Browsing by Author "Habes, Mohammed"

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    An Innovative Study of E-Payment Systems Adoption in Higher Education: Theoretical Constructs and Empirical Analysis
    (International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies, 2019) A. Salloum, Said; Al-Emran, Mostafa; Khalaf, Rifat; Habes, Mohammed; Shaalan, Khaled
    Examining the adoption of e-payment systems is not a new research topic. Nevertheless, studying the factors affecting the adoption of epayment systems in higher educational institutions is a new research trend. Thus, this study is considered one of the few that attempts to investigate the fac tors affecting the e-payment systems adoption in six different universities in the United Arab of Emirates (UAE). A total number of 289 students took part in the study. This study proposed a new research model in which the students’ intention to use the e-payment systems are affected by five different factors including perceived benefit, performance expectancy, perceived risk, perceived security/privacy, and trust. The partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) approach was used to validate the research model. The empirical results suggested that perceived benefit and performance expectancy have a significant positive relationship with the students’ intention to use e-payment systems, whereas perceived security/privacy and perceived risk exhibited a significant negative relationship. However, the results triggered out that trust has an insignificant relationship with the students’ intention to use e-payment systems. The results acquired from this research provide a fresh and an up-to-date information on the e-payment systems adoption in the higher educational institutions.
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    The effect of social media usage on students’ e learning acceptance in higher education: A case study from the United Arab Emirates
    (E-learning; technology acceptance model; social media; motivation; knowledge sharing; YouTube; Twitter; Facebook., 2019) Alghizzawi, Mahmoud; Habes, Mohammed; A. Salloum, Said; =Abd. Ghani, Mazuri; =Mhamdi, Chaker; Shaalan, Khaled
    This study investigates the influence of student social media usage on the acceptance of e learning platforms at the British University in Dubai. A modified Technology Acceptance Model was developed and validated for the quantitative study, which comprised data collected from 410 graduate and postgraduate students via an electronic questionnaire. The findings showed that knowledge sharing, social media features and motivation to use social media systems, including Facebook YouTube and Twitter, positively affected the perceived usefulness and perceived ease-of-use of e learning platforms, which, in turn, led to increased e-learning platform acceptance by students. The research model can be adapted to similar studies to assist in further research regarding how higher education institutions in the UAE can maximize the benefits and uptake of e-learning platforms.