| Unused and underused information technology (IT) undermines anticipated productivity gains. The U.S. Department of Defense is a prolific IT user, thus, measures of technology acceptance are desirable to help understand organizational issues associated with IT investments.;In this study, the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was extended by adding two military unique variables to the model, Military Rank (MR) and Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). Using an N of 96 and linear regression analysis, this study found that, when using Internet Protocol version 6 as the technology under study, Perceived Usefulness (PU) and MR were non significant predictors of Use. Results indicated that Perceived Ease of Use and MOS were significant variables in the new model and accounted for 21% of the variation in use.;This study has implications for TAM use in DoD and also has implications for future technology acceptance research. This future TAM research might improve technology use amongst mandatory populations and might influence governmental acquisition policy toward acquiring more useful and easier to use technology systems. |
