Factors effective on Familiarity and Usage of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Iran

AbstractIn today's world, professionals with little or no knowledge of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have a much more difficult task before them in comparison to co-workers at the same level but with a reasonable knowledge of ICT. To insure an effective competitive status in educational organizations, and universities there is a need to improve the ability of such organizations to improve consistently their ICT capabilities. The main goals of the research have been to determine the level of Familiarity and Usage of university college of Agriculture and Natural resources, University of Tehran's staff members (Faculty and Experts). A researcher's made questionnaire was used. The sample population based on Cochran's formula has been 124 staff members and the reliability of the questionnaire was approved by experts’ opinion and the validity was approved by calculating the Cronbach's alpha which has been 0.95. The results indicated that the areas of familiarity of most of the members was more of public websites, for example search engines such as Yahoo and Google, and largely used software like Microsoft Office Word, and the University of Tehran's e-office system. There was a positive relationship between the level of ICT usage and field of education and academic ranking, and negatively related to work experience, and there was no correlation to age. The results of mean analysis showed a difference between the amount of usage of and familiarity with ICT between men and women and the variance analysis results showed that the amount of familiarity with and usage of ICT is different between different levels of education, academic ranks and different types of employment. Regression analysis showed that the three variables of level of education, type of employment and age had a meaningful effect on the dependent variable of amount of familiarity with organizational ICT, and the three variables of familiarity, type of employment and gender had a meaningful effect on the dependent variable of the level of usage of organizational ICT. In general familiarity with organizational ICT is the most important factor effecting organization usage of ICT opportunities

Technophobia as a factor of digital divide

Danas se nalazimo u vremenu ubrzanog razvoja tehnologije koja nam donosi dobre i loše promjene. Neke od loših promjena na koje razvoj tehnologije utječe je digitalna podjela, koja dijeli osobe na one koji imaju mogućnost korištenja tehnologije i one koji tu mogućnost nemaju. Nadalje, postoje i oni koji iz određenih razloga odbijaju koristiti tehnologiju. Takva pojava ima i svoj nazivtehnofobija. Postoji niz različitih razloga zašto osobe odbijaju koristiti blagodati koje nam nudi današnje vrijeme i razvoj tehnologije. Najčešći razlog odbijanja korištenja je starost korisnika, odnosno osobe starije životne dobi slabije koriste tehnologiju od onih mlađih, zatim stupanj obrazovanja korisnika te strah od štete koja bi mogla biti načinjena na tehnologiji. U teorijskom dijelu rada polazi se od povijesnog razvoj informacijsko-komunikacijske tehnologije koji doprinio podjelama u društvu, zatim se razrađuje sama digitalna podjela te potom tehnofobija i što ona obuhvaća. Instrument istraživanja bio je upitnik putem kojeg je ispitano 260 osoba o njihovim načinima korištenja računala, Interneta, mobitela i pametnih telefona (smartphon-a), te kakvi su njihovi stavovi o tehnologiji. Analizom rezultata potvrđeno je da osobe starije životne dobi iskazuju strah prema tehnologiji, te osobe s manje iskustva iskazuju više strah prema tehnologiji, no kod stupnja obrazovanja ispitanika taj strah nije izražen. Iz dobivenih rezultata još možemo zaključiti da se žene više koriste tehnologijom nego muškarci, takve rezultate možemo pripisati tome da se žene sve više okreću karijeri, a manje zasnivanju obitelji, što uvelike doprinosi povećanju ženskih korisnika tehnologije

Technophobia as a factor of digital divide

Danas se nalazimo u vremenu ubrzanog razvoja tehnologije koja nam donosi dobre i loše promjene. Neke od loših promjena na koje razvoj tehnologije utječe je digitalna podjela, koja dijeli osobe na one koji imaju mogućnost korištenja tehnologije i one koji tu mogućnost nemaju. Nadalje, postoje i oni koji iz određenih razloga odbijaju koristiti tehnologiju. Takva pojava ima i svoj nazivtehnofobija. Postoji niz različitih razloga zašto osobe odbijaju koristiti blagodati koje nam nudi današnje vrijeme i razvoj tehnologije. Najčešći razlog odbijanja korištenja je starost korisnika, odnosno osobe starije životne dobi slabije koriste tehnologiju od onih mlađih, zatim stupanj obrazovanja korisnika te strah od štete koja bi mogla biti načinjena na tehnologiji. U teorijskom dijelu rada polazi se od povijesnog razvoj informacijsko-komunikacijske tehnologije koji doprinio podjelama u društvu, zatim se razrađuje sama digitalna podjela te potom tehnofobija i što ona obuhvaća. Instrument istraživanja bio je upitnik putem kojeg je ispitano 260 osoba o njihovim načinima korištenja računala, Interneta, mobitela i pametnih telefona (smartphon-a), te kakvi su njihovi stavovi o tehnologiji. Analizom rezultata potvrđeno je da osobe starije životne dobi iskazuju strah prema tehnologiji, te osobe s manje iskustva iskazuju više strah prema tehnologiji, no kod stupnja obrazovanja ispitanika taj strah nije izražen. Iz dobivenih rezultata još možemo zaključiti da se žene više koriste tehnologijom nego muškarci, takve rezultate možemo pripisati tome da se žene sve više okreću karijeri, a manje zasnivanju obitelji, što uvelike doprinosi povećanju ženskih korisnika tehnologije

Pengaruh Cyberloafing Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan Dengan Self Control Sebagai Variable Moderasi

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Understanding User Intentions To Download Games On Mobile Phones: Technology Adoption And User Demographic Perspective

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Gender Differences Among Online Shopping Factors in Pakistan

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