Measuring system usage: implications for IS theory testing
Management Science
Empirical evaluation of the revised technology acceptance model
Management Science
An assessment of structure and causation of IS usage
ACM SIGMIS Database
Net gain: expanding markets through virtual communities
Net gain: expanding markets through virtual communities
The invisible computer
Information and Management
Extending the TAM for a World-Wide-Web context
Information and Management
Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know
Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know
How User Perceptions Influence Software Use
IEEE Software
Enticing online consumers: an extended technology acceptance perspective
Information and Management
Introduction to the Special Issue: Communication Processes for Virtual Organizations
Organization Science
Applying the Technology Acceptance Model and Flow Theory to Online Consumer Behavior
Information Systems Research
A Test of the Technology Acceptance Model: The Case of Cellular Telephone AdoptionLaku Chidambaram
HICSS '00 Proceedings of the 33rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 1 - Volume 1
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
An empirical assessment of a modified technology acceptance model
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Strategic and competitive information systems
Testing the determinants of microcomputer usage via a structural equation model
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Navigation in information-intensive environments
The effect of service employees' technology readiness on technology acceptance
Information and Management
VCR: Virtual community recommender using the technology acceptance model and the user's needs type
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Open user profiles for adaptive news systems: help or harm?
Proceedings of the 16th international conference on World Wide Web
Investigating Determinants of Software Developers' Intentions to Follow Methodologies
Journal of Management Information Systems
The effects of perceived risk and technology type on users' acceptance of technologies
Information and Management
Understanding knowledge sharing activities in free/open source software projects: An empirical study
Journal of Systems and Software
Fostering the determinants of knowledge sharing in professional virtual communities
Computers in Human Behavior
Information and Management
Information and Management
Factors driving the adoption of m-learning: An empirical study
Computers & Education
Motivational factors that influence the acceptance of Moodle using TAM
Computers in Human Behavior
Seeing eye to eye? An exploratory study of free open source software users' perceptions
Journal of Systems and Software
Understanding online knowledge sharing: An interpersonal relationship perspective
Computers & Education
e-Learning continuance intention: Moderating effects of user e-learning experience
Computers & Education
Factors influencing secondary school teachers' adoption of teaching blogs
Computers & Education
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
Ontology-based empirical knowledge verification for professional virtual community
Behaviour & Information Technology
Exploring the antecedents of trust in virtual communities
Behaviour & Information Technology
Breaking the Myths of Rewards: An Exploratory Study of Attitudes about Knowledge Sharing
Information Resources Management Journal
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This study aimed to explore the relationship between knowledge sharing intentions and the perceptions of individual technology users who are members of virtual communities. We characterized learners' perceptions of new technological products or services by including both an individual's psychological state of readiness to accept technology and also compatibility as factors affecting technology acceptance. By adopting virtual communities as samples for this empirical study, the Technology Acceptance Model, Technology Readiness Index, and the factor of compatibility were integrated in order to explore users' perceptions of technology. We analyzed the responses of 218 participants from these virtual communities using structural equation modeling. The empirical results showed that an individual's positive attitude, such as optimism, toward the Technology Readiness Index positively affects acceptance of technology; an individual's negative perception of the Technology Readiness Index, such as discomfort, has a negative effect on his or her sense of the perceived ease of technology and compatibility in regard to prior experience and technology. A sense of insecurity toward the new technology also showed a significant effect on the individual's perceptions of the usefulness of technology. The results of this research demonstrated that improving an individual's degree of adaptability to technology could increase knowledge-sharing intentions in virtual communities. Meanwhile, the degree of the individual's discomfort with technology did not hinder knowledge-sharing intentions.