The mobile banking is an increasingly popular service for customers of the traditional banking industry. On the surface, China has the highest adoption rate of this new technology, yet many users do not remain active or they only use mobile banking for the simplest tasks such as checking their balance. This research was designed to uncover the reasons for these two issues by identifying the major factors influencing users' intention to continue using mobile banking (continuance intention) as well as their behavioural intention to try new mobile banking functions. To do so, an integrated model was developed on the basis of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model (UTAUT), task-technology fit model (TTF) and expectation confirmation model (ECM). Empirical data were collected from China's mobile banking users and the integrated model was tested using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) approach. The results indicate that the main factors which positively influence the continuance intention include satisfaction, performance expectancy and effort expectancy. Continuance intention, in turn, influences behavioural intention to try new functionality, together with social influence, facilitating conditions and confirmation. Moreover, some mediating effects were discovered. For example, task-technology fit may indirectly affect the continuance intention through users' satisfaction. The research results have a number of theoretical contributions. Firstly, this research discovers that the impact of task-technology fit on users' continuance intention towards mobile banking is fully mediated by users' satisfaction. This enriches the extant literature that is mostly focused on the technology perceptions (e.g. performance expectancy and effort expectancy) of users. Secondly, this research identifies that satisfaction also mediates the impact of confirmation of expectations on continuance intention, also extending the literature on the continuance usage of information systems. Thirdly, this research fills the gap in extant research regarding users' intention to try new mobile banking functions, by proposing a new integrated model using constructs from UTAUT, TTF, and ECM, and demonstrating that continuance intention itself fully mediates the impact of performance expectancy and effort expectancy on behavioural intention. The new model has a high explanatory power than each individual model offers. The research results also have management implications in terms of how to improve the task-technology fit to support continuous use and extended the use of mobile banking. For instance, to improve continuance intention banks can improve satisfaction by optimising task-technology fit. This in turn will require better understanding of users' different task requirements in specific market segments. In addition, banks can also attract users' behavioural intention to try new functionality by timely updating corresponding technology and launching marketing campaigns to keep users informed of any new functions of their mobile banking application.

Responding to globalization and its effects on education and research development, the Thai government decided to push all public universities to become autonomous and establish a system of quality assurances. The establishment of quality assurances has had a large impact on many Thai instructors, especially in new public universities. Thai instructors are now forced to more focus on conducting research because the number of research publications is regarded as one of the main criteria for quality universities. The purpose of this study is to investigate the key factors, at the individual and university levels, which impact on the instructors' behavior in conducting research of the full-time instructors in the faculty of Management Science from the Rajabhat Universities in Thailand. The current study will help explain how and why the instructors accept or refuse to conduct research and provide insight into the salient factors motivating the instructors to produce more research by conducting HLM. Data were collected from 694 participants at 37 institutions via a questionnaire survey. The findings revealed that there was no difference among these 37 universities on behavior in conducting research. The key factors statistically influencing behavior in conducting research of the instructors were facilitating conditions, academic degree, social influence, and usefulness as well as ease of conducting research that the instructors perceived. This study gained 46% of effect size.

