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TOJEET:<br />

The <strong>Turkish</strong> Online Journal o<strong>of</strong><br />

Educational TTechnology<br />

– Occtober<br />

<strong>2012</strong>, volume<br />

11 Issue 4<br />

Fit index<br />

χ 2<br />

Table 5 FFit<br />

Indices <strong>of</strong> t<strong>the</strong><br />

Extended UTAUT U Modell<br />

Level <strong>of</strong> accepptable<br />

fit<br />

Fit <strong>of</strong> t<strong>the</strong><br />

p < .055<br />

eextended<br />

UTAAUT<br />

model<br />

541.846; p < .000<br />

CFI<br />

> .9000<br />

.984<br />

RMSEA<br />

< .0600<br />

.039<br />

SRMR<br />

< .0500<br />

.028<br />

CFI = com mparative fit inndex;<br />

RMSEA = root mean ssquare<br />

error <strong>of</strong>f<br />

approximatioon;<br />

SRMR = sstandardized<br />

rooot<br />

mean residdual<br />

Figure 1 Verification <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Extendded<br />

UTAUT MModel<br />

with Pathh<br />

Coefficients<br />

for <strong>the</strong> EEntire<br />

Sample<br />

Table e 6 H<strong>of</strong>stede’s s Cultural Dimmensions<br />

Scorees<br />

in Turkey, CCompared<br />

withh<br />

Germany and d Romania<br />

Turkeyy<br />

Coomparative<br />

valu ues<br />

(N = 17223)<br />

Germany<br />

Romania<br />

Power distaance<br />

index (PD DI)<br />

9.6<br />

36.1<br />

20.1<br />

Collectivism<br />

vs. individu ualism (IDV) 76.5<br />

92.5<br />

67.4<br />

Masculinity y vs. femininit ty (MAS)<br />

3.4<br />

-29.9<br />

38.5<br />

Uncertaintyy<br />

avoidance (U UAI)<br />

43.7<br />

76.9<br />

65.2<br />

Long-term orientation (LTO)<br />

42.5<br />

45.6<br />

53.7<br />

The Influeence<br />

<strong>of</strong> Region nal Culture<br />

Regarding attitudes towaards<br />

education nal technologyy,<br />

participants from Istanbul area had signnificantly<br />

highher<br />

performanc ce expectationss,<br />

lower compu uter anxiety, thhey<br />

used educaational<br />

technoloogy<br />

more intennsively,<br />

and <strong>the</strong>y<br />

evaluated <strong>the</strong> t own comp puter literacy hhigher<br />

than paarticipants<br />

from m o<strong>the</strong>r regionns<br />

(Table 7). With respect to<br />

H<strong>of</strong>stede’s cultural dimen nsion scores, nno<br />

significant ddifferences<br />

wer re found (Tablee<br />

8). Fur<strong>the</strong>r de etails concerninng<br />

participants s’ acceptance were extracted<br />

by repeatingg<br />

<strong>the</strong> structura al equations prrocedure<br />

descrribed<br />

above annd<br />

testing <strong>the</strong> extended UTA AUT model sepparately<br />

for parrticipants<br />

from Istanbul area aand<br />

from o<strong>the</strong>rr<br />

regions.<br />

Tabble<br />

7 Values <strong>of</strong>f<br />

<strong>the</strong> UTAUT Variables withh<br />

Regional Diff fferences<br />

Istannbul<br />

area<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r regions r<br />

Diffferences<br />

(n = 962)<br />

(n = 761)<br />

(Onewaay<br />

ANOVA)<br />

M (SD)<br />

M ( SD)<br />

F df p<br />

Performancce<br />

expectancy 4.49<br />

(0.69)<br />

4.38 (0.69) (<br />

10.27 1722 0.0001<br />

Effort expe ectancy<br />

4.13<br />

(0.75)<br />

4.12 (0.72) (<br />

0.05 1722 0.8220<br />

Social influuence<br />

3.44<br />

(1.07)<br />

3.43 (1.03) (<br />

0.04 1722 0.8444<br />

Facilitatingg<br />

conditions<br />

3.20<br />

(0.88)<br />

3.13 (0.89) (<br />

2.71 1722 0.1000<br />

Computer aanxiety<br />

2.01<br />

(0.96)<br />

2.15 (0.99) (<br />

9.75 1722 0.0002<br />

Use intention<br />

3.57<br />

(1.24)<br />

3.56 (1.20) (<br />

0.00 1722 0.9775<br />

Use behaviior<br />

4.45<br />

(0.67)<br />

4.29 (0.68) (<br />

26.45 1722 0.0000<br />

Computer lliteracy<br />

4.59<br />

(0.66)<br />

4.44 (0.66) (<br />

20.35 1722 0.0000<br />

Copyright © Th he <strong>Turkish</strong> Onlinne<br />

Journal <strong>of</strong> Ed ducational Technnology

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