Construct

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Construct: Technology Competence


  • Description
  • Indicators

Note 1: Following are presented the definitions found for the construct in the used references, together with the theory/model.
Note 2: The same construct can be present in more than one theory/model.
Note 3: If the construct was not proposed in the original theory/model, it is identified as "Additional to theory/model".


Definition: Not defined.

Theory/model: Additional to IDT
Reference: (Picoto, Bélanger, & Palma-Dos-Reis, 2014)


Definition: Consists of technology infrastructure and IT skills.

Theory/model: IDT TOE
Reference: (Zhu, Dong, Xu, & Kraemer, 2006)


Note 1: This list contains all the indicators (measuring variables) as defined by the authors when proposing/using/applying a theory/model in a context. It also includes the scales used to measure the variables.
Note 2: Some of the indicators are context-dependent.
Note 3: The same construct can be present in more than one theory/model.


IndicatorScaleContextTheory/ModelReference(s)
Approximately how many of the following mobile devices are currently in use in your organization? Mobile phones/SmartPhones/RFID (tags readers)/Laptop/TabletPC/Netbook/Kiosks/Vehicle-mounted mobile technologies Direct AnswerMobile Business (m-business)IDT(Picoto, Bélanger, & Palma-Dos-Reis, 2014)
Approximately how many IT professionals are located in your organization?Direct AnswerMobile Business (m-business)IDT(Picoto, Bélanger, & Palma-Dos-Reis, 2014)
Please check the box describing technologies used in your organization (check as many as apply): have a public website/have a public website with transactional features/Internet/Extranet/Intranet/mobile Internet/have the necessary software for implementing mobile business apllications/WLAN/VoIP.SelectionMobile Business (m-business)IDT(Picoto, Bélanger, & Palma-Dos-Reis, 2014)
IT infrastructure: the strength of existing IT infrastructure, as measured by related technologies that your company has in place, including electronic data interchange (EDI), intranet, extranet, local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN).Likert 1-5e-BusinessTOE(Zhu, Dong, Xu, & Kraemer, 2006)
Internet skills: The extent to which the majority of your employees are capable of using the following applications: Web browser, intranet, online order processing.Likert 1-5e-BusinessTOE(Zhu, Dong, Xu, & Kraemer, 2006)
Skill development – Has your company done the following to help employees develop e-business skills (a) in-house training? (b) participating in IT training such as courses and seminars by third parties? (c) legitimizing certain work time for IT learning/training? (d) establishing self-learning or e-learning programs? (e) recruiting staff with special IT skills?Selectione-BusinessTOE(Zhu, Dong, Xu, & Kraemer, 2006)