Abstract The main focus of this study is the identification of factors influencing the use and effectiveness of information system development methodologies (Le., systems development methodologies) in health information systems. In essence, it can be viewed as exploratory research, utilizing a conceptual research model to investigate the relationships among the hypothesised factors. More specifically, classified as behavioural science, it combines two theoretical models, namely the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology and the Expectancy Disconfirmation Theory. The main aim of behavioural science in information systems is to assist practitioners (Le., social actors) in improving business processes and competitiveness, thus the effective use of information systems. A wider view of behavioural science incorporates other social actors (e.g., end users) and organisational actors (e.g., executives). In health information systems, the effective use of information systems is especially relevant Health information systems are vital in the area of health care, since only by having access to pertinent health information, can the correct decisions relating to diagnostics and curative procedures be made. The use of systems development methodologies in health information systems development is therefore crucial, since they can make the development process more effective, while improving software quality. By empirically evaluating the conceptual research model, utilizing a survey as the main research method and structural equation modelling as the main statistical technique, meaningful results were obtained. Focussing on the factors influencing the individual's behavioural intent, it was found that the compatibility of systems development methodologies to the developer's pre-existing software development style is vital. Furthermore, performance expectancy, self-efficacy, organisational culture, policies, customer influence, voluntariness and facilitating conditions, all directly influenced the use of systems development methodologies, with policies and customer influence playing a significant role, especially in relation to health information systems. No significant direct effects or indirect effects could be established for the factors effort expectancy, personal innovativeness and social influence. It appears that individuals working in the health care software development discipline are more autonomous, less influenced by others. Also, the lack of support for the factor effort expectancy may indicate that systems development methodologies have entered a mature state, with less concern on the effort required for use. Furthermore, with regard to effectiveness and the continued use of information systems methodologies, satisfaction had a significant direct effect, with confirmation having a significant indirect effect. Keywords: behavioural science; conceptual research model; direct effect; exploratory research; Expectancy Disconfirmation Theory; indirect effect; Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology; structural equation modelling; survey; systems development methodologies. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Computer Science))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2010.

Abstract The main focus of this study is the identification of factors influencing the use and effectiveness of information system development methodologies (Le., systems development methodologies) in health information systems. In essence, it can be viewed as exploratory research, utilizing a conceptual research model to investigate the relationships among the hypothesised factors. More specifically, classified as behavioural science, it combines two theoretical models, namely the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology and the Expectancy Disconfirmation Theory. The main aim of behavioural science in information systems is to assist practitioners (Le., social actors) in improving business processes and competitiveness, thus the effective use of information systems. A wider view of behavioural science incorporates other social actors (e.g., end users) and organisational actors (e.g., executives). In health information systems, the effective use of information systems is especially relevant Health information systems are vital in the area of health care, since only by having access to pertinent health information, can the correct decisions relating to diagnostics and curative procedures be made. The use of systems development methodologies in health information systems development is therefore crucial, since they can make the development process more effective, while improving software quality. By empirically evaluating the conceptual research model, utilizing a survey as the main research method and structural equation modelling as the main statistical technique, meaningful results were obtained. Focussing on the factors influencing the individual's behavioural intent, it was found that the compatibility of systems development methodologies to the developer's pre-existing software development style is vital. Furthermore, performance expectancy, self-efficacy, organisational culture, policies, customer influence, voluntariness and facilitating conditions, all directly influenced the use of systems development methodologies, with policies and customer influence playing a significant role, especially in relation to health information systems. No significant direct effects or indirect effects could be established for the factors effort expectancy, personal innovativeness and social influence. It appears that individuals working in the health care software development discipline are more autonomous, less influenced by others. Also, the lack of support for the factor effort expectancy may indicate that systems development methodologies have entered a mature state, with less concern on the effort required for use. Furthermore, with regard to effectiveness and the continued use of information systems methodologies, satisfaction had a significant direct effect, with confirmation having a significant indirect effect. Keywords: behavioural science; conceptual research model; direct effect; exploratory research; Expectancy Disconfirmation Theory; indirect effect; Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology; structural equation modelling; survey; systems development methodologies. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Computer Science))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2010.

