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The Effect of Individual’s Technological Belief and Usage on Their Absorptive Capacity towards Their Learning Behaviour in Learning Environment

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  • Thomas Dolmark

    (Faculty of Engineering and IT, School of Information, Systems and Modelling, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia)

  • Osama Sohaib

    (Faculty of Engineering and IT, School of Information, Systems and Modelling, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia)

  • Ghassan Beydoun

    (Faculty of Engineering and IT, School of Information, Systems and Modelling, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia)

  • Kai Wu

    (Business School, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin 150028, China)

Abstract

Absorptive capacity is a common barrier to knowledge transfer at the individual level. However, technology absorptive capacity can enhance an individual’s learning behaviour. This study investigates that technology readiness, the tools for knowledge sources, social influences, and social networks influence an individual’s absorptive capacity on an adaptation of the individual learning behaviour. A quantitative approach is used to assess the presence of a causal relationship from the constructs mentioned above. Data were collected from university students in Australia to examine the hypotheses. With 199 responses, a partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach was used for the analysis. The results generated mixed findings. Individual’s technological belief in optimism and innovation and social influences had a significantly weaker effect on individual absorptive capacity, which in turn had a significantly weaker impact on their learning behaviour.

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  • Thomas Dolmark & Osama Sohaib & Ghassan Beydoun & Kai Wu, 2021. "The Effect of Individual’s Technological Belief and Usage on Their Absorptive Capacity towards Their Learning Behaviour in Learning Environment," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-17, January.
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