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本研究は，タンザニア連合共和国ザンジバルの教員養成大学において，インストラクターへのICT導入に影響を及ぼす要因を明らかにしようとしたものである。公立大学1 校および私立大学2 校の計3 校でデータを収集し，ICTの導入にあたってインストラクターの行動意図（BI: Behavioral Intention）が Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology（UTAUT モデル）のどの要因に起因して促進あるいは阻害されたものであるかを検証した。UTAUTモデルにおける要因とは成果期待，努力期待，社会的影響，促進条件である。重回帰分析の結果，教育にICTを導入するインスラクターの行動意図の予測に際しては，どの要因も影響が見られなかった。2 要因の分散分析では，女性の回答者は男性の回答者に比べてより強いBI を有することが認められた。また，教育学部の回答者は自然科学学部の回答者に比べICT導入に対してより強い意図を持つ傾向を示した。インストラクターのICT導入を妨げている共通の課題としては，ICTインフラの不足およびICT訓練のための有能な専門家の不足が挙げられる。, This article investigated factors affecting ICT adoption of instructors in teacher training universities in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Data were collected from three universities: one public and two private and analyzed to examine which factors from the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology might promote or hinder the instructors’ behavioral intention (BI). All factors: performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating conditions were important for ICT adoption. Multiple regressions revealed none of the factors were influential in predicting instructors’ behavioral intention to adopt ICT in teaching. Two-way ANOVA discovered that female respondents had a stronger BI than their male counterparts. Respondents from the Department of Education had a stronger intention to adopt ICT than ones from the Department of Natural Sciences. Common challenges hindering the instructors’ ICT adoption included lack of ICT infrastructure and competent experts for ICT training were discovered and documented.

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This study analyzes how learning costs for technologies that lack de facto standards, such as mobile payment, affect user intentions. In addition, we evaluate how the negative effect of learning costs is mediated by perceived functional value and facilitating conditions. Data used in this research was obtained from a study among 463 consumers. We find support that negative effects from learning costs are fully mediated by perceived functional value and facilitating conditions. Hence, one important reason of slow user acceptance is that the high diversity mobile payment services, platforms and technologies increases the learning costs of users. The results pose important implications for managers willing to increase the acceptance of mobile payment.

Background Hospital electronic information management systems (HEIMS) are widely used in Ghana, and hence its performance must be carefully assessed. Nurses as clinical health personnel are the largest cluster of hospital staff and are the pillar of healthcare delivery. Therefore, they play a crucial role in the adoption and assessment of HEIMSs in Ghana. This report sought to assess the “Social Influence” (SI) and “Facilitating Conditions” (FC) that support Nurses’ Acceptance of HEIMS in Ghana using the “Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology” (UTAUT) model. Methods This study applied a non-experimental survey design. An electronic platform questionnaire on smartphones was used to collect data on 660 nurses. Statistically, AMOS Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) version 22.0 was employed to examine the research model. Results “Behavioral Intention” (BI) to HEIMS use was significantly predicted by SI and FC (p 2 = 43.2) and BI (R2 = 0.39.6) with both constructs explaining a total of 51.7% of the variance in nurses’ acceptance to use HEIMS. Conclusion Nurses’ adoption of HEIMS in terms of the UB was influenced by SI and BI, whiles SI and FC had the strongest influence on BI (serving as mediator) of UB to adopt and use HEIMS among the nurses in Ghanaian hospitals.

Diplomska naloga preučuje vpliv t. i. spodbujevalnih pogojev (angl. facilitating conditions) na namero starejših neuporabnikov pametnih telefonov za uporabo pametnih telefonov. Osnovni cilj diplomskega dela je ugotoviti, ali spodbujevalni pogoji vplivajo na namero starejših neuporabnikov pametnih telefonov, da bi pričeli z uporabo pametnih telefonov. Spodbujevalni pogoji predstavljajo stopnjo, do katere posameznik verjame, da obstaja organizacijska in tehnična infrastruktura kot podpora za uporabo določenega sistema. Diplomsko delo temelji na modelu sprejemanja tehnologije TAM (angl. technology acceptance model) in njegovih nadgradnjah. S pomočjo analize podatkov iz raziskave, ki je bila izvedena v letu 2015 s pomočjo reprezentativne telefonske ankete s strani Centra za družboslovno informatiko Fakultete za družbene vede Univerze v Ljubljani, sem potrdil hipotezo, da spodbujevalni pogoji pozitivno vplivajo na namero uporabe pametnih telefonov med starejšimi neuporabniki pametnih telefonov. The thesis studies the influence of facilitating conditions on the intention to use smartphones among elderly non-users of smartphones. The basic aim of this thesis is to determine whether facilitating conditions influence the intention to use smartphones among elderly non-users of smartphones. Facilitating conditions represent the degree to which an individual believes that there is an organizational and technical infrastructure functioning as support for the use of a particular system. The empirical study is based on the TAM model (Technology acceptance model) and its upgrades. On the basis of data analysis from a representative telephone survey conducted by the Centre for Social Informatics at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana, I have confirmed my hypothesis that facilitating conditions have a positive impact on the intention to use smartphones among older non-users of smartphones.

