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Gender Moderation on Students’ Adoption of WhatsApp for Learning-Support Communication in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Názov: Gender Moderation on Students’ Adoption of WhatsApp for Learning-Support Communication in Sub-Saharan Africa
Autori: Douglas Yeboah, Paul Nyagorme, Brandford Bervell, Godfred Yaw Koi-Akrofi, Awo Esaah Bempong
Zdroj: Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange. 18:154-174
Informácie o vydavateľovi: University of Southern Mississippi, 2025.
Rok vydania: 2025
Predmety: Curriculum and Instruction, Race, Educational Technology, students' adoption of WhatsApp, gender moderation, Gender, WhatsApp for learning, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication, Instructional Media Design, unified theory of acceptance and use of technology, distance learning, Online and Distance Education, Communication Technology and New Media, and Ethnicity in Communication, Sexuality, Social Media
Popis: Gender moderation in students’ adoption of WhatsApp for supporting distance learning has not been explored. This study applied the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology model to analyze the moderation effects of gender on students’ adoption intentions of WhatsApp for learning. Multi-stage sampling techniques were used to obtain 273 participants. Data were collected using structured questionnaire and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling. Results showed that gender significantly moderated the effects of(a) performance expectancy on behavioral intention such that the effect was stronger for males than females, and (b) social influence on behavioral intention such that the effect was stronger for females than males. Effects of effort expectancy, mobile self-efficacy, and facilitating conditions on behavioral intention were not moderated by gender. Implications of the findings for practice were discussed and recommendations were made for further research.
Druh dokumentu: Article
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ISSN: 1941-8035
DOI: 10.18785/jetde.1801.09
Rights: CC BY NC ND
Prístupové číslo: edsair.doi.dedup.....e75b2fbd91ccccd3f32cf9cc3290a098
Databáza: OpenAIRE
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Abstrakt:Gender moderation in students’ adoption of WhatsApp for supporting distance learning has not been explored. This study applied the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology model to analyze the moderation effects of gender on students’ adoption intentions of WhatsApp for learning. Multi-stage sampling techniques were used to obtain 273 participants. Data were collected using structured questionnaire and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling. Results showed that gender significantly moderated the effects of(a) performance expectancy on behavioral intention such that the effect was stronger for males than females, and (b) social influence on behavioral intention such that the effect was stronger for females than males. Effects of effort expectancy, mobile self-efficacy, and facilitating conditions on behavioral intention were not moderated by gender. Implications of the findings for practice were discussed and recommendations were made for further research.
ISSN:19418035
DOI:10.18785/jetde.1801.09