The adoption of information systems (IS) by public organizations it is currently a need to restructure its management activities. From this adoption, there is an expectation that users of SI satisfactorily use the benefits to your work activities. However, there is a gap in the related resistance to change and resource use of information technology (IT) public sector. Thus, understanding the factors that influence their users to accept or use of this new technology represents a significant research purpose, both for the academy and for public management. Thus, the main objective of this dissertation is to investigate factors of technology acceptance and use that influencing public servants of a Federal Institution of Education, particularly the Federal University of Sergipe, to use an information system. Studies have shown the existence of several factors that influence the acceptance and use of technology and, considering the purpose of this research, the model UTAUT (Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology), originally developed by Venkatesh et al. (2003) was applied. It was research procedures, epistemologically positivist, quantitative method and deductive approach to exploratory and descriptive purpose. It was conducted a literature survey of topics on information systems, information technology in organizations, the context of public service and acceptance and use of technology. The field research it was used the survey method, with the data collection conducted by a questionnaire applied to active public servants of Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), which is one of at least 20 Federal Education Institutions that have adopted the same SI. The initial hypothesis of this study argued that the acceptance and use of the SI in question is influenced by four factors: Performance expectancy, Effort expectancy, Social influence and Facilitating conditions. Were added to the moderating variables: gender, age, experience and voluntariness. The sample was of 373 respondents. Treatment and data analysis were performed using descriptive analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, the t test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). It is concluded that the Performance expectancy, Effort expectancy and Social influence are factors that serve to measure the usage behavior of the public servers of UFS, but the influence of all of them occurred only positively to two of the three subsystems studied: the Integrated Wealth Management, Administration and Contracts (SIPAC) and the Integrated Management of Human Resources (SIGRH). The Integrated System Management Academic Activities (SIGAA) was only positively influenced by Performance expectancy. Moderators were considered only age and voluntariness of use to construct social influence; and experience to the effort expectancy. Other results were appointed to academic and managerial contributions. / A adoção de sistemas de informação (SI) por organizações públicas trata-se atualmente de uma necessidade de reestruturação de suas atividades gerenciais. A partir desta adoção, existe uma expectativa de que os usuários de SI utilizem de forma satisfatória os benefícios para as suas atividades de trabalho. Porém, existe uma lacuna no setor público relacionada à resistência às mudanças e ao uso de recursos de tecnologia de informação (TI). Assim, entender os fatores que influenciam seus usuários a aceitarem ou utilizarem esta nova tecnologia representa um relevante propósito de pesquisa, tanto para a academia quanto para a gestão pública. Desta forma, o objetivo principal desta dissertação é investigar fatores de aceitação e uso de tecnologia que influenciam servidores públicos de uma Instituição Federal de Ensino (IFE), em particular os da Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), a utilizarem um sistema de informação. Estudos têm demonstrado a existência de diversos fatores que influenciam a aceitação e o uso de tecnologia e, considerando o intuito desta pesquisa, o modelo UTAUT (Teoria Unificada de Aceitação e Uso de Tecnologia), desenvolvido originalmente por Venkatesh et al. (2003), foi aplicado. Tratou-se de pesquisa com procedimentos do método quantitativo, epistemologicamente positivista, com abordagem dedutiva e propósito exploratório e descritivo. Realizou-se um levantamento bibliográfico de temas sobre sistemas de informação, tecnologia da informação nas organizações, o contexto do serviço público e aceitação e uso de tecnologia. A pesquisa de campo utilizou-se do método survey, sendo a coleta de dados realizada por meio de questionário aplicado a servidores públicos ativos da UFS, que é uma das pelo menos 20 IFE que adotaram um mesmo SI. As hipóteses iniciais desta pesquisa defenderam que a aceitação e o uso do SI em questão é influenciada por quatro fatores: Expectativa de Desempenho, Expectativa de Esforço, Influência Social e Condições Facilitadoras. Acrescentaram-se as variáveis moderadoras: gênero, idade, experiência e voluntariedade. A amostra foi de 373 respondentes. O tratamento e a análise dos dados foram realizados por meio de análise