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This study aimed to examine the robustness of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) theory in explaining the usage of electronic government services in an unstable security context. In addition, it attempts to investigate the extent to which usage behaviour could create continued usage intention among the citizen's. The data were collected from employees in public universities in Iraq employing a survey questionnaire. Out of 700 questionnaires distributed, 436 usable questionnaires were returned. The partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was employed to test the validity and reliability of the model and to examine the hypothesised relationships. The findings of the study confirmed the robustness of UTAUT theory and its validity in explaining behaviour in an unstable security context. In addition to examine how robust is the UTAUT theory in examining the behaviour in using electronic government eG services, it also extends the UTAUT model to examine future continued usage of the eG services and how UTAUT variables could shape this behavioural intention. - 2019 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Scopus

The pre-incubation phase is critical in the forming of entrepreneur’s intention and however it is almost missing in literature. Using the entrepreneurship models based on the beliefs–attitude–intention relationship, a sample of 167 pre-incubated entrepreneurs within the well-known System of Business Incubators of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education was surveyed and its statistical analysis developed with Structural Equation Modelling methodology. Our findings confirm that (1) entrepreneur’s perception concerning the incubator’s performance directly and positively affects the desirability, self-efficacy and the facilitating conditions, (2) the perceived desirability and feasibility in entrepreneurship, as well as the first ones, self-efficacy and facilitating conditions, positively influence the entrepreneurial intentions. Furthermore, contrary to the traditional mind-set that supports risk is a barrier, results suggest that (3) the risk perceived by pre-incubated entrepreneurs positively influences entrepreneurial intentions and the desirability that is attributed to that behaviour. Finally, these results also provide insights for organizational leaders and policymakers into managing business incubators and organising their formative programs. The effectiveness of incubators is clear but it is also important to communicate it properly so that incubated individuals can perceive it.

