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A comparative study of the effects of cultural differences on the adoption of mobile learning
Author(s) -
Arpaci Ibrahim
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/bjet.12160
Subject(s) - psychology , test (biology) , cultural influence , social psychology , knowledge management , sociology , computer science , social science , biology , ecology
Abstract The objective of this paper is to understand the impact of cultural differences on mobile learning adoption through identifying key adoption characteristics in C anada and T urkey, which have markedly different cultural backgrounds. A multi‐group analysis was employed to test the hypothesised relationships based on the data collected by means of survey questionnaires from 190 and 163 undergraduate students in T urkey and C anada respectively. The results indicated that there is a strong relationship between culture and adoption behaviour, and there are major differences in patterns between the adoption behaviours of the two countries. Implications of these findings are discussed.