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New Perspectives in Information Systems and Technologies, Volume 1 pp 431–442Cite as

The Motivations for Campus Portals Adoption in Saudi Government Universities

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In Saudi Arabia, due to the solidity of the economic sector, the government has come up with a long plan to support the portalisation in many public and private organisations to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of administrative processes, improving support for decision making, eliminating bureaucracy, and improving quality of services whilst reducing operational costs. Many universities in Saudi Arabia have advocated to this trend in developing their campus portals (CPs). However, the literature is still missed out the exploration of different motivation factors for CPs adoption in Saudi universities. This empirical qualitative research revealed eight different motivation factors for CPs adoption in Saudi universities including: organisational, technological, educational, user expectations, geographic and administrative motivation, economic and environmental factors. While the results of this study can address the gap in knowledge in this regards, it is thought that the outcome of this research can also provide the decision makers in Saudi universities with better understanding of the issues surrounding CPs adoption.

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  1. Department of Information Management, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Mohammed Saleh Altayar

  2. Department of Information, and Communication Technology, King Fahd Security college (KFSC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Abdullah Ibrahim Alkraiji

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  1. Universidade de Coimbra & LIACC, Rio Tinto, Portugal

    Álvaro Rocha

  2. Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

    Ana Maria Correia

  3. Department of Business Information Systems, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

    Felix . B Tan

  4. Empirica GmbH, Bonn, Germany

    Karl . A Stroetmann

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Altayar, M.S., Alkraiji, A.I. (2014). The Motivations for Campus Portals Adoption in Saudi Government Universities. In: Rocha, Á., Correia, A., Tan, F., Stroetmann, K. (eds) New Perspectives in Information Systems and Technologies, Volume 1. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 275. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05951-8_41

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