- Title
- Determinants of individual-organisational adoption-continued use of high-performance computing systems: testing an end-user model in historically disadvantaged institutions
- Creator
- Matungwana, Norest Tinashe https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0373-6913
- Subject
- High performance computing -- Evaluation
- Subject
- High performance computing -- Computer simulation
- Date
- 2023-11
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/29472
- Identifier
- vital:77970
- Description
- High-Performance Computing Systems (HPCS) are a game-changing technology that significantly improves research and innovations. Its adoption and use in skills development institutions have interested researchers and policymakers. The adoption and use of HPCS allow end users to take advantage of its extraordinary capabilities, such as making accurate simulations, processing enormous sums of data quickly, and having a larger storage capacity than ordinary computers. As South Africa (SA) grapples with increasing inequality and other challenges, it pins hope on Universities to proffer adequate solutions. However, there are different realities between Historically Disadvantage Institutions (HDIs) and Historically Advantaged Institutions (HAIs) regarding enabling resources for skills development. This study focuses on the determinants of adoption and continued use of HPCS in HDIs. The study aimed to investigate the determinants of individual-organisational adoptioncontinued use of HPCS amongst end-users in HDIs. The South African government, through the Council for Science and Industrial Research (CSIR), continues to invest in HPCS to benefit the industry and high-learning institutions; attention is drawn to their adoption and use by intended users (Sithole & Ubbink, 2017). Despite the government's efforts to address the inequalities within the educational sector by equipping HDIs with the latest technological innovations, there is little or no research that has been conducted to determine the individual-organisational levels of adoptioncontinued use of HPCS by users from HDIs and measure return on investment from an end-user perspective, hence this study. A quantitative research approach and descriptive design were adopted for the study. Data was collected from a sample of 384 students and 370 staff members. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was also applied to establish the determinants of HPCS adoption and continued use by end users in HDIs. The findings of the study show that there is no statistically significant relationship between intention to use HPCS, trust, attitudes towards HPCS, perceived effort, and the actual use of HPCS by end-users in HDIs while social influence, perceived career benefit, and perceived career risk were found to have a significant relationship with adoption and continued use of HPCS by end-users in HDIs The study's findings indicate the factors that should be emphasised when promoting the adoption and continued use of HPCS in HDIs. The findings also allow researchers to investigate why other determinants do not significantly influence the adoption and continued use of HPCS.
- Description
- Thesis (MCom in BM) -- Faculty of Management and Commerce, 2023
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (xvii, 302 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management and Commerce
- Language
- English
- Rights
- rights holder
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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