Social sustainability of information and communication technology (ICT) telecentres in rural communities in Malaysia

The main purpose of this paper was to determine factors that influence social sustainability of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) telecentres in rural communities in Malaysia. A cross sectional survey method was employed in the study. Data were collected from 360 respondents who were ra...

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Main Authors: Badsar, Mohammad, Abu Samah, Bahaman, Abu Hassan, Musa, Osman, Nizam, Mohd Shaffri, Hayrol Azril
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Language:English
Published: American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information 2011
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author Badsar, Mohammad
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Abu Hassan, Musa
Osman, Nizam
Mohd Shaffri, Hayrol Azril
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Abu Samah, Bahaman
Abu Hassan, Musa
Osman, Nizam
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description The main purpose of this paper was to determine factors that influence social sustainability of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) telecentres in rural communities in Malaysia. A cross sectional survey method was employed in the study. Data were collected from 360 respondents who were randomly selected from users of the PID and MID telecentres and analyzed using AMOS and SPSS software. Results of the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analyses show that the information characteristic variable had better contribution than individual and telecentre characteristics to predict the social sustainability of ICT project. The findings of this study provide practical implication and lesson for governments and donor agencies involved with telecentres development.
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spelling upm-535282018-10-09T02:43:29Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53528/ Social sustainability of information and communication technology (ICT) telecentres in rural communities in Malaysia Badsar, Mohammad Abu Samah, Bahaman Abu Hassan, Musa Osman, Nizam Mohd Shaffri, Hayrol Azril The main purpose of this paper was to determine factors that influence social sustainability of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) telecentres in rural communities in Malaysia. A cross sectional survey method was employed in the study. Data were collected from 360 respondents who were randomly selected from users of the PID and MID telecentres and analyzed using AMOS and SPSS software. Results of the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analyses show that the information characteristic variable had better contribution than individual and telecentre characteristics to predict the social sustainability of ICT project. The findings of this study provide practical implication and lesson for governments and donor agencies involved with telecentres development. American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53528/1/Social%20sustainability%20of%20information%20and%20communication%20technology%20.pdf Badsar, Mohammad and Abu Samah, Bahaman and Abu Hassan, Musa and Osman, Nizam and Mohd Shaffri, Hayrol Azril (2011) Social sustainability of information and communication technology (ICT) telecentres in rural communities in Malaysia. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 5 (12). pp. 2929-2938. ISSN 1991-8178 http://www.ajbasweb.com/old/ajbas_December_2011.html
spellingShingle Badsar, Mohammad
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Abu Hassan, Musa
Osman, Nizam
Mohd Shaffri, Hayrol Azril
Social sustainability of information and communication technology (ICT) telecentres in rural communities in Malaysia
title Social sustainability of information and communication technology (ICT) telecentres in rural communities in Malaysia
title_full Social sustainability of information and communication technology (ICT) telecentres in rural communities in Malaysia
title_fullStr Social sustainability of information and communication technology (ICT) telecentres in rural communities in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Social sustainability of information and communication technology (ICT) telecentres in rural communities in Malaysia
title_short Social sustainability of information and communication technology (ICT) telecentres in rural communities in Malaysia
title_sort social sustainability of information and communication technology (ict) telecentres in rural communities in malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53528/
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