Transitioning to online teaching during the pandemic period: The role of innovation and psychological characteristics

Ntsiful, Alex; Kwarteng, Michael Adu; Pilík, Michal; Osakwe, Christian Nedu

dc.title	Transitioning to online teaching during the pandemic period: The role of innovation and psychological characteristics	en
dc.contributor.author	Ntsiful, Alex
dc.contributor.author	Kwarteng, Michael Adu
dc.contributor.author	Pilík, Michal
dc.contributor.author	Osakwe, Christian Nedu
dc.relation.ispartof	Innovative Higher Education
dc.identifier.issn	0742-5627 Scopus Sources, Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR
dc.identifier.issn	1573-1758 Scopus Sources, Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.type	article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Springer
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s10755-022-09613-w
dc.relation.uri	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10755-022-09613-w
dc.subject	online teaching	en
dc.subject	COVID-19 pandemic	en
dc.subject	innovation diffusion theory	en
dc.subject	attitude	en
dc.subject	institutional trust	en
dc.description.abstract	Given the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to the forced adoption of online teaching in several academic institutions across the world, we set out an objective in this paper to examine salient factors that may affect the decision to use online teaching by faculty members (teaching staff). We propose and validate a model based on an extended innovation diffusion theory and 284 online survey responses from Ghana and find that the attitude towards online teaching is predictably influenced by relative advantage and observability. Contrary to theory, complexity boosts rather than inhibits the attitude towards online teaching. The most salient predictors of willingness to use the mode of online teaching are attitude, observability, institutional trust, and compatibility. We conclude with discussions on the important implications for the scientific community and educational policymakers.	en
utb.faculty	Faculty of Management and Economics
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10563/1011013
utb.identifier.obdid	43883677
utb.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-85131714601
utb.identifier.wok	000808411200001
utb.identifier.pubmed	35698463
utb.source	J-wok
dc.date.accessioned	2022-06-20T13:11:22Z
dc.date.available	2022-06-20T13:11:22Z
dc.description.sponsorship	Research Project entitled "Consumer behaviour and Performance management of firms in a competitive digital world" [IGA/FaME/2021/003]; Research Project NPU I entitled "Digital transformation and its impact on customer behaviour and business processes in traditional and online markets" [MSMT7778/2020 RVO]
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Ntsiful, Alex
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Kwarteng, Michael Adu
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Pilík, Michal
utb.fulltext.affiliation	Alex Ntsiful1 · Michael Adu Kwarteng1 · Michal Pilík1 · Christian Nedu Osakwe2,3,4 * Alex Ntsiful ntsiful@utb.cz; alex.ntsiful@yahoo.com Michael Adu Kwarteng kwarteng@utb.cz Michal Pilík pilik@utb.cz Christian Nedu Osakwe chris.osakwe12@outlook.com; osakwec@gibs.co.za 1 Faculty of Management and Economics, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Zlin, Czech Republic 2 University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science, Illovo, Johannesburg, South Africa 3 Rabat Business School, International University of Rabat, Rabat, Morocco 4 Department of Financial Technologies, South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia Alex Ntsiful is a PhD Student in the Department of Business Administration, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic. In his doctoral thesis, Alex examines how technology adoption in performance management practices translates into superior performance in organisations. He holds a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology degrees, both from the University of Ghana. He is also a certifed Professional in Human Resource (PHR) from the Human Resource Certifcation Institute, USA. Given his background, Alex’s research focuses on individual’s attitudes and behavior in the workplace, digitalization of performance management, technology adoption, and the future of work. Dr. Michael Adu Kwarteng is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management and Marketing, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic. His research focuses on internet marketing applications, social media analytics, enterprise competitive analyses, and preference modelling. He is particularly interested in deploying data mining techniques in extracting and generating new information to improve business decision making, especially for marketers. The results of his research have been published in peerreviewed scientifc journals and presented at international conferences. Prof. Michal Pilík is an Associate Professor at the department of Management and Marketing at the Tomas Bata University in Zlin. He is currently the Vice-dean for Pedagogy at the Faculty of Management and Economics. His main research interest broadly falls within the felds of Internet marketing, Industrial marketing, preference modelling, and marketing applications. He is the project coordinator of the prestigious project (Horizon 2020). He has published in refereed journals and presented papers in numerous international conferences. Dr. Christian Nedu Osakwe has a doctorate degree in Management and Economics with a focus in Marketing Management. His research interests cover three main areas: marketing capabilities development of the frm in relation to frm performance, digital adoption at both the frm- and individual-level, and consumer behavior with a focus on services marketing. His publications appear in well-known outlets such as Information Development, Journal of Retailing & Consumer Services, Journal of Services Marketing, Journal of Strategic Marketing, and Total Quality Management & Business Excellence.
utb.fulltext.dates	Accepted: 10 May 2022 Published online: 09 June 2022
utb.fulltext.sponsorship	Alex Ntsiful acknowledges support from Research Project No. IGA/FaME/2021/003 entitled "Consumer behaviour and Performance management of firms in a competitive digital world". Dr. Michael Adu Kwarteng acknowledges support from Research Project NPU I No. MSMT7778/2020 RVO entitled "Digital transformation and its impact on customer behaviour and business processes in traditional and online markets".
utb.wos.affiliation	[Ntsiful, Alex; Kwarteng, Michael Adu; Pilik, Michal] Tomas Bata Univ Zlin, Fac Econ & Management, Zlin, Czech Republic; [Osakwe, Christian Nedu] Univ Pretorias, Gordon Inst Business Sci, Johannesburg, South Africa; [Osakwe, Christian Nedu] Int Univ Rabat, Rabat Business Sch, Rabat, Morocco; [Osakwe, Christian Nedu] South Ural State Univ, Dept Financial Technol, Chelyabinsk, Russia
utb.scopus.affiliation	Faculty of Management and Economics, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Zlin, Czech Republic; University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science, Johannesburg, Illovo, South Africa; Rabat Business School, International University of Rabat, Rabat, Morocco; Department of Financial Technologies, South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation
utb.fulltext.projects	IGA/FaME/2021/003
utb.fulltext.projects	MSMT7778/2020 RVO
utb.fulltext.faculty	Faculty of Management and Economics
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