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The history of UTAUT model and its impact on ICT acceptance and usage by academicians

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This paper started with the review of the history of technology acceptance model from TRA to UTAUT. The expected contribution is to bring to lime light the current development stage of the technology acceptance model. Based on this, the paper examined the impact of UTAUT model on ICT acceptance and usage in HEIs. The UTAUT model theory was verified using regressions analysis to understand the behavioral intention of the ADSU academic staffs’ acceptance and use of ICT in their workplace. The research objective is to measure the most influential factors for the acceptance and usage of ICT by ADSU academic staff and to identify the barriers. Two null hypotheses were stated: (1) the academic staff of ADSU rejects acceptance and usage of ICT in their workplace. (2) UTAUT does not predict the successful acceptance of ICT by the academic staff of the Adamawa State University. In summary, our findings shows that the four constructs of UTAUT have significant positive influence and impact on the behavioral intention to accept and use ICT by the ADSU academic staff. This shows that university academic staff will intend to use ICT that they believe will improve their job performance and are easy to use. The facilitating conditions such as appropriate hardware, software, training and support should be in place by the management. In the Adamawa State University, EE and SI are found to be the most influential predictors of academic staff acceptance of ICT and use among the four constructs of UTAUT. The greatest barriers are time and technical support for staff. Knowledge gained from the study is beneficial to both the university academic staff and the Nigerian ICT policy makers.

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The authors would like to thank Prof. V. Venkatesh for allowing the use of UTAUT for this research. In addition, the authors gratefully acknowledge UTM, Research Universiti Malaysia for their support and encouragement.

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    N. D. Oye, N. A.Iahad & N. Ab.Rahim

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1.1 The UTAUT survey (A)

Important: When completing the questionnaire, please keep in mind that we are using ICT in the context of teaching and learning, by the university academicians. ICT here refers to the application of digital equipments to all aspects of teaching and learning, which encompasses (PC, TV, Radio, Cellular phones, Laptops, overhead projectors, slide projectors, power-point projector, electronic boards, internet, hardware, software, and any technology specific to your teaching area).

Please rate each of the following on 1-5 Likert scale. Where (1) is “Strongly Disagree,” (2) is “Disagree”, (3) is” Neither Agree or Disagree”, (4) is “Agree”, and (5) is “Strongly Agree”.

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Oye, N.D., A.Iahad, N. & Ab.Rahim, N. The history of UTAUT model and its impact on ICT acceptance and usage by academicians. Educ Inf Technol 19, 251–270 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-012-9189-9

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