Create a 3 page essay paper that discusses E-participation model.Download file to see previous pages... Since attitude can significantly affect their behavioral intention to use e-partipation, several

Create a 3 page essay paper that discusses E-participation model.

Since attitude can significantly affect their behavioral intention to use e-partipation, several studies purposely has decided to adopt the use of TAM as a way to explore and examine the end-users’ attitude on e-participation (Sahari et al., 2012. Wang and Lo, 2012. Hung, Chang and Yu, 2006). To identify factors that could affect people’s intention to use the e-government system in Malaysia, Sahari et al. (2012) conducted a cross sectional study. According to Sahari et al. (2012), factors that can affect the citizen’s use of e-government system include not only the perceived ease of use but also other factors like “perceived usefulness”, “social influence”, “attitude”, “trust”, “intention to use behaviour”, “ICT infrastructure”, and the “personal background” of each person (i.e. age, race, educational attainment, skills in using ICTs, and service group). Based on the research findings, factors like “perceived ease of use”, “perceived usefulness”, and “social influence” has a strong impact on “users’ attitude” and that factors like “attitude” and “trust” strongly influence the “users’ behavioural intention” to use the e-government system (Sahari et al., 2012, p. 329). ...

100 – 101). With regards to attitude behaviour, Hung, Chang and Yu (2006) conducted a primary research study which aims to examine the impact of dependent variables such as “perceived usefullness”, “perceived ease of use”, “perceived risk”, “trust”, “personal innovativeness”, and “compatibility” on attitude and the impact of attitude on the general public’s intention to use e-government services. Based on the research findings, perceived usefullness, perceived ease of use, trust, personal innovativeness, and compatibility has a strong positive impact on attitude and that attitude has a positive impact on intention to use e-government services (Hung, Chang and Yu, 2006). Using on environmental factors such as “subjective norms” and “perceived behavioral control” as well as the citizens’ attitude towards the use of internet and mobile technology in e-democracy, Nchise (2012) purposely investigated the citizens’ decision on technology adoption. After examining e-democracy in the concept of “planned behavioral theory”, Nchise (2012) found out that “environmental subjective norm positively influences the citizens’ attitude to adopt e-democracy”. “citizens’ perceived behavioral control over e-democracy positively influences their attitude to adopt e-democracy”. and that the “citizens’ attitude toward e-democracy positively influences their intention to adopt e-democracy”. Wang and Lo (2012) also conducted a research survey study which aims to examine factors that will somehow influence the citizens’ intention to use e-government websites.