Issues of visual appeal have become an integral part of designing interactive systems. Interface aesthetics may form users' attitudes towards computer applications and information technology. Aesthetics can affect user satisfaction, and influence their willingness to buy or adopt a system. This study follows previous studies that found that users associate aesthetics with other system attribute...

Retaining users and facilitating their continuance usage are essential for mobile service providers to increase both revenues and profits. This research integrates the perspectives of network externality and switching costs to propose a model for investigating the continuance usage of mobile instant messaging services. Network externality arises from both direct and indirect sources and is conc...

This study aims at investigating the factors that affect a user’s satisfaction of accounting information systems based on the quality and the perceived usefulness of such systems, and the quality of data involved. The paper analyses the given factors on data collected from Bank Sumut,  Indonesia. In addition, this research also aims to find out whether the influence of perceived ease of use can...

Examines demographic variables (gender, age, educational level) and motivation variables (perceived ease of use, perceived enjoyment, perceived usefulness) associated with Internet usage activities (defined in terms of messaging, browsing, downloading and purchasing). A total of 1,370 usable responses were obtained using a Web page survey. Results showed that males are more likely to engage in ...

Valid measurement scales for predicting user acceptance of computers are in short supply. Most subjective measures used in practice are unvalidated, and their relationship to system usage is unknown. The present research develops and validates new scales for two specific variables, perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use, which are hypothesized to be fundamental determinants of user acce...

The central contribution of the study is the development of a DSS success model explores the effects of the quality features of DSS systems, including system quality, information quality, accompanied with perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness on decision support satisfaction and DSS net benefits. A detailed questionnaire was developed to measure the relationship between the aforementio...

Mobile apps provide diverse services and various convenient functions. This study applied the modified technology acceptance model (MTAM) in information systems research to the use of the mobile hospital registration system in Taiwan. The MTAM posits that perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness of technology influence users' attitudes toward using technology. Research studies using MTAM ...

This study extends the technology acceptance model to identify factors that influence technology acceptance among pre-service teachers in Ghana. Data from 380 usable questionnaires were tested against the research model. Utilising the extended technology acceptance model (TAM) as a research framework, the study found that: pre-service teachers’ pedagogical beliefs, perceived ease of use, percei...