IoT device market has grown rapidly in recent years, with many researches have been done to investigate the devices’ adoption factors. However, it is crucial understand how maintain users’ continuance intention. This study, based on post-acceptance model of Expectation Confirmation Model (ECM), investigates impact early-stage personal traits (personal innovativeness), social influence (normativ...

HEALTH INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF DIABETIC PATIENTS Firoozeh Zare-Farashbandi, Anasik Lalazaryan, Alireza Rahimi. Associate Professor of Department of Medical Librarianship and Information Science, Health InformationTechnology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; Master of Art. Medical Librarianship and Information Science, Department of Management and Me...

Wireless Internet on mobile devices (WIMD) technology is rapidly growing in many countries including Malaysia. As WIMD is still in its growing stage, it is appropriate to conduct research on technology adoption of WIMD. This paper analyses the intention to use WIMD among Malaysians. The study adopted the Technology acceptance model (TAM) as it is considered to be one of the best models to study...

Much IS adoption research has examined factors related to one’s intrinsic interests in IT, such as computer playfulness and personal innovativeness, and their various implications for adoption and use. But why are certain people more playful and innovative with technology than others in the first place? Prior IS research provides few answers as to the origins of these intrinsic motivators. Buil...

Studies of the effect of individual differences on usage of information systems have yielded mixed results. This study examines the effect of individual differences on the perceived relative advantage (a concept akin to perceived usefulness) of using Group Support Systems (GSS) over traditional face-to-face meetings. Specifically, the current field study investigates the effect of oral and writ...

The purpose of this research is to discover factors that significantly affect the future teachers’ decisions regarding the use of educational software in teaching. The study involved nine factors and obtained 112 valid questionnaires. The results revealed that the decision of future teachers on the use of educational software in teaching was affected by six factors: the required effort, persona...

In our previous two installments on innovativeness we provided overviews of how forest industry managers define “innovative” companies and what they see as primary hurdles to innovativeness. Here we cover the remaining findings regarding how managers might measure innovativeness and what they do to proactively increase innovativeness within their firms. Findings in this area may be particularly...

How do the American states vary in their propensity for innovativeness, or their willingness to adopt new policies sooner or later relative to other states? Most studies today use event history analysis to focus almost exclusively on one policy area at a time at the expense of a broader understanding of innovativeness as a characteristic of states. To return to the concept of innovativeness mor...