Factors affecting e-collaboration technology use among management students

• Published in: Computers and education Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 609 - 623
• Main Authors: Padilla-Meléndez, Antonio, Garrido-Moreno, Aurora, Del Aguila-Obra, Ana Rosa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2008; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applications in subject areas; Business Administration Education; College Students; Computer Mediated Communication; Cooperation; Cooperative/collaborative learning; Country-specific developments; Educational Technology; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Influences; Intention; Internet; Interviews; Knowledge Level; Self Efficacy; Spain; Structural Equation Models; Student Attitudes; Student Experience; Teaching/learning strategies; Spain; Cooperative/collaborative learning; Teaching/learning strategies; Applications in subject areas; Computer-mediated communication; Country-specific developments

This paper describes an exploratory study of 225 management students in a medium-sized university in southern Spain. The influences of gender and previous experience as determinants of technology use were analysed. Furthermore, a modified Technology Acceptance Model, using SEM, was applied to explai...