descritiva, análise fatorial confirmatória, o teste t e a Análise de Variância (ANOVA). Conclui-se que os fatores Expectativa de desempenho, Expectativa de esforço e Influência social servem para mensurar o comportamento de uso dos servidores da UFS, mas a influência de todos eles só ocorreu de forma positiva para dois dos três subsistemas estudados: o Sistema Integrado de Gestão de Patrimônio, Administração e Contratos (SIPAC) e o Sistema Integrado de Gestão de Recursos Humanos (SIGRH). O Sistema Integrado de Gestão de Atividades Acadêmicas (SIGAA) apenas foi influenciado positivamente pela Expectativa de desempenho. Foram considerados moderadores apenas a idade e a voluntariedade de uso para o construto Influência social; e a experiência para a Expectativa de esforço. Outros resultados foram apontados para contribuições acadêmicas e gerenciais. / São Cristóvão, SE

Förväntad effekt av vårdens elektroniska IT-system är ökad patientsäkerhet, vårdkvalitet och tillgänglighet. Ett första villkor för att kunna uppnå detta är att IT-systemet används. I denna studie granskas ett underutnyttjat IT-system, använt för informationsöverföring mellan olika huvudmän vid samordnad vård- och omsorgsplanering. Granskningen baseras på teorier om hur individers intention och vilja till att använda ett IT-system initieras eller upprätthålls genom omgivningens påverkan. Resultatet visar att IT-användare i den patientnära vården (mikrosystemet) saknar adekvat tekniskt, organisatoriskt (mesosystemet) och ledningsstöd (makrosystemet), vilket kan förklara underutnyttjandet. / Expected impact of electronic healthcare systems is increasing patient safety, care quality and availability. Using the system is essential to achieve this. This study explain the assimilation gap in an electronic healthcare system used in coordinated care planning by theories how individuals’ intentions and willingness to use electronic systems is affected by environmental influences. The result shows that the end users lack technical, organizational, and management support, which can explains the assimilation gap.

As of autumn 2011, all schools in Sweden have adopted and applied the latest curriculum for the compulsory school system. The following is written in concern to technology: "The school is responsible for ensuring that each pupil on completing compulsory school: [...] can use modern technology as a tool in the search for knowledge, communication, creativity and learning." (Skolverket, 2011, pp.13-14) With this said, there are no guidelines or manuals on how this is to be conducted. In a report from the Swedish Schools Inspectorate it was concluded that the investment in technology is not being used for school education. The education systems keep investing in technology in the belief that schools and teachers will sooner or later adopt and benefit from the use of mobile and ubiquitous technologies. The aim of this study is to “create an understanding of the aspects that have an impact on adopting novel use of mobile and ubiquitous technologies in everyday teaching and learning practices in compulsory schools.” The empirical foundation will be based upon three projects: Geometry Mobile (GeM); Learning Ecology with Technologies from Science for Global Outcomes (LETS GO); and Collaborative Learning Using Digital Pens and Interactive Whiteboards (Collboard). All were conducted at local compulsory schools in Växjö municipality, Sweden, in collaboration with teachers, students and fellow researchers from the CeLeKT research group at Linnaeus University. Two Thematic Analyses have been conducted: the first, an inductive analysis exploring the Students’ and Teachers’ Experience of using Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies in their learning and teaching environment. The second analysis is deductive and uses themes from the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology models with the aim of understanding the Perception and Acceptance of Teachers’ use of Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies. In the results from the two analyses there are clear indicators on the added value that mobile and ubiquitous technology brings to the classrooms: students are able to actively participate, collaborate and discuss in different learning settings, which enhances their understanding of the subject at hand. The challenges are mainly to be found in the lack of training and education in use of the technology as a supporting tool for teaching and learning. Further factors influencing the teachers and the students are ease of use and reliability of the technology and societal changes. The results of the analysis and the theoretical base of Technology Enhanced Learning have been illustrated with Soft Systems Methodologies Rich Picture, providing a holistic view of the problematic situation and making it possible to discuss the various parts as well as the situation as a whole. This study indicates that there are several factors influencing the adoption of the novel use of mobile and ubiquitous technologies in everyday teaching and learning within a complex situation on different levels.

