TY - GEN
T1 - Towards students' behavioral intention to adopt and use e-counseling
T2 - 12th IEEE AFRICON International Conference, AFRICON 2015
AU - Kolog, Emmanuel Awuni
AU - Sutinen, Erkki
AU - Suhonen, Jarkko
AU - Anohah, Ebenezer
AU - Vanhalakka-Ruoho, Marjatta
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/11/18
Y1 - 2015/11/18
N2 - The urge to progressively motivate e-counselling in schools is somewhat dependent on students' behavioral intention towards the use of the technology. Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), a model for predicting behavioral use and acceptance of Information Technology system, was developed through a review and validation of eight exiting theories. This paper presents an empirical approach of using UTAUT model to ascertain students' behavioral intention to adopt and use e-counselling in Ghana. Questionnaires were used to collect data from two hundred and fifty (N=250) randomly selected students. Cronbach alpha (α) was first employed to validate and ascertain the reliability of the data. Subsequently, Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) was performed in the analysis of the data. Whereas the outcome of the study suggests Performance expectancy (PE) (B =.511, p=.000) and Social influence (SI) (B =.165 p =.001) as the influencing constructs (factors) towards students' behavioral intention to adopt and use e-counseling, facilitating condition (FC) (B=.014, p=.723) and Effort expectancy (EE) (B=.086 p=.080) had no significant effect on the behavioral intention of students to adopt and use e-counseling in Ghana.
AB - The urge to progressively motivate e-counselling in schools is somewhat dependent on students' behavioral intention towards the use of the technology. Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), a model for predicting behavioral use and acceptance of Information Technology system, was developed through a review and validation of eight exiting theories. This paper presents an empirical approach of using UTAUT model to ascertain students' behavioral intention to adopt and use e-counselling in Ghana. Questionnaires were used to collect data from two hundred and fifty (N=250) randomly selected students. Cronbach alpha (α) was first employed to validate and ascertain the reliability of the data. Subsequently, Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) was performed in the analysis of the data. Whereas the outcome of the study suggests Performance expectancy (PE) (B =.511, p=.000) and Social influence (SI) (B =.165 p =.001) as the influencing constructs (factors) towards students' behavioral intention to adopt and use e-counseling, facilitating condition (FC) (B=.014, p=.723) and Effort expectancy (EE) (B=.086 p=.080) had no significant effect on the behavioral intention of students to adopt and use e-counseling in Ghana.
KW - Counseling
KW - E-counseling
KW - ICT
KW - UTAUT
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84962530598&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/AFRCON.2015.7331926
DO - 10.1109/AFRCON.2015.7331926
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84962530598
T3 - IEEE AFRICON Conference
BT - Proceeding of the 2015 12th IEEE AFRICON International Conference
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 14 September 2015 through 17 September 2015
ER -