AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ADOPTION OF CAMPUS PORTALS IN SAUDI AND UK UNIVERSITIES

Mohammed Altayar, N. Ben Fairweather, Neil McBride

2010

Abstract

Enterprise Information Portals (EIPs) have become crucial components in contemporary organisations, and universities and other higher education institutions are not exempt. While there are many studies concerning the adoption, implementation and utilisation of EIPs in organisations, there are few studies that touch this issue in the academic environment. The aim of this paper is to report initial findings from an in-progress research project on the adoption of campus portals in some Saudi and UK universities. This study adopts a qualitative research approach based on multiple case studies. A research methodology was designed to conduct the research and to collect data through semi-structured interviews and documentation, and then analysed using various qualitative data analysis techniques such as coding and categorising, cross-interview analysis and document analysis. The findings of the study show that there are many factors that affect the adoption of campus portals such as: organisational factors, innovation factors, economic factors, technical factors and environmental factors. Finally, the paper proposes an initial model and concludes with the main findings and provides some recommendations and suggestions for further research.

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Altayar M., Ben Fairweather N. and McBride N. (2010). AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ADOPTION OF CAMPUS PORTALS IN SAUDI AND UK UNIVERSITIES . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology - Volume 2: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-674-025-2, pages 167-174. DOI: 10.5220/0002772901670174


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@conference{webist10,
author={Mohammed Altayar and N. Ben Fairweather and Neil McBride},
title={AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ADOPTION OF CAMPUS PORTALS IN SAUDI AND UK UNIVERSITIES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology - Volume 2: WEBIST,},
year={2010},
pages={167-174},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002772901670174},
isbn={978-989-674-025-2},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology - Volume 2: WEBIST,
TI - AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ADOPTION OF CAMPUS PORTALS IN SAUDI AND UK UNIVERSITIES
SN - 978-989-674-025-2
AU - Altayar M.
AU - Ben Fairweather N.
AU - McBride N.
PY - 2010
SP - 167
EP - 174
DO - 10.5220/0002772901670174