Der zentrale Auftrag der Wirtschaftsprüfung ist die Überprüfung und Testierung der Finanzberichterstattung von Unternehmen. Damit trägt der Berufsstand der Wirtschaftsprüfer maßgeblich zum Vertrauen der Gesellschaft in das Wirtschafts- und Finanzwesen bei, die Grundvoraussetzung für die Funktionsfähigkeit von Märkten und wirtschaftlicher Handlungsfähigkeit. Der wachsende Einsatz von KI-Systemen, die Verwendung von Cloud-Services und die Verarbeitung von Massendaten bei der Erstellung von Rechnungslegung und Publizität hat verstärkt zur Folge, dass sich Prüfungssituationen und -szenarien verändern oder gar vollständig neu entwickeln. Dies erfordert enorme Investitionen in IT-Ressourcen und -Kompetenzen, damit sich auch in Zukunft hochwertige Prüfungsergebnisse erzielen lassen. Vor allem für kleinere und mittelständische Prüfungsgesellschaften ist diese Herausforderung jedoch kaum eigenständig zu bewältigen. Nachdem im Jahr 2017 eine gesetzliche Grundlage für die cloudbasierte Bündelung von IT-Ressourcen und -Kompetenzen bei einem spezialisierten Dienstleister geschaffen wurde, wird daher der Einsatz von sogenannten „Audit Clouds“ als eine Alternative zur klassischen Kanzleiorganisation diskutiert. Dabei ist noch nicht abschließend geklärt, wie unter Berücksichtigung unterschiedlicher kanzlei- und mandatsbezogener Perspektiven und unter Einhaltung prüfungsnormbezogener Voraussetzungen die Geschäftsmodelle und das Dienstleistungsspektrum von sogenannten "Audit Clouds" gestaltet sein sollen. Gleichzeitig bedingt die erfolgreiche Entwicklung und Diffusion digitaler Innovationen hinreichende Erkenntnisse über die Akzeptanz künftiger Anwender. Dieser Untersuchungsbedarf wird in der vorliegenden Dissertation in einem dreistufigen Vorgehen adressiert: Im ersten Schritt werden in Abhängigkeit von kanzlei- und mandatsbezogenen Anforderungen sowie unter Berücksichtigung von berufsständischen Normen verschiedene Audit-Cloud-Ansätze hergeleitet. Bei den anknüpfenden Akzeptanzuntersuchungen bilden diese Ansätze das Untersuchungsobjekt. Der zweite Schritt umfasst die Entwicklung eines Forschungsmodells, auf dessen Basis die Akzeptanz von Wirtschaftsprüfern gegenüber Audit Clouds untersucht wird. Im dritten Schritt wird unter Verwendung des Mixed-Methods-Ansatzes die indirekten und direkten Effekte und Determinanten ermittelt, die die Akzeptanz des Berufsstands gegenüber Audit Clouds begünstigen und vorhersagen.