PhD (Marketing Management), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2018 Customer citizenship behaviour concerns the voluntary actions performed by customers that may benefit the organisation and for which customers will receive no formal remuneration in return. Examples of customer citizenship behaviour include recommending the organisation to fellow consumers (advocacy) and helping them in the correct use of the service. Grounded in the social exchange theory, it is presumed that customers perform these types of positive citizenship behaviours in appreciation of the benefits they believe they have received from the organisation. A further review of customer citizenship behaviour literature revealed that, despite the proliferation of existing studies, the topic had received little attention in the electronic banking environment, and its links to technology adoption models are not known. Extant research tends to focus on understanding models explaining consumer acceptance of information technology, with many professing that customers' beliefs about the benefits of the technology may impact their attitudes, intentions and behaviour. Based on the assumptions of the social exchange theory, this study then considered the possibility that both the principles of the technology adoption models and customer citizenship behaviour may be relevant in the electronic banking environment. Specifically, it is possible that customers with positive beliefs about the electronic banking service may develop positive attitudes and, in the deliberation of the benefits engage in customer citizenship behaviour. These matters required further investigation to advance theory and to benefit the electronic banking environment. The retail banking industry in South Africa is highly competitive with customers demanding quick and effective services. As such, a dynamic era of technological developments that are irreversibly changing the retail banking landscape has emerged in response to the importance of being relevant and competitive. Retail banks are particularly interested in mobile banking applications (apps), as they offer safe and secure banking services on the go and may contribute to reducing infrastructure costs. Despite these advantages, however, it seems that customers may be reluctant to use mobile banking apps due to a lack of trust or scepticism. Customer citizenship behaviour may present a solution to this problem where current users can teach fellow consumers the correct service usage and perhaps do the marketing on behalf of the bank. The subsequent literature investigation established that building quality relationships with customers who are users of mobile banking apps could show to be favourable for retail banks. Specifically, customer satisfaction (a backward-looking attitude) and affective commitment (a forward-looking attitude) may contribute to positive customer citizenship behaviour in the form of advocacy and help behaviour. It was further established that the belief factors of the extended UTUAT model as well as competence trust may have a positive and significant impact on the attitudes of existing users of mobile banking apps. Hence, a conceptual model was developed for further investigation. The research design was descriptive and quantitative. The population was defined as males and females in Gauteng, who were using at least one mobile banking app of one of the five main retail banks in South Africa. Non-probability, judgement sampling was used to select the sampling units (five main retail banks). A sampling quota of 100 respondents (sampling elements) per main retail bank was pre-determined to be approached by convenience. Self-administered questionnaires were emailed to a list of electronic banking users in Gauteng and were also physically distributed among respondents in this province forming part of the target population. A screening question ensured only respondents from the target population would participate in the survey. Previously validated measurement scales were adapted for the questionnaire, and the items were measured on a five-point unlabelled Likert-type scale, based on the level of agreement. The fieldwork delivered a response rate of 12.54%, and a total of 533 completed questionnaires were deemed suitable for further analysis. To ensure the development of a parsimonious structural model, two measurement models were initially compiled using AMOS 24.0. The first model contained no second-order factors, while the second model included post-usage beliefs (representing all the belief factors investigated) and customer citizenship behaviour (representing advocacy and helping behaviour) as second-order factors. Following an assessment of the results, it was noted that the measurement model that includes the two second-order factors have construct validity and is regarded as superior to the measurement model that excluded the two second-order factors and that presented construct validity problems. Hence, it was concluded that the empirical results showed that post-usage beliefs (as a second-order factor) underlies perceptions of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, facilitating conditions, social influence, hedonic motivation and competence trust. Positive customer citizenship behaviour (as a second-order factor) underlies consumer advocacy and helping behaviour. Rendering the subsequent assessment of the structural model (that included the two second-order factors) it was be established that the fit indices indicate an acceptable model for this study. Post-usage beliefs have a positive and significant impact on customer satisfaction. Post-usage beliefs have a positive and significant impact on affective commitment. Customer satisfaction has a positive and significant impact on positive customer citizenship behaviour. Affective commitment has a positive and significant impact on positive customer citizenship behaviour, and customer satisfaction has a positive and significant impact on affective commitment. All research hypotheses formulated were subsequently accepted. The research findings make some important contributions to theory and practice. From a theoretical perspective, the most significant finding is that insight has been gained into the interrelationships between belief factors and attitudes that may contribute to customer citizenship behaviour. Specifically, it seems that within the self-service technology environment, the sequence of positive beliefs of the service, contributing to positive attitudes and that may lead to behaviour, such as the adoption of a service, may also be relevant in the post-consumption stage. However, the difference is that after the service has been consumed and satisfaction and commitment are gained, the behaviour may take the form of citizenship actions, as explained by the social exchange theory. Additionally, the research findings provide strategic direction to the retail banking industry in South Africa that is experiencing slow adoption of their mobile banking apps. Retail banks should focus on the belief factors investigated in this study and ensure their mobile banking service offering is well managed, as it may lead to customer satisfaction and affective commitment, which may result in positive customer citizenship behaviour. Ultimately the research findings serve as a starting point in understanding the link between technology adoption models and customer citizenship behaviour in the post-usage stage of self-service technologies. Further research is required to expand this model and to gain more insight into the matter. Hence, following an outline of the research limitations, this study concludes with strategic recommendations that may guide further research on this topic. Doctoral

