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Security Determinants of the Educational Use of Mobile Cloud Computing in Higher Education |
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Waleed Alghaith |
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Vol. 24 No. 8 pp. 105-118 |
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Abstract |
The decision to integrate mobile cloud computing (MCC) in higher education without first defining suitable usage scenarios is a global issue as the usage of such services becomes extensive. Consequently, this study investigates the security determinants of the educational use of mobile cloud computing among universities students. This study proposes and develops a theoretical model by adopting and modifying the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT). The studys findings show that a significant amount of variance in MCC adoption was explained by the proposed model. MCC adoption intention was shown to be highly influenced by threat appraisal and coping appraisal factors. Perceived severity alone explains 37.8% of students ""Intention"" to adopt MCC applications, which indicates the student's perception of the degree of harm that would happen can hinder them from using MCC. It encompasses concerns about data security, privacy breaches, and academic integrity issues. Response cost, perceived vulnerability and response efficacy also have significant influence on students ""intention"" by 18.8%, 17.7%, and 6.7%, respectively. |
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Keywords |
MCC, PMT, Security, adoption, Saudi Arabia. |
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