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Mobile Learning (m-learning) is quickly spreading in many regions of the world. However, research addressing the driving factors for m-learning adoption is lacking. This study proposes a revised TAM by integrating perceived long-term usefulness and personal innovativeness. The adoption model was found to explain 60.8 percent of m-learning intentions based on 209 completed questionnaires. Percei...

This paper identifies and analyses the forces influencing the rapid mobile diffusion in China. The analysis indicates that major factors influencing the hyperbolic growth rate of mobile technology penetration in China include the influence of Marxist labour theory, post-Mao reform resulting in market openness and heavy FDI inflow, rapid economic growth, reengineering of the telecommunication se...

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Adopting the view that virtual communities are an important part of today’s social fabric, this study investigates the relationships between different factors commonly used to measure people’s attitudes towards virtual communities. The study reviews existing research in both traditional non virtual and virtual communities to build a more inclusive factor model which includes the idea of motivat...