Determinants of Usage Intensity of E-Resources by Postgraduate Students
of a Kenyan Private University
Abstract
The target population was 225 postgraduate students who were on session
during September 2017 semester and who had completed at least one year
of study. From this, 79 eligible respondents were randomply sampled.
Data was collected from one private university. The data was then
summarized using descriptive statistics. Inferences were drawn using
correlation and regression technique. Results showed that usage
intensity was significantly correlated to behavioral control factors
(r=.289, p<.05). However, the correlation
between usage intensity and both perceived usefulness (r=.073,
p>.05) and perceived ease of use (r=.159,
p>.05) were not statistically significant. The
results suggest that perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use were
necessary but not sufficient determinants of e-resource usage intensity
as only behavioral control factor was signiticant.