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How teachers’ personality affect on their behavioral intention to use tablet PC

Fatih Camadan (Department of Education Sciences, Recep Tayyip Erdogan Universitesi, Rize, Turkey)
Ilknur Reisoglu (Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey)
Ömer Faruk Ursavas (Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey)
David Mcilroy (Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK)

International Journal of Information and Learning Technology

ISSN: 2056-4880

Article publication date: 2 January 2018

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of personality traits on teachers’ technology acceptance.

Design/methodology/approach

To this end, a demographic information survey, Five-Factor inventory, and technology acceptance measure were used for data collection. The data were analyzed via structural equation modeling.

Findings

According to the findings, conscientiousness has no significant effect on behavioral intention (BI) whereas openness and extraversion have positive indirect effects. On the other hand, agreeableness and neuroticism have negative indirect effects on BI. It was seen that the developed model explains 70 percent of BI, 77 percent of attitude toward use, 42 percent of perceived usefulness, 64 percent of perceived ease of use, and 15 percent of computer self-efficacy (CSE). It was revealed that CSE mediates the indirect effects of different personality traits on these variables.

Practical implications

In this regard, highlighting the conveniences to be brought by using Tablet PCs and equipping teachers with competencies to use relevant technologies during teacher training and in-service training may be effective in developing BI to use Tablet PCs among teachers.

Originality/value

The present study is different from previous studies in that it examines more than one technology through more than one measurement, takes personality as the predictor of technology use tendencies, and focuses on causal relationships between technology use and personality.

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Citation

Camadan, F., Reisoglu, I., Ursavas, Ö.F. and Mcilroy, D. (2018), "How teachers’ personality affect on their behavioral intention to use tablet PC", International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, Vol. 35 No. 1, pp. 12-28. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJILT-06-2017-0055

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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