A Study on Acceptance of Information Technology in Construction Industries according to Individual's Features

Abstract

In the recent information-oriented age, various information technologies (ITs) have been introduced in construction industries. However, since construction ITs tend to be employed by the demand of the government or owners rather than the demand of information accepters (users), this tendency inhibits the spread of user-friendly construction ITs. In order to find these inhibitive factors, this research conducted practical studies, based on Davis' technology acceptance model, for construction ITs' acceptance according to the information accepters' (users) features. Here for introducing Davis' model into the construction IT model, it was hypothesized whether or not each inner and outer factors with respect to construction ITs are influential to the information accepters (users). Throughout the survey based on the construction IT model and the statistical analysis of the survey, the perception level of usefulness and ease of use of the accepters when before introducing new information technologies was observed. Finally, as a result of this study, the primary factors which can maximize the usefulness and ease of use and should be considered when developing new information technologies were suggested.