A study on the organizational factors affecting the level ofadoption of information and communication technologies in SMES

Evolution, which has been brought about by global development and change, affects today's professions, fields of work and ways of doing business. In the study, the sample group is Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which have a critical position in the economies of countries. In Turkey that developing countries category, the development of SMEs, for take initiatives and to contribute to the economy is very important. The importance of IT infrastructure, which is the necessity of globalization, has a great effect on the level of development of SMEs. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has become necessary for to evaluate newly emerging business opportunities and for economic development of countries. The increasing importance of the SMEs that guide the economy and the ICT that ensure the progress has led to the work on this issue over the years. However, studies on this subject are limited in our country. Therefore, it is predicted that the studies on the adoption of ICT with SMEs that have a Turkish organization culture and which will be questioned for their flexibility against technological developments will provide both scientific and socioeconomic contributions. The data were collected through questionnaire which is one of the quantitative data collection methods. The questionnaire consists of organizational learning ability, organizational structure and entrepreneurship orientation scales. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of organizational learning ability, organizational structure and entrepreneurship orientation on ICT adoption. Data obtained from 76 active SMEs were analyzed by using SPSS 21 package program. The results show that only organizational learning ability affects the adoption of ICT significantly and strongly, but that organizational structure and entrepreneurship orientation has no significant effect on ICT adoption.