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Showing 1 to 20 of 294 for “"Technology Acceptance"”.
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Exploring a Broader View of Technology Acceptance
… the scale items used to measure 5 psychological acceptance constructs proposed by Schwarz and Chin (2007). While an initial test of validity and reliability was established by Schwarz (2003) using covariance-based structural equation modeling, a stronger test was performed to establish the …
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Technology Acceptance of Virtual Reality for Aircraft Maintenance Training
… conducted to investigate Virtual Reality (VR) technology acceptance for aircraft maintenance training by student mechanics. The study employed a survey methodology using the extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as the theoretical framework. Participants were student mechanics from Federal …
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21st century biomedical advances: Technology acceptance and policy preferences
<p>This study investigated the technology acceptance (TA) of 21st century biomedical treatments by adults in the United States. A new TA instrument was created, and two policy measures were assessed: “Who decides?” and “Who pays?” An on-line survey produced 353 usable responses to answer five …
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Design of an Extended Educational Technology Acceptance Model (EETAM)
… vary depending on several different factors, and technology acceptance models are well-suited to investigate these factors and how they may influence student behaviour. Because of their popularity and utility, many different models exist and there is no apparent pattern in terms of structure and …
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The Relationship between Organizational Culture, Usability, and Instructional Technology Acceptance
The advent of technology has put a number of institutions in a state of reform (Wolcott, 1997). In fact, it was predicted that technology would completely transform higher education by the end of the twentieth century (Sculley, 1989). Aside from the demographic make-up of the majority of current …
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Factors impacting on technology acceptance for the micro/SME electronics retailer.
… that SMEs were not fully engaging with the technology and that the government felt that it was not at the desirable level. This thesis looks at the issues surrounding technology acceptance for the SME and in particular internet adoption in the retail sector. This work explains technology …
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Developing the healthcare technology acceptance model (H-TAM) for older adults
… adults, they must first be willing to use the technology. The purpose of the research was to understand what factors emerged when older adults considered using new HCTs, how well current models of technology acceptance represented these factors, and to understand how these factors differ …
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THE PERSUASION PROCESSES IN VIRTUAL REALITY IN THE CONTEXT OF TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE
… the extent to which a media audience’s degree of technology acceptance (as a mediator) and interactivity of the media influence the user’s sense of presence, enjoyment, and message engagement, and finally lead to attitude change (persuasion). The study also explores how the user processes a …
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Exploring the Factors that Affect LiNX Powered Wheelchair Technology Acceptance and Use
Powered wheelchair technology has the potential to promote independence, maintain dignity, improve wellbeing, and remove barriers from everyday life (Samuelsson & Wressle, 2014). However, powered wheelchair design, distribution, provision, and prescription exists within a vast and complex network …
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Using the technology acceptance model to investigate knowledge conversion in Thai public organisations
… between knowledge conversion processes using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in Thai governmental organisations. There are few studies concerned with the development of sharing and the conversion of knowledge, and none of the Thai public sector. Most Thai research studies are concerned with …
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Examining a technology acceptance model of internet usage by academics within Thai business schools
Information Technology has been a significant research area for some time, but its nature has changed considerably since the Internet became prominent just over a decade ago. Many researchers have studied and proposed theories and models of technology acceptance in order to predict and explain user …
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Rebuilding Theories of Technology Acceptance: A Qualitative Case Study of Physicians' Acceptance of Technology
The Technology Acceptance Model has been widely applied and has been quite successful at explaining the behavioral intention to use technology in many organizations. One of the most significant variables in the Technology Acceptance Model is perceived ease of use. The Technology Acceptance Model …
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Technology Integration Complexity Model: A Systems Approach to Technology Acceptance and Use in Education
The lack of technology integration has long been noted as a problem throughout the education system. Using contemporary and reductionistic approaches, researchers have tried to explain the lack of modern technology acceptance and use in valuable but simplistic terms. Through the testing and …
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Determinants of Users Intention to Adopt Mobile Fitness Applications: an Extended Technology Acceptance Model Approach
… participants in recent years. Using an extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) perspective, this study explored potential predictors of behavioral intention toward MFAs such as perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, personalization, personal innovativeness in information technology …
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Personal privacy: A study to determine views on privacy as it relates to technology acceptance
… between a person’s concern for privacy and their acceptance of technology, in conjunction with the control factors of the Big Five personality factors. The study employed a modified Concern for Information Privacy (CFIP) scale and a modified Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) approach in …
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A technology acceptance model for empirically testing new end-user information systems : theory and results
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1986.
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Pilot Acceptance of Personal, Wearable Fatigue Monitoring Technology: An Application of the Extended Technology Acceptance Model
… an accurate way to measure it. Adoption of a technology-based solution has been recommended by the NTSB.</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that affect United States certified airline transport pilots’ behavioral intention to use personal, wearable fatigue monitoring …
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WILLINGNESS TO USE IT INNOVATIONS: A HYBRID APPROACH EMPLOYING DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODELS
… of Innovations theory for willingness to use new technology, and use some key concepts from the Technology Acceptance Model to reinforce DOI. I employed concepts of an empirically tested, valid, and reliable scale to measure willingness to use. The literature seems to indicate that information …
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