Antecedents of ICT Utilization: A case of select universities

The rise of new technologies has become one of the basic building blocks of modern society as it provides higher interactive potential for users to develop their individual, intellectual and creative ability. Now a day, many countries are understanding and mastering the basic skills and concepts of ICT as part of the core of education, alongside reading, writing and numeracy. Despite its huge material resources and population endowment, India cannot be counted among progressive nations using ICT in educational management, as technology has become a critical tool for achieving success in education. Hence, there is need for the country to strategize and expand its vision so as to cope with the challenges of a technological society. In this context and background, the present study has established relationships between variables viz. attitude, belief, self-efficacy, accessibility, ease of use and so on for the utilization of information technologies on the basis of conceptual framework used for the study. The findings of the study revealed that all variables except management support and facilitating conditions had a significant impact on intention to use ICT. Behavioral intention had a significant causal influence on ICT utilization.