The Evaluation of the factors that affecting usage of the Golestan system in the University of Birjand Parhizi Razie*,1, Asgari Ali**, Ayati Mohsen*** *Postgraduate Student, Administrational Education, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran **Ph.D., Human Resource Development, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran ***Ph.D., Curriculum Planning, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran 1Corresponding author. E-mail address: razie.parhizi@yahoo.com
Online published on 16 December, 2014. Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate factors which affecting usage of the Golestan system in the University of Birjand. It is an applied study regarding the purpose and descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were used to analyze collected data. The population of this study consists of faculty members at the University of Birjand. In order to evaluate the impact of Information quality, system quality, Perceived System Benefits, user's satisfaction in usage of the Golestan system, a questionnaire based on "Wu and Wang Technology Acceptance Model" was designed and developed by the researchers which its reliability was 0.95. To examine the situation of dimensions and indexes, the path analysis method and structural equation modeling were applied. Results revealed that the “data quality” affects the “perceived advantages” and “user's satisfaction” and indirectly influences “usage of the system”. “Perceived system benefits” and “user's satisfaction” directly influence “usage of the system”. Also, Results showed that the “System quality” cannot predict usage of the system. Regarding these results, if the users obtain useful information from the system, they will reach out a positive attitude and will use it effectively. Top Keywords Golestan system, Information quality, System quality, Perceived System Benefits, User's satisfaction. Top |