O narcisismo é um dos conceitos mais antigos e críticos da história da psicologia, e tem crescido sob a superintendência das teorias da psicodinâmica. Nos últimos anos, o narcisismo tornou-se um tema mais interessante com uma vasta gama de resultados para os investigadores que t…
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As the second largest producer in the world, shrimp aquaculture plays an important role in the Indonesian economy, particularly in the economies of rural coastal communities. Aggregate production statistics demonstrate that shrimp aquaculture production is increasing rapidly, an…
This study examines the adoption of farm technology by subsistence farmers of the dry savanna of Northern Nigeria characterized by climatic uncertainty and complex mixed cropping systems. It aims to describe the farmers' objectives and decision strategies. It tests the hypothesi…
This dissertation contains three essays on technology adoption from foreign direct investment and exporting. The empirical analysis is based on a panel dataset of Indonesian manufacturing establishments from 1988 to 1996. The first essay examines how the technology that accompan…
The accelerating pace of the information technology and the growing size and power of both computer systems and software make the use of computers in many industries essential. This study investigates the use of computers by large, medium, and small sized contractors in Saudi Ar…
This dissertation attempts two related tasks. It studies the effect of schooling costs on educational attainment. Then, given endogenous schooling, it uses measures of such costs to identify the causal effect of schooling on labor market outcomes. The particular outcome studied …
According to some commentary, employees are empowered by simple, flexible and lightweight social software such as blogs and wikis. Using such software, it is claimed they will be able to connect and collaborate beyond boundaries and to benefit organisations in innovation and gro…
Technology and the development of the Internet has led to greater awareness among organisations of the role the Internet can play in improving services through online channels. Banks, financial institutions and the relevant government authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (…
A great deal of research has been conducted to determine factors that influence the adoption of a specific technology. Numerous models have been developed and proposed to enhance the understanding of this issue. While we may use any of these models, the decomposed theory of plan…
This dissertation analyzes the importance of economic and information related barriers to technology adoption, with an emphasis on the role of interpersonal information exchange among social and physical neighbors. The two studies that make up the dissertation are based on the I…
This case study investigated the process of adopting and integrating interactive whiteboards into the daily practice of teachers and compared the findings to relevant theoretical models. Participants were drawn from a small international school in Damascus, Syria, where interact…
Internet banking in Jordan has developed rapidly since the year 2001 as most of the Jordanian banks have adopted some form of Internet usage and launched websites to serve their customers. Such efforts will not be successful without customers accepting Internet banking. The stud…
This targeted research study, carried out by an officer of the Turkish National Police (TNP), investigated the perceptions and beliefs of TNP trainers and trainees towards the potential adoption and implementation of e-learning technology for in-service police training. Utilizin…
One of the important branches of government and vital to the community, police agencies are organizations that have high usage rates of information technology systems since they are in the intelligence sector and thus have information incentives. Not only can information technol…
In today's globalizing world, many organizations have taken advantage of information technology as an effective operational strategy. The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is no exception. Little attention is often placed on the influence of leadership style in the proc…
This dissertation evaluates the economics of an extension program introducing new agricultural technologies with better agronomic practices and marketing strategies into Maradi, the major agricultural region of Niger. The yield increase of the improved technology is large when a…
Electronic learning is increasingly becoming an important application of information technology in institutions of higher learning. Just as in any other technology, there are factors that affect the users' behavioral intention to adopt it. The unified theory of acceptance and us…
This study attempts to answer two research questions; namely (1) What are the determinants that influence users' acceptance of using MyKad as an e-commerce tool?, and (2) How do the determinants that influence the users' acceptance of MyKad as an e-commerce tool fits into the mo…
While technology investments in education have risen dramatically during the last decade, research has demonstrated multiple cases for oversold and underused technology tools that have failed to enhance teaching and learning. It is argued that teacher concerns play an important …