The Impact of Nursing Students' Cultural Diversity on the Intention and Attitudes Toward the Use of Information Technology. (May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gonen, Ayala; Sharon, Dganit; Lev-Ari, Lilac; Strauss, Ester; Segev, Ronen
• Is Part Of: Journal of transcultural nursing. Volume 27:Number 3(2016)
• Page Start: 302
• Page End: 310
• Publication Date: 2016-05
• Subjects: cultural diversity -- ethnicity -- attitudes -- information technology -- nursing students -- intention -- innovativeness -- self-efficacy -- threat -- challenge; Transcultural nursing -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Cross-cultural studies -- Periodicals; Health attitudes -- Cross-cultural studies -- Periodicals; 610.73
• DOI: 10.1177/1043659615581558
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1043-6596

Abstract

This research highlights the evidences that: The greater the threat, the lower the attitude toward information technology is, and the greater the sense of challenge, the greater self-efficacy is. Innovativeness was found to be a behavioral intention predictor in two groups, secular Jews and Arabs. This study provides nurses and nurse educators with some valuable insights about how culture, religion, and education may influence nursing students' attitudes toward information technology.