Factors influencing readiness of adopting AI : A qualitative study of how the TOE framework applies to AI adoption in governmental authorities
Artificial intelligence is increasing in interest and it is creating value to many organizations world-wide. Due to the potential, governmental authorities in Sweden who work with large volumes of text documents are interested in natural language processing models, which is a sub field of AI and hav...
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ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-kth-2795832020-08-28T05:37:34ZFactors influencing readiness of adopting AI : A qualitative study of how the TOE framework applies to AI adoption in governmental authoritiesengInflytelserika faktorer inför implementering av AI : En kvalitativ studie om hur TOE-ramverket kan användas för implementering av AI i myndigheterStenberg, LouiseNilsson, SvanteKTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)2020Artificial IntelligenceNatural Language ProcessingTOE-FrameworkAdoptionEthicsGovernmental AuthoritiesArtificiell IntelligensSpråkmodellerTOE-RamverkAdoptionEtikMyndigheterEngineering and TechnologyTeknik och teknologierArtificial intelligence is increasing in interest and it is creating value to many organizations world-wide. Due to the potential, governmental authorities in Sweden who work with large volumes of text documents are interested in natural language processing models, which is a sub field of AI and have started to incorporate it to their organizations. This study explores and discusses factors that are influential for governmental authorities when adopting AI and highlights ethical aspects which are of importance for the adoption process. This is explored through a literature review which lead to a frame of reference built on the Technology Organization Environment framework (TOE), which then was tested through interviews with project leaders and AI architects at governmental authorities who are working with language models. The results show that the TOE framework is suitable for analysing AI adoption for governmental authorities. The factors that are found influential are Relative Advantage, Compatibility and Complexity, Management support, Staff capacity, Regulatory environment and Cooperation. Furthermore, the findings suggest that AI Ethics and Data access are influential in all three contexts of technology, organization and environment. The findings of this study confirm results from previous research regarding adoption of new technology, and also provides the literature with exploring the adoption process of AI in governmental authorities, which was not widely explored in literature on beforehand. Allt fler intresserar sig för artificiell intelligens då det skapar värde för många organisationer. Svenska myndigheter som arbetar med stora mängder textdokument ser potentialen i AI och har börjat implementera språkmodeller, ett sorts AI, i sina organisationer. Den här studien utforskar och diskuterar faktorer som är inflytelserika inför implementering av AI och belyser etiska aspekter som är viktiga för implementationsprocessen. Detta har utforskats först genom en litteraturstudie, ur vilken ett ramverk som bygger på Teknologi Organisation Miljö-ramverket (TOE) har tagits fram. Detta har sedan testats genom intervjuer med projektledare och AI arkitekter på svenska myndigheter som arbetar med språkmodeller. Resultaten visar att TOE-ramverket lämpar sig väl för att analysera adoptering av AI i myndigheter. Faktorerna som har identifierats som inflytelserika är relativ fördel, kompatibilitet, komplexitet, ledningsstöd, anställdas kapacitet, regleringskontext och samarbete. Dessutom föreslås det att etik för AI och datatillgång ska spänna över alla tre kontexter inom TOE. Resultaten av studien bekräftar tidigare forskning gällande adoptering av nya teknologier, och den bidrar även till litteraturen genom att utforska adopteringsprocessen av AI i myndigheter, vilket inte har utforskats i större utsträckning tidigare. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279583TRITA-ITM-EX ; 2020:137application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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Artificial intelligence is increasing in interest and it is creating value to many organizations world-wide. Due to the potential, governmental authorities in Sweden who work with large volumes of text documents are interested in natural language processing models, which is a sub field of AI and have started to incorporate it to their organizations. This study explores and discusses factors that are influential for governmental authorities when adopting AI and highlights ethical aspects which are of importance for the adoption process. This is explored through a literature review which lead to a frame of reference built on the Technology Organization Environment framework (TOE), which then was tested through interviews with project leaders and AI architects at governmental authorities who are working with language models. The results show that the TOE framework is suitable for analysing AI adoption for governmental authorities. The factors that are found influential are Relative Advantage, Compatibility and Complexity, Management support, Staff capacity, Regulatory environment and Cooperation. Furthermore, the findings suggest that AI Ethics and Data access are influential in all three contexts of technology, organization and environment. The findings of this study confirm results from previous research regarding adoption of new technology, and also provides the literature with exploring the adoption process of AI in governmental authorities, which was not widely explored in literature on beforehand. === Allt fler intresserar sig för artificiell intelligens då det skapar värde för många organisationer. Svenska myndigheter som arbetar med stora mängder textdokument ser potentialen i AI och har börjat implementera språkmodeller, ett sorts AI, i sina organisationer. Den här studien utforskar och diskuterar faktorer som är inflytelserika inför implementering av AI och belyser etiska aspekter som är viktiga för implementationsprocessen. Detta har utforskats först genom en litteraturstudie, ur vilken ett ramverk som bygger på Teknologi Organisation Miljö-ramverket (TOE) har tagits fram. Detta har sedan testats genom intervjuer med projektledare och AI arkitekter på svenska myndigheter som arbetar med språkmodeller. Resultaten visar att TOE-ramverket lämpar sig väl för att analysera adoptering av AI i myndigheter. Faktorerna som har identifierats som inflytelserika är relativ fördel, kompatibilitet, komplexitet, ledningsstöd, anställdas kapacitet, regleringskontext och samarbete. Dessutom föreslås det att etik för AI och datatillgång ska spänna över alla tre kontexter inom TOE. Resultaten av studien bekräftar tidigare forskning gällande adoptering av nya teknologier, och den bidrar även till litteraturen genom att utforska adopteringsprocessen av AI i myndigheter, vilket inte har utforskats i större utsträckning tidigare. |
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Factors influencing readiness of adopting AI : A qualitative study of how the TOE framework applies to AI adoption in governmental authorities |
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Factors influencing readiness of adopting AI : A qualitative study of how the TOE framework applies to AI adoption in governmental authorities |
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Factors influencing readiness of adopting AI : A qualitative study of how the TOE framework applies to AI adoption in governmental authorities |
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Factors influencing readiness of adopting AI : A qualitative study of how the TOE framework applies to AI adoption in governmental authorities |
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Factors influencing readiness of adopting AI : A qualitative study of how the TOE framework applies to AI adoption in governmental authorities |
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factors influencing readiness of adopting ai : a qualitative study of how the toe framework applies to ai adoption in governmental authorities |
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KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM) |
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