Facebook as a collaborative and communication tool: A study of secondary school students in Malaysia
This study discusses the acceptance of the utilization of Facebook as a communication tool and collaborative educational tool amongst secondary school students.This study is based on the four constructs of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology.The respondents were 150 secondary scho...
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| author | Raman, Arumugam Mohd Sani, Ruuhina Karpal Singh, Paramjit Kaur |
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| description | This study discusses the acceptance of the utilization of Facebook as a communication tool and collaborative educational tool amongst secondary school students.This study is based on the four constructs of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology.The respondents were 150 secondary school students who were randomly selected. The data for this study was elicited through questionnaires adapted from Venkatesh et al. (2003). The findings showed that performance expectations and effort expectations do not have a significant positive impact on behavioral intentions.On the other hand, the coefficients for social influence and facilitating conditions had a significant positive effect on behavioral intentions. |
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| spelling | uum-130102016-10-04T01:25:32Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13010/ Facebook as a collaborative and communication tool: A study of secondary school students in Malaysia Raman, Arumugam Mohd Sani, Ruuhina Karpal Singh, Paramjit Kaur LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools T Technology (General) This study discusses the acceptance of the utilization of Facebook as a communication tool and collaborative educational tool amongst secondary school students.This study is based on the four constructs of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology.The respondents were 150 secondary school students who were randomly selected. The data for this study was elicited through questionnaires adapted from Venkatesh et al. (2003). The findings showed that performance expectations and effort expectations do not have a significant positive impact on behavioral intentions.On the other hand, the coefficients for social influence and facilitating conditions had a significant positive effect on behavioral intentions. Elsevier Ltd. 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13010/1/pro12.pdf Raman, Arumugam and Mohd Sani, Ruuhina and Karpal Singh, Paramjit Kaur (2014) Facebook as a collaborative and communication tool: A study of secondary school students in Malaysia. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 155. pp. 141-146. ISSN 1877-0428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.270 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.270 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.270 |
| spellingShingle | LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools T Technology (General) Raman, Arumugam Mohd Sani, Ruuhina Karpal Singh, Paramjit Kaur Facebook as a collaborative and communication tool: A study of secondary school students in Malaysia |
| title | Facebook as a collaborative and communication tool: A study of secondary school students in Malaysia |
| title_full | Facebook as a collaborative and communication tool: A study of secondary school students in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Facebook as a collaborative and communication tool: A study of secondary school students in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Facebook as a collaborative and communication tool: A study of secondary school students in Malaysia |
| title_short | Facebook as a collaborative and communication tool: A study of secondary school students in Malaysia |
| title_sort | facebook as a collaborative and communication tool a study of secondary school students in malaysia |
| topic | LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools T Technology (General) |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13010/1/pro12.pdf |
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