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| Title: | Acceptance of a Remote Desktop Access System to Increase Workspace Awareness |
| Authors: | Williams, Jennifer |
| Keywords: | Management
awareness systems
privacy
fairness
acceptance
activity-based |
| Approved Date: | 2000 |
| Date Submitted: | 2000 |
| Abstract: | Awareness systems are being designed and implemented to improve employee connections. This study examines the variables that affect the acceptance of an awareness system. The awareness system that was used for this research was a remote desktop access system. The independent variables investigated were the degree of detail that can be viewed on a desktop, whether the users can control who can access their desktops, whether the users can control when others have access to their desktops, the equality of access to others' desktops, and task-technology fit. In determining the effect of the independent variables on acceptance, the dependent variable, the mediating variables of privacy and fairness were taken into account. There was a preliminary survey conducted to determine appropriate situations to be used in the scenario descriptions for the survey for the main study. The methodology of policy-capturing surveys was utilized to conduct the survey for the main study in order to investigate the model developed in this study. The policy-capturing survey was pre-tested on University of Waterloo students. The main study was conducted in two different organizations, the subjects for the first study were employees from the Information Systems and Technology Department at the University of Waterloo and the subjects for the second study were employees from Ciber Incorporated. Results indicate that perceptions of privacy and perceptions of fairness have significant effects on acceptance. Also, perceptions of privacy and fairness are related to details in the design of the remote desktop access system. This research may be a contribution to this field since little research has been conducted in this area and implications can be drawn for future research on acceptance of awareness systems. |
| Department: | Management Sciences |
| Degree: | Master of Applied Science |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/846 |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Engineering Theses and Dissertations
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