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Students’ Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology
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AI-powered chat technology is an emerging topic worldwide, particularly in areas such as education, research, writing, publishing, and authorship. This study aims to explore the factors driving students' acceptance of ChatGPT in higher education. The study employs the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT2) theoretical model, with an extension of Personal innovativeness, to verify the Behavioral intention and Use behavior of ChatGPT by students. The study uses data from a sample of 503 Polish state university students. The PLS-SEM method is utilized to test the model. Results indicate that Habit has the most significant impact (0.339) on Behavioral intention, followed by Performance expectancy (0.260), and Hedonic motivation (0.187). Behavioral intention has the most significant effect (0.424) on Use behavior, followed by Habit (0.255) and Facilitating conditions (0.188). The model explains 72.8% of the Behavioral intention and 54.7% of the Use behavior variance. While the study is limited by the sample size and selection, it is expected to be a starting point for more research on ChatGPT-like technology in university education, given that this is a recently introduced technology.
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This study applies an extended UTAUT2 model, adding Personal Innovativeness, to examine Polish university students’ acceptance and use of ChatGPT. It finds Habit, Performance expectancy, and Hedonic motivation as key drivers of Behavioral intention, while Behavioral intention, Habit, and Facilitating conditions drive Use behavior.
Key findings
- Habit had the strongest impact on Behavioral intention (0.339), followed by Performance expectancy (0.260) and Hedonic motivation (0.187); the model explains 72.8% of Behavioral intention variance.
- Behavioral intention had the strongest effect on Use behavior (0.424), followed by Habit (0.255) and Facilitating conditions (0.188); these explain 54.7% of Use behavior variance.
- Facilitating conditions did not significantly affect Behavioral intention (−0.023, not significant at p < .05), but did significantly affect Use behavior (0.188).
- Effort expectancy (0.079), Social influence (0.093), Price value (0.083), and Personal innovativeness (0.086) had positive but small effects on Behavioral intention, with f² below 0.02.
Methods
- The study used an extended UTAUT2 model with seven UTAUT2 constructs plus Personal innovativeness, measured with a seven-point Likert scale; Use behavior was measured on a seven-option scale from “never” to “several times a day.”
- Data came from 503 valid responses from students at the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland; 13,388 students were invited by email between 13 and 21 March 2023, and a pilot study used 36 students.
- Analysis used PLS-SEM via SmartPLS 4 with path weighting, 3000 iterations, and bootstrapping with 5000 samples; measurement model reliability, convergent validity, HTMT discriminant validity, R², and path coefficients were assessed.
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- The paper states the sample was limited to students from one state university in Poland, data were collected during a turbulent phase of AI development, academic-year timing or subject of study may affect use, and different study programs were not considered as a moderating variable.
- Evident from the text: the design is cross-sectional and single-institution, limiting generalizability; the study also intentionally did not incorporate age, gender, and experience as moderators.
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“Results indicate that Habit has the most significant impact (0.339) on Behavioral intention, followed by Performance expectancy (0.260), and Hedonic motivation (0.187).”
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“SI (0.093), PI (0.086), PV (0.083), and Effort expectancy (0.079) have positive effect on Behavioral intention, however there is no f 2 effect size for these relationships.”
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“SI (0.093), PI (0.086), PV (0.083), and Effort expectancy (0.079) have positive effect on Behavioral intention, however there is no f 2 effect size for these relationships.”
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“Conversely, BI has the most significant effect (0.424) on UB, with HT (0.255) and FC (0.188) following suit.”
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“Behavioral intention has the most significant effect (0.424) on Use behavior, followed by Habit (0.255) and Facilitating conditions (0.188).”
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“Conversely, BI has the most significant effect (0.424) on UB, with HT (0.255) and FC (0.188) following suit.”
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“Results indicate that Habit has the most significant impact (0.339) on Behavioral intention, followed by Performance expectancy (0.260), and Hedonic motivation (0.187).”
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“The primary observation reveals that HT has the most prominent impact (0.339) on BI, followed by PE (0.260), and HM (0.187), explaining 72.8% of the”
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“Results indicate that Habit has the most significant impact (0.339) on Behavioral intention, followed by Performance expectancy (0.260), and Hedonic motivation (0.187).”
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“The primary observation reveals that HT has the most prominent impact (0.339) on BI, followed by PE (0.260), and HM (0.187), explaining 72.8% of the”
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“Behavioral intention has the most significant effect (0.424) on Use behavior, followed by Habit (0.255) and Facilitating conditions (0.188).”
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“Conversely, BI has the most significant effect (0.424) on UB, with HT (0.255) and FC (0.188) following suit.”
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“| 10 | PI-> BI | 0.086 | 2.847 | 0.016 | Yes |”
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“| 4 | FC-> BI | -0.023 | 0.580 | 0.001 | No |”
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“| 6 | HM-> BI | 0.187 | 4.566 | 0.047 | Yes |”
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“| 5 | FC-> UB | 0.188 | 5.442 | 0.056 | Yes |”
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“| 8 | Habit-> BI | 0.339 | 11.845 | 0.260 | Yes |”
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“| 9 | Habit-> UB | 0.255 | 5.506 | 0.075 | Yes |”
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“| 2 | EE-> BI | 0.079 | 2.061 | 0.010 | Yes |”
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“| 3 | SI-> BI | 0.093 | 2.880 | 0.021 | Yes |”
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“| 1 | PE-> BI | 0.260 | 6.670 | 0.102 | Yes |”
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“| 7 | PV-> BI | 0.083 | 2.346 | 0.015 | Yes |”
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“| 11 | BI-> UB | 0.424 | 9.384 | 0.171 | Yes |”
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“According to our findings, students with high”
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“Our study found no social pressure on the adoption of ChatGPT, possibly due to it being a new technology not yet widely adopted.”
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“All the values in are below a 0.85 threshold (Appendix Table 4).”
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“The explained variances were higher than in a study conducted by Maican et al. (2019) on communication and collaboration applications in academic environments, as well as in a study conducted by Hoi (2020) on how the mobile devices are accepted and used for language learning by students.”
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“The study is also limited by the sample selection, which consisted only of students from one state university in Poland.”
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“Personal innovativeness (PI) has been acknowledged as important factor that impact technology adoption and usage (Agarwal & Prasad, 1998).”
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“SI (0.093), PI (0.086), PV (0.083), and Effort expectancy (0.079) have positive effect on Behavioral intention, however there is no f 2 effect size for these relationships.”
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“After removing 3 responses with a variance of zero, 503 valid responses were collected, which is enough, according to a minimal sample size calculation.”
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“To ensure unbiased data, the students were assured of the confidentiality, voluntary participation, and anonymity of their responses.”
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“Loadings are presented in Appendix Table 3 and exceed the lower bond except the FC4, which was removed from additional processing within the model and is not taken into account.”
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“All measurement instruments have met the quality criteria (Table 1).”
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“This finding could be since students have not fully experimented with ChatGPT and may have insufficient knowledge on how to use it.”
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“The questionnaire was circulated during a turbulent phase related to AI, with each month profoundly influencing the tool's evolution.”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Limitations
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“UTAUT2 is a prominent theoretical model that aims to understand the factors that influence individuals' adoption and use of new technologies in organizational and personal contexts (Tamilmani et al., 2021).”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Methodology
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“Additionally, Dwivedi et al. (2019) noted that previous research in this field typically utilized only a portion of the UTAUT2 model and frequently neglected moderators.”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Methodology
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“Additionally, factors like specific times in the academic year, like assignment submissions or the specific subject of study, might affect how the tool is used.”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Limitations
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“However, the sample was diverse in terms of study experience.”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Limitations
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“While the study is limited by the sample size and selection, it is expected to be a starting point for more research on ChatGPT-like technology in university education, given that this is a recently introduced technology.”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Abstract
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“while others did not find this significance in areas like mobile learning (Nikolopoulou et al., 2020) and e-learning (Osei et al., 2022).”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Discussion
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites Nikolopoulou et al., 2020
- Not checked yetcites Osei et al., 2022
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“Even as a considerable volume of studies on AI in education emerged in the past years, signifying a booming interest, the actual effects of applications like ChatGPT on higher education institutions and stakeholders remain enigmatic (Zawacki-Richter et al., 2019).”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Introduction
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“Venkatesh et al. (2016) recommended using UTAUT2 as a fundamental model to establish hypotheses regarding the connections between proposed variables and user adoption of technology.”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Methodology
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“The likelihood of adopting the AI-enabled chat is higher among early adopters who have a higher level of education and are less swayed by external factors.”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Discussion
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In the paper
“This demonstrates that using this technology in higher education requires very little effort and does not affect”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Discussion
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In the paper
“It is possible that different study programs, such as IT, business, management, and finance, have different levels of AI chat use.”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Limitations
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“We did not consider different study programs as a moderating variable.”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Limitations
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In the paper
“Although the ChatGPT plus version with the latest GPT-4 language model is available for $20 per month, the difference in the ChatGPT's use, powered by the GPT-3.5 version, for everyday student tasks is unlikely to be noticeable.”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Discussion
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- Rests on an assumption: ChatGPT is currently free of charge during the research preview.
In the paper
“The original study by Venkatesh et al. (2012) did not provided how the actual use was measured.”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Methodology
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- Not checked yetcites Venkatesh et al., 2012 source
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In the paper
“With respect to”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Discussion
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The paper relies on this without support.
Research into how ChatGPT is perceived and utilized by university students remains sparse.
“Though ChatGPT has swiftly gained popularity as a cutting-edge tool in natural language processing, research into how it's perceived and utilized by university students remains sparse.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The sample of students from the University of Economics in Katowice is representative of Polish state university students.
“The study uses data from a sample of 503 Polish state university students.”
“A total of 13,388 students from the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland, were invited to participate via email in the period of 13th to 21st March 2023.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The relationships estimated by PLS-SEM represent causal effects of the predictors on Behavioral intention and Use behavior.
“Our study argues that”
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ChatGPT is currently free of charge during the research preview.
“This may be because the use of ChatGPT is currently free of charge during the tool's research preview.”
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ChatGPT doesn't have adaptive capabilities and isn't tailored for academic use.
“It's pertinent to mention that ChatGPT doesn't have adaptive capabilities and isn't tailored for academic use, indicating a need for more research on its potential role in learning environments.”
The paper relies on this without support.
ChatGPT use in higher education is not yet explored.
“Since ChatGPT use in higher education is not yet explored, there are many recommendations for future studies.”
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“This finding suggests that university students, in particular, value ChatGPT for its utility in completing academic tasks, such as writing assistance, research, and learning new concepts [1,7,20,65].”
From ChatGPT in Learning: Assessing Students’ Use Intentions through the Lens of Perceived Value and the Influence of AI Literacy (2024) · cites this paper as [7]
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§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Discussion
“This demonstrates that using this technology in higher education requires very little effort and does not affect "Behavioral intention".”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Conclusions
“| 2 | EE-> BI | 0.079 | 2.061 | 0.010 | Yes |”
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§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Discussion
“"Effort expectancy", "Social influence" and "Price value" have been found to have a positive and significant effect on "Behavioral intention", despite having f 2 values that are lower than 0.02.”
§ Students' Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology > Conclusions
“| 3 | SI-> BI | 0.093 | 2.880 | 0.021 | Yes |”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Strzelecki, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Economics in Katowice (PL)
- Corresponding author
- Strzelecki, Artur
- ORCID
- Strzelecki, Artur
- Venue
- Innovative Higher Education
- Published
- 2023-11-30
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 223-245
- ISSN
- 0742-5627 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-1758
- OpenAlex
- W4389203481
- Cited by
- 477
- References
- 78
- Citations by year
- 2026: 195 · 2025: 179 · 2024: 103
- FWCI
- 121.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Innovative Higher Education (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
- Social Sciences › Education › Artificial Intelligence in Education
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › AI in Service Interactions
- Keywords
- ChatGPT, technology acceptance, UTAUT2, personal innovativeness, habit, behavioral intention, use behavior, performance expectancy, hedonic motivation, facilitating conditions, university students, artificial intelligence in higher education
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