Petronilla Muriithi|David Horner|Lyn Pemberton
Factors contributing to adoption and use of information and communication technologies within research collaborations in Kenya
University of Brighton|Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology|University of Brighton|University of Brighton
use information communication technologies icts support research work becoming increasingly common study set establish icts used support collaborative research kenya identify factors within ict ecosystem contribute adoption use mixed methods research design involving 248 academic scientists 4 disciplines across 4 major kenyan universities employed find little diversity forms icts used support collaborative research within studied population several factors affect adoption use practices including availability access ict resources nature work national institutional ict research environments social cultural practices researchers explain findings using venkatesh et als unified theory acceptance use technology model identifies four main constructs affect adoption technology performance expectancy effort expectancy facilitating conditions social influence