Information System Innovation Adoption and Diffusion in Ethiopian Higher Learning Institutions: The Case of Hawassa University
| dc.contributor.advisor | Lamenew Workshet (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Getahun Nebiyu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-29T13:48:43Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-29T04:56:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-29T13:48:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-29T04:56:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-06 | |
| dc.description.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 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/14702 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Information System Innovation Adoption | en_US |
| dc.title | Information System Innovation Adoption and Diffusion in Ethiopian Higher Learning Institutions: The Case of Hawassa University | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |