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The Technology Acceptance Model: A Meta-Analysis of Empirical Findings
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The technology acceptance model proposes that perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness predict the acceptance of information technology. Since its inception, the model has been tested with various applications in tens of studies and has become the most widely applied model of user acceptance and usage. Nevertheless, the reported findings on the model are mixed in terms of statistical significance, direction, and magnitude. In this study, we conducted a meta-analysis based on 26 selected empirical studies in order to synthesize the empirical evidence. The results suggest that both the correlation between usefulness and acceptance, and that between usefulness and ease of use are somewhat strong. However, the relationship between ease of use and acceptance is weak, and its significance does not pass the fail-safe test.
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“Prior research shows that meta-analysis is a valuable tool for research synthesis (Hwang 1996; Lee et al. 2003; Ma and Liu 2004; Wu and Lederer 2009) and an operative instrument for hypothesis testing”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ma, Q., & Liu, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Central Missouri (US)
- University of Akron (US)
- ORCID
- Liu, Liping
- Venue
- Journal of Organizational and End User Computing
- Publisher
- IGI Global Scientific Publishing
- Published
- 2004-01-01
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 59-72
- ISSN
- 1546-2234 (ISSN-L)
- 1546-5012
- OpenAlex
- W2067960261
- Cited by
- 660
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 30 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 28 · 2015: 31 · 2014: 45 · 2013: 30 · 2012: 38
- FWCI
- 40.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- ng
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Usability and User Interface Design
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Keywords
- technology acceptance model, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, technology acceptance, information technology adoption, user acceptance
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