Information System Innovation Adoption and Diffusion in Ethiopian Higher Learning Institutions: The Case of Hawassa University
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2010-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This study has investigated the adoption and diffusion of IS by academic staff of Hawassa
university by considering ICT use (for instructional and managerial purposes) as a major
indicator. The research process made use of Roger’s model of innovation diffusion as a core
component for the proposed structural model, which was adapted from Usluel et al (2008), and
that was checked using the Partial Least Square technique for its validity using SmartPLS 2.0
M3. It was found that the proposed model expressed 49 % of the variation in the utilization of
the available IS infrastructure of the university and the overall model assessment was rated as
moderate. The model has also shown that the perceived attributes of innovation has strong
negative effect on the ICT use of the academic staff which strengthened the inefficiency of the
model to show the adoption and diffusion of IS in different contexts. On the contrary, it was
found that ICT facilities and access have strong direct positive impact on the use of ICT by the
academic staff of the university.
Majority of the staff responded that they use ICT for searching information in the Internet
about their course and as a means of communication considering the two dimensions of ICT
use in higher learning institutions: instructional and managerial.
Key words: Diffusion of innovation, adoption, Higher education, ICT usage, Perceived
attributes of innovation, Partial least squares
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Information System Innovation Adoption