Technology continues to progress steadily in every field. Rapid advances in the internet and the smart phones lead banks to improve their field by mobile banking. Researches should be done in order to deepen knowledge about the factors that have influence on adoption to use mobile banking which can guide banks to increase the usage and improve their services. The purpose of this research is to measure the factors affecting university students to adopt mobile banking in the Republic of Northern Cyprus. The study framework based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) Model, considering only independent variables which are performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating conditions. The data were collected from two hundred and fifty students who are studying in TRNC regarding the quantitative research methodology. This research revealed that all of the independent variables of UTAUT Model which are performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating conditions have positive significant impact on the intention to use mobile banking in this country. Keywords: Mobile banking, the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) Model, Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Social Influence, Facilitating Conditions ÖZ: Teknoloji, her alanda istikrarlı bir şekilde ilerlemeye devam ediyor. İnternette ve akıllı telefonlardaki hızlı gelişmeler, bankaları mobil bankacılık alanında geliştirmeye yönlendiriyor. Mobil bankacılığın kullanımına katkıda bulunan ve bankaları kullanımını artırmaya ve hizmetlerini geliştirmeye yönlendirecek faktörler hakkında bilgi derinleştirmek için araştırmalar yapılmalıdır. Bu araştırmanın amacı, Kuzey Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti'nde öğrencilerin mobil bankacılık sistemini benimsemelerini etkileyen faktörleri ölçmektir. Söz konusu çalışma Birleşmiş Teknoloji Kabul ve Kullanma Teorisi (UTAUT) Modeli çerçevesinde ve sadece performans beklentisi, çaba beklentisi, sosyal etki ve kolaylaştırıcı koşullar olan bağımsız değişkenleri göz önünde bulundurarak yapılmıştır. Veriler, nicel araştırma yöntemi temel alınarak KKTC'de okuyan 250 öğrenciden toplanmıştır. Bu araştırma, UTAUT Modelinin, performans beklentisi, çalışma süresi, sosyal etki ve kolaylaştırıcı koşullar olan tüm bağımsız değişkenlerinin, bu ülkedeki mobil bankacılık kullanma niyeti üzerinde olumlu bir etkisi olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Anahtar Kelimeler: Mobil Bankacılık, Birleşmiş Teknoloji Kabul ve Kullanma Teorisi (UTAUT) Modeli, Performans Beklentisi, Çaba Beklentisi, Sosyal Etkiler, Kolaylaştırıcı Koşullar Master of Arts in Marketing Management. Thesis (M.A.)--Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Dept. of Business Administration, 2018. Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Emrah Öney.

In today’s world, technology is advancing with a fast pace and most of the activities such as shopping, education, business transactions, entertainment, and communication are done by using the Internet. With the help of the Internet, virtual platforms such as social media provide opportunities for people to communicate with each other regardless of time and place. Users can share their information, for instance what they are doing and at which place they are with their companions using check-in websites and applications. This study aims to determine the factors that affect the use of check-in applications. UTAUT model will be applied to determine the main factors among students of Eastern Mediterranean University in North Cyprus. This study focuses on investigating the impact of the core constructs of the UTAUT model, which are Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Social Influence, and Facilitating Conditions on intention to use check-in applications. Moreover, the study tests the moderating effects of age, gender, and experience on the relationship between the main constructs of the UTAUT model and intention to use check-in applications. The data for this study was collected from 250 students studying in Eastern Mediterranean University in North Cyprus. According to the analysis conducted using these data, the results illustrate that only Performance Expectancy and Facilitating Conditions have a significant and positive impact on the intention to use check-in applications. In addition, only the relationship between Performance Expectancy and intention to use check-in applications is influenced by the moderating effect of age. The last chapter of this study includes discussion about the limitations to this study and also provides managerial implications and suggestions for future studies related with the topic of this study. ÖZ: Günümüz dünyasında teknoloji hızla ilerliyor ve alışveriş, eğitim, ticaret işlemleri, eğlence ve iletişim gibi aktivitelerin çoğu internet kullanılarak gerçekleştiriliyor. İnternetin yardımıyla, sosyal medya gibi sanal platformlar, insanların zaman ve mekân gözetmeksizin birbirleriyle iletişim kurmalarına olanak sağlıyor. Kullanıcılar, check-in web sitelerini ve uygulamalarını kullanarak, yaptıkları ve bulundukları yerdeki arkadaşlarıyla bilgilerini paylaşabiliyorlar. Bu çalışma, check-in uygulamalarının kullanımını etkileyen faktörleri belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. UTAUT modeli, Kuzey Kıbrıs’ta Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi öğrencilerinin temel faktörlerini belirlemek için uygulanacaktır. Bu çalışma, UTAUT modelinin çekirdek yapısını oluşturan, performans beklentisi, çaba beklentisi, sosyal etkisi ve kolaylaştırıcı koşulların check-in uygulamalarının kullanımına olan etkisini araştırmaya odaklanmıştır. Ayrıca çalışma, yaş, cinsiyet ve deneyimin UTAUT modelinin ana yapıları arasındaki ilişki üzerindeki kontrol etkisini ve check-in uygulamalarını kullanma amacına etkisini de test etmektedir. Bu çalışma için veriler Kuzey Kıbrıs'ta Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi'nde okuyan 250 öğrenciden toplanmıştır. Bu veriler kullanılarak yapılan analize göre, sonuçlar sadece performans beklentisi ve kolaylaştırıcı koşulların, check-in uygulamalarını kullanma amacı üzerinde önemli ve olumlu bir etkiye sahip olduğunu göstermektedir. Ayrıca, sadece Performans Beklentisi ile check-in uygulamalarını kullanma amacı arasındaki ilişki, yaşın ılımlı etkisinden etkilenmektedir. Bu çalışmanın son bölümü, bu çalışmanın getirdiği sınırlamalar hakkında tartışmayı içermekte ve ayrıca bu çalışmanın konusuyla ilgili gelecekteki çalışmalara ilişkin yönetim sonuçları ve önerileri de sunmaktadır. Master of Arts in Marketing Management. Thesis (M.A.)--Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Dept. of Business Administration, 2018. Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Emrah Oney

Improper handling of household solid waste causes problems that affect public health and the environment, as well as the aesthetic nature of cities. This paper aims to determine if the theory of planned behavior (TPB), and its extended version can be used to predict household recycling intention (RI), and whether perceived lack of facilitating conditions have a moderating role on households’ RI in Nigeria. Data from a sample of 393 households from Kano metropolis Nigeria were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The result reveals that the TPB Model predicts households RI in Nigeria and explains 42% of the variance in RI. Attitude is the most important predictor of RI in the TPB model (β = 0.593, p = 0.000). However, after personal norm (PN) was added into the model, the variance in RI increases to 58% and PN becomes the most important predictor of RI in the extended TPB model (β = 0.496, p = 0.000). Perceived lack of facilitating condition was found to have a significant moderating effect on households’ RI. Finally, our findings show that providing households with recycling facilities and local collections holds great promise for improving households’ intention to recycle.

Electronic banking services such as internet banking offer bank clients substantial benefits over traditional banking channels. Although internet banking has been around for many years, increasing the use of the service by bank clients remains a priority for many managers of internet banking services. To address this managerial concern, the study investigates the factors that contribute to the enhanced use of internet banking by bank clients. Based on a literature review, internet-banking factors that could influence bank clients’ actual use of internet banking were identified. Data were collected from 1 156 users of internet banking. The results of the study showed that two factors influence internet banking usage, namely internet banking facilitating conditions and internet banking risk beliefs. The more favourable internet banking facilitating conditions are perceived to be, the more likely bank clients are to increase their use of internet banking. On the other hand, the greater the perceived risks associated with internet banking, the less the chances are that clients will do their banking through the internet. On the basis of these results, recommendations are provided to enhance the use of internet banking.

The aim of this article is to discuss how different factors affect the decision of intention to use and adopt mobile health applications using the extended technology acceptance model (TAM) among older adults in Iraq. “Perceived usefulness (PU), perceived ease of use (PEU), subjective norm (SN), and facilitating conditions (FC)” were four key predictors. Gender and age were included as factors for moderating the impact of two key TAM components in the proposed model (PU and PEU) on intention to use and adoption behaviors. The results of the past studies indicated that PU, PEU and SN were important predictors of adoption of mobile health applications among older adults in Iraq, While PU, SN, and FC were important predictors of the intention to use mobile health applications. Previous studies highlighted a strong impact of PEU on the intention to use mobile health applications on older adults than for younger adults. Implications are discussed for future research and practices.

The main objective of this study is to determine the factors influence consumers in Oman to switch from in-store to electronic purchasing. Therefore, four constructs (perceived ease of use (PEU), perceived usefulness (PU), facilitating conditions (FC), and social influence (SI)) have been employed in this study which are adopted through the integration between UTUAT and TAM models. The respondent in this study were students from Sultan Qaboos University and Dhofar University, 537 cases have been analysed. Exploratory, confirmatory, and structural equation modelling techniques have been employed in this research using SPSS 25, AMOS 25 software.The study revealed that (PU), (FC), and (SI) have a positive and significant influence on the consumers’ behavioural intention in Oman to switch into electronic purchasing. While, the findings demonstrated that there is no significant effect by (PEU) on the consumers’ behavioural intention to transform from traditional to electronic purchasing.The study provides business and consumers, a good interpretation about the factors influence the transformation to e-purchasing. In addition, this paper encourages companies to shift to interaction e-purchasing portals which help businesses to target different marketplace inside and outside of country to increase sell ratio to sustain their business. However, up to the researchers’ knowledge this study considered to be among the first studies which provide another clearer view of e-purchasing in Oman by incorporating selected factors from two different theories. i.e. incorporating two factors related to the use of technology with other two variables about the required technical resources, and the social effect on individuals to use new technology, thereby being unique and original.

