Acceptence of Information and Communication Technology Among Members of Youth Organisations in Kuala Lumpur
Youth’s acceptance of information communication technology (ICT) is undeniably important. Based on our youth’s contribution to national labour supply, it is evident that this group is a major driving force of national development. However, there is still few studies done on Malaysian youth, espe...
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2006
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/165/1/549015_FBMK_2006_1.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/165/ |
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| Summary: | Youth’s acceptance of information communication technology (ICT) is
undeniably important. Based on our youth’s contribution to national labour
supply, it is evident that this group is a major driving force of national
development. However, there is still few studies done on Malaysian youth,
especially on their readiness to accept ICT. This study focuses on
determining the acceptance of ICT among members of youth associations
in Kuala Lumpur. The specific objectives for this study are (1) to identify
the level of ICT acceptance, (2) to identify the purpose of ICT usage, (3)
to identify the relations between demographic factors, media exposure,
peer influence and organizational support with ICT acceptance and (4) to
identify the difference between ICT acceptance level with those who have undergo ICT training and those who have not among members of youth
associations in Kuala Lumpur.
252 respondents of seven youth associations from seven areas have been
chosen to represent the youth associations in Kuala Lumpur. Data was
collected through questionnaires using the drop and collect method. After
collection, data was analysed based on frequency, percentage, Pearson
Correlation Test, T-test and the one way Anova test.
This study found that acceptance of ICT is at medium level. The main
objective for using computers is for writing and typing. The main objective
of internet use is to seek information. There is a significant positive
relationship between acceptance of ICT and respondent’s age as well as
income. However, there is no significant relationship between acceptance
of ICT and experience in associations or gender. There is significant
difference between races, education level, work category and marriage
status in acceptance of ICT. There is significant positive relationships
between acceptance of ICT and media exposure regarding ICT. There is
significant difference between respondents who have undergo formal ICT
training and those who have not in accepting ICT. Organizational support
and peer influence factors were found to have no significant relationship
with acceptance of ICT among members of youth associations in Kuala
Lumpur |
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