The Unified theory of Technology Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model suggest that the user acceptance before adopting a technology will greatly affect how the technology is accepted, and in effect its impact and performance in the organisation. A technology that is having an increasing presence in organisations is Procure-to-Pay (P2P) systems. P2P systems have been shown to achieve performance gains after a successful implementation in the form of increased efficiency, higher quality and better control in the procurement process. Being able to assess beforehand the performance gains of a technology before adoption is a crucial step for organisations seeking to lower uncertainties. This research assesses the importance of user acceptance as a precondition for a successful implementation of a P2P system. The research was conducted as a multiple case study at three organisations; Jernhusen, Akademiska Hus and Specialfastigheter. Jernhusen is considering adopting a P2P system. Akademiska Hus and Specialfastigheter have undergone the adoption of a P2P system. By measuring the user acceptance at Jernhusen the performance of a P2P system was assessed from a theoretical standpoint. The performance of a P2P system, and how well the implementation had succeeded was measured at Akademiska Hus and Specialfastigheter and put in relation to the measured user acceptance before adoption. This provided data to assess to what extent user acceptance is a precondition for a successful implementation of a P2P system. The study found that the user acceptance at Jernhusen, Akademiska Hus and Specialfastigheter was low before adoption. The theory indicate that this would lead to low adoption of a P2P system at Jernhusen and few performance gains. However, performance measurements made at Akademiska Hus and Specialfastigheter indicated that the P2P systems have led to medium to high performance gains respectively despite of low user acceptance before adoption. The research therefore concluded that user acceptance is not an important precondition for a successful implementation of a P2P system. / Unified Theory of Technology Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) modellen menar att användaracceptans innan en teknologi implementeras i en organisation är en avgörande faktor på hur organisationen kommer ta till sig teknologin och i sin tur teknologins effekt på organisationen. En teknologi som är allt mer framstående inom större organisationer är Procure-To-Pay (P2P) system. Effekterna av ett P2P system efter en framgångsrik implementation har påvisats vara förbättrad kvalité samt ökad effektivitet och kontroll av ingående steg av inköpsprocessen. Att kunna utvärdera systemets inverkan på en organisation i förhand är avgörande för organisationer som ämnar att minimera osäkerheter och risk vid systemimplementation. Denna studie utvärderar vikten av användaracceptans som en förutsättning för en lyckat implementation av ett P2P system. Studien var genomför som en flertalig fallstudie hos 3 organisationer; Jernhusen, Akademiska Hus och Specialfastigheter. Jernhusen överväger införandet av ett P2P system. Akademiska Hus och Specialfastigheter har infört ett P2P system. Genom att mäta användarnas acceptans hos Jernhusen utvärderades effekterna av införandet av ett P2P system ur ett teoretiskt perspektiv. Effekterna av ett P2P system och hur framgångsrik implementationen varit utvärderades vid Akademiska Hus och Specialfastigheter, och dessa effekter sattes i förhållande till användarnas acceptans innan införandet av systemet. Detta tillgängliggjorde data för att utvärdera till vilken grad användaracceptans är en förutsättning för en lyckad implementation av ett P2P system. Studien fann att användaracceptans hos Jernhusen, Akademiska Hus och Specialfastigheter var låg innan införandet av ett P2P system. Teorin föreslår att detta är dåliga förutsättningar för en framgångsrik implementation samt svårt att uppnå de önskade effekterna av systemet. Dock visade data från Akademiska Hus och Specialfastigheter att P2P systemen hade lett till de önskade effekterna trots den låga användaracceptans. Därmed drar studien slutsatsen att användaracceptans inte är ett avgörande förutsättning för en lyckad implementation av ett P2P system.

ChatGPT is a newly launched Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered model with several functions, providing the user with human-like responses. Recently, ChatGPT have gain a lot of recognition and popularity. The aim of this research is to examine the perceptions of ChatGPT from a Swedish professional service workers (PSW) perspective. More precisely, the study explores how the usage of ChatGPT in regard to supporting various work tasks is perceived. Additionally, the aim is to examine what factors could influence the perceptions regarding the model, and how the information provided is viewed by PSWs. The research uses a qualitative approach, and the data is collected through semi-structured interviews. Moreover, the study uses a thematic analysis for the analysis of data gathered. Additionally, the study uses Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to explore the factors influencing PSWs perception of ChatGPT. The findings show that PSWs believed that ChatGPT could be used to support some of their work tasks. The model was seen as easy to use and had its benefits, such as perceived increased productivity and efficiency. However, the findings also indicate that there are several challenges that could influence the overall usage of ChatGPT. Overall, both performance expectancy and effort expectancy showed to be important factors of the evaluation of ChatGPT usage in this study. Moreover, the findings indicate that the functions and information provided by ChatGPT could influence the perceptions. For example, lack of references, lack of human touch, and security issues were found to influence the interviewed PSWs. Additionally, the study concludes that there are several perceived areas of improvements regarding ChatGPT. This research contributes with knowledge about ChatGPT from a PSWs perspective and how it could be used for work related tasks.