Faculty Acceptance of e-Resources at Applied Sciences Colleges in Oman: Application of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)

Abstract

This study investigated factors that influence faculty members attitudes toward accept e-resources at the Applied Sciences colleges in Sultanate of Oman, this is due to the unexpected decrease after the first year of use by the faculty. To achieve this, a set of behavioral factors has been relied upon, such as the behavioral intention (BI) and the perceived usefulness (PU) and perception of easiness (POE). These factors may also be affected and related to other external factors such as information quality.
The study population consists of faculty members working in six CASin the Sultanate of Oman. 120 of them were chosen as a representative sample, and a questionnaire was distributed to them, which included various factors to measure their acceptance of the e-resources available on the electronic system.
The results of the study confirmed the presence of a statistically significant relationship in the effect of behavioral factors such as (PU) and (POE) in using e-resources. It also indicated that there is a direct relationship between information quality (IQ) as an external variables and belief variables (PU and POE) which in turn affects the behavioral intention to use e-resources (BI).