英文摘要 |
Mass collaboration with openness, instant update, direct, and historical backups, the characteristics of Wiki earn it attention in applications of knowledge collection and sharing. Many companies such as Google and Motorola utilize Wiki system as it in-house application for communication or knowledge management, but academic studies on this or related topic is rarely researched. To further understand Wiki's cause of development and it future, this research is based on investigation of behavior of Wiki users and it initiative cause to provide useful suggestion for future research and practical usage. In research methodology, this research is compiled base on UTAUT (Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology). To investigate Wiki users' acceptance behavior, through valid questionnaires, the result shows: (1) performance expectancy, effort expectancy, facilitating conditions and user involvement have positive effect on Wiki users' intention of use. (2) Social influences have no significant effect on Wiki user. (3) User involvement has the most significant effect on Wiki users' intention of use. This shows correspondence to current IT services' trend which end user plays the most important role. The research result may be utilized for future Wiki system development suggestions, to improve on its usability and adaptability. Although this research is based on Chinese users, the research result may be used as reference for all other languages. |