],"attributed":[65],"new":[67],"innovations.This":[68],"study":[69,96,142,188,222],"aimed":[70],"determine":[72],"factors":[73],"influence":[75],"adoption":[77,106,145,180],"among":[78,153],"micro":[82],"small":[84],"enterprises":[85],"Nakuru":[87],"town;":[88],"Kenya.One":[89],"specific":[92],"objectives":[93],"was":[97,168],"establish":[99],"role":[101],"compatibility":[103,162],"technology.The":[108],"research":[109],"used":[110],"descriptive":[112],"cross":[113],"sectional":[114],"survey":[115],"design":[116],"employed":[118],"both":[119,240],"probability":[120],"non-probability":[122],"sampling":[123],"techniques":[124],"collect":[126],"quantitative":[127],"qualitative":[129],"data.Applying":[130],"Binary":[132],"logistic":[133],"regression":[134],"analysis":[135],"using":[137],"SPSS":[138],"analyze,":[140],"found":[143],"that,":[144],"various":[147],"technologies":[150],"influenced;":[152],"other":[154],"factors,":[155],"perceived":[157],"attitude":[158],"terms":[160],"particular":[165],"innovation.However,":[166],"it":[167],"revealed":[169],"although":[171],"larger":[173],"proportion":[174],"innovations":[177],"compatible,":[179],"same":[183],"is":[184,223],"significantly":[185],"quite":[186],"low.The":[187],"recommended":[189],"government":[192],"should":[193],"emphasize":[194],"create":[196],"an":[197],"innovation":[198],"awareness":[199],"system":[200],"invest":[202],"appropriate":[204],"by":[206],"way":[207],"developing":[209],"relevant":[210],"training":[211],"curriculum":[212],"for":[213],"based":[216],"on":[217],"industry":[218],"environmental":[220,243],"needs.This":[221],"significant":[224],"as":[225],"its":[226],"findings,":[227],"if":[228],"implemented;":[229],"can":[230],"jump-start":[231],"towards":[235],"achieving":[236],"quality,":[237],"competitiveness":[238],"human":[241],"safety.":[244]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-30T12:39:25.321706","created_date":"2016-08-23T00:00:00"}