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    E-procurement and organizational performance: the Moderating role of information technology capability
    (KNUST, 2023) IBRAHIM ABDUL-LATIF
    The rapid growth of internet usage has compelled firms to adopt technology tools in their business practices. To this end, e-procurement has been long recognised as a key driver of procurement practices that allows firm to create value and improve organisations performance outcomes. While e-procurement has been conceptually linked to organisational performance an understanding of how e-procurement can influence organisational performance remains limited. The study aimed to investigate the effect of e-procurement on organizational performance in the context of IT capabilities. The study specifically sought to investigate the extent to which e-procurement practices affect organizational performance, as well as the effect of IT capability on organizational performance and the moderating role of IT in the relationship between e-procurement and organizational performance. The study analyzed the literature on all the constructs and identified and formed hypotheses. The RBV theory was used as the theoretical lens for the study. A crosssectional survey design was used in the study. Data was obtained from 153 businesses in the service, manufacturing, and other industries using a questionnaire. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical methods. The study found that IT capability positively and significantly moderates the relationship between E-procurement and organizational performance and that the effect is stronger at high levels of IT capability. Additional finding indicates that IT capability positively moderates the E-procurement-organizational performance link and thus represents an organizational resource that can facilitate the implementation of e-procurement practices to enhance organizational performance. The research recommends that businesses that want to improve their performance should make it a priority to implement e-procurement across all their business operations. It is further recommended that businesses should make investments in the development of superior IT capabilities to boost their performance because the researchers discovered a positive relationship between IT capability and organizational performance.