Government Information Technology Innovativeness defined as notion of openness to new information
technology ideas in the government as an aspect of an organizational culture. In adopting the information
technology innovativeness, information technology readiness plays a crucial effect. Misunderstood
organizational characteristic within information technology innovativeness may generate unrealistic or
inaccurate outcomes. Unfortunately, the effect of organizational context is nearly ignored in information
technology innovativeness literature. In response, using the Resources based view (RBV) and DiffusionInnovation-Theory

(DIT), this paper argues on the interaction between the influence of organizational
characteristic (information technology readiness), so as to explain information technology innovativeness. This
proposition could improve understanding the information technology innovativeness and help to resolve
inconsistency of findings in the literature.