Background This paper used the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), which was extended, to investigate nurses’ adoption of healthcare information systems (HIS) in Nova Scotia, Canada.   Methods Data was collected from 197 nurses in a survey and data analysis was carried out using the partial least squares (PLS) technique.   Results In contrast to findings in prior studies that used TPB to investig...

Nowadays, the rapid development of computer networks calls for highly distributed management technologies that aim at integration and automation. This paper then gives an overview of current management architectures for computer networks, and tries to apply P2P technologies to make up existing limitations in term of performance, scalability, flexibility, maintainability and reliability. Due to ...

in recent decades, empowerment has been used as a mechanism to improve the quality of women’s personal life and career. in this respect, information technology can be used as an effective instrument to meet that end. the purpose of this study is to examine gender roles in inclination of men and women towards using information technology in agricultural extension. the study is conducted in gilan...

Computer based support in software production environments (SPEs) is an area of increasing interest. Its main focus is on improving productivity and quality of software production by means of computer based support technologies. However, no universal set of these tools exist. It is a major problem for software producing organizations to select computer based support technologies effectively. In...