Impact of antecedent factors on collaborative technologies usage among academic researchers in Malaysian research universities

• Published in: International Journal of Information and Learning Technology
• Main Author: Mohd Daud N.; Zakaria H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. 2017
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85019182973&doi=10.1108%2fIJILT-09-2016-0046&partnerID=40&md5=5ae4ca0b68b3509fa779068389b81d33

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of antecedent factors on collaborative technologies usage among academic researchers in Malaysian research universities. Design/methodology/approach: Data analysis was conducted on data collected from 156 academic researchers from five Malaysian research universities. This study employed an extensive quantitative approach of a structural equation modeling method to evaluate the research model and to test the hypotheses. Findings: The main findings of this study are that personal innovativeness, task-technology fit, and perceived peer usage are significant predictors of individual usage of collaborative technologies; perceived managerial support and subjective norm were found not to be significant predictors to perceived usefulness and individual usage; and perceived usefulness is a significant mediator to individual usage in that it had fully mediated personal innovativeness whereas partially mediated peer usage. Practical implications: The results provide practical insights into how the Malaysian higher education sector and other research organizations of not-for-profit structure could enhance their collaborative technologies usage. Originality/value: This research is perhaps the first that concentrates on collaborative technologies usage in Malaysian research universities. © 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited.