Electronic Procurement Practices and Its Critical Success Factors: Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute
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2025-02
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Addis Ababa University
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Electronic procurement (e-procurement) has fundamentally transformed traditional procurement practices by significantly enhancing operational efficiency, reducing transaction costs, and fostering greater transparency and accountability. With this regard, this paper critically examined the e-procurement practices at Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute (EATI), by assessing the e-procurement management practice of EATI, to determining the major critical success factors for E-procurement EATI, and to assessing the relationship between them. For this purpose, the study utilized a mixed-method approach consisting of both quantitative and qualitative approaches, while utilizing an explanatory and descriptive research design. In addition, both primary and secondary data were collected, where 155 questionnaires were distributed to the participants of the study, selected through simple random sampling and 149 were returned. Furthermore, interviews were conducted with 6 directors of the organization. The quantitative data was analyzed and presented using descriptive statistics, with means and standard deviations, and using inferential statistics, specifically multiple linear regression analysis. With this regard, the results of the study showed that the five variables representing E-procurement critical success factors, namely, top management support, staff training, system integration, high information quality, performance measurement, all had a positive and significant effect on E-procurement practices. Based on these results, the study recommended an active role by top management in leading the e-procurement practices, investments in technology infrastructure and system integration, and provision of continuous training and on-the-job follow-up, among other recommendations.
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E-Procurement Practices, Critical Success Factors, EATI