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标题：FACTORS AFFECTING INTENTION TO USE MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IN LIBYA SCHOOLS
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作者：NOUREDDON H. IBRAHIM BELEID ; ADAM AMRIL JAHARADAK ; ABDULGADER AB SINUSI 等
期刊名称：Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1992-8645
电子版ISSN：1817-3195
出版年度：2020
卷号：98
期号：16
页码：3414-3427
出版社：Journal of Theoretical and Applied
摘要：Adoption of communication innovations that connect schools and families of school going children is suggested to encourage and facilitate active participation of parents in their children studies and ultimately lead to the improvement of academic performances and extra curriculum success of students. Mobile phone penetration in Libya has increased considerably. In fact, International Telecommunication Union reported that Libya currently has 121 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants and boasts one of the cheapest broadband rate in the Middle East. Despite this growth, mobile communication systems (MCS) are not widely used to effectively resolve the issue of poor communication between schools and parents/guardians as requested by parents groups in Libya. At the moment the extant literature seems to overlook this important gap. As a result factors affecting the adoption of these technologies are misunderstood. This study aims to empirically test the influence of Relative Advantage, Compatibility, Complexity, Result Demonstrability, Perspective on Communication as well as public Trust on Internet on mobile communication systems adoption. The authors surveyed 541 parents of school going children as well as staff of twelve secondary schools in Libya. A structured equation modelling (SEM) technique was used to analyse the data. The result shows that Relative Advantage, Compatibility, Complexity, Result Demonstrability, Perspective on Communication and trust on Internet significantly influences intention to use mobile communication systems. This means that education authorities should educate both staff and parents/guardian about the benefits of using MCS, ensure them that MCS are compatible to their values, make the MCS easy to use, demonstrate the expected results of MCS and assure the users that Internet is free from any form of government manipulation. The empirical evidence provided by this study could be used by the policy makers, authoritative bodies and relevant stakeholders to formulate policies and guidelines in implementing and popularizing mobile communication systems usage among parents or guardians and the staff of Libya schools.
关键词：Mobile Communications Systems;Relative Advantage;Compatibility;Complexity;Result Demonstrability;Perspective on Communication;Trust on the Internet;Adoption;Libya