ANALYSING FACTORS HINDERING THE EARLY ADOPTION OF BLOCK CHAIN TECHNOLOGY:

Abstract

In Tanzania, the adoption and use of technology blockchain in supply chains is still early and requires more time a to fully realize this breakthrough. This study intends to analyze factors hindering the early adoption of blockchain technology, A case of Ministry of Energy - Tanzania. blockchain technology, Specific objectives of this study are: to identify leading factors that hinder the early adoption of to examine the relationship between identified factors and the early adoption of blockchain technology and to develop strategies to address factors that hinder the early adoption of blockchain technology. In this study, a descriptive research design was used. The study's target population was workers from the Ministry of Energy's Dodoma Offices from all departments. The researcher utilized simple random sampling as a probability sampling strategy in this investigation to select respondents. A systematic questionnaire was used to obtain primary data. Questionnaires were self-administered and collected after a few days for the objectives of this study. The quantitative data gathered via questionnaire was analyzed using both inferential and descriptive statistics using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26. The study found that to the large extent organization barriers are the most leading factors that hinder the early adoption of blockchain technology in the Ministry of Energy — Tanzania. This was attributed by the resistance and lack of management commitment support, lack of expertise and technical knowledge priority, lack of policies, cultural differences and perceived effort in collaboration and communication in the early adoption of blockchain technology. The study unveiled that to the moderate extent technological barriers hinder the early adoption of blockchain technology in the Ministry of Energy — Tanzania. This was accredited by the complexity, security and vulnerability, network as a nature of technology, scalability and cost of implementation of the early adoption of blockchain technology. The study designated that to the moderate extent environmental factors hinder the early adoption of blockchain technology in the Ministry of Energy — Tanzania. The study revealed that the perceived constraint on encouragement program, government support, proper regulations and legal framework within blockchain hinder the early adoption of blockchain technology. The study recommends that, further research on the same issue should be undertaken on other government and private organizations for comparison results. Furthermore, because the study was quantitative in nature, other researchers can conduct a comparable study utilizing qualitative analytic approaches.