Title: Influence of innovative technology diffusion on digital performance: a study focusing on the employees working in higher education institutions

Authors: Y.S. Kavitha; Prema Sankaran

Addresses: School of Management, Presidency University, Itgalpur Rajanakunte, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ' School of Management, Presidency University, Itgalpur Rajanakunte, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Abstract: Digital transformation in higher education has introduced various innovative technologies to enrich education in line with Sustainable Development Goal 4 for education. The diffusion of these technologies into higher education institutions depends on various attributes of innovation. The present study is focused on the influence of various attributes of innovation on the digital performance of faculty members. A pilot study was carried out to understand the significance of innovation attributes. A survey was conducted from 398 respondent teachers working in higher education institutes across the state of Karnataka, India. The outcome of the work revealed a positive correlation between compatibility, trialability and relative advantage of innovative technology over the digital performance of the faculty members. Further, the study also revealed that the complexity of digital technology implemented in the higher education institutes has no significant influence on the digital work performance of faculty members. It also implies that faculty members experienced neither difficulty nor inconsistency when adopting digital technology in the workplace.

Keywords: digital technology; higher education; employee digital performance; diffusion of innovation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2026.152696

International Journal of Management in Education, 2026 Vol.20 No.3, pp.256 - 278

Received: 30 Jan 2025
Accepted: 09 Jun 2025
Published online: 07 Apr 2026 *

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