This research evaluated barriers to the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) among librarians in academic libraries in Ogun State, Nigeria. One hundred and twenty one (121) structured questionnaires were administered in a total sampling technique among librarians in twelve institutions. The questionnaire grouped barriers into four: Expected consequences of use and affect towards use, Habits, Social Norms and Facilitating Conditions. Results showed that expected consequences of use, affect and habits were not barriers to the use of ICT by librarians in academic libraries in Ogun State. Social norms remained a barrier particularly among librarians in public institutions in the state. Power supply was the outstanding barrier among facilitating conditions. Other facilitating conditions have an almost equal pressure as barriers to use of ICT by librarians in academic libraries Ogun State. The study observed that increasing number of private universities has changed the landscape of ICT use positively.

Partimos da convicção de que a autonomia do aprendente e o tratamento produtivo do erro são fatores decisivos no sucesso da aprendizagem. Vimos esta opinião confirmada através da leitura de reconhecidos estudos científicos. Propusemo-nos, em seguida, verificar o sucesso / insucesso da sua aplicação na lecionação das disciplinas de Português e Alemão. O presente relatório descreve esta implementação e reflete sobre o desafio que constituiu a sua aplicação didática no âmbito da Prática de Ensino Supervisionada no ano letivo de 2013/14.

Table of contents List of Abbreviations Chapter 1 General Introduction Chapter 2 Do hospital physicians really want to go digital? Acceptance of a picture archiving and communication system in a university hospital Chapter 3 Do hospital physicians attitudes change during PACS implementation? A cross- sectional acceptance study Chapter 4 Predicting secondary school teachers' acceptance and use of a digital learning environment: a cross-sectional study Chapter 5 Teachers' acceptance and use of an educational portal Chapter 6 Discussion & Conclusion Appendices References Nederlandstalige samenvatting List of Publications nrpages: 208 status: published

The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore the facilitating conditions associated with teachers’ laptop use. Questionnaires were collected from 412 teachers. This study found two of the facilitating conditions [technical (r = .171, n = 412, p = .001) and administrative support (r = .213, n = 412, p

This study investigated undergraduate students’ intention to use wiki technology. An extension of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) has been used by taking into account not only students’ wiki perceived utility and usability, but also Big Five personality characteristics and two other variables, social norms, and facilitating conditions, as proposed in the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). Students’ beliefs before (pre-wiki scenario) and after (post-wiki scenario) the actual use of the wiki system were investigated, with 85 and 86 participants respectively. The hypotheses were tested using partial least squares analysis. For the pre-wiki scenario, 8/15 hypotheses were confirmed and 11/15 for the post-wiki scenario. The relationship between perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness was found to be of the highest magnitude. The most notable difference across the two scenarios was that the relation between perceived ease of use and attitudes towards use was significant only in the first scenario. The results demonstrate that the proposed TAM-extended model could predict students’ wiki acceptance.

Journal of information systems in Business JISB, 9, 1, 61

Technology adoption play significant role for good healthcare services. It is very important to understand and identify the requirements and perceptions of hospital employees for the implementation of technology in their work place. This study determines the impact of performance expectancy, effort expectancy and social influence on behavioural intention as well as the impact of facilitating conditions on technical/clinical staff’s perspective. The structured questionnaire is administered to 770 clinical staffs on the usage of telemedicine and electronic health records in hospitals. A valid sample of 568 was returned back for further analysis. Regression analysis using AMOS 20 is performed to examine the effect of the constructs. Findings revealed that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and social influence have a significant impact on behavioural intention and facilitating condition also significantly impacts behavioural intention which in turn impacts usage behaviour of electronic health records and telemedicine. The limitations and future research are suggested and delineated., Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-PEst-OE/EEI/UI0760/2011)