Identifying and Explaining the Factors Preventing the use of ICT from the Graduate Students’ Perspective

Subject Areas : Higher Education

Farshad Tavakoli ¹ (M.A. Student of Information Technology Management, Sistan and Baluchestan University, Zahedan, Iran)
Mohammad Ghasemi ² (Assistant Professor of Govermental Management Department, Sistan and Baluchestan University, Zahedan, Iran)
Seyed Morteza Seyedin ³ (M.A. Student of Information Technology Management, Sistan and Baluchestan University, Zahedan, Iran)

Received: 2014-07-16 Accepted : 2014-10-17 Published : 2015-05-01

Keywords: Information and communication technology, graduate students, preventive factors,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research was to identify and explain the preventing factors in the use of ICT in universities from the graduate students’ perspective at the University of Sistan and Baluchestan. This research adopted a descriptive cross-sectional study particularly using structural equation modeling. The statistical population comprised all graduate students of the University of Sistan and Baluchestan in 2013. A sample of 350 students was selected through simple random sampling method using Krejcie-Morgan table. The data gathering tool was a questionnaire designed by the researchers, the validity of which was confirmed by specialists and experts and its reliability was estimated by Chronbach's Alpha coefficient (0.85). The data collected from the questionnaires were analyzed using Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The major results of the study indicated that from students’ prospective of the University of Sistan and Baluchistan, Seven general factors including economic, personal, educational, technical, subjective norm, environmental and attitudinal factors were explained. Also, among the factors identified, the subjective norm and economic factors with the respective factorial load of 0.81 and 0.44 had the maximum and minimum impact on preventive impact in the use of Information and Communication Technology.

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