E-research adoption: a perspective of collaboration, openness and sustainability

Abstract

Nowadays, due to the complexity of research problems, in order to solve scientific problems, researchers can not rely on their own generated data.The need for collaborative activities, sharing of research data and long term availability of system become key factors in research environment. E-research can be used to explain the usage of ICT in research environment with these three key factors as important. This study is intended to understand how collaboration ,openness and sustainability issue can affect researchers intention to adopt e-research with UTAUT model as framework. A survey was conducted and the results were analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling approach. Performance expectancy is strengthen by the presence of collaboration and sustainability. A system is perceived as effortless to use when there’re higher degree of collaboration and opennes in data and facilities. At the same time, collaboration increases when it is supported by openness and sustainability. This study will contribute to a perspective on how collaboration, openness and sustainability issue must be taken as important when adopting ICT in research environment.