Table 1.

Major components of the theoretical framework [30]

	Framework components	Description
	Attributes of the innovation	Perceived attributes of the innovation explain much of the variance in adoption rates.
Elements of the user system	Organizational antecedents for innovation	General features of the organization that make it more or less innovative.
	Organizational readiness for innovation	Factors that influence the organization's readiness and/or willingness to adopt a specific innovation.
	Adopter characteristics	Characteristics of adopters and their interactions with the innovation in the adoption process.
	Implementation process	Specific steps taken to put the adoption decision into practice.
	Processes of assimilation	Assimilation is a lengthy process, encompassing adoption and implementation. It is not linear, organizations may move back and forth between initiation, development and implementation of the innovation.
	Communication and influence Diffusion and dissemination	The means of spreading the innovation lie on a continuum from passive diffusion to active dissemination.
	Outer context	External influences on the organization's decision to adopt an innovation and efforts to implement it.
	Linkage among components of the model	Connections that facilitate movement of the innovation from the resource system to the user system.