The Leadership Imperative: Technology Adoption and Strategic Management in Travel Firms in Jamaica

Andrew Spencer

The Leadership Imperative: Technology Adoption and Strategic Management in Travel Firms in Jamaica
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Published
17 January 2013
Pages
225
ISBN
9781443842495

The Leadership Imperative: Technology Adoption and Strategic Management in Travel Firms in Jamaica

Andrew Spencer

This innovative work combines the fields of e-tourism adoption and strategic management, and identifies the combination of antecedents of technology adoption by distilling factors to identify the key determinant of the adoption of the internet for sales and marketing purposes in small, owner-managed travel firms. While it focuses on travel firms in Jamaica, it examines the general issue of firm characteristics which are associated with adoption behaviour such as strategy and resources, as well as external factors such as culture and the digital divide. In addition to external and firm factors, personal factors such as ownership and leadership are explored at various stages of adoption. The findings indicate that the role of leadership is much more significant than has been previously posited, and this book therefore recommends a new theoretical model with practical implications for determining technology adoption.

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