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The Impact of Trust on the Adoption of Cloud Computing Services by University Students

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Recent Trends in Data Science and Soft Computing (IRICT 2018)

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 843))

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Cloud computing is a state-of-the-art technology that delivers computing resources to organizations and educational institutions over the Internet. Cloud computing services such as Google Apps, Microsoft education cloud, Amazon Web services, and IBM cloud academy help universities by facilitating teaching, learning, research, and other development activities. Nevertheless, one of the factors influencing cloud computing adoption is trust. Therefore, this paper aims at assessing the impact of trust on adopting cloud services by undergraduate students in Saudi Arabian universities. The study utilized a modified version of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) by integrating trust to collect the empirical data. The data were gathered using a questionnaire from 527 undergraduate students in two Saudi Arabian universities. The responses were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software. The findings showed that perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and trust are the significant predictors of intention to adopt cloud services. The findings suggested that perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and trust should be considered by decision makers in universities and cloud service providers in order to promote adoption of cloud services among students.

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  1. Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, University of Jeddah, Khulais, Saudi Arabia

    Abdulwahab Ali Almazroi

  2. College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

    Haifeng Shen

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Taiz University, Taiz, Yemen

    Fathey Mohammed

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  1. College of Computer Science and Engineering, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia

    Faisal Saeed

  2. Information Systems Department, Faculty of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

    Nadhmi Gazem

  3. Information Technology Department, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Taiz University, Taiz, Yemen

    Fathey Mohammed

  4. Information Systems Department, Faculty of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

    Abdelsalam Busalim

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Almazroi, A.A., Shen, H., Mohammed, F. (2019). The Impact of Trust on the Adoption of Cloud Computing Services by University Students. In: Saeed, F., Gazem, N., Mohammed, F., Busalim, A. (eds) Recent Trends in Data Science and Soft Computing. IRICT 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 843. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99007-1_84

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