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The impact of Hofstede's national culture on usage of emails among academician in Malaysian public universities

This research investigates the impact of Hoftstede’s National Culture which mediated by the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) on usage of emails among academician in Malaysian public universities. Data was collected by using survey questionnaires among 146 academic staff from two public universities...

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Main Authors: Bali Mahomed, Anuar Shah, Mcgrath, Michael G., Bong, Zhi Yuh
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Language:English
Published: Science Publishing Corporation 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14174/1/14174.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14174/
http://www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/ijet/article/view/14295
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spelling my.upm.eprints.141742018-10-05T09:53:38Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14174/ The impact of Hofstede's national culture on usage of emails among academician in Malaysian public universities Bali Mahomed, Anuar Shah Mcgrath, Michael G. Bong, Zhi Yuh This research investigates the impact of Hoftstede’s National Culture which mediated by the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) on usage of emails among academician in Malaysian public universities. Data was collected by using survey questionnaires among 146 academic staff from two public universities in Malaysia. Path analysis was conducted using SmartPLS 2.0 to assess the usage of emails model. Study found that power distance (PD), uncertainty avoidance (UA) and collectivism (C) have negative impact on perceived ease of use (PEOU) of usage of emails. Study further discovered that PD, and C have negative influence on perceived usefulness (PU) of usage of emails. In addition, study found that masculinity (M) has no noteworthy impact on both PEOU and PU of usage of emails. Moreover, long-term orientation (LT) and Indulgence (I) were found to have noteworthy positive relationship with PEOU and PU on usage of emails. On technology acceptance model (TAM), PEOU and PU were found to have noteworthy positive impact on usage of emails (U) while PEOU has a noteworthy positive impact PU of usage of emails. This paper discusses the implications of these findings for future academic research and practice. Science Publishing Corporation 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14174/1/14174.pdf Bali Mahomed, Anuar Shah and Mcgrath, Michael G. and Bong, Zhi Yuh (2018) The impact of Hofstede's national culture on usage of emails among academician in Malaysian public universities. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7 (2.29). art. no. 14295. pp. 990-996. ISSN 2227-524X http://www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/ijet/article/view/14295 10.14419/ijet.v7i2.29.14295
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description This research investigates the impact of Hoftstede’s National Culture which mediated by the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) on usage of emails among academician in Malaysian public universities. Data was collected by using survey questionnaires among 146 academic staff from two public universities in Malaysia. Path analysis was conducted using SmartPLS 2.0 to assess the usage of emails model. Study found that power distance (PD), uncertainty avoidance (UA) and collectivism (C) have negative impact on perceived ease of use (PEOU) of usage of emails. Study further discovered that PD, and C have negative influence on perceived usefulness (PU) of usage of emails. In addition, study found that masculinity (M) has no noteworthy impact on both PEOU and PU of usage of emails. Moreover, long-term orientation (LT) and Indulgence (I) were found to have noteworthy positive relationship with PEOU and PU on usage of emails. On technology acceptance model (TAM), PEOU and PU were found to have noteworthy positive impact on usage of emails (U) while PEOU has a noteworthy positive impact PU of usage of emails. This paper discusses the implications of these findings for future academic research and practice.
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author Bali Mahomed, Anuar Shah
Mcgrath, Michael G.
Bong, Zhi Yuh
spellingShingle Bali Mahomed, Anuar Shah
Mcgrath, Michael G.
Bong, Zhi Yuh
The impact of Hofstede's national culture on usage of emails among academician in Malaysian public universities
author_facet Bali Mahomed, Anuar Shah
Mcgrath, Michael G.
Bong, Zhi Yuh
author_sort Bali Mahomed, Anuar Shah
title The impact of Hofstede's national culture on usage of emails among academician in Malaysian public universities
title_short The impact of Hofstede's national culture on usage of emails among academician in Malaysian public universities
title_full The impact of Hofstede's national culture on usage of emails among academician in Malaysian public universities
title_fullStr The impact of Hofstede's national culture on usage of emails among academician in Malaysian public universities
title_full_unstemmed The impact of Hofstede's national culture on usage of emails among academician in Malaysian public universities
title_sort impact of hofstede's national culture on usage of emails among academician in malaysian public universities
publisher Science Publishing Corporation
publishDate 2018
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14174/1/14174.pdf
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http://www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/ijet/article/view/14295
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