Journal of Project Management (Canada) | 2026
Authors: Al Jarrah M.A.; Al-Momani A.M.; Awamleh F.T.
DOI: 10.5267/j.jpm.2026.1.004
Journal: Journal of Project Management (Canada)
Year: 2026
Publisher: Growing Science
Document Type: Article
Open Access: All Open Access; Gold Open Access
Cited by: 0
Cloud computing systems have been identified as an important technology that could increase the competitiveness and effectiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), but there has been less research focusing on examining their use from the perspective of their antecedents. The proposed study aims to explain the antecedent factors that influence the continued use of cloud computing systems in Jordanian SMEs by employing an integrated approach that combines the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework, the Fit-Viability Model (FVM), and the Expectation-Confirmation Theory (ECT). A structured questionnaire survey was conducted to examine opinions from 276 Jordanian SMEs, which showed that relative advantage, perceived benefit, simplicity, adaptability, and perceived security are major antecedent factors in defining perceived appropriateness. Characteristics related to organizations, involving the importance of reading and the role of senior management members in organizations, are major antecedent factors in defining viability. Mimetic forces exerted in organizations are major antecedent factors that have a positive association in defining viability in organizations. On the other hand, coercive forces are major antecedent factors that have negatively affected viability in organizations. The appropriateness and viability of technologies are major antecedent factors in defining an individual’s desire to adopt cloud computing systems for an extended period of time in organizations. The proposed study suggests that the fitness of technologies is the most effective predictor of cloud computing system adoption in organizations. The proposed research study uses an integrated research theory that reflects on increasing the awareness needed to detail cloud computing systems. Cloud computing studies have never encountered such increased awareness before. © 2026 by the authors; licensee Growing Science, Canada.
Cloud Computing Adoption; Coercive Forces; Compatibility; Complexity; Continuous Intention; Enterprises (SMEs); Jordan; Mimetic Forces; Organizational Readiness; Relative Advantage; Small and Medium-Sized; Technology Fit; Top Management Support; Viability