Influence of Achievement Goal on Technology Use among Undergraduates in Malaysia

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Title: Influence of Achievement Goal on Technology Use among Undergraduates in Malaysia
Language: English
Authors: Timothy Teo (ORCID 0000-0002-7552-8497), Priscilla Moses (ORCID 0000-0002-4622-8903), Phaik Kin Cheah (ORCID 0000-0002-2615-5217), Fang Huang (ORCID 0000-0001-6706-8251), Tiny Chiu Yuen Tey (ORCID 0000-0001-7039-2183)
Source: Interactive Learning Environments. 2024 32(8):4314-4331.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 18
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Influences, Technology Uses in Education, Technological Literacy, Student Behavior, Social Influences
Geographic Terms: Malaysia
DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2023.2197957
ISSN: 1049-4820
1744-5191
Abstract: Previous studies had identified the potential link between achievement goal and students' technology use. However, the literature on this topic is extremely scarce. The purpose of this study was to investigate the antecedents to technology use among undergraduates via an extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model with achievement goal as an external variable. Data were collected from 599 undergraduates using a 38-item self-report questionnaire and analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results of this study showed that the extended UTAUT model had a good fit to the data of this study, with 35% of the variance in behavioral intention and 32% of the variance in use behavior explained by their antecedents. This study found that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and achievement goal had significant influences on undergraduates' technology behavioral intention to use technology, while social influence and facilitating conditions from the original UTAUT model did not. It was also found that achievement goal and behavioral intention were significant antecedents that influenced undergraduates' technology use behavior. The findings of this study contribute to both theory, practice, and policy that enhance our understanding of students' learning and technology use.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: EJ1443430
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Previous studies had identified the potential link between achievement goal and students' technology use. However, the literature on this topic is extremely scarce. The purpose of this study was to investigate the antecedents to technology use among undergraduates via an extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model with achievement goal as an external variable. Data were collected from 599 undergraduates using a 38-item self-report questionnaire and analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results of this study showed that the extended UTAUT model had a good fit to the data of this study, with 35% of the variance in behavioral intention and 32% of the variance in use behavior explained by their antecedents. This study found that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and achievement goal had significant influences on undergraduates' technology behavioral intention to use technology, while social influence and facilitating conditions from the original UTAUT model did not. It was also found that achievement goal and behavioral intention were significant antecedents that influenced undergraduates' technology use behavior. The findings of this study contribute to both theory, practice, and policy that enhance our understanding of students' learning and technology use.
ISSN:1049-4820
1744-5191
DOI:10.1080/10494820.2023.2197957