Social influence in using ICT among fishermen in Malaysia

One of the main factors that changes individuals’ behavior is social influence. Social influence is defined as a change in an individual’s thinking, feelings, attitudes, or behavior that results from interaction with other individuals or groups. Within the scope of ICT adoption among fishermen, soci...

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Main Authors: Mazuki, Raidah, Omar, Siti Zobidah, Bolong, Jusang, Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva, Abu Hassan, Musa, Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30749/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30749/1/30749.pdf
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author Mazuki, Raidah
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Bolong, Jusang
Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
Abu Hassan, Musa
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
author_facet Mazuki, Raidah
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Bolong, Jusang
Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
Abu Hassan, Musa
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
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description One of the main factors that changes individuals’ behavior is social influence. Social influence is defined as a change in an individual’s thinking, feelings, attitudes, or behavior that results from interaction with other individuals or groups. Within the scope of ICT adoption among fishermen, social influence is expected to spread, and this study attempts to discover the social influence that impinges on fishermen’s use of ICT in their fishing routine. This is a quantitative study in which a total of 400 respondents have been selected based on multi-stage simple random sampling. SPSS is used to gain the required analyses, and descriptive analysis is also performed. The results reveal that social influence has less impact on fishermen’s use of ICT based on the low level of mean scores recorded for each of the eight statements studied.
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spelling upm-307492016-03-30T09:14:23Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30749/ Social influence in using ICT among fishermen in Malaysia Mazuki, Raidah Omar, Siti Zobidah Bolong, Jusang Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Abu Hassan, Musa Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril One of the main factors that changes individuals’ behavior is social influence. Social influence is defined as a change in an individual’s thinking, feelings, attitudes, or behavior that results from interaction with other individuals or groups. Within the scope of ICT adoption among fishermen, social influence is expected to spread, and this study attempts to discover the social influence that impinges on fishermen’s use of ICT in their fishing routine. This is a quantitative study in which a total of 400 respondents have been selected based on multi-stage simple random sampling. SPSS is used to gain the required analyses, and descriptive analysis is also performed. The results reveal that social influence has less impact on fishermen’s use of ICT based on the low level of mean scores recorded for each of the eight statements studied. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30749/1/30749.pdf Mazuki, Raidah and Omar, Siti Zobidah and Bolong, Jusang and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva and Abu Hassan, Musa and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril (2013) Social influence in using ICT among fishermen in Malaysia. Asian Social Science, 9 (2). pp. 135-138. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/24362 10.5539/ass.v9n2p135
spellingShingle Mazuki, Raidah
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Bolong, Jusang
Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
Abu Hassan, Musa
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Social influence in using ICT among fishermen in Malaysia
title Social influence in using ICT among fishermen in Malaysia
title_full Social influence in using ICT among fishermen in Malaysia
title_fullStr Social influence in using ICT among fishermen in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Social influence in using ICT among fishermen in Malaysia
title_short Social influence in using ICT among fishermen in Malaysia
title_sort social influence in using ict among fishermen in malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30749/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30749/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30749/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30749/1/30749.pdf