title: Hospital-based nurses' perceptions of the adoption of Web 2.0 tools for knowledge sharing, learning, social interaction and the production of collective intelligence.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Web 2.0 provides a platform or a set of tools such as blogs, wikis, really simple syndication (RSS), podcasts, tags, social bookmarks, and social networking software for knowledge sharing, learning, social interaction, and the production of collective intelligence in a virtual environment. Web 2.0 is also becoming increasingly popular in e-learning and e-social communities.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The objectives were to investigate how Web 2.0 tools can be applied for knowledge sharing, learning, social interaction, and the production of collective intelligence in the nursing domain and to investigate what behavioral perceptions are involved in the adoption of Web 2.0 tools by nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  The decomposed technology acceptance model was applied to construct the research model on which the hypotheses were based. A questionnaire was developed based on the model and data from nurses (n = 388) were collected from late January 2009 until April 30, 2009. Pearson's correlation analysis and t tests were used for data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Intention toward using Web 2.0 tools was positively correlated with usage behavior (r = .60, P < .05). Behavioral intention was positively correlated with attitude (r = .72, P < .05), perceived behavioral control (r = .58, P < .05), and subjective norm (r = .45, P < .05). In their decomposed constructs, perceived usefulness (r = .7, P < .05), relative advantage (r = .64, P < .05), and compatibility (r = .60,P < .05) were positively correlated with attitude, but perceived ease of use was not significantly correlated (r = .004, P < .05) with it. Peer (r = .47, P < .05), senior management (r = .24,P < .05), and hospital (r = .45, P < .05) influences had positive correlations with subjective norm. Resource (r = .41,P < .05) and technological (r = .69,P < .05) conditions were positively correlated with perceived behavioral control.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The identified behavioral perceptions may further health policy makers' understanding of nurses' concerns regarding and barriers to the adoption of Web 2.0 tools and enable them to better plan the strategy of implementation of Web 2.0 tools for knowledge sharing, learning, social interaction, and the production of collective intelligence.
authors.affiliation: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKUST, Hong Kong, China. adela@ust.hk
authors.forename: Adela S M
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Lau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D051188:Knowledge Bases; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D061108:Social Media; D060756:Social Networking; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D055815:Young Adult
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