Timothy Teo|Chwee Beng Lee|Ching Sing Chai|Su Luan Wong
Assessing the intention to use technology among pre-service teachers in Singapore and Malaysia: A multigroup invariance analysis of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)
Nanyang Technological University|Nanyang Technological University|Nanyang Technological University|Universiti Putra Malaysia
study assesses preservice teachers selfreported future intentions use technology singapore malaysia survey employed validate items past research using technology acceptance model tam research framework 495 preservice teachers singapore malaysia responded 11item questionnaires containing four constructs intention use itu attitude towards computer use atcu perceived usefulness pu perceived ease use peu structural equation modelling sem employed main method analysis study multigroup analysis invariance performed two samples results show configural metric invariance fully supported scalar factor variance invariance partially supported suggesting 11item measure tam may robust across cultures factor loading pattern factor loadings appeared equivalent across cultures examined paths structural model significant variance accounted dependent variable itu much larger malaysian sample relative singaporean sample