title: The roles of social factor and internet self-efficacy in nurses' web-based continuing learning.
abstract: This study was conducted to explore the relationships among social factor, Internet self-efficacy and attitudes toward web-based continuing learning in a clinical nursing setting. The participants recruited were 244 in-service nurses from hospitals in Taiwan. Three instruments were used to assess their perceptions of social factor, Internet self-efficacy (including basic and advanced Internet self-efficacy) and attitudes toward web-based continuing learning (including perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, affection and behavior). Structural equation modeling (SEM) was utilized to identify the hypothesized structural model. The results of this study support that social factor is a significant factor correlated to Internet self-efficacy and attitudes toward web-based continuing learning (including perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and affection). In addition, nurses' basic Internet self-efficacy plays a key role in attitudes including perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and affection. However, advanced self-efficacy was not correlated to any of the attitudes. The behavior dimension was not linked to social factor or Internet self-efficacy, but was linked to perceived ease of use and affection.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Digital Learning and Education, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 43, Section 4, Keelung Rd., Taipei 106, Taiwan. Electronic address: erin0825@ms58.hinet.net.
authors.forename: Yen-Lin
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Digital Learning and Education, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 43, Section 4, Keelung Rd., Taipei 106, Taiwan. Electronic address: cctsai@mail.ntust.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Chin-Chung
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D020375:Education, Distance; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007858:Learning; D009726:Nurses; D015279:Organizational Culture; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan
keywords: Continuing learning; Internet self-efficacy; Social factor; Web-based learning