Impact of Organizational Maturity on Acceptance and Use of Technology Among Library and Information Science Experts in the Public Libraries of Mashhad

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Authors

1 Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

2 Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, Semnan University & head of Hiilab (Human-Information Interaction Lab), Semnan, Iran

3 Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract
 
The present research was conducted to measure the impact of organizational maturity on the main variables of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology among library and information science experts in the public libraries in Mashhad. It is applied research in terms of purpose and correlation-descriptive research in terms of the data collection method. The research statistical population included all library and information science experts in Mashhad city, which were selected as research samples using random sampling. The questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. The average variance extracted (AVE) was used to assess the validity of the questionnaire, and the composite reliability (CR) coefficient and Cronbach's alpha coefficient were used to assess the reliability of the questionnaire. The structural equation modeling method (partial least squares method) was used with Smart PLS software to test the research hypotheses and the research conceptual model. According to the results, it can be stated that the variable of organizational maturity has a significant and positive effect on the components of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology, including performance expectancy, facilitating conditions, social influence, purposeful behavior, but this variable does not have a significant and positive effect on the effort expectancy. Organizational maturity affects the acceptance and use of technology by public library librarians.
 
 

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Volume 22, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
Summer 2024
Pages 197-210

  • Receive Date 19 May 2022
  • Revise Date 29 June 2024
  • Accept Date 29 June 2024