Over the last decade, the retail industry has had a phenomenal growth. All figures show their success and efficiency and many studies have shown the role of customer reviews in encouraging ambivalent purchasers to buy items online. There have been numerous studies on why people read and trust these comments and taking for granted the important role of customer reviews in determining buying deci...

Here we discuss the motivators for computer usage in Finland. IS and non-IS researchers have reported that perceived usefulness is a major determinant in a United States workplace. This study focuses on two aspects of motivation: extrinsic and intrinsic. Perceived usefulness is an example of extrinsic motivation, whereas perceived enjoyment is intrinsic. We found that extrinsic motivation plays...

This study examines the usage of e-library among students in a public university in Malaysia using the Technology Acceptance Model. Data from a questionnaire survey of 201 students were analyzed using linear regression. The results show that individual differences (computer self-efficacy and knowledge of search domain) had a significant positive relationship with perceived ease of use. Perceive...

The current paper examines user satisfaction with the social use of instant messaging in building and maintaining social relationships among friends, family members and others. By integrating motivation theory with media capacity theories, we developed and tested a research model to explain how the attributes of media capacity (e.g., social presence and media richness) and users’ intrinsic and ...

This study aims to examine the relationship between perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, perceived enjoyment, attitude and subscribers’ intention towards using 3G mobile services. Cross sectional data were collected through a survey and analysed by means of factor analysis, correlation and regression analysis. Out of 150 questionnaires only 100 were usable. Findings show that Perceived ...

In the beginning of the twenty-first century, the rapid development of Information and Communication Technology(ICT), Taiwan starting in 2006, the focus style on a trial basis in 2009 and installed in a large number of whiteboards in primary schools. A result of an Interactive whiteboard(IWB)is applied in the classroom teaching activities in the new technology. Therefore, this study focuses on ...

Previous research has primarily examined consumers’ perceived usefulness of web sites and trust in the web retailer as two major predictors of web site use and e-commerce adoption. While the consumers’ repeated behavior in the past (i.e., habit) may contribute to continuance behavior, it has not been investigated. This article includes habit as a primary construct along with perceived usefulnes...

We study the factors that facilitate and/or hinder the adoption and use of Information and Communication Technologies in the assessment of mathematics. We investigate instructors' behavioural intentions and students' attitudes. Two models are developed, incorporating aspects of previous models of technology acceptance such as Technology Acceptance Model, Theory of Planned Behaviour, and Social ...