Factors affecting engineers' acceptance of asynchronous e-learning systems in high-tech companies

  • Authors:

  • Chorng-Shyong Ong;Jung-Yu Lai;Yi-Shun Wang

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Information Management, National Taiwan University, No. 50, Lane 144, Sec. 4, Jilung Rd., Daan Chiu, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC;Department of Information Management, National Taiwan University, No. 50, Lane 144, Sec. 4, Jilung Rd., Daan Chiu, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC;Department of Information Management, National Changhua University of Education, 2 Shi-Da Road, Changhua 500, Taiwan, ROC

  • Venue:
  • Information and Management
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

With the rapid change in all types of working environment, there is a need to implement electronic learning (e-learning) systems to train people in new technologies, products, and services. However, the large investment in e-learning has made user acceptance an increasingly critical issue for technology implementation and management. Although user acceptance received fairly extensive attention in prior research, efforts were needed to examine or validate previous results, especially in different technologies, user populations, and/or organizational contexts. We therefore proposed a new construct, perceived credibility, to examine the applicability of the technology acceptance model (TAM) in explaining engineers' decisions to accept e-learning, and address a pragmatic technology management issue. Based on a sample of 140 engineers taken from six international companies, the results strongly support the extended TAM in predicting engineers' intention to use e-learning.